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weeks, PLU junior Corbitt, along with the cast and crew of “The Skin of Our Teeth,” have been busy rehearsing for four hours almost every day. During her first year at PLU, Corbitt was involved in every single production of the first semester. More recently, however, she has taken a directing course and served as a stage manager. “I was involved in the theater program in high school,” Corbitt said, “And I really admired the choices in the productions of the university. I think that’s what drew me to

time, was captured. He was captured in Argentina and taken to Israel for trial without the consent or help of Argentina. Ultimately Griffith came to the conclusion that Lemkin would agree with the Israeli’s actions. Its deep examinations into a tough topics like genocide that is making the Holocaust Studies program at PLU better and better every year, said Robert P. Ericksen ’67, Professor of Holocaust Studies. “We have lots of good entries every year and I think they are getting better,” he said

school scientists was Heather Eberhart, a senior in Bellarmine Prep’s Marine Chemistry program. Eberhart designed a light trap to study crab larvae, and won first place for her work. She also received the AAUW Outstanding Research award, the NSPE Innovative Engineering award, and the Possibility Realized Award. Eberhart is looking to study medicine at the University of Washington or at the University of Southern California, but “still would love to study marine chemistry.” Other noteworthy projects

at the Garfield Book Company. There’s a customer loyalty program in place. For every $5 a customer spends, they get a stamp on a card. Once they’ve spent $100 they receive a $15 gift card that can be spent on anything in the store, including textbooks. It’s a way to reward students for purchasing their textbooks at the bookstore, Dopp said. It comes down to a few fundamentals things about the Garfield Book Company, Dopp said. “The whole reason we’re here is to serve the community,” she said. “PLU

experiences at PLU, Gradwohl mentions participating in the football program under Frosty Westering and making new friends as being among his warmest memories. “I made the best friends of my life, who I still talk to every day,” Gradwohl said. “The Godparents of my kids are my friends from PLU.” After PLU, Gradwohl married Andrea in 1995. They have three children: Max, 12, Sophie, 9, and Major, 6. Today, Gradwohl oversees Fantazimo’s day-to-day operations. He meets with schools, works on product

of her PLU experience. Not part of a traditional degree program, Flenniken was a member of the first full graduating class of the Rainier Writing Workshop at PLU, receiving a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing in 2007. Trained as an engineer with degrees from Washington State University and University of Washington, it was a night class designed to merely get her out of the house that got Flenniken really interested in poetry. “I fell madly in love with poetry from the first night of that

. To honor Brian, his father, Paul, and mother Mary Bradshaw, started an endowed scholarship at PLU for ROTC cadets and veterans. An ROTC scholarship brought Brian to PLU, Mary said. He always believed that an education was the key to opportunity, she said.”PLU turned out to be a very good fit for him,” Mary said. “Especially in the ROTC program, he really connected with a  lot of folks there.” Brian was an active force at PLU, not only as an ROTC cadet, but as a photographer for the school

program, couldn’t come at a better time in the semester for students like Hundtofte. While most of campus was still asleep Saturday morning, Hundtofte and a group of 10 other students snuck away from campus to escape the stress of finals and enjoy a day in the snow. “If I hadn’t done this, I would have just studied in the library all day,” Hundtofte said. Hundtofte was one of three guides on the trip, and while the group didn’t quite make it to the treasured lookout point, there wasn’t a shortage of

to the forefront,” Abbott said. She also works and volunteers for YWCA Pierce County, where she helps and advocates for victims of domestic violence. Leibold and Abbott competed together in the Miss Pierce County 2014 pageant and have remained friends since. “The Miss America program is kind of like a sorority; we meet all of these women and become friends,” Abbott said. Abbott will compete in the Miss Washington pageant in July; if she wins, she’ll advance to the Miss America competition. “I

(Student Night) and Nov. 2 (including a VIP reception) at 7:30pm in the Chris Knutzen Hall. Tickets are $20 for  general admission and $5 for students (w/ ID) for both nights. Read Previous New economics mentorship program eases classroom-to-career transitions for PLU students Read Next Real-world experience, distilled: PLU marketing analytics grad students partner with Heritage Distilling Company COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker