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2020 and 2021. Our Commencement Planning Team is hard at work creating a virtual experience that honors all of our graduates and captures the quintessential elements of our traditional commencement ceremony, while also ensuring that all of our graduates and their guests are able to participate.” The ful​ly produced virtual commencements will be livestreamed on PLU’s YouTube channel. The two events will highlight special moments, showcase speakers, and give each student the opportunity to hear their

place of diversity, accessible education and service. That needs to be celebrated, championed and protected.” Watness and his family remain an important part of Bjug Day, and you’re invited to be part of this special Lute tradition. Visit www.plu.edu/bjugdayplu to learn more or make a gift. Eric Watness and his mother, Isabel, in Parkland in 1948. (Photo provided by Eric Watness) Eric Watness as an infant with his mother Isabel and grandmother, Stella (Lund) Harstad. (Photo provided by Eric Watness

to be passionate about wanting to learn.” Hrabowski says developing a sense of self is pivotal for students to succeed, telling them “you can do this work.” Hrabowski’s research focuses on science and math education, with a special emphasis on minority participation and performance. He chaired the National Academies’ committee that produced the 2011 report titled “Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America’s Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads.” Among his countless

requirements. The scholarship will be presented in a special virtual WSEHA Annual Education Conference this spring.   The scholarships will be awarded directly to the student and may be used by the student as he or she sees fit. ELIGIBILITY Be enrolled in a program accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC), or have a curriculum comparable to the model curriculum recommended by the EHAC. Substantial coursework is required in the following areas

received a “gold” designation and was ranked the sixth most “military friendly” institution among private universities offering doctorate degrees.Institutions earning the Military Friendly  School designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. More than 1,800 schools participated in the 2023-2024 survey with 665 earning special awards for going above the standard. Methodology, criteria, and weightings were determined by Viqtory with input from the

requirements. The scholarship will be presented in a special virtual WSEHA Annual Education Conference this spring.   The scholarships will be awarded directly to the student and may be used by the student as he or she sees fit. ELIGIBILITY Be enrolled in a program accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC), or have a curriculum comparable to the model curriculum recommended by the EHAC. Substantial coursework is required in the following areas

said. “I would love to be on tour and stuff and record music, but if that doesn’t happen, I would be happy to record in a studio or have my own studio.” The Olson Bros band has a solid repertoire of 30 or so cover songs; Olson plays electric and acoustic guitar and piano, and his brother plays mandolin and guitar. Together they write the original music for the band. Sunrise, like most art that feels truly authentic, arose very organically. “I had to get up early a lot,” Olson said. “Sometimes I

experience he can describe only as “mind-blowing.” Pam Barker, left, and David Mooney are the only two seniors on PLU’s debate team with previous experience. (Photo: John Struzenberg / PLU student) Barker also is happy she didn’t skip the Speech and Debate experience. “I wasn’t sure if I was going to do debate in college, but I’m really, really glad I did,” said Barker. “I’ve met some of my best friends doing debate.” What has become particularly special to Barker, aside from her own personal experience

honored by the presence of His Majesty on this historic occasion.  PLU is proud of our 125-year history, and of the Norwegian pioneers who brought the Lutheran tradition of higher education to the Pacific Northwest.  We also recognize the homelands of the Puyallup Tribe on which we stand today here at the Tacoma Dome, as well as the homelands of the Steilacoom and Nisqually Tribes where our campus has stood for all of the last 125 years.   The founders of PLU envisioned a University of the First Rank

world view and cultural understanding that started with my childhood in Ghana. I am very grateful that I have been able to either major or minor in all the subjects I came to PLU pursing, with many thanks to the advisers and professors I have had. I have been able to live on campus all four years so I can definitely say that I have experienced firsthand the trends and transitions in the Lute Dome. And that feeling of the opposite of loneliness that I have felt through my four years here can be