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Hands-on conservation program launched by PLU’s military outreach director helps connect students to the earth Posted by: Kari Plog / April 27, 2016 Image: Volunteers from PLU, in partnership with Forterra, remove invasive plant species and plant trees as part of an environmental restoration project at Clover Creek Reserve on March 19, 2016. The group included a blend of military veterans, non-veterans, PLU students and prospective students working together as a form of community engagement and

ended with Ada’s gut-wrenching free-form. The coffee shop, a short walk from campus, was filled with a standing-room-only crowd of about 45 people — an eclectic mix of PLU students and alumni, as well as members of the greater Parkland community. Wong said she was excited that her students had a diverse, supportive audience. She said she wanted to create a more authentic poet’s experience as opposed to performing readings in a classroom.   “I really wanted to celebrate their work. It’s just very

to achieve this recognition required participation in an external review process known as QUIP (Quality Improvement Program for Education Abroad). QUIP is the only independent review system for education abroad and requires a multi-step process that begins with a self-study conducted by the applying institution and site visits by a Forum Peer Review Team to the PLU campus and to one of PLU’s Gateway programs abroad. It ends with a final determination by the members of the Forum Review Panel (FRP

as a First Scholars Network member, PLU displayed a demonstrated commitment to improving experiences and advancing success for first-generation college students. “We are extremely honored to be selected as a First Scholars Network Member by the Center for First-generation Student Success,” said PLU President Allan Belton. “More than a third of our students identify as first-generation, and it’s our privilege to support and partner these students, many of whom grew up right here in the South Sound

, mainstage show directed by Amelia Heath ‘15 and written by Sarah Ruhl. It runs in the Karen Hille Phillips’ Eastvold Auditorium from December 10 – December 13 at 7:30pm and December 14 at 2pm. “When I told my dad what this play was about, his first question was: ‘Is this an anti-Christian play?’ That’s a fair question,” explains the show’s director Amelia Heath ’15. “I don’t see this as an ‘anti-Christian play’ at all. It’s really touching for me to see someone struggling with their faith because for me

. JOB HUNT BUFFERING Ronquillo grew up in Ketchikan, Alaska in a close Filipino family. He grew up playing music and initially thought he would pursue it as a career. It was his love of music that brought him to Pacific Lutheran University. “I saw that PLU had an awesome music program, so I was like ‘Yeah, I think I’m going to PLU,’ ” he said. “But then I decided to change my major to computer science because I just realized that I like making games and websites. For some reason, sitting down at the

eventually the majority of our group was sent forward on the flight to Amsterdam, while four members of our group waited in San Francisco for a new flight, that would eventually lead them to Paris.” (Photo by Theodore Charles) As we ran up to the desk to receive our boarding passes in San Francisco we discovered to our dismay that we had never been confirmed on the KLM flight to Amsterdam. More last minute changes were made as we all sat on the ground with our fingers crossed, and eventually the majority

long awaited and much anticipated event,” President Loren J. Anderson told the assembled crowd. The 60 year-old Eastvold had been identified as a building in dire need of revitalizing as far back as 1995, he said. It took a series of steps to get to this occasion. First was a fundraising effort ran purely by volunteers that raised $10 million. “It was, I think, by any stretch the most successful volunteer fundraising in the university’s history,” Anderson said. The next was a generous gift left to

June 12, 2013 It is not too late to decide where you will study away this January Tibet 2012, submitted by Evan Koepfler It may be summer, but it is never too late to start thinking about January Term 2014 – particularly, where you want to study away. The Wang Center for Global Education has extended its deadlines to make it easier to apply. Of the 25 dynamic faculty-led study-away programs offered this January, more than 15 international programs – including those in Antarctica and Argentina

conference. Featured alumni come back to campus and share their personal stories of vocation with fellow Lutes. It shows that vocational discernment doesn’t end with graduation. “We’re trying to highlight how the educational mission applies beyond campus and the PLU experience,” said Joel Zylstra ’05, director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service. The first part of Meant to Live this year comes in the form of a panel discussion on interdisciplinary studies Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the