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transition is part of the university’s comprehensive facilities and grounds long-range development plan, the Campus Master Plan. It sets priorities for renovation, new construction and renewal for the next 15 to 20 years, while supporting intellectual and creative growth of individuals, strengthening the campus community and encouraging stewardship through healthy living, preservation of our history and promoting sustainable practices that encourage efficiency in our use of resources. Read Previous Port

library commissioner at the beginning of March, before which he held titles of the San Francisco Public Library’s chief information officer and chief of branches since 2006. An internship at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the opportunity to serve as a branch manager for the Seattle Public Library led Bannon to his job in San Francisco. “This is an amazing example that people shouldn’t make assumptions about what people can and can’t do,” said Beth Kraig, a history professor at PLU and a

topic, that history is vital to avoiding future mistakes. “You can never understand where you are going until you understand where you have been.” As for that IBM machine that caught his eye in the Holocaust Museum? It’s been moved. A smaller machine has replaced it. The IBM logo is hidden on the side facing the wall. Read Previous UnPLUg aims to create culture of conservation Read Next CPFR exercise Oct. 19 on campus COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you

classes, including history and religion double major Julia Walsh ’14. “I’ve read a number of his books,” said Walsh. “I will take away the connection between the idea of sacredness of the human individual and the modern era – I hadn’t connected the two. I had the information, but he drew the narrative I could follow. It is something I will continue to think about.” Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering, Tosh Kakar shared similar sentiments. “I can’t wait for your book to

. There are nine student choreographers this performance: Sara Stiehl – senior dance team captain from Colorado who choreographed four of the dances, Mamie Howard – a junior from California directs the PLU Lute Nation step team and created a video of the history of African American women in America and choreographed a dance to accompany the video, Alumna Emily Fahey choreographed a piece to the poetry of Dylan Thomas, First-year Jonathan Adams created a hip-hop dance about domestic violence, other

PLU Assistant Professor and Reference Librarian Lizz Zitron. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender was named one of 2014’s best books by Publishers Weekly and Hudson Booksellers and also has been nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award and for YALSA’S Best of Fiction for Young Adults award. The fantasy novel tells the story of 16-year-old Ava Lavender, who inherits a rich family history and a legacy of heartbreak. A young man becomes convinced that Ava is an angel when he discovers that

was. We discovered the ‘lost tomb’ with a broom in about the first 30 minutes of our expedition.” The rediscovery of Tomb 60 proved to be one of the most important archaeological finds in recent memory, as one of the tomb’s mummies is believed to be Egypt’s female pharaoh, Hatshepsut. Given its special place in the history of archaeology, Ryan believes that excavating in the Valley of the Kings is a very special honor. “We are learning a lot from looking at these undecorated tombs and we were

Samuel Torvend, Ph.D., ’73 has spent his life studying religion and politics. “I wrote my senior thesis on religion and politics and I have never strayed from that,” Torvend said. The alumnus and longtime professor will be talking about, what else, religion and politics for his farewell lecture as the chair of the Lutheran Studies department. Torvend was appointed chair in 2011 by the Board of Regents, which created the department in an effort to study Lutheran history and heritage. Torvend will

a lot of Native Americans who were just great people and they really influenced him a lot in positive ways.” "It’s amazing that I got this scholarship. It means that I can go to school next year."- Katie Dean '21 For Price, one of the most important qualities of future recipients of the endowment he dreamed up was a sense of pride for their tribal history. “He wanted this student to be proud of their heritage and uplift it,” Farnum said, noting that natives and their culture have been

universities across the U.S. Eight Namibians who were part of this sponsored program graduated from PLU. Laura Sorgenfrei ’08 with her grade 1 support class at Van Rhyn Elementary in Windhoek, Namibia. In the years since, this history of educational exchange has continued via USAID grant-supported teacher development programs, study away programs and Fulbright scholarships. Yet the Uukumwe Project is unique—not only for its focus on teachers, rather than students, but also because for every American