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by Mary Oliver brings to life this journey of vocation – “What will you do with your one wild and precious life?” “Colleges need to remain places where you can ask troubling questions, push the boundaries and seek knowledge wherever that might be,” Krise said. He expressed how PLU is a place where care for the mind, spirit, body, community and the earth are pillars to stand on. He reminded students that the faculty and staff who work here are following their vocation. “PLU is full of people where

. Rowland has received various acknowledgments for his work, including making the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller list for his first novel. As a member of Choir of the West at PLU, Rowland was given the opportunity to travel and see new areas of the United States that he was never able to experience before. “I got to see a lot of America that I hadn’t seen before,” Rowland said. “It was nice to get introduced to the fact that there is a lot to offer in the United States.” Since graduating from PLU

January 23, 2013 Anthony Markuson ’14, Bill Pursell (Kelsie Leu’s uncle), Anna McCracken ’13, and Leu ’13 summited Mt. Kilimanjaro to celebrate the end of their study away experiences. One step at a time By Chris Albert The guides up the mountain keep a cadence of “pole, pole” as three PLU students ascend into the heavens. The words are Swahili for “slowly, slowly,” and Anna McCracken ’14, Kelsi Leu ’14 and Anthony Markuson ’13 soon learn that reaching the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro is a slow climb

and hunger. After living in China for about a year after graduating from PLU, Rasmus returned to the Seattle area through the AmeriCorps VISTA program, working at First Harvest as a VISTA member, and then as a full-time staffer for the last four years. Rasmus’ job involves connecting local farms with food banks, so all can benefit from harvesting crops that otherwise would go to waste. There are eight project sites in Washington, which involve 10-20 food banks each, and about 200 small farms, he

A Conversation with Dr. Rebekah Mergenthal Sabbatical projects focus on new approaches to Western History Posted by: halvormj / July 26, 2021 July 26, 2021 PLU Department of History You might notice that Dr. Rebekah Mergenthal is not listed as an instructor on the History Department’s teaching schedule during the 2021-2022 school year. Although she is eager to get back into the classroom after so many ‘Zoom sessions,’ we’ll have to wait a bit longer for Dr. Mergenthal’s lively presence in

knowledge, and codes of behavior, which help them survive and cope with the adverse conditions under which they live. Nevertheless, most members of mainstream society who encounter homeless men and women neither understand nor appreciate the root causes of homelessness, the intelligence and resourcefulness of the homeless community, and the daily struggles for survival on the street.” — From Deutsch, J. I. (2013). Homelessness. In C. G. Bates, & J. Ciment (Eds.), Global social issues: An encyclopedia

up a window for Andrews and his students into a thriving agrarian culture that flourished in Mexico 500 years ago, before the conquest by the Spanish in 1521. This summer, Andrews and anthropology students Elisa Hoelter, ‘11 an David Treichel, ‘10 spent the summer down in Calixtlahuaca (pronounced Ka-less_TLA-wa-Ka), a village of 10,000 that flourished about 31 miles east of Mexico City, cataloging flakes. Thousands of flakes, arrowheads and other items.  As many as 9,000 in one month by

of these wood-burning stoves, was invaluable to her – and not just because it improved her Spanish markedly. “I learned how important relationships between people and the environment are,” she said. “I learned how to use resources efficiently and I learned that by watching people – these people have used these technologies for hundreds of years.” That will come in handy when Paris graduates – she plans to return to her native Alaska to work with the indigenous communities on land-rights issues

internship had other benefits, too. For Charles’ senior thesis, he had been planning to write about the Civilian Conservation Corps within the context of the National Park Service. His work over the summer gave him access to numerous resources – and personal contacts! – that he would never had otherwise. All in all, it was the perfect way to spend a summer. And, in Charles’ view, a perfect way to preview the next steps in his life. “It was a unique chance to preview my future,” he said. To return to the

present stuff common to other cultures,” said Doug Hinners, sous chef. “These dishes are only weird to us.” “We have chosen dishes that go just outside a person’s normal reality,” Hinners added. Fried chicken gizzards are a normal dish in the south, Hinners said. “Many people have reservations for eating raw fish,” Hinners said. Once you do it though, you see how enjoyable it actually is, he added. Hinners championed the tuna poke for this reason. Another fishy dish that was out of the norm was the