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Zabriskie (business). March 9: On Saturday, a talk by Dr. Paul Farmer, one of the world’s leading thinkers on health and human rights, will be live streamed at 1:30 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. Faculty-led discussion will be led by professors Matt Smith (biology) and Gina Hames (history). March 10: Finally on Sunday, Nobel Laureate Tawakkol Karman, a Yemeni journalist will talk about safety and the rights of women and children in Yemen. She will be live streamed at 1:30 p.m. in room 133 of
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most recently as the mother of a potential new Lute. But even though I’d been on the PLU campus, I’d never really connected with the PLU campus—and its people, and its history, and its mission—until I became part of it. I imagine you know what I mean. There’s just something about this place, and its people. And that’s the story we want to tell. We start with this issue’s behind-the-scenes look at the energy, passion and jaw-dropping juggling acts that go into PLU’s highly anticipated Christmas
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, she said. The January Term course in Antarctica and Argentina takes Lutes on a journey to the “end of the earth.” Charles Bergman, professor of English, brings a handful of students to study natural history and environmental literature. Travelers encounter wildlife, including penguins and whales, and experience a balance of hiking and city life in Buenos Aires. Check out a gallery of Morin’s photos from Antarctica below, and check out her online portfolio. Stay cool, Lutes! And congratulations
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conversation covered PLU’s 25-year history with the twin-island republic, Temple-Thurston’s efforts to launch the program, Lovelace’s expertise with and influence on the study away opportunity (both as a English faculty member in the ’90s and noted Trinidadian author), Harris’ experiences when she took part in the program and the Diversity Center’s upcoming 2019 alumni trip there in July.For information about Pacific Lutheran University’s study away opportunities, visit The Wang Center for Global
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decades. The 1980s saw the emergence of study away as an important PLU facet. The Rieke Science Center was completed, faculty governance grew stronger and recruitment of new students became increasingly focused. Academic programs grew stronger and new programs were undertaken. At the end of the decade, the university celebrated its centennial, with a year long celebration that included the world premiere of my colleague Gregory Youtz’s opera on Northwest Native American history and simultaneous
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Musical Memories Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 21, 2014 Image: Choir of the West members prepare to board the bus at Pacific Lutheran College in 1939 for a 3,000-mile tour. (Photo courtesy of Lorna Vosburg Burt) March 21, 2014 Editor’s Note: When Lorna Vosburg Burt ’40, ’69 read our story on PLU’s annual Christmas Concerts in the winter 2013 edition of Scene magazine, she was inspired to recall—and share—her own Choir of the West story … from 1939. It was so full of history and facts and
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community.Pursuing the personal and political Sandhu’s passions for global studies, anthropology and religion are rooted in her family’s history and background as Punjabi Sikhs. Her father was born and raised in the United States, while her mother immigrated from Punjab, India. Sandhu is the oldest of four children—three sisters and one brother—ranging from 20 to 9, all deeply involved in their community. The Sikh population faced genocide in India’s Punjab region in the 1980s, when government police picked up
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decades. The 1980s saw the emergence of study away as an important PLU facet. The Rieke Science Center was completed, faculty governance grew stronger and recruitment of new students became increasingly focused. Academic programs grew stronger and new programs were undertaken. At the end of the decade, the university celebrated its centennial, with a year long celebration that included the world premiere of my colleague Gregory Youtz’s opera on Northwest Native American history and simultaneous
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late 1800s. Education was a priority for these immigrants. Starting with very little, they first built their farmhouses, then their church, and then a school. Over the decades, this university has grown to become a proud and acclaimed institution— noted for its commitment to diversity, justice and sustainability, in addition to academic excellence. Dear students, you are all a part of this inspiring history. The PLU of today is a testament to the hard work and core values of these first Norwegian
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producing concerts through LASR for laying the groundwork toward pursuing an individualized major. The route allowed him to design and propose his own program of study. “I realized that combining those elements and creating a specialized major would open my schedule up for doing things like internships and individualized study courses that would create a better educational outcome.” Similarly, Nicole Query ’22 enrolled at PLU with plans to double major in history and political science, and minor in
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