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May 15, 2014 Furry Therapy: ASPLU Brings Pets Back to PLU to Relieve Test Stress PLU student Maylen Anthony ’16 gets a kiss from Addy the therapy dog during finals week in December 2013. ASPLU will bring more pets to campus for Spring finals week, May 19-23. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) PLU Marketing & Communications To spread cheer and relieve stress during Finals Week, Associated Students of Pacific Lutheran University is again partnering with volunteer organizations, including Therapy Dogs

-STEM minor that I was one class away from completing. It was really fun to be a part of a CS-STEM classroom and see how things go. What made you decide to enroll in PLU’s MAE program? Because my goal has always been to become a teacher, the MAE program was a great next step as it is only one year. This program is really great, and with my connection to the CS-STEM scholarship, they will pay for part of my master’s program. What made you want to teach at the middle school level? I really enjoyed the

performed kindness to genuine kindness. In de Wilde’s retelling, Emma remains cool throughout, even as she matures. The novel’s Christmas scene depicts a community gathering with its members caring for each other. Emma is witness to warm family togetherness. She cheerfully banters while talking to the Westons and Mr. Knightley. Family is important to everyone around her and compassion for others is positively received in the lighter atmosphere of the party. Emma Woodhouse (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Mr

Ešenvalds’ O Salutaris Hostia follows, and brings a spiritual strength to this resolve. The ensemble finishes the set with JAC Redford’s Let Beauty Be Our Memorial, which reflects our desire to be remembered for the beauty that we create, to use beauty, kindness and love to win out over hatred and evil. In addition, audience members will hear pieces rarely performed. Halsey Stevens’ Magnificat and Norman Dello Joio’s Song of the Open Road were both written in the mid-20th century, and are representative

February 1, 2008 Conference unites art and religion Artists, musicians and scholars will gather on campus for PLU’s second “Art, Religion and Peace Conference” Feb. 12 and 13.Last held in the spring of 2005, the conference explores ways in which the visual and musical arts of religious communities promote justice and peace.“The arts have been an integral part, and remain an integral part, of religious traditions, both historically and today,” explained religion professor Samuel Torvend. Visual

circling toward a career in writing, prioritizing the task more and more each year. She credits the Rainier Writing Workshop’s assistant director, Judith Kitchen, with giving her the courage and confidence to take the plunge. “Judith Kitchen is entirely to blame for all of this,” Andrews laughed. “It’s Judith, all Judith. There are tons of people who would say the same thing. Judith is an entirely generous and encouraging teacher of writing … I’m her groupie.” Andrews isn’t the only current student to

natural world, and this grants, including the grants to Pacific Lutheran University, are an important part of that work,” said Dana Miller, senior program director for the Murdock Trust. The grants to PLU will fund two years of student-faculty research looking into the ecology of the Pacific Northwest, as well as species divergence in several Mississippi River tributaries. Each professor will work with four students (two each summer) over the next two years to both collect and analyze data. For

Project is a tale of rediscovery that continues to this day. In 1903, Howard Carter – famous for finding Tutankhamen’s tomb in the 1920s – found the royal tomb and it was designated K60. In the burial chamber, a coffined mummy and one on the floor were found. The coffined mummy was removed and sent to Cairo. The chamber was then sealed and its exact location lost for nearly 80 years. Then in 1989, Ryan and his team found the tomb’s entrance using only a broom – on the first day of digging no less

Arbaugh. “His basic philosophy class opened my eyes to ideas I’d never considered,” Zee said. Zee remained at PLU after his BA studies to earn an MBA. “For me, it was not just the perfect way to understand complexities of business and problem solving, it improved my English.” At the time, Watergate and the opening up of China inspired Zee to go to law school. He was accepted at Georgetown, earning a J.D. and second master’s degree (taxation). At Baker & McKenzie, he progressed through the ranks on

business, arts, education and nonprofit leaders to share their ideas on a wide spectrum of topics including health care, leadership, human nature and violence against women. The annual event will be held April 22 at 7 p.m. at Pacific Lutheran University’s Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.Now in its fifth year, TEDxTacoma provides a platform for the exchange of creative and often paradigm-challenging ideas about how thoughtful, action-oriented individuals can contribute to positively