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. Mark Lutheran Church 790 Marion St. NE Salem, OR 97301 Saturday, April 18, 2015 • 2:00p.m. The Grotto Main Chapel 8840 NE Skidmore St. Portland, OR 97220 Saturday, April 18, 2015 • 7:30pm Shared Concert with the Marylhurst Chamber Choir, Justin Smith conductor St. Anne’s Chapel (Marylhurst University) 17600 Pacific Hwy Marylhurst, OR 97036 Read Previous PLU Faculty Member Named to Nationwide ‘40 Under 40: Professors Who Inspire’ List Read Next PLU Senior to Present Economics Capstone at National

, the Sustainability Department was aided by a group of college bound students in clearing the space of invasive Himalayan Blackberry. It is an example of how the Tobiason Center restoration project has been a community partnership. Efforts will culminate this year with a work-party celebration on Earth Day, April 22. Organizers from the Sustainability Department are planning the largest work-party to date for the Earth Day event. Students are asked to help make their campus beautiful and get these

admitted? First, a big congratulations! And, make sure to read up if you need help locating your PLU student ID number. Next on the most popular post list is FAQ: What is January Term? What perfect timing because when students return in 2024, they will start the January term or J-Term (with many taking PLU’s unique J-Term study abroad classes!). Curious about campus life? The last two posts on our Top 5 list give details on college living: What’s in our room: Take a tour of Tingelstad and Preparing for

the year. This year’s celebration is led by 15 outstanding PLU students, one of whom will be crowned PLU’s Lucia and receive a $500 scholarship. In Sweden, Lucia Day is celebrated on Dec. 13 in schools and in the workplace. In Swedish homes, the eldest daughter rises early in the morning, dresses in a white gown with a red sash and wears a crown of candles in her hair. She wakes her family at dawn and serves coffee, gingerbread cookies and Lussekatter. The Lucia custom was introduced to the PLU

working on a summer research project with his physics prof, getting a good work-study job, even co-captaining the nationally ranked ultimate Frisbee team. “When else would I have an opportunity like this?” he asks. Studying away wasn’t necessarily Andy’s intent when he arrived from Arvada, Colo., to study math and engineering. But he quickly learned PLU makes it easy for students to immerse themselves in another culture. There is a campus office dedicated solely for that purpose. There are

Mercury Excellence Awards for her branding and designs for MediaLab’s 2014 documentary, Waste Not: Breaking Down the Food Equation.Cox, a senior Graphic Design major with an Art History and Publishing and Printing Arts minor, has been a graphic designer for MediaLab since 2012. The award makes Cox’s branding for the documentary Waste Not second worldwide in the “Campaigns-Nonprofit/Public Affairs” category. The film, which premiered in Fall 2014, explores global food waste. “I worked on the graphics

.” Since its inception in 1991, nearly every graduate of the MSN program has passed his or her certification examination upon first take, and about 30 percent of graduate students publish articles in professional journals after completing the MSN. PLU’s School of Nursing also is one of the first two nursing programs in the state of Washington to offer an accelerated-entry MSN program. This program admits qualified students with baccalaureate degrees in fields other than nursing. Students complete 15

template does not reflect the most current recommendations for site tools and pages, but it allows instructors to retain a familiar design as they explore the Standard and Minimal template for future use. How does this affect instructors? The webform to request a new Sakai course site will be updated with questions to guide the selection of a template. We recommend instructors request new Sakai sites several weeks in advance of the fall term to allow adequate time for updates. Instructors should plan

women’s studies and liberal arts from McNeese State University and an MFA from Rosemont College. She lives in Delaware. She teaches in the MFA programs at Hamline University and Rosemont College and teaches fiction with Gotham Writers Workshop. Since the first Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture in 2011, the series has encouraged the thoughtful exploration of education in its various capacities. The series is named in honor of PLU alumna Jolita Benson, who graduated from the School of Education in

.   Removing ½” VCRs from Classroom Podiums To address this issue and conserve our remaining VHS player spares, Instructional Technologies plans to make the following changes in classroom technology this summer: Remove all remaining ½” VHS/DVD players in classrooms and make them available for faculty checkout as needed. Replace ½” VHS/DVD players with region free DVD players that play NTSC, PAL, and SECAM DVD formats. If you still use ½” VHS videos in your classes, you may check out a VHS player that can