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understand that driving does impact the world’s health, she wrote. The eight groups featured in the blog are: Journeying from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Antarctica to study natural history and conservation issues with English professor Charles Bergman. Investigating the impact of globalization on two major world cities, Sao Paolo, Brazil, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, with assistant philosophy professor Brendan Hogan Studying the concepts of peace journalism in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with

November 4, 2011 Jennifer Cigler ’12 plans to go to law school after completing her history degree at PLU. She was attracted by the small classes and the support on campus for veterans. Veterans find a home base at PLU By: Barbara Clements For Ryan Butters ’12, PLU provided a second chance and a new beginning. For Jennifer Cigler ’12, PLU was a welcome stop in her military career on her way to become an attorney. And for Duong Huynh ’12, PLU offered a chance to follow his passions into the

project can receive up to $4,000. The faculty members who received the award for the next academic year are: Spencer Ebbinga, art; Michael Halvorson, history; Susan Harmon, business; Diane Harney, communication and theatre; JoDee Keller, social work; Erin McKenna, philosophy; Laurie Murphy, computer science and computer engineering; Eric Nelson, languages and literatures; Matthew Smith, biology; Marianne Taylor, psychology; Claire Todd, geosciences; and Robert Wells, communication and theatre

their way. This ceremonial start is just for show, though. The real race begins farther north in Willow. Unlike last year, on Sunday I went to Willow, to an Iditarod re-start party. The party gathered at Crystal Lake to commemorate this mark of Alaska’s history. When the time came, party guests donned sunglasses and snow boots and made their way to the trail to high-five their favorite musher. After soaking up the sun and mountains surrounding me in Willow, I headed home before returning shortly to

August 23, 2010 Remarkable good fortune, unparalleled generosity Dale and Jolita Benson are among PLU’s most generous donors. They have given the university just about $5 million in the last decade. In 2004, they established the Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic history, the first fully funded chair at PLU. Last spring, they established the Jolita Hylland Benson Chair in Elementary Education. They have also contributed to the Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies, to Wang Center

technology’s role in positive social and economic change when he delivers PLU’s 16th Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. The virtual event — which is the conclusion of the two-day Wang Center Symposium — takes place at 7 p.m. March 10.  “PLU is working to promote vibrant, healthy communities in Parkland, Pierce County and locations throughout the Northwest,” said Michael Halvorson, Ph.D., the university’s Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History. “Mr. Spelhaug runs a group

being an advocate for the Diversity Center, she saw an opportunity not only to bond with her friends, but to also be exposed to topics she never had a chance to learn in the small town where she grew up. “Getting to college, being exposed to history, and having to confront [not only] the material conditions for black, brown, and indigenous people in our country, but also the history of what our government has done and the way our systems and structures are still set up, is so important to what I do