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  • Elizabeth Reeves’ (‘13) fondest memories of the Diversity Center are how it felt like a community. They remember the friends they made and the time they all spent together, bonding. “If you had the right combination, you would get zero homework done but it would…

    formative experience. This community-centric experience has shaped Elizabeth’s understanding of diversity, which they say is “having a multitude of different backgrounds and opinions and conversations.” The Diversity Center helped focus Elizabeth’s mindset on diversity by having conversations with fellow students about things that happened in the classroom or the world on a weekly basis. Elizabeth says “it was really cool, at least being able to have these harder conversations.” What brought Elizabeth

  • The Lutheran Studies Conference on Political Life examines: “What does God have to do with Caesar?” Lutheran Studies conference examines the Lutheran perspective on political life This year’s Lutheran Studies Conference on Political Life is inspired by the enduring question: “What does God have to…

    address is entitled: “New Wineskins: The Lutheran Contribution.” In science the present geological changes to the planet announce a new geological age, the Anthropocene, as a successor to the present age, the late Holocene. For humans this is, to remember a parable of Jesus, “new wine” that requires some “new wineskins” (i.e., a different way of life). Rasmussen will explore what these new wineskins and what are the contributions of Lutherans to them. Professor Larry Rasmussen will be the keynote

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm9-kQtIZQI A Night of Musical Theater By Katie Baumann ’14 Night of Musical Theater, a beloved yearly tradition at PLU , will take on a deeper tone for its 2012 show. Under the direction of Communication major, Alex Domine ‘12, the production will run Nov.…

    beginning.” According to Domine, Night of Musical Theater usually has a theme that is not quite as introspective as this year’s production. The commentary going on in this show is intended to help the audience consider the world through a different perspective.  Touching on significant current events, Domine said the show is meant to help the audience break out of their “comfy first world” and look beyond their situation in life. With the wide range of topics being covered, Katie Coddington ‘13 said, “I

  • iPhoneography By Jesse Major ’15 IPhoneography, photography on the iPhone, is an art form that is getting more popular . Beatrice “Bea” Geller, associate professor of art and design, taught a class on this emerging medium during J-Term. She taught iPhoneography based on her first…

    February 5, 2013 iPhoneography By Jesse Major ’15 IPhoneography, photography on the iPhone, is an art form that is getting more popular. Beatrice “Bea” Geller, associate professor of art and design, taught a class on this emerging medium during J-Term. She taught iPhoneography based on her first reaction when she bought her iPhone two years ago. “When I bought my iPhone I had a liberating feeling – it was spontaneous,” Geller said. In iPhoneography students submitted photos to a Flickr account

  • Experimental psychologist Rihana Mason will visit PLU on May 3 to discuss the work of the Academic Pipeline Project and her book, “Academic Pipeline Programs: Diversifying Pathways from the Bachelors to the Professoriate.” Mason is a research scientist at the Urban Child Study Center at…

    an adjunct professor at Spelman College.PLU Dean of Social Sciences Michelle Ceynar, a co-organizer of the event, says that Mason’s talk will cover issues that PLU has been working to address. “Dr. Mason’s book, as well as her extensive experience in this area, will inform PLU and the wider community about what experts have learned to be the best practices for supporting and encouraging disadvantaged students throughout their academic careers so that they experience higher education as a place

  • (CNN)- President Joe Biden committed to nominating the nation’s first Black female Supreme Court justice, as he honored retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at the White House on Thursday. “The person I will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity.…

    United States Supreme Court,” Biden said. “It’s long overdue in my view. I made that commitment during the campaign for president, and I will keep that commitment.” – from https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/27/politics/biden-breyer-announcement/index.html In honor of Black History Month, this exhibit focuses on the intersections of race, law, and justice and features print books from the collection that highlight topics that include Black women intellectuals and lawyers; women and the Supreme Court; Supreme

  • A fresh perspective Each year, more than 250 transfer students bring a diverse mix of opinions and perspectives to the PLU campus. When asked what makes a typical transfer student, Joelle Pretty, PLU’s director of transfer recruitment had a simple answer. “There is no typical transfer student.” Each year, PLU admits between 250 to 300 transfer students to campus. Some are just a…

    college. Others have transferred from a four-year university and are simply looking for something more to their liking. In short, PLU’s transfer population is a diverse mix of students from all walks of life. And that might be exactly why many on campus see the influx of such students as such a good thing. “The one thing they do have in common – they are focused; going to college is an opportunity they are not going to waste,” Pretty said. “And they have a depth of experience that traditional age

  • No brakes? No gears? No handlebars? No problem. Physical education major, aspiring shoe developer and recreational unicycler – not your typical prototype of a college student, but Tyson Bendzak fits the bill. A recent December graduate, Bendzak was the innovator behind the LUNICYCLERS club, an…

    small town of Cordova, Alaska, just south of Anchorage, and said he picked up his first unicycle in fourth grade and has been riding ever since. “My dad taught kids at my school how to ride,” he said. “He joked around asking if any of us would ever bring our unicycles to college.” Bendzak did just that. He said he rode his unicycle to and from church when he first came to PLU, but never imagined his interest in riding would create something so popular. During his sophomore year, Bendzak approached

  • TACOMA, Wash. (March 19, 2015)—Author, professor and cultural geographer Dr. Carolyn Finney is the keynote speaker for the 2015 Earth Day Lecture at Pacific Lutheran University on April 21. Finney’s lecture, “ This Patch of Soil: Race, Nature and Stories of Future Belonging ,” is…

    Cultural/Environmental Expert Returns to Campus for Earth Day Lecture Posted by: Sandy Dunham / March 19, 2015 Image: Dr. Carolyn Finney of UC-Berkeley spoke at PLU’s Fall Conference in September 2014 and returns April 21 for the 2015 Earth Day Lecture (photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 19, 2015 By Taylor Lunka '15PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (March 19, 2015)—Author, professor and cultural geographer Dr. Carolyn Finney is the keynote speaker for the 2015 Earth Day Lecture at

  • About two and a half hours east of Tacoma sits the farming community of Yakima, Washington. The Central Washington county has about 243,000 residents and is probably most notable for producing the majority of the nation’s apples and hops. But it’s also where Henry Temple…

    about five hours a week on top of the meetings that we do.” Growing up in Yakima, Temple enjoyed performing, but the thought of scripting, acting and shooting skits was intimidating to him at first.  Henry Temple ‘21 (Photo by Jake Parrish) “I didn’t know if I could do it or not until I sat in my room and opened up my laptop,” he said. “My first two years (at PLU) gave me the confidence that I could do this if I really worked at it. I think, yes, I’ve always wanted to do it, but I hadn’t had the