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  • Chris Fry ’91, of NW Wood, cuts a plank on his mill in Tacoma. Fry milled the wood from trees cut this summer into panels that now adorn the new Studio Theater. (Photo by John Froschauer) Transforming logs into artwork By: Barbara Clements To the…

    the logs that Fry, owner of NW wood,cut from the PLU campus this summer. In, all some 20 trees, some as tall as 90 feet, were cut down to make way for emergency access and for root rot. About 40 trees were replanted in their place, including dogwoods, red cedar, red maples, cascara and birch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHICzdNP2rc But all the trees that ended up on Fry’s five acres near the PLU campus were Douglas firs. After arriving at Fry’s mill, one of the logs was cut into planks, and

  • ‘I always wanted to go to med school. Then I found something I love even MORE.’ By Chris Albert PLU senior Lauren Thiele has always wanted to make positive change in the world. It’s why, for as long as she could remember, she wanted to…

    students like her for medical school. Over the years, she took advantage of all the opportunities available to her by engaging in whatever she could do to become the most desirable medical school candidate. “I wanted to be one of those people that could do good in the world.” “I did a lot in the medical field,” Thiele said. “I did a lot of things to put myself on that path.” She did well in her physics, chemistry and biology classes. She volunteered in a local emergency room for 100 hours. She studied

  • by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer The first weeks of a course are a critical time for establishing expectations. Teachers in K-12 education have long understood the value of classroom management; but in higher education, the topic is sometimes overlooked. Whether your teaching style is structured…

    following questions might be useful to consider when you communicate expectations at the beginning of a term: Preparing for Class How should students prepare for each class session? When should students skim resources or read deeply? How will students know they are prepared for assessments and/or meeting learning objectives? Participation in Class What does active, engaged participation look like in this class? What are the consequences of missing class, arriving late, or leaving early? Is class

  • Pflueger saves the most By Chris Albert For the second UnPLUgged competition, Pflueger won by cutting its energy consumption by more than 20 percent. During this year’s UnPLUgged enough energy was saved to power 94 homes for a year. All together, efforts by students in…

    Harstad Hall with a 13.8 percent reduction. The energy savings was calculated by taking the average of each hall’s energy use from the last three years and comparing it to this year. UnPLUgged is a campus-wide competition between students of residence halls to see which hall can reduce its energy use the most. Halls face off in a bracket system, facing off round by round. This is the second year of the competition and students really took a hold of advocating and proactively saving energy. All three

  • Why the Payment Agreement shouldn’t scare you (& why you need to do it) One of the most important steps to complete before you register for class is  your Payment Agreement  (also known as the Student Financial Agreement). If you haven’t completed yours, now is…

    the agreement: You can complete the agreement on your PLU Banner Self Service student account. You’ll find instructions here on the Financial Services site. What happens if I don’t have the Agreement completed by my class registration appointment? Your student account will be put on hold and we won’t be able to register you for classes until it’s complete. Can I change my payment option later if I need to? Yes! You just have to let the Office of Student Financial Services know in writing

  • Why the Payment Agreement shouldn’t scare you (& why you need to do it) One of the most important steps to complete before you register for class is  your Payment Agreement  (also known as the Student Financial Agreement). If you haven’t completed yours, now is…

    the agreement: You can complete the agreement on your PLU Banner Self Service student account. You’ll find instructions here on the Financial Services site. What happens if I don’t have the Agreement completed by my class registration appointment? Your student account will be put on hold and we won’t be able to register you for classes until it’s complete. Can I change my payment option later if I need to? Yes! You just have to let the Office of Student Financial Services know in writing

  • Accepted to med school For those passing through northwest­ern Idaho, here’s hoping you don’t meet Guy Jensen. Jensen is a volunteer emergency medical technician, who, during the summer, is likely to be one of the first people on the scene in the event of a…

    com­munity, and get precious job skills to boot. He spent his summers training as an EMT. He took classes at the state fire academy. He completed a rope-rescue training course. He learned Spanish volunteering at a medical clinic that treats migrant workers. For a while, he considered studying to be a paramedic but realized that wouldn’t quite satisfy him. “Dropping people off at the hospital and that being the end of my contact with them just wasn’t fulfilling,” Jensen recalled. “I wanted to know how

  • Artist Zhong Biao works on a canvas in his studio in the Blackbridge Art Village. The studio, along with that of 400 others, is slated to be torn down by the Chinese government. (Photo courtesy Paul Manfredi) Tearing Down the Studio By Chris Albert In…

    , who has known Zhong since 2005. At first, Manfredi had a simple fascination with Zhong’s art, particularly his paintings. That developed into a budding friendship and, later, Zhong’s work became a focus of Manfredi’s academic writing. But here, Manfredi is doing something different — he is documenting Zhong, his work, and his community through a camera lens. His work has been on display in exhibits throughout the world, but the place where he creates it may soon be destroyed. Manfredi has taken on

  • Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation decided to add a fifth scholarship to the four we had advertised. One is reserved for an early undergraduate (preferably community college) student; one for a late undergraduate; one for an early graduate student; the last two are available to students…

    will be awarded to a diversity candidate, defined as ethnic and racial minorities; first-generation college students; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students; and students with physical disabilities. They have also expanded the geographic eligibility of applicants.  In addition to students studying in Oregon and Washington, they now include students who are studying elsewhere, but are from one of those states, and intend to return to the Pacific Northwest after their studies are complete

  • Outreach “I left the country feeling as if we had actually created good out of an inherently oppressive situation.”Sports can be comforting, even therapeutic. Matt Kennedy ’07 worked with some of the 50,000 people who reside in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Most would rather…

    December 1, 2009 Outreach “I left the country feeling as if we had actually created good out of an inherently oppressive situation.”Sports can be comforting, even therapeutic. Matt Kennedy ’07 worked with some of the 50,000 people who reside in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Most would rather live there than face the violence in the northern part of the country. Kennedy helped create and implement a sport outreach project designed to teach life skills through principles learned through sport