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last week’s Power Paddle to Puyallup and in everyday life. “It’s really powerful,” she said. Hall grew up on traditional Samish lands, ancestral areas around Anacortes, Washington, and the San Juan Islands. She first connected with her tribe in 2003, but for a long time didn’t embrace all that came with her Native American identity. It wasn’t until a decade later, through her studies at Pacific Lutheran University, that Hall reconnected with the Samish on a deeper level. A class on myths, rituals

PLU French professor Rebecca Wilkin wins the 2024 Translation Prize Posted by: Jeffrey Roberts / June 7, 2024 Image: PLU Professor of French Rebecca Wilkin teaching a course titled “French / Francophone Feminisms.” (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) June 7, 2024 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & Communications The French-American Foundation has announced that PLU Professor of French Rebecca Wilkin is one of the winners of the 2024 Translation Prize. Wilkin and her co-editor and translator Angela Hunter, an

working in small groups, or large organizations, such as nonprofits, universities, and government organizations. How does Social Innovation work? At Pacific Lutheran University, we begin by investigating political, social, environmental, and economic challenges, and then we apply attributes like critical thinking, economic analysis, and sustainable business design to imagine solutions to the problems. Social innovations are often complex–they take on big issues like human rights abuses, stigmas in

problems. “I learned how to conduct a meeting that allows all to participate and keeps a small minority from tyrannizing the majority,” he said. Wold advises current ASPLU leaders to, “Listen carefully to your constituency; don’t make promises you can’t keep, and don’t take yourselves too seriously.” “Be an advocate for people,” is the advice that Susan (Carnine) Hecker ’03 has for ASPLU officers. “That should be your number-one priority in student government, just as it is in my profession, medicine

with the peace process in Sudan for decades, Vraalsen began by saying this vote, although significant, is not the end of peace efforts. “Don’t be wrong about this, it’s one station along the road,” Vraalsen said. “It’s not yet there.” Fighting between the ruling government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army, and other militia factions, has ravaged the Sudan with war for the last 20 years. And throughout the last two decades, Vraalsen worked with the warring parties, which resulted in the

extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight,” and the Gold Cross of Honour, Germany’s equivalent of the Medal of Honor. Shumaker, who majored in politics and government at PLU, is part of the committee of PLU staff and faculty members planning the university’s annual Veterans Day Celebration on Nov. 11. What does Veterans Day mean to you, personally, and what is the day like for you, emotionally? For me as a veteran, it’s not different than any other day. All day, every day there are

Center also offers free same-day medical appointments, and will reimburse for deductibles and copays up to $1,000. The Access Plan does not require students to carry additional insurance, but students are strongly encouraged to have it. Taiwo joined Kim Riano, director of the Health and Counseling centers, and Monica Richardson, a student-government representative from ASPLU, to accept PLU’s certificate. The university was recognized for fulfilling its open enrollment goals: hosting on-campus

governor. At one point, Reagan threatened to remove patients from state hospitals and expected religious institutions to care for them. Torvend’s father drove to the capital to protest. “The discussions around the family dinner table about the responsibility of government to the most vulnerable citizens stuck,” Torvend said. After the November election, Torvend and a group of ecumenical clergy from Pierce County issued a public statement of support for minority groups such as LGBT people, African

is the fifth batch of PLU students to attend the international program. They leave June 17. Beiermann is majoring in politics and government, as well as economics. Traveling with Campus Ministry to the Lutheran Vocation Conference in the fall inspired him to apply for the Peace Scholars Program. “Something that stuck with me from the conference was, when people have deeply rooted values and there are tensions between them, how do you handle that?” he said. This has become an important question

get a window into just about any aspect of state government through doing that internship. I highly recommend it.Political Science at PLUPolitical science majors and minors explore seek to understand how governments are organized and structured, how political processes are employed, and the relationship of structures and processes to societal purposes.PLU DebateFounded in 1947, PLU’s debate team is one of the oldest and most decorated forensics programs in the country.In addition to that strong