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  • “PLU seeks to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care – for other people, for their communities and for the Earth.” Within that mission statement, the highlight here is “for their communities.” We recognize and value the differences and diversity of…

    You Ask, We Answer: Is campus welcoming to the LGBTQIA+ community? Posted by: shortea / September 8, 2023 September 8, 2023 “PLU seeks to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care – for other people, for their communities and for the Earth.” Within that mission statement, the highlight here is “for their communities.” We recognize and value the differences and diversity of our students, who they are and what they bring to the campus community. With care in

  • Sunday, December 4 at 5 pm PLU Music Professor and Organist Paul Tegels will play Bach Cantata Vespers and a Mozart Church Sonata for organ and strings at the historic downtown Portland’s St. James Lutheran Church on Dec. 4. The Bach Vesper will feature Cantata 61, Nun komm…

    , soloists and orchestra. The Vesper also includes a motet by Northwest composer Ron Jeffers and the singing of Advent carols. Tegels performs at this location as part of his A freewill offering supports the Bach Vespers series in its 12th season at St. James. Preservice organ music begins at 4:50 p.m. St. James Lutheran Church: 1315 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97201Upcoming Performance Dates 12/4 Organist for Bach Vespers at St James Lutheran Church, Portland, OR 12/16 Recital Plymouth Congregational

  • Funeral homes and PLU’s Diversity Center may seem like contrasting environments, but not for Lucas Kulhanek-Arenas, ‘14. His experience with a positive environment like the Diversity Center helped him succeed at his current job as a funeral director, where he works closely with grieving families.…

    traumatizing for some people. But it’s also a space that shows people the realities of certain marginalized groups in the world. So it’s always been an enlightening experience.” Outside of the Diversity Center, Lucas was heavily involved with campus ministry. He worked as a worship facilitator at one point. His experiences with both intersected all the time, and the programs he worked on for one were often influenced by the other. His interest in the two fields was reflected in his double Religion and

  • Daffodil Royalty Blossoms at PLU Five members of the 2014 Pierce County Royal Daffodil Court are all new Lutes this fall. From left: KayLee Weist, Nina Thach, Marissa Modestowicz (queen), Ji Larson and Kaetlynn Brown. (Photo: John Struzenberg ’16) 5 Members of the 2014 Court…

    had been dead-set on PLU,” said Larson, who plans to major in Chinese Studies. Weist, a Nursing major, said she wanted to be a Lute to “impact the community I’m currently serving in.” All five already have made a big impact as part of the Royal Daffodil Court, made up of high-school seniors from around Pierce County who develop public speaking skills, self-confidence and poise through their interactions with the community. “I’ve gotten to spend time with countless people from all walks of life

  • Over the summer, professors and staff prepared for the unfortunate reality that many parts of classes would need to be conducted remotely. Kits were prepped and picked up by local students and mailed to those further afield. Thankfully, our sculpture studio has a high level…

    Socially Distant Ceramics Class Posted by: Reesa Nelson / October 29, 2020 October 29, 2020 Over the summer, professors and staff prepared for the unfortunate reality that many parts of classes would need to be conducted remotely. Kits were prepped and picked up by local students and mailed to those further afield. Thankfully, our sculpture studio has a high level of air exchange, allowing small groups of students to come in person, alternating with each other to spread out opportunities for

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 28, 2019) — Drop by drop, the lesson comes into focus for this classroom full of fifth-graders. Jimmy Aung ’19, a PLU biology major, and his teaching partner, Jamie Escobar ’19, also a biology major, lead the students at Four Heroes Elementary…

    teaching partner, Jamie Escobar ’19, also a biology major, lead the students at Four Heroes Elementary in Lakewood, WA through a science lab experiment. Grasping pipettes and syringes, students measure out precise amounts of water in proportions that represent Earth’s water resources. A small plastic bottle with 100 milliliters of water represents all the water on the planet, while increasingly smaller amounts measured into other bottles stand for salt water, fresh water and other categories. By the

  • Dining and Culinary Services offers a taste of something different during the annual Ghoulish Food event on Halloween. (Photos by Jesse Major ’14) Ghoulish Food By Jesse Major ’14 Dining and Culinary services offered dishes designed to take students out of their culinary comfort zone…

    present stuff common to other cultures,” said Doug Hinners, sous chef. “These dishes are only weird to us.” “We have chosen dishes that go just outside a person’s normal reality,” Hinners added. Fried chicken gizzards are a normal dish in the south, Hinners said. “Many people have reservations for eating raw fish,” Hinners said. Once you do it though, you see how enjoyable it actually is, he added. Hinners championed the tuna poke for this reason. Another fishy dish that was out of the norm was the

  • Cover art If we were all eyes, could we see each other? by Vickie R. Phipps Intersections, Number 54, Fall 2021 Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities…

    is published by the NECU, and has its home in the Presidential Center for Faith and Learning at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, the institutional sponsor of the publication. Intersections extends and enhances discussions fostered by the annual Vocation of the Lutheran College Conference, together lifting up the vocation of Lutheran colleges and universities. It aims to raise the level of awareness among faculty, staff, and administration about the Lutheran heritage and church

  • Tournament Schedule Friday, January 31 Open Public Forum 3:30-5:00 pm – Round 1 5:00-6:30 pm – Round 2 6:30-8:00 pm – Round 3 8:00-9:30 pm – Round 4 All Other Debate 3:45-5:45 pm – Round 1 5:45-7:45 pm – Round 2 7:45-9:30 pm – Round…

    :30 pm or sooner – Semifinals for Public Forum & Lincoln-Douglas 7:30-9:30 pm – Finals for Policy 8:30-9:30 pm or sooner – Finals for Public Forum & Lincoln-Douglas 8:30 pm or as soon as possible – Awards Students breaking in IEs and debate will be scheduled in IE finals to accommodate possible conflicts. Read Previous Meet Dr. Marnie Ritchie, Assistant Professor of Communication! Read Next Alex Krajkowski’s Risk & Control LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Junichi Tsuneoka August 20, 2024 Pacific

  • Tim Hurd ’13: ‘A man, a can, a plan.’ Hurd and other members of the men’s Ultimate Frisbee team grab dinner after practice at Uni Teriyaki. “Nothing is very consistent with my meal patterns,” Hurd said. He’ll eat whatever he has around the house if…

    bagel Lunch: burger and fries or taquitos and Mountain Dew Snack: any kind of breakfast food Dinner: pizza from Little Caesars Late Night Snack: “Taquitos, Eggos, or cereal or chips or pizza–whatever’s there.” Read Previous Follow your dreams and say “yes” to opportunities, Patricia Krise advises Read Next Snow much fun COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS