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  • opportunity, and sustain the University’s mission. Currently, the endowment spending rate is equal to 5% of the fund’s average assets during the last three fiscal years. How are endowment funds invested?The PLU endowment is invested in highly diversified asset classes, providing stability in principal. This stability has allowed the university to continue to provide a 4.50 percent payout each year even during the volatile markets of the early and late 2000s. The Endowment Investment and Spending Policy

  • The Possibility of Imagining Otherwise: Deconstructing Value Through Love for the Gendered Other in Childrens' Picture BooksWhere do children learn the “right” ways of being: of inhabiting a body or expressing their gender? And why is it that upon reaching adulthood, after a lifetime of learning these “right” ways, we have an overwhelming amount of unlearning to do in order to value our own differences? Early childhood education takes place in many spaces, be it within the home, preschool, daycare

  • and colleagues. Dr. Doris Geneva Stucke Doris died Dec. 22, 2017, at the age of 99. She was born in Malta, Montana, to Herbert and Esther Stucke on Jan. 31, 1918, and lived in Parkland since 1967. Her early childhood through two years of college were lived in Minnesota and Montana. She earned a nursing diploma from Sibley Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and a Bachelor of Science in nursing at The American University in Washington, D.C. She received a Master of Education in nursing from the

  • their migration route. Evidently, sometime during the 1917 fall migration, mutating bird virus infected pigs who in turn sickened Kansas farmers. In early February, 1918 a country physician west of Dodge City noted a dramatic uptick of influenza cases of an unusually virulent nature.  Young, healthy patients were struck down quickly, many of them dying.  Soon, area doctors were swamped with sick and dying flu patients.  Then, as suddenly as the influenza storm began, in March the epidemic was over

  • Wang Center Photo & Video Contest Winners 2022 Posted by: Holly Senn / March 30, 2022 March 30, 2022 During the 2021-2022 academic year, 149 PLU students participated in global and local study away programs to acquire new perspectives on critical global issues, advance their language and intercultural skills, form valuable new contacts and lasting connections, and advance their academic and career trajectory. Due to the worldwide pandemic, 46 students returned home early in spring of 2020 and

  • McGill. A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams. Directed by Professor Jeff A. Clapp.Other ProductionsLullaby of Broadway: A Night of Musical Theatre. Directed by Clare Marie Edgerton ‘10. The APO One-Act Play Festival: World Premieres.
Rocko’s Post-Modern Life, by Paul Elvis Richter ‘10. Directed by Rose Gonzales ‘10. Robbing Midnight, by Angie Tennant ‘12. Directed by Abigail Pishaw ‘12. Straight Date, by Justin Huertas ’09. Directed by David Alan Ellis ‘11. Vpstart Crow Presents: bash

  • philosophy and Fall 2018 interim director of the Wild Hope Center for Vocation, service, in part, means “blurring the line between yourself and the neighbor.” “I find that I thrive in a community that is nurturing and inclusive,” says Simone Smith, coordinator for student rights and responsibilities and disabilities support services. “My vocation is being able to build that network of support for others.” Lidia Ruyle, a 25-year PLU veteran who works in facilities management, says that she found a sense

  • in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in Oxford June 12, 2024 PLU welcomes new Chief Operating Officer and VP Shalita Myrick to campus June 11, 2024 PLU French professor Rebecca Wilkin wins the 2024 Translation Prize June 7, 2024

  • : 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 Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in Oxford June 12, 2024 PLU welcomes new Chief Operating Officer and VP Shalita Myrick to campus June 11, 2024 PLU French professor

  • check in on January 5th, chair placement auditions will be held in various rooms in the Mary Baker Russell Music Center. Please open and print the PDF version of your part for your instrument and practice prior to the January 5th check in. Flute, Oboes, Clarinet (B-Flat), Clarinet (Bass), Clarinet (Contra Bass), Bassoon, Sax (Alto), Sax (Bari), Sax (Tenor), Trumpet/Cornet, French Horn, Trombone, Euphonium TC, Euphonium BC, Tuba, Mallets, Snare Drum, Timpani, Double BassPerformance January 11, 2025 4