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text from her father suggesting that she should apply for the university pastor opening at Pacific Lutheran University in 2015. At the time, she was pretty well settled in Chicago with her partner, Deb, and not looking for employment in the PNW (that was a part of their five-year plan, but this was “only two months in,” she joked with me).  After she initially disregarded the possibility of relocating, the job listing kept calling to her. She reread it over and over, feeling that “there was

freshly renovated for the 2015-16 Academic Year and rooms fill up fast! Ordal is home to the Diversity, Justice and Sustainability (DJS) Community. It is one of two halls on campus with bay windows in most of the rooms and is home to approximately 170 residents. Ordal is conveniently located next to Ingram Hall, which houses PLU’s art and communications departments. Other buildings nearby are the Mary Baker Russell Music Center and the Hauge Administration building which houses both classrooms and

— many of them women, a group traditionally underrepresented in the field — claim a first-generation background. First in the Family buttonThe button that Auman and roughly 60 faculty and staff members across campus wear carries a simple but profound declaration: “Proud to be first in the family.” Proud to be first For Mary Ellard-Ivey, professor of biology, the courage to pursue her college dreams started with a teacher’s simple checklist. “I had a high school biology teacher who I remember very

those five guys reaching the age of forty and starting to gather at least once a year, usually for golf and always for reconnecting and reminiscing. In addition to their remarkable three-plus decades of togetherness, despite several thousand miles of separation in three directions, they were a notable group: Doug Leeland, an MD; Tom Lorentzsen, a doctor of optometry; Al Hedman, a PhD in psychology; Tim Sherry, with an MA in English from the University of Chicago and an impressive career as a teacher

biology faculty members — many of them women, a group traditionally underrepresented in the field — claim a first-generation background. First in the Family buttonThe button that Auman and roughly 60 faculty and staff members across campus wear carries a simple but profound declaration: “Proud to be first in the family.” Proud to be first For Mary Ellard-Ivey, professor of biology, the courage to pursue her college dreams started with a teacher’s simple checklist. “I had a high school biology teacher

Marketing and Communications Kari Plog ’11, senior editor Kari returned to PLU in January 2016. She previously spent five years working in nearly every corner of the newsroom at The News Tribune in Tacoma. Her experience spanned from sports and news copy editing and pagination to local government, communities and breaking news reporting. In addition, Kari’s investigative stories earned her multiple awards, including New Journalist of the Year in June 2015. During her time at PLU, the 2011 graduate also

Evaluations: Documents the internal evaluation of special programs/interdisciplinary centers/institutes within a specific school or college. May include comments from outside sources, students, faculty, administrators and other interested parties. Official Copy: Any Office Retention: 6 years after the end of calendar year Disposition Method: Transfer to Archives for review Program Reviews — Graduate: A record of 10 year cycle departmental self-evaluation and review by the Graduate School Office. Official