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December 1, 2009 Freedoms “When I’m in a press conference at the U.N., I feel like the world is literally at my fingertips. I find it is impossible to be apathetic when I have the awesome opportunity to be a first witness to history.”While at PLU, Jennifer Henrichsen ’07 studied away four separate times. To say that was influential would be an understatement – the experiences changed her life. She traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, where she worked as a freelance journalist at the United Nations

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

left, attended the Education Career Fair and then signed a letter of intent with her top choice, Tacoma Public Schools. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Undergraduate Elementary Education major Danay Jones ’15 recently signed a letter of intent with her top choice, Tacoma Public Schools. She is in the process of interviewing for a position as a kindergarten teacher. “It [the Education Career Fair] helps us narrow down what districts we want to apply for,” she said. “ I witnessed several of my

their families to seek work and money. Often, these demands can lead to human trafficking, sexual assault, and violence against women, she says.   While in Indonesia during her study abroad semester, Beeson took an 8-hour ride-share journey to visit Watini and meet her family. “It was truly a full circle moment for me, seeing her again, six years later,” Beeson says. Beeson wanted to learn more about issues that affected women like Watini. Beeson interviewed representatives from five organizations

vehicle and a bus in Seattle; 50 people were sent to area hospitals. Nine people, including several first-year students and a teacher, were killed by a gunman at Umpqua Community College on Oct. 1. Seven other people were wounded in the attack in Roseburg, about 180 miles south of Portland.       Read Previous PLU Ranked a Top 10 “Value Added” College Read Next Trans-Rights Scholar/Activist Dean Spade Speaks at PLU Nov. 3 COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you

December 1, 2009 Care “PLU grads are really needed in tough areas. People out here in the world need people who care.”Eric Pfaff ’09 opened PLU’s first bike co-op two years ago as a way for students to quickly and sustainably run errands around campus. Pfaff graduated from PLU, signed up for the intensive non-profit training provided by Teach for America and is now teaching fifth grade in a low-income school in Tulsa, Okla. No doubt he’s encouraging his students there to hop on a bike and ride

December 1, 2009 Human Rights “I don’t care where you live or what your government is or what your religious beliefs are. You’re a human being, and that means, at a minimum, you need food, water, shelter, health care, freedom.”The end of the world is a place Ingrid Ford ’97 knows well. A graduate of PLU’s School of Nursing, she went on to work for Doctors Without Borders for six years, providing medicine to remote villages in Sudan, HIV/AIDS awareness to children in Kenya, even sanitation and

December 1, 2009 Volunteer “Dropping people off at the hospital and that being the end of my contact with them just wasn’t fulfilling. I wanted to know how they did.”Guy Jensen ’08 saw the chance to train as a volunteer emergency medical technician as an opportunity to serve his rural Northwest Idaho community, and get precious job skills to boot. He took classes at the state fire academy. He volunteered at a medical clinic that treats migrant workers. He was often first on the scene in an

University takes great pride in its dynamic and challenging Theatre program. We train students in all aspects of theatre – from acting and directing to stage management, producing, playwriting, technical theatre and design.Set in the 1950s, the play centers on an African-American father and his relationship with his son. Troy, a Negro League baseball player who never got a legitimate shot at the segregated major leagues and instead became a sanitation worker, tries to quash the football dreams of his son

their health centers and training staff to administer tests, PLU Athletics has taken it upon itself to manage the process.  “That is something that is unique,” Jen Thomas, interim athletic director, said. “Having our coaches do that … there’s a lot of positives in doing it that way and it should be celebrated.”  Teamwork is nothing new for Lutes, but now that attitude spreads across individual sports.  After seeing their spring season end abruptly, the athletics department chose to zero in on that