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ongoing transparent process that is heavily driven by the faculty who are affected. “PLU has no bad programs,” O’Brien said. “So these cuts aren’t easy to make.” O’Brien and others say they are impressed and even energized by the innovation, collaboration and creativity exhibited throughout this introspective process, despite the tension and emotion surrounding it. Acting President Allan Belton acknowledges that it is easy and even understandable to be despondent during this time of

Theatre (acting and technical). SOAC artistic achievement awards are offered in amounts ranging up to $10,000 per year and are in addition to academic scholarship students may receive. About PLUPacific Lutheran University purposefully integrates the liberal arts, professional studies and civic engagement. With distinctive international programs and close student-faculty research opportunities, PLU helps its 3,300 students from all faiths and backgrounds discern their vocations in life. Founded in 1890

diverse regions,” said PLU acting president Allan Belton. Invitations to participate in the debate were sent to Sen. Maria Cantwell and challenger Susan Hutchison at the conclusion of the primaries.  The debate, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 12:30 p.m. in the Karen Hille Phillips Center. Tickets will be distributed in limited numbers to PLU’s student body and community partners, and the remainder will be available to the public on a first-come-first-served basis. Advocates

Huertas ’09 (Spring Awakening at Balagan Theatre and on a National Tour). Rabbit Hole, which won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize, is a story of loss, heartbreak, and forgiveness as a family attempts to move on after a life-shattering accident. “The play demands an intense level of naturalistic acting that requires the performers to be unfailingly honest in order to get the most out of both the humor and the pathos in the text. Our students have been aching for that kind of challenge, and I wanted to give it

cultural values that are different from their own, and learn to recognize when they are acting/reacting on the assumption that their values are “right.” (In other words, to recognize when they are being ethnocentric.) These anthropological learning objectives are congruent with PLU’s Wild Hope Project, in that they give students the chance to discover the kind of “big enough questions” that will continue to have an impact in the student’s life beyond the classroom, today and in the future. Both courses

Monty, and Clapp said it will provide audiences with singing, dancing, acting and fun. “This is your traditional American musical,” Clapp said. “It’s really underpinned to what’s happening right now with the economy.” Although he didn’t want to give away too much of the surprise, Clapp said there will be portions of the play with “suggested nudity.”Clapp, who started teaching and directing at PLU in 1995, is no stranger to productions such as this one. He estimates that in the last 16 years he has

Huertas ’09 (Spring Awakening at Balagan Theatre and on a National Tour). Rabbit Hole, which won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize, is a story of loss, heartbreak, and forgiveness as a family attempts to move on after a life-shattering accident. “The play demands an intense level of naturalistic acting that requires the performers to be unfailingly honest in order to get the most out of both the humor and the pathos in the text. Our students have been aching for that kind of challenge, and I wanted to give it

quickly realized she didn’t like acting or auditioning. So, she spent a year at her community theatre doing everything else — building sets, hanging lights, painting, stage managing and making copies. Those experiences, hard work and camaraderie inspired her to study to be a lighting and scenic designer. “In scenic design, I create the world the characters inhabit, and in lighting design I convey the emotion of moments, often without the audience ever noticing.” In 2012, she moved from the busy

clarify their passions and to build solidarity with diverse communities across the world.” And, as the Peace Corps acknowledges, service contributes globally, locally and personally. “The same passion that launched the Peace Corps more than 50 years ago fuels progress in developing countries today thanks to the leadership and creativity that college graduates bring to their Peace Corps service,” Peace Corps Acting Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet said in a press release. “The unique Peace Corps

enforcement, healthcare providers and university professionals) to develop a guidance document for best practices around sexual-violence prevention on college campuses,” Warwick said. “These recommendations, I believe, will be what guides state-level funding for Rape Prevention Education grants.” The letter to Warwick from James Mercy, the CDC’s acting director in the Division of Violence Prevention, read, in part: “… you have the breadth and depth of knowledge around preventing sexual violence on