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Kapowsin High School’s Trumpet Coach. Autumn is insane for doing all of this but couldn’t love it more!  She loves the process and can’t wait for the outcome of all her hard work! Jess Mason Jess Mason is a third year Music Performance and Music Education major, minoring in Hispanic Studies.  They are from Portland, Oregon.  They have been playing trumpet for 9 years.  They’re in the Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra. This fall they are studying away in Oaxaca, Mexico. Connor Kaczkowski My name is

including Disney, Nickelodeon and McDonalds, and was Stephanie Anne Johnson’s manager and publicist during her time on The Voice. Guest Contributors Samuel Torvend, Ph.D. Samuel Torvend, Ph.D., is professor of the history of Christianity and currently serves as the university chair in Lutheran studies. As a historian of Christianity, his research focuses on the history of religious responses to poverty and food insecurity. He also teaches courses on religious art and architecture and their role in

I’m told she has on her desk). But why did Foege even bring me along? Maybe he just liked causing a fuss. PRANKS WITH A PURPOSE But there’s another possible explanation: Inclusion. Breaking down walls. Anthropologists who study the sociological and cultural impacts of practical jokes say they often are done to bring someone into the fold, to create social bonding and a sense of community. All those who know Foege speak of his empathy and how he so easily connects with everyone he meets. He tends

MediaLab, the multimedia, applied research organization at PLU, celebrates 10 years this fall. The program, which is responsible for numerous documentaries over the years, counts more than 200 students as participants during its existence. Housed within the School of Arts and Communication’s Center for Media Studies, MediaLab is a group of students that work in pre-professional settings, contracting with external clients in Tacoma, Seattle and beyond. In addition to performing fee-for-service

program was great, and I cherish it,” Potter said. Potter, a Financial Math major and a Statistics minor, says her dual athletic demands actually help her manage her packed life. “It is definitely a balancing act, but I think sports keeps my schedule more structured and helps even though I am more busy,” Potter said. During the summer off-season (for sports and studies), Potter worked as an intern at Liberty Mutual and will begin a full-time job at the Seattle insurance company upon graduation. It’s a

By Valery Jorgenson '14 Anthony Markuson ’13 traveled the world as a Pacific Lutheran University student and moved across the country as a new graduate—and, always, everywhere, a little bit of PLU goes with him. Markuson, who majored in Biology with a minor in Global Studies and a concentration in World Health, found his current position through fellow Lutes—and it’s a position that’s not so much a job as a service opportunity. “I see how that (service) works outside the ‘Lutedome,’ and that is

may have taken up to ~250 Ma.View Lex's poster here. The Timing of Deglaciation in Alaska Since the Last Glacial Maximum Natalie Johnson Glaciers globally have been in retreat since the Last Glacial Maximum, and the timing of deglaciation in Alaska has not yet been fully understood. Surface exposure studies have been done in Alaska to understand the history of the glaciation. It was expected that glaciers at lower latitudes would have deglaciated first. Surface exposure ages from previous studies

one uses what one learns in order to think through particular issues or problems).  Some recent assignments include podcasts, blogs, taking on the personas of authors, philosophers, and thinkers from the course, and making a special issue of an academic journal. Can IHON work with my major?Yes, absolutely! IHON students have majored and minored in every program at PLU, from Biology to Global Studies, Nursing to English, Business to Education. Because IHON courses are interdisciplinary, they work

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the Morken Center for Learning and Technology, and subsequently during the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust-sponsored Twenty-Third Regional Conference on Undergraduate Research of the Murdock College Science Research Program in November in Vancouver, Wash. The Mount Rainier research was funded through a PLU Division of Natural Sciences and the Wiancko Charitable Foundation grant through the environmental studies program at PLU. Barbara Conner Barbara Clements is the former Content Development