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graduates are a precious, life changing and transformative force in the world. Let me explain: The first message came on June 26. It brought the crushingly sad news of the death of Army Lt. Brian Bradshaw,a 2007 political science graduate.  Brian was a strong student, an ROTC volunteer and leader, who entered the military, in his own words, “not to win a war but to make the lives of people better.”  Brian was killed when an IED exploded along a roadside in Afghanistan. Brian left behind several essays

, service, leadership and care–for others, for their communities, and for the earth”– was authored by a university task force in the early ‘90s. It was initially controversial, but it made its way into PLU 2000, was used increasingly in the years that followed, and formally accepted by our Board of Regents when the PLU 2010 report was adopted. Now it is widely known and quoted, almost universally used and affirmed — more and more of our students and graduates, even some parents, can recite it verbatim

find the stories and myths people have used throughout history to explain why nature behaves the way it does extremely interesting. The idea that there is a human or godlike force behind the mysteries of nature have been told since the beginning of human existence and created comfort and connection to the unexplainable. The images on the platters and sculptures reflect that human connection to nature. They show either a mythical connection to nature or a human desire to control or structure nature