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March 30, 2011 Through experience and contemplation, painter hones his craft In creating oil paintings at his Tacoma studio, artist David Gray, ’92, takes inspiration from what is beautiful, good, excellent and wholesome. Gray has worked as a full-time artist since December 2002. In this relatively short time, he has distinguished himself by winning prestigious awards such as the 2009 Chairman’s Choice Award at the International Art Renewal Center Salon, a competition for artists working in the

was a keynote speaker Friday at PLU’s Natural Science Academic Festival, which ran through May 7. Before his address Friday evening, Fischer chatted informally over pizza with about 25 biology and chemistry majors who got a chance to ask Fischer everything from why he got into science (his father) to if he had any regrets about his career choice (no, he doesn’t. He considers his work just plain fun.) “The most interesting things happen when an experiment doesn’t work out they way you predicted it

position at ESPN. “The biggest thing was building relationships with people at Disney,” Loween said. “It pushed to always make a choice to be happy and positive. They want to see how you react to change and uncertain circumstances.” Part of what makes the Disney College Program unique is that students are assigned a minimum viable job, which can be a learning experience in itself, Herbert-Hill said. Loween’s job at Disney was working rides and initially he didn’t have the upbeat attitude that would

background checks before earning a residency teaching certificate. When that expires (after about four years), teachers have a choice: move on to gain a ProTeach Professional Certification, or go through the more-rigorous program to receive a certificate from the National Board of Professional Teacher Standards, awarding them the title of a National Board Certified Teacher. The NBCT process consists of four parts, involving analysis and reflection in writing as well as submitted videos and student work

, Tahoma’s got everything any hungry college student could want for a study-break snack. Tahoma also serves up an excellent variety of breakfast foods to get Lutes good and ready to face a day of conquering classes. My go-to choice is the classic sausage, egg and cheese breakfast sandwich, which features a hot sausage patty, fluffy egg and melted cheese wedged between two English muffins. The sausage, egg and cheese sandwich is simple and delicious, but those who like a little spice in their breakfast

wife, Patty, rappel down the Hotel Murano on Friday, Sept. 30, in downtown Tacoma as part of the Habitat Challenge, a fundraiser for the local Habitat for Humanity. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) President Tom Krise and his wife, Patty, rappel down the Hotel Murano in downtown Tacoma on Friday, Sept. 30, as part of a Habitat for Humanity fundraiser. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) Patty Krise’s choice was part sentimental, part speaking to the cause. She said her song is about a woman who gets

Performing Arts. She was a ceramics teaching assistant for two years and also won first place in the Student Juried Exhibition this past fall. Extending her successes beyond the Lute Dome, Henderson studied away in Bali during the J-Term of her junior year. “It was amazing!” she said. For her senior capstone, Henderson completed a project called “Dynamic Tension” – a series of four mixed media sculptures involving animals in strange or awkward positions, she said. “Dynamic Tension essentially explains