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  • inducted into our academic community. This ceremony, with its ritual elements recalling the medieval ceremonies of the first European universities, welcomes you as worthy colleagues.  In addition to your fellow students, seated around you are the faculty, staff, administrators, and regents of PLU, together with elected representatives of the 581 congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in the Pacific Northwest who serve in a body called the PLU Corporation, which confirms the members

  • its students, under the supervision of its faculty members. Graduates who successfully complete the program will earn the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) degree and are eligible to sit for the NCLEX-RN examination for licensure as registered nurses in all 50 states and two U.S. Territories. They are prepared to begin professional nursing positions throughout the health care system. The undergraduate programs provide a strong foundation for graduate study in nursing. Membership The School

  • language,” Ramos said. The field of studies she draws from is critical animal studies with a focus in “anthropomorphism” – the attribution of human characteristics and purposes to inanimate objects animals, plants or pretty much anything that isn’t human. She also focuses on its counterpart “animalization,” which is the attribution of animal behaviors – like crawling – to human beings. It wasn’t long before Ramos noticed how often descriptions used to describe animals are attributed to humans to

  • that affirmed what Tarra Simmons ’00 already knew: her life ahead means more than the criminal record that’s behind her. “One’s past does not dictate one’s future,” the court wrote in its opinion, issued months after the day that changed Simmons’ life forever. And the Pacific Lutheran University graduate doesn’t take the miracles, as she calls them, for granted. She’s working to help others overcome the stigma that comes after incarceration, advocating to transform a punitive system into one of

  • , same-day ruling in November 2017 that affirmed what Tarra Simmons ’00 already knew: her life ahead means more than the criminal record that’s behind her. “One’s past does not dictate one’s future,” the court wrote in its opinion, issued months after the day that changed Simmons’ life forever. And the Pacific Lutheran University graduate doesn’t take the miracles, as she calls them, for granted. She’s working to help others overcome the stigma that comes after incarceration, advocating to transform

  • explanation, and to enlighten him on the past only by avoiding his sight, or flirting with somebody else—she took to herself all the shame of misconduct, or at least of its appearance, and was only eager for an opportunity of explaining its cause. The play concluded—the curtain fell—Henry Tilney was no longer to be seen where he had hitherto sat, but his father remained, and perhaps he might be now coming round to their box. She was right; in a few minutes he appeared, and, making his way through the then

  • communities or takes a life. It does not accept the idea that we as humans want water to stay within what we deem to be its safe boundaries. There is no obedience class for a river and no way to persuade water to stay at a certain level or fall from the sky Throughout history, humans had to adjust around where water was, or face extinction. However, as technology has evolved, the line between what humans can and cannot control is becoming increasingly muddled. Rivers are controlled with dams, levees and

  • outing being a tribute to the Scottish poet, Robbie Burns, at an event aptly titled a Robbie Burns night, hosted by PLU. Burns, is widely known as Scotland’s “Favourite Son” and regarded as its national poet. Celebrating Robbie Burns is dressed in ceremony, including bagpipes and the Scottish dish – haggis. Traditionally the rousing bellows of the bagpipe, march in the ceremonial haggis meal, and Sam was able to fill this role at PLU. It appears that he will be satisfied as long as the pipes do not

  • . Creating a thriving, sustainable on-campus pantry has been a community-wide effort. In the pantry’s early days, several PLU offices held food drives to help fill its shelves. Today, the PLU Pantry is sustained both by staff and student donations and by frequent deliveries from Northwest Harvest, a hunger relief agency that became a pantry partner in October 2019. Under Cunningham’s leadership, the pantry has grown from a modest initiative to one that serves hundreds of students each year. Campus

  • October 3, 2013 Auberry Fortuner ’13 and Assistant Professor Bret Underwood did research into understanding what gave rise to the expansion of the universe. (Photo by John Froschauer) Modeling the Early Universe By Katie Scaff ’13 None of us was around for the Big Bang, but one enterprising student is determined to see what the universe looked like in its beginning, more than 13 billion years ago. Auberry Fortuner ’13 spent his summer simulating events that happened about one-billionth of a