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the work force and the removal of coverture. My pursuit of the topic really arose from my internal dissonance I had regarding the passing of Same-Sex Marriage in the state. I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. While I was elated by the fact that a new option would be available to legitimize the relationships of gays and lesbians, I wanted to take stock and understand the history behind the movement as it has come thus far. I wanted to know why marriage was the goal; this opened up my understanding
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June 17, 2014 On June 18, Benjamin Rasmus ’06 began a cross-country bike ride to bring awareness to the issue of hunger and food waste in the U.S. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Lute Cycling from one Washington to the Other to Focus Attention on Hunger and Food Waste By Barbara Clements PLU Marketing & Communications Benjamin Rasmus ’06 plans to put some major miles on his bike—3,500, to be exact—as he rides cross-country to promote awareness of hunger in the U.S. as well as locally grown food
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research areas. PLU made history in 2006, by becoming the first United States university to have students and faculty studying on all seven continents simultaneously – an achievement repeated in 2008. “This award confirms a focus and mission we have had for decades,” said PLU President Loren J. Anderson. “Our university is one that stresses how small a world we have become, and the necessity to see and engage the world in thoughtful scholarship and a passion for service and care.” Nearly two-thirds of
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universities across the U.S. Eight Namibians who were part of this sponsored program graduated from PLU. Laura Sorgenfrei ’08 with her grade 1 support class at Van Rhyn Elementary in Windhoek, Namibia. In the years since, this history of educational exchange has continued via USAID grant-supported teacher development programs, study away programs and Fulbright scholarships. Yet the Uukumwe Project is unique—not only for its focus on teachers, rather than students, but also because for every American
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, she had to branch out to surrounding Tacoma, Parkland and Spanaway schools to meet other people of color. After joining the heritage speakers cohort, Pinedo Chipana gained so much more, particularly a heightened ability to communicate with her relatives from Peru, where she was born. “My parents know all the history,” she said. “I was able to relate more to what they were talking about. When I learned about the history, I could finally understand what they were talking about.” Rojas Apodaca, a
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entire gaggle of cousins around the university, everyone reported that they don’t see each other around every turn. In fact, it came as a surprise when Aaron arrived for a communications class in 2008, and found out that Michael and Rondi were taking the same class. Brett ’10 said he remembers having childhood memories of coming to campus with his dad, Eric Monson ’83, to watch football games. His mom, Lisa, graduated from PLU in 1986. “I have kind of a history here,” he said. “My dad would come down
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continues over more clips of a mountain face.] Justin: emphasis is really on you know helping people and hopefully saving lives [video: Samantha Denham’s voice comes in over clips. A shot of a digital monitor showing topographic data. A shot from overhead of a town in cold weather, trees bare and some destruction on the ground.] Samantha: there was a landslide event in 2014 in Oso Washington that took 43 lives it is the largest deadliest slide in US history and that event highlighted the [video
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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 reforming movements. Among his published works are Luther and the Hungry Poor: Gathered Fragments . Kevin
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insight into restoration and natural history of areas around campus, and Dr. Jenny James for helping to strengthen both the focus and writing of my capstone. Further thanks goes to PLU’s Campus Landscape and Athletic Fields Manager, Kenneth Côté and PLU’s Vice President of University Relations, Dan Lee, for taking the time to provide me with clear understandings of open spaces on campus and their futures. Lastly, I would like to thank Ravyn Rady for the times she needed driving practice and
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PLU Assistant Professor and Reference Librarian Lizz Zitron. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender was named one of 2014’s best books by Publishers Weekly and Hudson Booksellers and also has been nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award and for YALSA’S Best of Fiction for Young Adults award. The fantasy novel tells the story of 16-year-old Ava Lavender, who inherits a rich family history and a legacy of heartbreak. A young man becomes convinced that Ava is an angel when he discovers that
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