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mater in 1970 to lead the team. So when Pacific Lutheran University dedicated its new baseball-field press box to Kittilsby on May 3, he was pretty sure he is not being honored for his athletic prowess. “I’m humbled and elated and extremely honored to be recognized,” Kittilsby said. “But it’s got to be for my behind-the-scenes work, if anything, because I certainly wouldn’t be recognized for my coaching record or my batting average as a three-year-starting Lute outfielder in the late 1950s. To make
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research opportunities, PLU helps its 3,100 students from all faiths and backgrounds discern their life’s vocation through coursework, mentorship and internships at world-class Puget Sound-area businesses and institutions. If you are thinking about going back to school for a graduate degree in order to secure a meaningful career in your field of interest, then we encourage you to request more information or start your online application today!Have questions? Schedule an appointment with a graduate
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of motherhood written by Benge as part of her master’s thesis project, “Voices Made (M)other,” into Spanish to grow its audience. What shape future works will take remains to be seen. But Benge seems ready for anything. Thanks to years of hard work and the support of PLU faculty, she has what she describes as “the solid grounding needed to create socially engaged, critical responsive art and scholarship that the world needs.” “We all come to these things for different reasons,” Benge said
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purpose to be there for them.” Reyes believes her tattoos can serve as a connection point with teens — to help spark dialogue and show them she too has a scarred past. “You know how a bird will ruffle its feathers a little bit to be a little intimidating? My tattoos are like that,” she said. “I don’t think I’m intimidating, but it shows I’m not some fragile little thing. All my tattoos pay tribute to my life journey and self-reflection.” Read Previous Students share why they love studying music at PLU
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. He loved Turkey and its people. He said he was grateful for the kindness he experienced from strangers there and was constantly moved by the plight of refugees trying to start new lives — most of them caught up in events far beyond their control. Charles continues to watch the refugee crisis unfold from his home in the Bellingham area, mostly through news feeds and video clips. He said he thinks it’s hard for Americans to grasp the scope and scale of the human crisis unfolding in the
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contacting your DAF fund and designating a gift for the Class of 1973 Gift to the Wild Hope Center for Vocation. Are you thinking, “I’d like to make a gift to the Class of 1973 Gift to the Wild Hope Center for Vocation but I live off the income from my investments.” Guess what? There is even a way for you to give to the Class of 1973 Gift AND receive income for lifetime or for a period of years! How? PLU offers its alumni and friends the opportunity to fund a Charitable Gift Annuity or Charitable
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be uncomfortable with all of the attention that is now coming her way. He tells the story of standing before 500 people in a packed banquet hall to announce that PLU had received an anonymous gift of $12 million. The audience jumped to its feet in cheers and applause, including Phillips who acted surprised as she joined in. In fact, she was the anonymous donor. “I’m sure that Karen would rather be remembered as the quiet, humble, selfless, consistent and caring person that she was,” Anderson said
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says. “We saw an aspect of the starship design process that secretly linked back to our experience on Earth — what a life cycle in a mostly closed system, open only to sunlight and its energy, looks like. We got a better feel for the balance and delicacy of life.” Like Helmer, it was during this portion of the class that Rae Hyra ’22 realized that maybe designing a starship was not the sole purpose of the class. Hyra recalls that, at first, she was scared she’d be the least smart person in the room
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is its dedication to helping students succeed in the field of global education,” said Henrichsen. “When the opportunity arose to obtain both political science and communication credit by studying and interning in Norway, I jumped at the chance.” She was hooked. Henrichsen, who double-majored in political science and communication, traveled abroad four separate times as an undergraduate – to Germany and England, to Norway, to the Balkans, and to Switzerland. That is where Henrichsen ’07 finds
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big topics as seen and experienced through the lens of PLU’s faith community. “The PLU student body is about 15 percent Lutheran, which means we have a diversity of faith traditions and perspectives on campus,” Rude said. So in the podcast’s inaugural episode, Rude and two non-Lutheran PLU graduates, Matthew Salzano ’18 and Alaa Alshaibani ’17, discuss faith formation, spiritual journeys and what a Lutheran higher education experience looks like from a different faith tradition. In its second
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