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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

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

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

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

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