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March 14, 2008 Civil War love letter inspires wind ensemble As the story goes, Maj. Sullivan Ballou was like most men in the Northern army at the start of the Civil War. He fought not to end slavery, but to preserve the Union. At 32, Ballou had a promising career as a lawyer, a wife and two sons. An ardent Republican and devoted supporter of Abraham Lincoln, he volunteered in the spring of 1861. Ballou and his men left Providence, R.I., for Washington, D.C., on June 19. Ballou wrote a letter to

March 27, 2008 Conference addresses men’s role in violence At PLU’s first Men Against Violence Program Conference, men’s role in ending violence against women will be examined. Titled “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: Men’s Role in Ending Violence Against Women,” the conference is unique because of the focus on men’s role in preventing domestic and sexual violence against women, said Jonathan Grove, director of PLU’s Men Against Violence program. To his knowledge, there have been only three other

September 8, 2008 Profs, students talk about going green PLU has made great strides in reaching its sustainability goals, campus leaders and students stressed last week. However, especially in the area in energy conservation, PLU staff and students need to be conscious off turning off the lights or reducing the heat. After President Loren J. Anderson’s State of the University address, about a dozen faculty and students talked about how the campus was doing in its conservation goals, including

February 25, 2013 For the Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture, Neil Foley, the Robert H. and Nancy Dedman Chair in American History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, spoke about immigration issues and realities. We’re like the Borg – We Swallow up Everybody By James Olson ’14 For the Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture, Neil Foley was in fine form speaking with wit and sober candor on “The Hispanic Challenge and the Latinization of America,” before a crowd Feb. 25 in the

PLU’s kinesiology team places third at 2021 national sports medicine knowledge bowl Posted by: Silong Chhun / June 22, 2021 Image: 2020 PLU NW Regional ACSM Knowledge Bowl champions Nate Adams ’20, Brianna O’Malley ’21 and Sam Crompton ’20 June 22, 2021 By Silong ChhunPLU Marketing and Communications Earlier this month, PLU's Kinesiology Team—Emily Whittaker '21, Alyssa Pociernicki '22, and Brianna O'Malley '21—finished third in the 2021 American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) National

PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center selected for Registrars to the Rescue service project Posted by: Julie Winters / July 28, 2016 July 28, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (June. 23, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University’s Scandinavian Cultural Center (SCC) is one of two Tacoma-area museums selected for a service project by Registrars to the Rescue (R2R), an initiative of the Washington Museum Association.Curators with R2R will visit the SCC on June 22 and work in