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most recently as the mother of a potential new Lute. But even though I’d been on the PLU campus, I’d never really connected with the PLU campus—and its people, and its history, and its mission—until I became part of it. I imagine you know what I mean. There’s just something about this place, and its people. And that’s the story we want to tell. We start with this issue’s behind-the-scenes look at the energy, passion and jaw-dropping juggling acts that go into PLU’s highly anticipated Christmas

PLU faculty members Lisa Marcus, Michael Halvorson and Amy Young discuss the word ‘symbol’ (podcast) Posted by: Zach Powers / March 24, 2017 March 24, 2017 TACOMA, WASH. (March 24, 2017)-The ninth episode of “Open to Interpretation” features a discussion of the word “symbol” among host and Communication and Theatre Department Chair Amy Young, Professor of English Lisa Marcus and Associate Professor of History and Benson Family Chair Michael Halvorson. Conversation Highlights 3:35: Dream subject

, she said. The January Term course in Antarctica and Argentina takes Lutes on a journey to the “end of the earth.” Charles Bergman, professor of English, brings a handful of students to study natural history and environmental literature. Travelers encounter wildlife, including penguins and whales, and experience a balance of hiking and city life in Buenos Aires. Check out a gallery of Morin’s photos from Antarctica below, and check out her online portfolio. Stay cool, Lutes! And congratulations

registered, though! Prepping for your NSR appointment: Take the Math Placement Evaluation (on Banner Self Service). ALL students must take this evaluation! Complete the Language Placement Survey (on Banner Self Service) if you’re planning on studying a language while at PLU. Do this spring or summer (but probably more summer): Check your PLU email consistently Complete your Medical History Record Purchase and read the Common Reading book Send final high school (and college) transcripts to: Registrar

registered, though! Prepping for your NSR appointment: Take the Math Placement Evaluation (on Banner Self Service). ALL students must take this evaluation! Complete the Language Placement Survey (on Banner Self Service) if you’re planning on studying a language while at PLU. Do this spring or summer (but probably more summer): Check your PLU email consistently Complete your Medical History Record Purchase and read the Common Reading book Send final high school (and college) transcripts to: Registrar

, invigorating the learning process for you and your students.   Contextualizing Location Our first example comes straight from PLU from History Professor Mike Halvorson, who created an interactive map of Ancient Egypt that overlaid modern-day Egypt for his course on Western Civilization. Students can zoom in on important locations and monuments, while still able to keep these locations rooted in a global context. Halvorson marks sites down the Nile River. Click to view larger. Bird’s eye view of the

May 1, 2014 Art in—and for—the Community PLU students prepare the Parkland Post Office wall for a community mural. (Photo: Parkland Community Mural Project) Parkland Community Mural Project is a Shared Reflection of History and Identity By Shunying Wang ’15 Learn more about ‘€”and work on!’ €”the mural project On Facebook. On the project blog. Volunteers are welcome to help paint the mural; May painting dates are scheduled for Saturday, May 10; Saturday, May 17; Wednesday, May 21; Friday, May

topic of the Holocaust with their students. Through our efforts, Yad Vashem encourages young scholars to further research the multifaceted nature of the Holocaust.” PLU is home to an academic minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, an endowed chair in Holocaust history, an annual conference on Holocaust education, summer research fellowships for students studying Holocaust questions, and more. Collectively, these programs and opportunities reflect PLU’s prominence as the home of internationally

producing concerts through LASR for laying the groundwork toward pursuing an individualized major. The route allowed him to design and propose his own program of study. “I realized that combining those elements and creating a specialized major would open my schedule up for doing things like internships and individualized study courses that would create a better educational outcome.” Similarly, Nicole Query ’22 enrolled at PLU with plans to double major in history and political science, and minor in

literature and history, says “I basically do all my research on the internet, the PLU library database list is my best friend right now.” Regardless of whether students currently reside on or off campus, they find a use for Mortvedt Library’s resources. But as useful as the library is, in the Humanities there’s also great merit to be found in the input of one’s peers. James notes that “interacting with other students is super useful.” Discussion and collaboration might seem harder to partake in during