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building connections with peers and professors. She chose PLU for the opportunity to build relationships with professors and fellow students. “Smaller class sizes and cohorts help build a community you can turn to, even after you leave PLU,” she says. She also joined the rowing team for two years. “When you struggle together at 5 a.m. in the water, a community is built.” Sandhu will attend law school this fall with the goal of supporting and advocating for marginalized communities, including

degree from PLU on the GI bill, and soon after, found herself starting up the Columbia Gia Dinh Clinic in Vietnam. Her team found they had a shell of a building, a couple of computers and one bathroom when they arrived in Saigon, now called Ho Chi Minh City, in 1998. Holt said she had to learn the way things were done in Vietnam very quickly. Ambulances were old VW buses, and family members were responsible for getting the patient into the hospital. Medical supplies were cheaper to pick up literally

some ideas, but he’s not ready to share them yet. Yet he encouraged the audience to find something they are passionate about and make a “ripple in the pond.” “You might not have an Olympic medal,” he said. “But there’s not reason you can’t take your issue to an Olympic level of problem solving, and make a difference. “You just have to decide to take the trouble to do something about it.” Read Previous Understanding the World Through Sports and Recreation Read Next Building peace COMMENTS*Note: All

, including plans for a new, much-needed music/fine arts facility. At the time I didn’t believe those who told me that academic buildings take between 15-20 years from conception to completion. The envisioned building was approved in concept in 1978 and the Mary Baker Russell Music Center was completed in 1998 – exactly 20 years! I’m grateful to have been in on the project from the very beginning and to have witnessed the enthusiasm and support of two presidents toward realizing that dream over two

planned for Saturday, March 31, at Richmond Beach Yoga in Shoreline, Wash. The event runs from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and is open to the public. Six instructors will each lead half-hour sessions, and after three hours, the group will have completed 108 sun salutations. There is a $25 suggested donation and all proceeds will go toward building the expanded training center. Bryant, through various fundraisers, hopes to raise $30,000 to begin the project of opening the new, expanded training center. The goal

about building relationships – living in residence halls, having dinner with your friends, playing sports in the gymnasium in the wee hours of the night. More than 400 students play intramural sports, ranging from traditional sports like basketball, flag football and soccer, to more playful ones like 3-on-3 basketball and dodgeball. In all, there are more than 30 sports opportunities a year. Altogether, it is good for the body, and it is good for the mind. That’s why everyone is here, right? “I’ll

. White will reflect on his journey, as well as his current job, which entails reaching out to leaders – both religious and secular – in the world’s conflict areas, when he comes to Pacific Lutheran University on Feb. 21 as one of the keynote speakers of the Wang Center Symposium: Legacies of the Shoah. White specializes in building cross-border coalitions and history-making campaigns, three of which led to major international treaties: the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

of the workshop. Taylor and PLU students camped on site and conducted a dig designed to unearth the history of the land and the lives of its past residents. “You don’t often find information about daily life in history books,” Taylor said. “That is something historical archaeology can provide to help us learn more about the past.” The homestead consisted of two structures. Students focused on the smaller building, creating an excavation unit by digging a square around the perimeter. Students then

PLU alumnus Scott Foss ’91 serves as a top paleontologist for the Department of the Interior Posted by: Zach Powers / March 20, 2017 Image: Scott Foss ’91 on the rooftop of the Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 20, 2017 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsWashington, D.C. (March 20, 2017)- When Scott Foss ’91 enrolled at Pacific Lutheran University, he dreamed of becoming a paleontologist and pursuing a career outdoors

a person who’s working on graphic design,” Halvorson said. “But maybe you don’t regularly meet with business or computer science students, and you want to develop a broader range of entrepreneurial skills. The Innovation Studies program is meant to help you achieve the career and leadership goals that you want out of your art program.” The minor embraces creativity and big ideas while leaning into skill-building, providing a toolbox for students to delve into once they’ve completed their