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simply, hospitality is making people feel as if they’re not strangers, as if they belong. As we work together to create a campus community that is truly welcoming and hospitable to all, we must strive to create an environment that nurtures authentic conversation, and one that accesses a diversity of thought and experience. We must create spaces that allow us to explore and understand without the stress of deadlines and the harried pace of our busy lives; spaces that give us the time and ability to

Lutheran ideals that unite us. We are called to be a community of belonging — to get beyond just existing side-by-side and embrace the purposeful work of inclusion. Students and alumni are asked to bring their whole selves to their education, to discover their calling, and to use what they have learned intentionally and courageously for the benefit of others and for the whole planet. This is what Lutheran higher education looks like in 2019. This is what Pacific Lutheran University does. You are the

, perform their initiation only once a year away from the village and males never see their masks. The male’s mapiko on the other hand, is performed publicly to celebrate both male and female initiation and is performed only by the males. The masks themselves are carved in great secrecy away from the community. All males are taught the skill of woodcarving and therefore carving is not viewed as a means for economic support and while they take pride in their work, they do not consider themselves

their initiation only once a year away from the village and males never see their masks. The male’s mapiko on the other hand, is performed publicly to celebrate both male and female initiation and is performed only by the males. The masks themselves are carved in great secrecy away from the community. All males are taught the skill of woodcarving and therefore carving is not viewed as a means for economic support and while they take pride in their work, they do not consider themselves professional

their initiation only once a year away from the village and males never see their masks. The male’s mapiko on the other hand, is performed publicly to celebrate both male and female initiation and is performed only by the males. The masks themselves are carved in great secrecy away from the community. All males are taught the skill of woodcarving and therefore carving is not viewed as a means for economic support and while they take pride in their work, they do not consider themselves professional

their initiation only once a year away from the village and males never see their masks. The male’s mapiko on the other hand, is performed publicly to celebrate both male and female initiation and is performed only by the males. The masks themselves are carved in great secrecy away from the community. All males are taught the skill of woodcarving and therefore carving is not viewed as a means for economic support and while they take pride in their work, they do not consider themselves professional

their initiation only once a year away from the village and males never see their masks. The male’s mapiko on the other hand, is performed publicly to celebrate both male and female initiation and is performed only by the males. The masks themselves are carved in great secrecy away from the community. All males are taught the skill of woodcarving and therefore carving is not viewed as a means for economic support and while they take pride in their work, they do not consider themselves professional

and other non-traditional college students. Jones also helped those cohorts before joining the PLU staff. As a student, he was a community advocate in Kreidler Hall, which helped foster community for non-traditional students — such as commuters, veterans and older students — in the residence hall. “I pretty much wound up working right with my peers,” he said. He knew how hard it could be to get back into the swing of things at college when you’ve been away from school working in another field. “If