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Go to My account Go to Profile Fill in the Phone Number field Turn on “Send library account updates by text message“ Click Save Contact Information Who can use the ILL service? ILL is available to PLU community members: Currently registered PLU students PLU faculty (regular, visiting, or emeriti) PLU staff and administrators ILL is not available to alumni For others that are not considered to be part of the PLU borrowing community, please contact your current educational institution or local

allowed him to “still be in my back yard, in my community.” But as a trail blazing member of a group of students of color, Jackson also found challenges at PLU. A sociology major, he focused his capstone project on the academic experiences of students of color enrolled at predominantly white colleges. “PLU has come a long way, both numerically and in terms of visible signs of commitment to diversity,” Jackson said. It’s one reason he was drawn to membership on the alumni board. “I think I can be part

work, especially on this issue and especially in this state that I love, is what I wanted to do,” he says. Austin’s leadership at Transportation Choices landed him on the radar of the national transportation advocacy community. In 2012, he was recruited to serve as the Executive Director of a national nonprofit called Americans for Transit. The opportunity meant moving from one Washington to the other, a transition Austin had always hoped might be possible. “D.C. is its own realm, much different

, authors, academics and hands-on practitioners, the symposium is designed to stimulate serious thinking on a single global challenge. If one is at all in doubt about this being a different world, consider that there are now 193 counties following a labyrinth of political systems and economic models, and a global population that now exceeds 7 billion.   Just as the symposium reaches out to challenge the assumptions and understanding of the PLU campus community, so too is it intended to reach out to the

, this piece is designed by chaos, meant to be fun, but also very specific. The dancers analyze the story into dance through the process of dramaturgy, the technique of dramatic composition and theatrical representation. This is what defines Vonnegut’s description of female shorthand typing pools in the 1950s. However, Winchester’s choreography itself is not the focus of the program but rather a small part that stresses rich opportunity, diversity and education for students and the community

the design of my FYEP Writing 101 class last fall, “Pop Philosophy: Writing About Music, Taste, and Culture.” What might it mean to be an aesthetic cosmopolitan? Though there are several ways to understand the word “cosmopolitan,” I am most interested in the classical sense that originated with the Stoics: the “citizen of the world.” The core of philosophical cosmopolitanism is the notion that all human beings belong (at least potentially) to a single global moral community, regardless of their

-match record and won four Northwest Conference titles. Hamilton was a member of the Lute tennis team from 1979-82. He is ranked fourth on the PLU career singles victories list with 84, highlighted by a 25-win season as a freshman in 1979. As a senior, Hamilton was recipient of the NAIA’s prestigious Arthur Ashe Award, given for his athletic and academic achievements, community involvement and sportsmanship. He was the Northwest Conference singles champion in 1980; won the conference doubles

-100 dual-match record and won four Northwest Conference titles. Hamilton was a member of the Lute tennis team from 1979-82. He is ranked fourth on the PLU career singles victories list with 84, highlighted by a 25-win season as a freshman in 1979. As a senior, Hamilton was recipient of the NAIA’s prestigious Arthur Ashe Award, given for his athletic and academic achievements, community involvement and sportsmanship. He was the Northwest Conference singles champion in 1980; won the conference

News Homecoming Highlights Awards Recognition Alumni Profiles Alumni Events Class Notes Calendar Home Featured Stories NicarAGUA The thermometer is hopping between 100 and 110 degrees in a church courtyard in El Limonal, Nicaragua, where a team from PLU is installing a well to bring clean water to the community. The trip, though, also was about building relationships— connections that ended up changing these Lutes forever. By Barbara Clements TED Fellow After hearing Katie Hunt’s story—of survival

by each faculty member. The grades are then processed by the Office of the Registrar. Study abroad grades are processed by the Office of the Registrar when they are received from the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. Study abroad grades for courses taught by non-PLU faculty are listed as pass or fail (P/F) with the actual letter grade recorded as well (for example, PA-, PC+, or PE). How do students use the pass/fail option?To pass/fail a course, a student must complete the