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understand that the most important work was finding a ‘Why’ for my venture, and then going through a design process that would help me clarify my ideas, brand identity, and social impact.” A Focus on Sustainability “In Norway, there is a lot of interest in sustainable products, and I have always been inspired by that,” Lund emphasized. “I was really drawn to the slow fashion industry, which is gaining momentum in Scandinavia and Europe. This movement focuses on local, hand-made products that have a

Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. In partnership with the PLU Diversity Center, the trip sent eight students to Georgia and South Carolina to study environmental justice in a civil rights context. The trip focused largely on the history of racism and slavery, the importance of primary resources in an economic context and modern devices in society that unjustly divide people into different socioeconomic and racial areas. “The whole experience was very meaningful,” Dobies said. “It put

nonprofit community organization formed to preserve local National Public Radio affiliate KPLU, announced today that they have reached an agreement that will allow Friends of 88.5 to assume ownership of the station pending approval by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). On Nov. 12, 2015, PLU and the University of Washington announced PLU’s intent to sell its broadcasting rights and facilities associated with KPLU to KUOW. Following listener outcry, the two universities agreed, in early January

include London Tower, Tower Bridge, Thames River, Borough Market, Spitalfields Market, Tate Modern Art Museum, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the British Museum, and evening shows in the West End.  We’ll hopefully have a chance to see some of the other sites a couple of days from now before heading out to Oxford and on to Germany.  Only a couple of days left in the UK – tomorrow we’ll head to Royal Holloway for a performance and then back to London for a group dinner and evening show. June 5thWe headed just

wandered a long way from our original point of departure – history books, plagues, and zombie apocalypses! Though in a way, we found we had actually been answering our own question in a roundabout (typically historical) way, by following the thought-trail of why we are drawn to the topics we find ourselves researching and teaching about. I guess I’ll just have to ask my Early Modern Europe students why they think the Bubonic Plague of the 14th century still has relevance for them today. Read Previous

employed a variety of field methods to uncover artifacts and information about the site and its inhabitants.PLU AnthropologyLearn more about the university's anthropology department. Digging shovel probes revealed a number of buried objects. Participants discovered an abundance of shoes on the property, presumably left by a family of residents from the early 1900s. One student, Taylor says, dedicated her time to researching the shoes in particular. “It was really neat to see the old shoes that were

Research Grant. Her hope is to apply her research toward a master’s degree, and eventually doctorate, in religion. Her research project is centered on the early Reformation church ordinances that created the first state-sponsored systems of social welfare. “I am primarily interested in how theological context of each particular city influenced the social reform that it’s government enacted,” she said. She’s excited to be in Germany again. A few years ago she studied abroad there and is looking forward

.” Takekawa acknowledged that some of the students, this early in life, may not recognize the larger life lessons they take away from the exchange program. But the experiences build an important foundation for cross-cultural understanding as they continue to mature. “We’re dropping seeds right now,” she said. “Music is just a tool.” Read Previous First class of 253 PLU Bound Scholarship recipients passionate about community, music, nursing, education and more Read Next Friends of 88.5 FM and Pacific

a new way to make coffee, but instead his team introduced a new approach to marketing the product emphasizing the relationship between business and customer. Culture is important to Starbucks, which is why the company is so often in the news for social or cultural reasons. The company did not really take off in terms of revenue until the early 1990s. However, they gradually supplied the marketplace with a product that felt very high quality (like an expensive Italian restaurant), but was

creative nonfiction in PLU’s MFA program from 2010 to 2013. After graduating in August 2013, Moderow gave “Fast into the Night” one last rewrite before sending it to an agent in early February. Moderow was signed within two days and, within a week, her book was sold to publishing company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Moderow is currently on a book tour to promote and discuss “Fast into the Night.” She hopes to write more memoirs that reflect on journeys “in the company of other species,” she said, in the