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  • Merriam-Webster defines “flourishing” as marked by vigorous and healthy growth. Sounds lovely! Who doesn’t like vigorous and healthy growth? There is a lot to like in this definition, but I think the way we often think about flourishing misses something essential. Flourishing is a significant…

    ’24, criminal justice major Raphi Crenshaw ’24, and biology major Ash Bechtel ’24 may be just beginning their professional careers, but they are years into their vocational and community service. This issue also showcases PLU alumni and professors who provide wellness services and design systems critical to human flourishing. I hope you are as inspired as I am by Brice Johnson ’99’s humanitarian leadership, Cheri Souza ’01’s philanthropy, and Professor Erik Hammerstrom’s spiritual care. This issue

  • Together, senior Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and junior Kenzie Knapp ’24 created an innovative climate science musical performance on PLU’s campus in 2022. Both students are majoring in environmental studies and theatre, and the duo drew on their passions to create art, transforming audience perspectives on…

    theaters. Hopefully, I’ll work an environmental job by day and my theater job at night. Knapp: I’d love to continue acting, directing, costuming or writing. I’ve applied for environmentally-focused internships and am waiting to hear back. Cross your fingers for me! Read Previous In their own words: Current students on studying biology at PLU Read Next Reasons you should study psychology at PLU LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube

  • International Honors at PLU Kyle Schroeder lives in the International Honors wing of Hong International Hall. He says that IHON challenges him to think in a different manner. Four first-year students discuss PLU’s honors program By Steve Hansen Ask four first-year students from different backgrounds…

    be with peers who are as just as committed to school as I am,” she said. ‘It is so good to interact with other majors’ —Navkiran “Navi” Randhawa It is hard to find someone as committed to school as Navi Randhawa. As a biology and chemistry double-major with a very busy schedule, she finds that it can be very easy to spend much of her time in PLU’s science building. After all, it is where her labs and classes are, where her profs are, and where many of her fellow majors are. For this reason, she

  • Dr. Andrea Munro didn’t design Chem 103: Food Chemistry in order to teach students how to cook — but everyone agrees it’s been a pretty tasty side effect. Munro, an associate professor of chemistry, intended the general education summer term course to appeal to students…

    253 PLU Bound Scholarship LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Marine Biology? November 15, 2024

  • Hard work pays off. Networking is key. Relationships are everything. While this advice might sound cliché, people give it often, and for good reason. Just ask Pacific Lutheran University’s Keegan Dolan ‘22. Dolan, a double major in philosophy and economics, is in the midst of…

    Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Marine Biology? November 15, 2024

  • PLU junior’s first production fields university’s first all-black cast Josh Wallace ’19 wanted to do something different for his directing debut with PLU Theatre. A creative who also dabbles in acting, music and art, the junior figured the time was right to take on a…

    Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Marine Biology? November 15, 2024

  • For Cece Chan ’24, what began as a love of student advocacy and social justice in high school, has blossomed into activism through art at Pacific Lutheran University. From serving as ASPLU president her junior year, to spending a semester in Trinidad and Tobago, to…

    Marine Biology? November 15, 2024

  • Kate Hall ’17 remembers the job interview that landed her in a communications role at ESD 113. It was memorable — but not necessarily in a good way. “I was so nervous,” she remembers. “My internet died during the Zoom interview.” She was prepared to…

    YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Marine Biology? November 15, 2024

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 28, 2019) — For PLU students looking to venture off campus and explore, the university’s Outdoor Recreation program is a reliable portal to the Pacific Northwest’s endless natural bounty. A quick scribble through a disclaimer and you’re off on a weekend adventure…

    student should attempt to go on one of these trips at least once.” Read Previous Building Better Students: PLU’s 3-2 Engineering Program Read Next Giving Back Through Graphics LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Marine Biology? November 15, 2024

  • Bailey Hamilton is a senior nursing student at PLU. She is also a member of PLU’s swim team. Recently, she was a member of the winning four-member relay team at this year’s Northwest Conference Championships —one of which set a new PLU record for the…

    science major talks NASA internship, capstone project Read Next Musician turned math major is excited to teach in his community LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Marine Biology? November 15, 2024