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community of professors in the Humanities Division. “It is my sense that the professors genuinely care about you. As a new faculty member, I have received help with all of my questions from generous colleagues.” Having this level of support available has made Professor Zhu’s journey at PLU less challenging and has allowed him to better balance teaching, researching, and writing his dissertation. Professor Zhu taught his first PLU class, Chinese 101, this past fall, and then taught Chinese 102 and

studied away twice so far, and I’ll be going one more time. My first study away experience was my sophomore year, when I spent J-term and spring in Trinidad & Tobago. My junior year, I took a J-term religion course with Professor Finitsis in Athens, Greece. Finally, this fall I have been accepted into an international honors program that’s actually going to three different countries — I’ll start in New York City and then go to Nepal, Jordan, and Chile, studying human rights advocacy. On choosing a

place, is an image he holds on to and he is eager for it to happen. “It’s been on my mind since I first came to this country,” Akuien said. “I want to see how life is now.” Even though Sudan was a place of many horrific memories, he misses his country. Today, southern Sudan is a nation in recovery. Many of the farms and fields were destroyed. Villages were burnt to the ground, but new growth is taking place. Progress is happening, he said. It was only a few years ago that phone service became

which Andrews has been actively involved. Upon completion of a series of illustrations for this project, Stasinos and Andrews discussed this unique collaboration of art and archeology. Q: Professor Stasinos, tell me a little bit about your art background and how you and Professor Andrews got connected with each other. Stasinos: I graduated from the New York Academy of the Figure of Art. I was interested in the figure and learning about historical and traditional painting techniques. I was there more

PLU Alum Discusses Eisenhower’s Work During 1918 Pandemic Posted by: halvormj / May 29, 2020 May 29, 2020 By Michael Halvorson ’85, Professor of History.  When Dwight D. Eisenhower was a young officer in the U.S. Army, he was responsible for protecting his troops during the 1918 Pandemic that threatened military bases in the U.S. This is one of the fascinating stories about Eisenhower’s life that is narrated by Dr. Jack M. Holl in a new book about Eisenhower’s life. Jack Holl was a 1959

greenhouse functioned more like an extremely hot sunroom built on a black flat top roof. “It got so hot that everything died,” Laurie-Berry says. “The new greenhouse completely transformed what I could do in that class.” Today’s Carol Sheffels Quigg Greenhouse was built in 2015 and named for a former PLU regent, donor and enthusiastic supporter of science education at PLU. The 1,700-square-foot facility boasts an innovative closed-loop, geothermal energy system to create a sustainable, energy-efficient

journey and my mentor was also in the same position that I was in. I enjoyed our monthly meetings and in between I would keep in contact by texting each other about school, assignments, internship opportunities and so forth. I also had the chance to do a mock interview with my mentor and gain a new perspective on how to approach certain questions. It was an overall great experience and I highly recommend students to join!” Jey Lansang ’23, Business Administration majorSo, whether you’re eyeing that

Ordaz.Ordaz continued, “Reflecting on my research experience, the unexpected issues with research never deterred me. I really started to smile at those snags in our workflow because I always came out knowing something new. As many frustrations as I may have experienced, I’d definitely choose to go through them again because I made some fantastic memories and developed lifelong skills I’ll forever cherish.” Read Previous Rerun: Advice for first-year students—communicate with your professors Read Next You