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the similar goal of, as Torvend likes to say, “allowing students, faculty, and staff to pause and ponder meaning and purpose in life – something few places cultivate.” The Center for Vocation will also focus on training faculty and staff through workshops, study seminars on Lutheran Higher education and the like. Early on, organizers realized that, to be truly impactful, PLU needed to support faculty and staff – after all, they are the ones who are here year-after-year. “We have worked to train

“Adele’s Wish,” which tells the story of Altmann’s mother, Maria, and her efforts to retrieve the family paintings taken during the Holocaust. During his one-hour lecture, Black presented document after document, found in archives, IBM files and, in one case, a rabbi’s closet, that show that IBM’s eager complicity in the Holocaust began in the early 1930s and didn’t end until the final days of the war, when the company deftly buried the entire matter in forgotten archives. If IBM had any squeamishness

into a sci-fi world. Meyer visited campus twice this year, first in February for her official book release and signing party for Cress, the latest book in the Luna Chronicles, and then again in April to talk to Writing and English majors about her journey from PLU to best-selling author. Cress is Meyer’s third novel, with the fourth—Winter—scheduled for release in 2015. Meyer’s love affair with writing began early—she remembers writing stories about the time she saw The Little Mermaid. Her interest

fortunate to have opportunities come up that I didn’t expect would present themselves until much later. I grew up reading The News Tribune and worked really hard to eventually land a beat covering the area I grew up in. I was humbled and honored to get recognition so early in my career, and it makes me even more excited for the future. What do you cover for The News Tribune and what opportunities and challenges accompany that particular beat? I am the East Pierce County reporter for The News Tribune

which words fail to express the extent of human compassion. Dr. Antonios Finitsis It took place in mid-August in the island of Chios, Greece. Chios is located in the central Aegean Sea, just 4.3 miles from the Turkish coast. It’s early afternoon in a grocery store across from Vounaki Park in the capital of Chios. Patrons are lining up for the cashier, and I am behind the person who is ringing up. We are all caught in our individual time bubbles. Some are rushing to finish shopping and get on the

dealerships, real estate agencies and more. “I always felt that I was the straw that stirs the drink,” Morrison said. “It was probably in my early 20s that I discovered my biggest talent was orchestrating the talents of other people. And that’s a great job for a bandleader to have and that’s a great job for a TV producer to have, and I’ve been able to utilize it in both fields.” Read Previous Going to Natties: Lute reflects on four years of Ultimate Frisbee and Reign’s whirlwind trip to nationals Read

said. “They’re very nervous and they’re very anxious, they want to do it right because they don’t want to mess up the test. We hold up a lot of signs: happy faces, hearts, stuff like that. Whatever can get them through the process.” Testing is an important part of the fight against coronavirus, Krogstad added, because early detection both limits the number of people exposed to a potential asymptomatic patient and protects against the possibility that hospitals become swamped with low-risk patients

and do things I enjoy, like seeing friends or having time to myself in my room to watch tv, just having time set aside for normal hobbies. That has helped a lot. Also, I keep a routine schedule so I stay on track with work and school. How is your capstone on autonomous cars going? We are making an autonomous RC car. It uses sensors to know its location. Our process started last year. I started work with Professor Caley early in order to get more done. Over the summer, my partner on the project and

discuss their careers, their motivations, and why Amazon is a fit for them. The Curious StorytellerRegan Zeebuyth ’01 has always been curious. Curious about words, about ideas, and about systems. He’s always trusted that curiosity to guide him. Even when, as a second-year Lute, it led him to rethink plans to follow his parents into medicine and toward a major in communication. Even when it nudged him out of a burgeoning early career in public relations and into the world of corporate internal

-generation Latino student who spent most of his life in Lakewood and then Spanaway, about 10 minutes from PLU. He knew he wanted to come here for college so he could remain close to his family. He also knew from an early age that he wanted to be a doctor. “Before my freshman year, I did a MultiCare nursing camp, and I was already working in a pharmacy, about to receive training to be a pharmacy technician,” Gavidia says. Gavidia knew he wanted to take a non-traditional path to medical school. “I wanted