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a new vision for our world.  This is why I do art.” The tour’s title, inspired by what Carlos strives to achieve through his work, encourages each person to recognize the powerful agent for change she or he might be. As Carlos states, “It’s not that one person can make a difference, each one of us on this earth does make a difference – for better or for worse. The only question is: which one will you be?” The event will consist of a full performance set by the artist followed by a book signing

establishment of the Steen Family Symposium on Environmental Issues. David ‘57 and Lorilie Steen ’58 have generously donated funding to the PLU Environmental Studies program to support this new annual symposium. The gift is being invested in PLU’s endowment to go toward the university’s Earth Day celebration and to bring notable national speakers to campus. The symposium is the first piece of a significant investment the Steens are making in Environmental Studies at PLU. The Steens bring together generosity

the basic capacity to question remain part of the genetic encoding of Lutheran higher education. Thus, Lutheran reformers recognized centers of education as crucial places in which important questions could be entertained without censure. This tenet informs PLU’s foundational mission: to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care—for others, for their communities and for the Earth. One essential dimension of PLU’s mission is to provide for the intellectual

we have here—especially for those who’ve been here a long time or have only been here at PLU. But, in fact, the culture here is really notable and exceptional, and it is something that I’ve been hearing about for years and which very much attracted me to PLU. Our strong commitment to the liberal arts tradition, coupled with a vibrant shared governance structure and a spirit of collaboration and genuine care for each other and for our students all adds up to a rare, if not unique environment in

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 to returning. “As nerdy as it sounds, I am thrilled to be able to work in the city archives and libraries,” Paso said. “Research is something that I enjoy, particularly when it is connected to my passion for social justice. It is rare for an undergraduate to be able to travel to the original sources for this kind of

you look back at for the rest of your lives.” Ford ’12 said that was certainly true for him. Ford said he will never forget his brief meeting with Tutu on Friday. It changed his outlook and his entire perspective. “Tutu said something that really stuck out to me,” he noted after the event. “Tutu said that each of us is one of a kind. In other words, if each of us is one of kind, then that makes us rare. There is value in rarity, therefore I am valuable. This is profoundly encouraging.” And it was

Shillong. Bryant and others helped in providing assessments and training for the group. After the work was complete the group asked the group Bryant was with to come into their stores for tea and food. They asked her to take a picture with one of the children. She didn’t learn her name. in Shillong a rare second chance. They teach the students, who have usually failed or dropped out of high school, enough English so they can pass the 10th grade level of a high school equivalency test. Bryant had 55