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systemic issues and about marginalized communities really fulfilled something that I felt I was missing,” Kop said. “I could have minored in math or any science, but I also felt that I had an obligation to learn more about myself and other people.” Julian Kop ’24 and Jessica Ordaz ’24 in the observatory lab with Professor Sean O’Neill. Kop will graduate this May, at 19 years old, with a bachelor of science in physics and a minor in Latino Studies. He’s planning to attend graduate school in astrophysics

, renderings, planning paperwork, etc, that represents your work thus far. When will adjudications happen? Faculty begin reviewing application materials in mid February. Finalists may be asked to interview with faculty, and if so, these will be conducted virtually. When will I know if I’m receiving an Award? Letters with Award notifications will be mailed as quickly as staff are able once decisions are made and paperwork is processed. How do I keep my Award? After entering PLU as a first-year or transfer

reflected, “and it spurred my determination to prove to myself that I can do anything I set my mind to.” A favorite PLU memory: This year’s Act Six Scholars Senior Celebration was Nguyen’s last big planning commitment for the program. “It was also the first time that my mom and my PLU mentor, Miss Melannie Denise Cunningham, got to meet each other,” she recalled. “At the end of the event, as I was being my usual self, running around and saying hi to people while trying to make sure everything was in

through the immigrant creation process. And I honestly was like, if only 10 people come to this, that’s fine, because then 10 people have learned about this process, that’s the whole point.” Later on, Lutes united in South Hall to bake bread for local food banks. Shayna reminisced about the drop-in flow of the event. “We took over a bunch of people’s ovens in South Hall, and we set up in the lounge. We made like 200 loaves of bread. All day, we were baking bread, breaking bread. And we were going to

has been a big part of their lives for as long as they can remember. Grahe remembers how he went from playing French horn in a brass quintet, to playing trumpet at open mic nights, to learning how to play guitar and starting to record original music. “Somewhere the guitar took over more than the French horn and more than the trumpet,” he said. His group, “My Name Ain’t Skip,” actually formed in response to the PLU rock event. “It’s actually refreshing being in a band,” Grahe said. Anderson saw the

knowing the questions,” Zhou said. Like many of the 165 freshmen that attended this year’s overnight event at Camp Berachah, Zhou was hoping to meet new people. She did and says she still has very good friends that she met from last year’s EXPLORE!. “It’s a good opportunity to get to know other students,” she said. It’s something freshman Brandy Curtis was hoping for and the facilitators at EXPLORE! didn’t delay in trying to deliver. Shortly after the one-night campers arrived, staff, faculty and

natural horn lesson with specialist, Andrew Clark.  My past experience has shown me that these types of events are valuable for all levels and all kinds of musicians.” The Horn Symposium is an annual event that changes location every year based on who is able and willing to host it. Members of the Northwest Horn Society have been undertaking these symposia for several years now with the goal of educating and promoting excellence in horn playing. The last time it was held at PLU was in the 1990s.   The

March 5, 2013 Students get a view of job and internship opportunities from the ground floor – at Alaska Airlines. (Photos by Jesse Major ’14) Learning about the next step By Jesse Major ’14 Career Connections hosted its first On-The-Road Experience for students Feb. 22. Students had the choice of touring Alaska Airlines or World Vision. Afterward, they attended an alumni networking event. Three van loads of students toured Alaska Airlines where they were greeted by two alumni, including CEO

Caenolestes sangay as a different species, showing that this poorly studied group of marsupials is more diverse than previously thought. “It is possible that the diversity in this group will increase as more studies are conducted with Colombian, Ecuadorian and Peruvian material,” says Bruce Patterson, a curator at the Field Museum of Natural History. This discovery of this new species is not an isolated event. Miguel Pinto, a Ecuadorian graduate student at the City University of New York and co-discoverer

contain our pleasure, food, drink and other consumer goods became mass-produced, bottled, canned, condensed and distilled, unleashing new and intensified surges of pleasure, delight, thrill—and addiction. Event Details What: The 10th Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History, featuring Prof. Gary Cross: ‘The Package and Its Pleasures.’ When: 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. Where: Scandinavian Cultural Center, Anderson University Center, PLU campus. Gary S. Cross, Distinguished