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affluent source of donors. Because of this reality, we shaped our group’s activity on small donations that would engage our fellow students and activities that were appealing. That is the nature of both the “Sign Me!” Drive and “Save it or Shave it!”  (editor’s note: the ‘Sign Me’ Drive has become an annual fundraiser on campus, were club members are drawn-on by Sharpie markers in exchange for donations. More than $3,200 was raised at this past fall’s event). When we founded the group, we knew that

driving around offering fresh food and water. I was captivated and inspired by their hope, and talking with these people helped me understand the tragedy so much more. Among our interviewees was a pastor who had opened up his church as a distribution warehouse. Our time in Joplin was brief, limited to a long afternoon, but the things we saw and the people we met had an influence on each of us. Comprehending 9/11 More than 1,200 miles away we learned, first-hand, the toll a devastating event can have

rare event. Krise returned to teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy. There he began lobbying for a Humanities Institute, spending a year convincing skeptical military brass that humanities and the liberal arts were critical to shaping our nation’s leaders. “It’s really short-sighted to focus on turning out technically trained engineers, when in fact, as an officer you’re never going to be a practicing engineer,” he said. After a year of pushing and politicking, he won – and the Air Force

mission at PLU. We start with inquiry and we’re motivated by service, leadership, and care. I’m just grateful I get to be a part of this community. PLU nursing students help vaccinate nearly 1200 people at on-campus event Read Previous People’s Gathering fosters timely conversations about race, perspective and inclusion Read Next Housing Our Neighbors COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a

saw the whole TED thing coming. Two years ago, a friend who’d done a TEDx event encouraged Hunt to apply for the fellowship. “I didn’t think much of it,” Hunt said—“yeah; yeah; like that’s ever going to happen.” Nonetheless, she “threw together” an application during a summer dig in Israel, figuring it was “good practice.” No need to get her hopes up. But then, last October, TED called for a couple of interviews. “I talked to them a lot,” Hunt said. “They were selling me on the program.” “That got

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 order, I doubled back when I saw that my mom and Miss Mel were hugging each other and crying. When I came closer to them, I heard them say to each other, ‘She did it. She really did it. Our little April Rose.’” A

– University of London, and the Choir of Queen’s College, Oxford. The choir will join with the King’s Voices to present a Choral Evensong at famed King’s College Chapel in Cambridge. Following the tour of the United Kingdom, we will fly to Germany to participate in the 16th Marktoberdorf International Chamber Choir Competition. This bi-annual event is considered one of the world’s most important competitions for chamber choirs, and since its inception has drawn over 200 choirs from more than 40 countries

disservice.” Swenson grills small burgers for a weekend event on campus. Sourcing local Most university chefs can’t say with certainty where the meat they cook with comes from — but no one ever said PLU chefs are like most chefs. A student worker serves dinner in the University Commons. While the rest of the university moves toward the goal of being a carbon neutral by 2020, Dining Services staffers are searching for ways to reduce their own carbon footprint. They work with a number of local companies

first city in the country to host an in-person event to promote the “Hate Won’t Win” campaign just a few weeks ago.  So once again, I was reminded that issues of racial equity are all around us. I started out these remarks by quoting our PLU mission statement.  I like to point out that the word “care” is an unusual one in a university mission statement, and we emphasize it unusually strongly by repeating “care for other people, care for their communities, and care for the earth.”  This triple

solution to meeting the challenge, apparently, was to include almost any kind of activity that had something to do with health and also some kind of link to the rest of the world. While this certainly produces some impressive numbers, it appears to include many activities that seem to have little to do with helping the world’s poorest people. Another example of this broadening of the meaning of “global health” is a blue-ribbon, invitation-only event held every year in Seattle called the Pacific Health