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, and the importance of actually doing something to better the world. My next chapter: Graduate school to pursue Sociology…someday. For now, working somewhere locally in order to stay connected to the PLU community, and to help out my home here in Tacoma. Timothy Siburg – Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Religion Why PLU? The liberal arts education, the Lutheran heritage, smaller Class sizes, the great community life, the Lute Family and Legacy (my parents and aunts and uncles are alumni)and

Dayton Campbell-Harris ’16: Fighting for voters’ rights Posted by: Zach Powers / September 8, 20

anchors for the school district’s summer program, and with a special eye toward hiring new alumni like Meyer and Allen who had done their student-teaching senior projects Namibia. The cross-cultural experience they both received in Africa made them ideal job candidates for the excursion to Alaska. After the summer-school adventure ends, both already have interviews lined up for the school year, they said. “The time in Namibia really made my future clear,” Allen said. “I know I want to be a teacher

that we have sown in the material world are interwoven in the scripting languages of the web. And like all languages, they are at the mercy of their users. In her book, Not for Profit:  Why Democracy Needs the Humanities, Martha Nussbaum explains the mission of the Humanities as one focused on fostering the ability to: Alumni, students, and faculty at the Humanities Dinner in 2019 “Imagine well a variety of complex issues affecting the story of a human life as it unfolds: to think about childhood

. We talked to PLU alumni in each of these roles to try to better understand this critical social emergency.LUTES GET TO WORKAfter graduating from PLU, Susan Boyd ’90 moved to Seattle to work at Compass Housing Alliance (formerly Lutheran Compass Center). Back then, her clients receiving a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) check would routinely find a basic apartment for around $330 per month. But affordable housing for those earning equivalent income today largely doesn’t exist in Seattle any

maintain or gain support in the closing days of the race. Sponsored by the Department of Politics and Government. 11th Annual David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture Oct. 26 | 7:30 p.m. | Lagerquist Concert Hall Dr. Jennifer Harvey will lecture on “From Ferguson to Charleston: Religous Fath, Righteous Feminists and Holy Fire.” Sponsored by the Department of Religion. Working for Change Nov. 2 | 6-8 p.m. | AUC 133 Alumni panel highlighting Post-graduate service opportunities for alums pursuing domestic and

fantastic acoustics.  We had a very good showing and even a few current Lutes who are studying away, along with some PLU Alumni who were all great to see and have in attendance.  After a dinner with the Choir of Queen’s College who graciously hosted us, we headed back to London for an early morning flight to Germany – off to Marktoberdorf! Marktoberdorf, Germany June 7th & 8thWe’ve arrived in Marktoberdorf! After an early flight, our first day in Germany kept us busy getting acquainted with the

of several years of hard work, community involvement and the pursuit of vocation. That pursuit doesn’t end after graduates walk across the stage at the Tacoma Dome on May 28. Alumni will look back on Commencement day fondly for many years to come. The event isn’t simply a ceremony. It marks the end of a transformative journey and the beginning of the next chapter. Although many of those Lutes are closing the book on their time at PLU, many of them will take the university’s mission of thoughtful

there will be more issues of Prism after this one, but I do know that the faculty of the humanities will keep in touch with our alumni and current students. Communication is at the heart of what we do, and we find the meaning of our work in the ways you use what you’ve learned. So, we hope you will also keep in touch with us. I also know that the faculty of humanities will continue to seek the “clear and wondrous vision” to which this publication has aspired for 35 years, because we know that

mentors in the alumni office, the physics department, choir, and my classes. Kelvin Adams ’12 is from Portland, Ore. I also am incredibly blessed and grateful for my four years in PLU choirs, which have taken me on a journey I could never have dreamed of, including a tour to Germany and France last summer with the Choir of the West. And, of course, no engineering education is complete without the construction of a trebuchet. All of these experiences are integral to who I am today and I would not trade