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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

possible, matched me with a faculty adviser, and introduced me to Dale Benson at an event last October. Of course, I had you as an instructor for an Honors course my freshman year. It was nice to work with you again!” Michael: “It is very fun to reconnect with students as they move through their programs. But any student can apply for the Benson fellowships—all the information is up on our website, and we’re interested in proposals from student-faculty teams across the campus with an interest in the

speaker. She spoke not just to the conference participants, but at an open event that produced a huge local crowd, drawn by her commitment to and knowledge of chimpanzees and animals.  Students, staff, and faculty at a chapel service blessing animals in 2015 Anyone who has seen her speak knows that it’s something of a cultural phenomenon. Afterwards, however, many at the conference dismissed her forty years of work as sentimental and not scientifically rigorous. Something about her emotional and moral

University Center. This event will feature research projects from the three divisions of the College of Arts and Sciences—Humanities, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences. The posters, articles and videos on display will provide a window onto activities that are at the core of Pacific Lutheran University’s mission: scholarship and student learning. These projects make visible what too often is invisible: the intellectual activity that is central to discovery, interpretation and artistic production

we successfully avoided any significant impact from the Swine Flu last fall. PLU intercollegiate athletic teams had another good year many posting winning records and garnering another conference championship in volleyball. Academic Affairs One year ago at this event, I introduced Steve Starkovich as our new “Acting” Provost while Patricia Killen was on sabbatical leave. At that time, no one, certainly not Steve, expected that he would return this fall with a shorter title. So let’s take a moment

not know so they are not forgotten or hopefully repeated, there are many sides to every event. My little sister’s favorite quote by Russell Banks states that, “Even if we can’t know what it’ll be like when the smoke clears, we do know that rage, for better or worse, generates the future.” With that, it is just as important to allow yourself to have the greatest gratitude to the beauty that surrounds you and truly appreciate the little things in life that you get to experience. Tahle Oestby BIO