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limited in what you can participate in,” he said. “Because PLU is the way it is, we all got to do a little of everything. I got to understand the mechanics of theater,” he said. While at PLU, Hobson helped plan the Night of Musical Theater, and he participated in the opera program. He was also in the Choir of the West, and got the opportunity to do the technical side of theater, working on lighting and tech design for several shows. Once he made the major switch, his career progressed at a fast clip

collegiate softball, so she uses intramurals to get that team aspect she craves,” Allison said. “Intramurals work for her because she can’t commit the time to a team sport.” All this to say, the competition level can be pretty high. Given this, both Allison (and her fellow athletes) and Chris (and his yelling Accommodators) love the intramural program for exactly the same reasons. It is a great way to get exercise and blow off some steam. And it is also a great way to meet new people, get sweaty and have

love for nature in academic and extracurricular pursuits. At PLU, he earned a double major in Geosciences and Environmental Studies and spent the summer and fall of his senior year conducting Geosciences undergraduate research on Mount Rainier. He also was active in PLU’s Outdoor Recreation Program as a guide and served as the personnel director his senior year, helping to share his love of the outdoors with his fellow Lutes. However, some of Page’s favorite experiences occurred while studying away

National Collegiate Choral Organization at its national conference in Portland, Ore., in November 2015. The group will perform an hour-long program led by the conference headliner, Simon Carrington, who was one of the founding members of the famed King’s Singers and one of the world’s foremost choral conductors. In December 2015, the Choir of the West will join with University Chorale and the University Symphony Orchestra for a special video taping of the Christmas Concert, as part of the university’s

West regions. “It’s very exciting here basically all of the time, but I miss the field tremendously,” said Foss, who still owns and frequents a small vacation home in rural Oregon. “My life is in the West, and I’ll be back there again someday.”Scott Foss ’91 describes his PLU experiencePLU is just a great school, my experience there was really good. I have a lot of friends from my PLU days and those are the active friendships in my life that go back the furthest. I went through the geology program

hard, absolutely, but volunteering and finding ways to demonstrate that attitude will still get you hired. I see this in everyone from friends operating grocery stores to what I’m doing right now in the nonprofit world. People are trying to find really good people.  Read Previous PLU helps celebrate Tacoma Pride Week by raising the rainbow flag on Red Square Read Next Acclaimed poet Rick Barot, director of PLU MFA program, shares a poem titled “The Field” COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated

Latinx person, as an indigenous person, as an Asian person, and so on,” she explains. “These are not always comfortable conversations, but I’ve found great joy and a sort of liberation in the opportunities for honesty, resolve and direction they can provide.” -Kristy Gledhill ’21 (pictured above) Kristy Gledhill ’21, a recent graduate of Rainier Writing Workshop, PLU’s creative writing MFA program, agrees. “Those breakout discussions can be the most valuable part of the event, but they can also be

is half-hidden away in a gorge in South Iceland. (Photo provided by Stiles) Read Previous New collaborative program aims to help district grads address Tacoma’s teacher shortage Read Next Military To Medicine: Air Force, Navy veterans become nurses after second chances at college 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 "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships

senator establishes lecture series to continue religious diversity conversationsHowever — and this is where the tension lies — today’s PLU is a reflection of the students who inhabit it. Only 17.5% of our student body self identifies as Lutheran, so it is important that we also have an interfaith program that supports students from all religious backgrounds, even those who have no faith identity. The reason a person with no religious tradition would feel welcome at PLU is precisely because it is