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completion date of mid-October. Located on the northeast corner of Garfield Street South and C Street South, Garfield Station will house: •    PLU Marriage and Family Therapy, Human Resources and classroom space; •    7,500 square feet of retail space along Garfield Street; •    104 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment homes; •    the residential leasing office and amenities for the Garfield Station Apartments; and •    a secured parking lot for residents and employees. The $20 million project

“Kiki” Katest said, “People are not like roads and buildings. How do we rebuild a human being?” So in 2005, Katest founded Ingoma Nshya, the first and only female drum troupe in Rwanda—breaking the taboo against women drumming and bringing together women from both sides of the conflict. For Marta, a Hutu whose Tutsi husband was killed; Seraphine, who was 8 when she lost her whole family; Regine, whose parents were imprisoned as killers; and more than 50 other women aged 16-60, the troupe has been a

Earlier This Month: Norwegian Christmas Service Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 7pm An annual event on the PLU campus since 1975, this service is a blend of spiritual songs and scripture readings that tell the story of Jesus. The candlelight service has become a family tradition for many in the Tacoma-Seattle area. The event is conducted by students and faculty from the Norwegian Program. KPLU Christmas Jam Dec. 11 at 12 p.m. at Lagerquist Concert Hall The 18th

illustrations in the book and your artistic process? I had specific ideas that I wanted to get across in the images, and I enjoyed the challenge of making the illustrations myself. My family and friends encouraged me to try it. Some of the illustrations are my renditions of celestial objects, like Orion’s Sword nebula, the Oort cloud surrounding our solar system and Andromeda galaxy. The starscape on the book’s cover mimics the night sky in the northern hemisphere on a summer night. If you look closely, you

lot of hard work to get there. She has been rejected six times from the national team. At one point, she worked a part-time job to give herself the time needed for intense training. Then a pivotal moment took McCarthy’s dedication to the next level — just 0.2 seconds separated her from the 2012 Paralympic games in London. “I was chasing that top-notch success,” she said. “I was going to go until I didn’t love it anymore.” So, she quit her job, left her family behind and moved to Oklahoma City to

and deeply gratified by the outpouring of support from the community,” said KPLU General Manager Joey Cohn. “Our listeners saved something they felt a personal and emotional connection to, and told us KPLU felt like their friends or family. We want to grow that connection and ingrain ourselves even more into the community. We want to be a resource that tells illuminating stories and plays wonderful music, so KPLU can continue to be, as listeners have said, ‘a soundtrack to our daily lives’.” The

,’” Miller said. “But I know Mark, I know this project and I know this experience.” Students, such as Alex Domine ’16 and his team, focused on crafting the Skagit Valley experience. Domine studied how farmers markets, such as Pike Place or others, are more of an experience than a trip to a grocery store. “We were selling the experience of being part of a common good and made it convenient,” Domine said. Dr. Mary Noel ’18, a family physician at Madigan Army Medical Center, worked on branding the region

done giving back to their country. It’s an outlet, I think, for the veterans to pass along what they have learned and to feel like they are the future of this country’s Army and making us better prepared to lead soldiers."- Jessica Mason '18 Mason helps organize monthly meet-ups for participants, where they talk about four-year plans, balancing school life with social life, homesickness during deployment, and how to keep up with your family during field training. For veterans, Farnum said, the

. Then, I have a family with seven kids and one tablet. They’re doing their best, we check in often, and we try not to overload them. It’s about finding that balance and connection. Study Education at PLUThe Bachelor of Arts in Education Program is designed for students earning an undergraduate degree who wish to teach Elementary or Middle school (K-8th).We remind families, “Hey if math from a textbook isn’t working today, ask the kids to help you cook dinner, or bake banana bread. There’s your

through the Fife school district. It has an important meaning to my family and me. I love Fife — it’s a great community. I am actually student teaching with my past fourth-grade teacher, so I have enjoyed seeing the other side of it. Fife just feels like home and that I have always been here,” Knapp said.Major in EducationLearn more about the Education programAfter completing his practicum earlier this school year, Knapp will spend six weeks in a fifth grade general education classroom and nine weeks