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“Our Town” opens later this month Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / October 1, 2012 October 1, 2012 Our Town, kicks off the Theater season at PLU later this month. The play, directed by new PLU faculty member, Lori Lee Wallace, was first produced in 1938 and since has become an American classic. The play reveals the ordinary lives of the people in the small town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire. Our Town defies most conventional theatrical genres: it is neither a comedy nor a tragedy, neither a

“Our Town” opens later this month Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / October 1, 2012 October 1, 2012 Our Town, kicks off the Theater season at PLU later this month. The play, directed by new PLU faculty member, Lori Lee Wallace, was first produced in 1938 and since has become an American classic. The play reveals the ordinary lives of the people in the small town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire. Our Town defies most conventional theatrical genres: it is neither a comedy nor a tragedy, neither a

APS Virtual Career Fair Posted by: nicolacs / August 23, 2021 August 23, 2021 For the first time ever, the American Physical Society (APS), the premier national society of physicists, is hosting a standalone Virtual Career Fair on September 13-15: Virtual Career Fair 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET. This event will include both a Job Fair and a Graduate School Fair and it will be held over a three-day period. If you are a student or early career scientist exploring career options or looking for jobs

. “The awarding of this scholarship to Isaiah, one of only three recipients nationally, is a testament to what an outstanding person he is and to the strength of the pre-health sciences, natural sciences, and liberal arts education Isaiah received at PLU. He was an amazing student who exemplified the very best of PLU, ” said Auman. PLU News had the opportunity to meet with Banken to dive deeper into his experiences and discuss his passions and ambitions. Tell us a little bit about you and your

of all I wanted be an astronomer. Dad was a physicist. I grew up with telescopes and I still read Scientific American every month. I still follow that stuff avidly,” Youtz says. “I wanted to be a philosopher, I wanted be a historian, I love anthropology, of course I have no formal training in any of these. “Music just kept pulling me back.” “My music is essentially dramatic, it’s story telling. Because I’ve spent so much time doing so many different things, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about

faith. “The awarding of this scholarship to Isaiah, one of only three recipients nationally, is a testament to what an outstanding person he is and to the strength of the pre-health sciences, natural sciences, and liberal arts education Isaiah received at PLU. He was an amazing student who exemplified the very best of PLU,” said Auman. PLU News had the opportunity to meet with Banken to dive deeper into his experiences and discuss his passions and ambitions. Tell us a little bit about you and your

university but briefly changed course when she was told her dreams were silly. As a result, she dipped into the Classics sphere. Next, Hunt decided to test the viability of her dreams in Egypt, where she attended The American University in Cairo and went on her very first archaeological dig, with Donald Redford—a friend of PLU Professor Don Ryan. Hunt ran into Ryan at an archaeology conference in 2008 and happened to mention she was available if, you know, he needed help with any of his digs. Hunt said

) over the last 20 years. In 1988, the United Nations and World Meteorological Society created the IPCC, an international group of scientists who collected and evaluated data on climate change from around the globe. The group’s most recent report was released in 2007. In it, the scientists agree that global warming is unmistakable, and they are 90 percent confident that the majority of the warming is due to human actions, Todd explained. Unlike the scientists, much of the American public isn’t quite

find the connection that Kirk Rose did – something that they love and give themselves to. That was true for ASPLU’s Deane, a Lake Oswego, Ore., native. Two years ago, she participated in an On the Road Trip to the Tacoma Rescue Mission, and that experience is still important to her. She’s found more opportunities to volunteer there, and she expects the students on this year’s trips will too. “It is an awesome way to continue community service,” said Dean. Cody Cano, a first-year student planning to

. (SPOILER ALERT) “When she dies at the end, you feel that hurt and grief that everyone else is feeling. I cry everyday.” After wiping away his tears, Marzano washes off his makeup and heads back to campus, where the vocal performance major has a full schedule between classes and leading PLUtonic, PLU’s men’s a cappella group that won the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella quarterfinals competition in February. The Tacoma-native admits it’s not easy to manage so many commitments, but he