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November 22, 2011 Geosciences professor Claire Todd and her student, Matthew Hegland ’13, will be heading down to Antarctica to study rocks during the next two months. This is Todd’s fourth trip to the Antarctic. Rock On II: Prof and student head back to the frozen continent By Barbara Clements The way Matthew Hegland ’13 figures it, while he’s collecting rocks and bundled up in his parka in Antarctica next month, he’ll probably actually be warmer than his parents – who will be surviving

November 30, 2011 Alyssa Henry ’12 found herself pedaling across Massachusetts for what she later called the most amazing summer she’s ever had. “It inspired me to get busy and not be afraid to fail.” I never thought I’d spend my summer biking 800 miles across Massachusetts By Steve Hansen Alyssa Henry ’12 was already doing something different. The environmental studies major from Kent, Wash., had already spent her spring term in Denmark as a part of a study-away program through PLU’s Wang

January 1, 2013 Kurt Mayer: Jan. 14, 1930-Nov. 13, 2012 The Holocaust Studies program at PLU lost its founder and namesake for our esteemed endowed chair on November 13, 2012.   Kurt Mayer, survived by his wife Pam, his daughter Natalie, his son Joe, and Joe’s wife Gloria made this program possible.  Mayer’s long friendship to PLU prompted Mayer and his family to join with Nancy Powell and her family to provide generous gifts which launched the Kurt Mayer Professor in Holocaust Studies in 2007

January 23, 2014 A mock-up of one of the panels in the exhibit Us Local People: Sámi Vuoiŋŋa and Resilience. (Courtesy of the Scandinavian Cultural Center.) Scandinavian Cultural Center Exhibit Kicks Off Months-Long Human-Rights Inquiry at PLU By Sandy Deneau Dunham, Content Editor Pacific Lutheran University’s renowned Scandinavian Cultural Center (SCC) will hold a free public reception celebrating the opening of an important exhibit that explores the history of the Sámi, the native people of

April 6, 2014 New Series of Hebrew Idol Premieres—Your Vote Counts! By Shunying Wang ’15 The new PLU Hebrew Idol season is here, with another group of talented Lutes. And, just as with its inspiration, American Idol, it’s up to voters to determine the winner. Hebrew Idol is a microfilm competition series organized by Religion Professor Antonios Finitsis. Students in his introductory course on the Hebrew Bible—Religion and Literature of the Hebrew Bible—are required to apply their

Women’s Center’s Warwick Selected for National Think Tank Posted by: Sandy Dunham / March 5, 2015 Image: Jennifer Warwick, PLU Victim Advocate and Voices Against Violence Project Administrator. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 5, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 4, 2015)—Jennifer Warwick, PLU Victim Advocate and Voices Against Violence Project Administrator, has been selected to participate in the national Think Tank on Sexual Violence Prevention

PLU Welcomes Doctor of Nursing Practice Cohort as First Doctoral Program Posted by: Sandy Dunham / May 27, 2015 Image: A PLU Nurse Practitioner student works during a health-outreach activity at the Sumner Senior Center. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) May 27, 2015 By PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WASH. (May 27, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University welcomes its first Doctor of Nursing Practice cohort to class orientation on May 28.The DNP, which prepares graduates in the advanced-practice

every angle. He has reported on the arts, sports, current events and is a successful columnist. In 2004, he covered the 100th World Series and reported on the Boston Red Sox win, which he notes as a highlight of his career. He also recalled his time as a television critic as one of his favorite experiences. “There’s nothing like speaking to a group of fifth-graders and being able to answer in the affirmative when one of them asks, ‘Do you know Buffy the Vampire Slayer?’” Levesque said. With

Professor of Education Kent Gerlach Retiring After Award-Winning Career Posted by: Zach Powers / December 17, 2015 December 17, 2015 By Samantha Lund '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 16, 2015)- Classrooms are taking in more students, budgets are decreasing and curricular standards are becoming more rigorous in the modern school atmosphere. With all of the challenges facing today’s educators, one teacher can’t do it alone anymore. Pacific Lutheran University Professor Kent

University secured $1.4 million in federal funding to treat health care shortages in Washington state, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, visited campus to see just what those dollars support.“You’re meeting critical needs we hear about all the time,” Murray said to a room of PLU faculty, students and recent graduates after touring campus, specifically the School of Nursing. Wednesday’s tour was the senator’s first official visit to the university, during which she learned about the bachelor’s, master’s