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make it feel like family. What have you enjoyed most about your PLU experience? The community I built at PLU. I’ve been fortunate to meet many great friends through swimming, classes and two study-away programs. I wasn’t sure if I would go to Oaxaca (J-Term 2022) because we were coming out of the pandemic. There was a lot of uncertainty. My host family tested positive for COVID within two days of my arrival, and I had to move. We were constantly testing. It was a great trip, as I could walk around

what I have learned in my religion minor as well. Barro leads an activity with students at Lakeview Hope Academy. College of Professional StudiesInterested in being a teacher?The education department offers a variety of programs leading to teacher or administrator certification as well as a variety of programs and professional development offerings for already certified individuals. Keep reading to learn more about the program. A mural based on the children’s book “Dreamers" made by Barro and her

opened up endless opportunities for different ways of learning and interacting with the material.”What’s new in the A&P lab?The anatomy and physiology lab, known on campus as the A&P lab, is widely utilized by students. In addition to supporting anatomy and physiology classes that meet general science requirements, it is frequently used by students in the biology, nursing and kinesiology programs. Ann Auman, PLU’s Dean of Natural Sciences, says that the lab was a space that had long been a priority

department recently earned a $294,000 block grant to be collected annually this year and next, for a total of nearly $590,000 over two years. The money will fund scholarships for 21 students enrolled in the ARC program each year. The program also is partnering with regional school districts, including Franklin Pierce, Bethel, Puyallup and Clover Park, as well as the Puget Sound Educational Service District, which works to improve the quality, equity and efficiency of of programs in K-12 education

alumni, who are also Lutes, will speak on a panel at 3:45 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center before the evening lecture, which features Shamil Idriss, president and CEO of Search for Common Ground. PLU’s new program will help ensure that Lutes interested in service work will meet all the necessary requirements to apply for service with the Peace Corps and other international or domestic service programs. And this is just the next step for PLU and the Peace Corps. More than 260 Lutes have served

opened up endless opportunities for different ways of learning and interacting with the material.” What’s new in the A&P lab?The anatomy and physiology lab, known on campus as the A&P lab, is widely utilized by students. In addition to supporting anatomy and physiology classes that meet general science requirements, it is frequently used by students in the biology, nursing and kinesiology programs.  Ann Auman, PLU’s Dean of Natural Sciences, says that the lab was a space that had long been a priority

feel like family.Global Studies DepartmentLearn more about PLU's global studies programWhat have you enjoyed most about your PLU experience? The community I built at PLU. I’ve been fortunate to meet many great friends through swimming, classes and two study-away programs. I wasn’t sure if I would go to Oaxaca (J-Term 2022) because we were coming out of the pandemic. There was a lot of uncertainty. My host family tested positive for COVID within two days of my arrival, and I had to move. We were

more than 165 college athletic programs to register 159,000 potential donors that have led to 880 successful transplants. McAdams worked with PLU baseball Coach Nolan Soete ’06 to organize the inaugural drive at PLU. Alapai and Bainter were two of an astounding 355 Lutes registered at that first PLU event. It’s incredibly rare for a registrant to be matched with a patient. Only 0.5 percent of people who are registered are chosen throughout their lifetime. Yet, within a year, Alapai and Bainter

. The experience also taught me something about resilience. When a business engages in a process, where a product or service takes root at the bottom of a market, and then is able to move up and replace an established leader or leaders, this we sometimes call “disruptive innovation.” The term was coined by Clayton Christensen, the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Christensen explained that when a business gives a large group of consumers at the bottom

make a case for me to receive an award like this, it wasn’t because of my performance!” Kittilsby is humble, if not a home-run hero. His contributions to athletics, baseball and PLU are considerable—and often not so behind-the-scenes. Kittilsby: worked as PLU’s Sports Information Director and Assistant Athletic Director while coaching baseball. He then a Major Gift Director in the Office of Development, where he worked until retiring from PLU in 1993; worked in administration for professional