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after his time at PLU. He “poured his heart and energy into middle school kids” across the Hilltop neighborhood in Tacoma, Herron added. “Panago embodied the Act Six mission of homegrown, service-minded leaders working together for equity and justice in their home communities,” Herron said. “There is something profound in watching middle school kids respond to the skilled and caring investment of local leaders who look like them, grew up in the same community, and model every day what it means to

study away for Fall 2020 are now registering for on-campus courses and housing to ensure that their studies will continue uninterrupted, should our programs be cancelled due to the pandemic. Remote-health resources. Just prior to the emergence of COVID-19, PLU launched a new service called Lute Telehealth, which provides students with access to no-cost, on-demand physical and mental healthcare by phone or video chat, regardless of their location. Our on-the-ground Counseling and Health Centers also

learning both in and outside of classrooms. Qualifying photos for this category may depict student interaction with their host communities and their natural environment. Examples may include students in internship and service projects, field study, culturally relevant activities, group study tours, etc.1st Place Jessa de los Reyes “A Bridge to Friendship” College comes in many forms. This picture proves just that. This is from a 5 day trip in the winter forests of Norway. Hard to believe, but having

resilience. And I believe it is fair to claim that we have, in important ways, grown stronger along the way. But the REAL measure of success, the MORE important measure, is the fact that over these last two difficult economic years, we have not lost focus on our mission, on our program, nor on our great calling to be a university of excellence that educates students for lives of both success and service. So once again last year, across the span of this beautiful campus, in every division and department

.” “It’s (the course) really about providing an opportunity to see what really is happening,” he said. But they need to be prepared because there isn’t much down time for the 12 days at Neah Bay. “We keep them really busy,” Huelsbeck said. If they aren’t learning how to make anything and everything out of cedar, the students are helping out on service projects, learning about the Makah through stories and artifacts, and learning about the Makah heritage and culture in whatever way they can. “A lifetime

this campaign—and more are coming Spring semester. As part of the Women’s Center, The Sexual Awareness and Personal Empowerment Team (SAPET) has helped table in the Anderson University Center about the campaign with buttons and pledge cards. In November, there was a chapel service about preventing sexual assault. On Feb. 17, Lt. Col. Celia FlorCruz from Joint Base Lewis-McChord will speak on campus about sexual violence. During Spring semester there also will be a university wide photo shoot for

publications in a language I could easily read,” she said. “Mastering both Norwegian and North Sámi will enhance my research by increasing the quality and quantity of resources I can access for my scholarly and eventually professional pursuits.” Kaja Gjelde-Bennett '17, shown here accepting the Gladys Mortvedt Voluntary Service Award as a sophomore, has Sámi heritage and is getting to explore those roots as she studies for her Master's in Indigenous Studies at the Arctic University of Norway. Working as a

, Bannon found himself in the office of history professor Beth Kraig, discussing his plans for the future. He knew he wanted to pursue a career related to social justice and service, and he was considering social work, or perhaps teaching. Kraig asked him a question that changed his life forever.“Have you ever thought about becoming a librarian?” Bannon was surprised by her question. He loved his local library growing up, but had also struggled to manage his dyslexia and long aisles of books didn’t

in the 1960s and 1970s, and became members of their corporate boards”– Provided by publisher. Read Previous Mortvedt Library materials for HEALING: PATHWAYS FOR RESTORATION AND RENEWAL symposium Read Next Wang Center Photo & Video Contest Winners 2022 LATEST POSTS On Exhibit: Veterans Day: A Salute to Service November 1, 2022 On Exhibit: Graphic Novels January 6, 2022 Black History Month: Seeking (a Supreme Court) Justice February 2, 2022 Mortvedt Library materials for HEALING: PATHWAYS FOR

future informed by the school’s ideals of “competence, leadership and service”.  During the 11 years I was there, we were able to increase our standards and enrollment, adding faculty positions in music theory, choir and music therapy. About the time the job opening at PLU was published, we hosted noted composer Morten Lauridsen in a sell-out concert at Trinity Cathedral (Portland). I realized the department had accomplished most of the what we had attempted to do, and decided it was a good time to