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benefits. PLU has A LOT of active clubs (more than 50!) where you can build your communities, connect with an affinity group, explore interests and talents, and develop your leadership skills. Two student-led clubs with a specific focus on mental well-being are Active Minds and the Student Neurodiversity Club. Active Minds is a club dedicated to changing the conversation surrounding mental health. They host yoga sessions and painting classes to connect with other Lutes. The Student Neurodiversity Club

looking at our role as university professors. It does not take much to discern that higher education is exclusionary with regard to race, gender, sexuality, economic status, ability, nationality, and religious belief. We must recognize that higher education is anti-Black. We must recognize our own complicity and begin conversations about PLU’s complicity. Faculty have a responsibility to communicate about injustice. Faculty have a responsibility to make sure students are in an environment in which

practice of higher education institutions in the U.S., especially private universities, which routinely announce three to five percent tuition increases each spring. “On average, students at private universities in the Puget Sound region are paying $5,391 (12.9%) more in their senior year than they did in their first year,” explained PLU President Allan Belton. “One of the problems with this model is that when tuition creeps up by three or four percent each year, a student’s annual scholarship funds

. They raised money to rappel down the Hotel Murano in downtown Tacoma, along with dozens of other participants. It was the first year of the Habitat Challenge. Elliot Stockstad, director of development for the organization, said 71 people raised money to support the nonprofit’s mission of providing affordable housing for low-income residents in the community. “We’re having a great time down here today,” Stockstad said from the rooftop of the Murano. “We have a crowd down there going wild.” PLU’s

catalyzing globalization is the power of shared human experience. Not only have most countries found that globalization facilitates their economic growth, but their leaders and ordinary citizens have consistently found friends and partners in different corners of the globe with whom they share common interests and goals. These human connections have encouraged further investment and cooperation. It is the gift of sharing one’s culture and space, being increasingly experienced by people across our globe

. Mark Lutheran Church 790 Marion St. NE Salem, OR 97301 Saturday, April 18, 2015 • 2:00p.m. The Grotto Main Chapel 8840 NE Skidmore St. Portland, OR 97220 Saturday, April 18, 2015 • 7:30pm Shared Concert with the Marylhurst Chamber Choir, Justin Smith conductor St. Anne’s Chapel (Marylhurst University) 17600 Pacific Hwy Marylhurst, OR 97036 Read Previous PLU Faculty Member Named to Nationwide ‘40 Under 40: Professors Who Inspire’ List Read Next PLU Senior to Present Economics Capstone at National

the general practice of higher education institutions in the U.S., especially private universities, which routinely announce three to five percent tuition increases each spring. “On average, students at private universities in the Puget Sound region are paying $5,391 (12.9%) more in their senior year than they did in their first year,” explained PLU President Allan Belton. “One of the problems with this model is that when tuition creeps up by three or four percent each year, a student’s annual

October 27, 2008 Donors share value of Holocaust Education Last week, stories of survival and the lessons of history were on the forefront of many people’s minds. On Oct. 21, more than 150 people gathered for the Second Annual Powell and Heller Family Conference in support of Holocaust Education at Pacific Lutheran University.“It is always difficult to know where to begin,” Kurt Mayer told the assembled crowd in the Scandinavian Center. He was talking about the story of his life as a survivor

culture, sexual orientation, religion, and even economic factors. “Diversity doesn’t mean you have to look different,” she said. “What we are trying to do is gather people who are diverse in much more complex ways than appearance.” To see why other PLU Diversity Advocates care about social justice, click here. Read Previous Oil Literacy panel Read Next Crime of My Very Existence COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are

Intersections: Called to Place Posted by: abryant / November 10, 2021 November 10, 2021 Cover art Be Nourished Mosaic by Patrick and Luisa Hansel Intersections, Number 54, Fall 2021Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning, and teaching within Lutheran higher education. It is published by the NECU, and