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PLU’s first Men Against Violence conference. Those who would have us think about economics also visited campus. UCLA professor Naomi R. Lamoreaux spoke on how corporations can be destroyed by greedy managers, while “the father of supply-side economics,” economist Arthur Laffer, talked in March about his views on the current climate of recession, deficits and tax stimulus packages. On Earth Day, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver remarked she could count on the PLU audience to appreciate her

diversity of culture, artistic sensibilities and commitment to service that define PLU. Below are just a few examples of this month’s events, for a complete listing please visit plu.edu/calendar.University Concert Band May 6 at 8p.m. Lagerquist Concert Hall Under the direction of Dr. Ronald Gerhardstein, the University Concert Band will perform selections including: “Kirkpatrick Fanfare” by Andrew Boysen, Jr.; “Earth Song” by Frank Ticheli; “Hypnotic Fireflies” by Brian Balmages and more. Free admission

do Luther’s teachings sync with PLU’s core teachings? To educate people for thoughtful learning, service, and care for others and the Earth – it is the very thing we’re talking about right now and it is at the heart of PLU’s mission. And so, I would hope that we would have faculty, staff, and students understanding what that mission means — in light of the crisis that we’re facing today —not only with the pandemic, but with questions of economic and racial injustice. And what we’re looking to is

the center of the school is the Sacred Circle, a spot of earth undisturbed throughout the construction of the campus. Each building opens to the Sacred Circle, with communal places such as the library, cafeteria and commons closest to the center. Classrooms are located on the outer perimeters. Chief Leschi is one of the largest tribal schools funded by the federal Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), and it operates under both a BIE Tribally Controlled Grant and a Washington state Tribal Education

temple in Bali located in the ocean.× Read Previous PLU will launch into Earth and Diversity Week with the Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture and the Steen Family Symposium Read Next Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships

2020 by Albion Books. In her review published in the Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Jessica Gigot argues that in The Galleons, “Barot lets his readers see themselves as belonging to this strange Earth while acknowledging that those around us are, quite possibly, the teachers we didn’t know we needed.” Surrounding Professor Barot, albeit virtually, are the students, faculty, and writers of PLU and the Rainier Writing Workshop, a diverse community that continues to push, teach, and inspire. The Adaptation