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Weiss, who shakes her head at her naiveté, now 25 years later.  When she asked her class what they did on weekends, they cheerfully told her they got to visit K-Mart. “I wasn’t even sure what K-Mart was,” she laughed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3IczrS3rtQ She enjoyed her five years teaching, even starting an annual pancake breakfast that still continues at her former school. But she also discovered that maybe, just maybe, teaching wasn’t for her. Eventually, she returned to Northern California

and more clearly the physical barriers to learning and success that students with short- and long-term mobility or physical limitations experience as they navigate PLU,” Acting President Allan Belton said during his address at the annual Fall Faculty Conference.   "Little things every single year would be inspirational. It shows we’re making progress and not putting it on the back-burner."- Noelle Green '18 “We have a lot more to go,” Orr said, “but focusing on the survey and community feedback

affluent source of donors. Because of this reality, we shaped our group’s activity on small donations that would engage our fellow students and activities that were appealing. That is the nature of both the “Sign Me!” Drive and “Save it or Shave it!”  (editor’s note: the ‘Sign Me’ Drive has become an annual fundraiser on campus, were club members are drawn-on by Sharpie markers in exchange for donations. More than $3,200 was raised at this past fall’s event). When we founded the group, we knew that

town’s annual Strawberry Festival on Saturday, June 4, 2011. Two weeks earlier the deadliest tornado in our nation’s history ripped through Joplin, Mo., killing 160 people and causing almost $3 billion in damage. Today our goal was to interview any survivors and relief workers we could find. We figured the best place to find people would be in the center of the devastation. I was traveling the country researching for a documentary on compassion fatigue, an issue that particularly affects caregivers

the age of 14, and continued sailing, with frequent check-ins to see how their youngest was doing. Four years later, he graduated from All Saints Cathedral School in a class of 18 graduates, most of whom still gather on Christmas Eve in an annual gathering that the Krises always try to attend. After graduation, Krise considered several routes – clergyman, teacher, lawyer. Ultimately, he took a scholarship to the U.S. Air Force Academy as a student representing the Virgin Islands. Lack of 20-20

example, or hang lights, even run a table saw to help build a set. The more opportunities to get involved, to collaborate with each other, the more prepared students will be. That was certainly true for Mariah Madden ’14. As part of her final for her computer-aided design course, Sweger had Madden put into practice lighting ideas on which she was working for last season’s finale, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” As acknowledgement of her work, Sweger made sure Madden was listed alongside

pandemic. The Annual Wang Center Photo Contest is an opportunity for #LutesAway students to reflect upon their study away experience and provides a way for students to share the world’s images, from their perspective, with the PLU community. If you’re ready to begin planning for your own study away experience and want to join the 40-50% of PLU students who study away at least once during their undergraduate education, please contact the Wang Center for Global Education. Wang Center | www.plu.edu/wang

, readings and other creatively immersive activities. The 10-day workshop, the annual summer residency of Pacific Lutheran University’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program, is known and respected for its innovative programming, which helps writers generate—and answer—deep questions about poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction … and their own aspirations. As vital as the students are to the program, though, they’re just part of the bigger RWW story. There’s also an outward, public component, too

conferences and educational presentations, including classes, trainings and workshops, along with annual training of ministers, which focuses on one aspect of climate change such as food or water. “Faith engenders purpose and conviction regardless of faith identity, and imbues action with meaning,” he says. CEE participants may be Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Catholic, or indigenous faith leaders, all driven by purpose to provide love, care, and hope in the world, he observes.There are some differences in how

performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician and has been soloist with the Boise Philharmonic, Tacoma Symphony, and Lyric Brass. Paul lives in Tacoma with his wife, soprano Karen Early Evans, and their three beautiful daughters. Read Previous A PLU Christmas, Winter Rose Read Next Concert web streaming of PLU’s annual Christmas Concert, Winter Rose LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition