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away in South Africa. She crushed the MCAT. Next up? Medical school applications. But sometimes plans change. For Thiele, the intrigue of medicine has been figuring out the puzzle of disease. Through an analytical chemistry course, she learned she has an analytical mind – perfect for puzzle solving. “I enjoyed working in the lab and creating my own experiments,” she said. At the same time, she took her final International Honors Program course, which broached the subject of social justice in a way

. Instead the PLU culinary experts create a spread using a white bean base. On the counter next to the coffee staples at the café something new can be seen protruding from the counter – taps. Beer and wine taps to be precise. Yes, 208 Garfield, in the location previously occupied by Forza Coffee Company,  has added wine on tap, one of the only places in Washington to offer the newest way to serve wine, McGinnis said. And as far as she knows it’s the only place in the South Sound that has wine on tap

instances of funds of knowledge, particularly as they relate to early childhood education in the Muslim community. When she took a group of PLU education students to India last J-Term to visit schools, she realized she knew very little about the cultural practices in Muslim community schools. It made her wonder – what are the learning practices that south Indian Muslim children bring from home that might facilitate learning later in the classroom? And how could those cultural practices inform what is

played the role of “Lily” in the opera, which follows the tragic story of Porgy, a disabled black beggar living in the slums of Charleston, South Carolina. The opera, first performed in 1935 with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, deals with Porgy’s attempts to rescue Bess from the clutches of Crown, her violent and possessive lover, and Sportin’ Life, the drug dealer. Hall recalls the rehearsals as grueling. “I don’t think people realize all the work that goes into it,” she said

chemistry – the ability to peer into the building blocks of life, to learn how nature makes organic molecules, and then to use this knowledge to devise new and useful molecules that can improve our lives. Fryhle first began his work on the book almost 20 years ago,when he met Solomons at a conference in 1993. Fryhle suggested some changes to the flow of “Organic Chemistry” which Solomons, now retired from the University of South Florida, had written and edited solo up to that point. The partnership was

(L.U.N.I.C.Y.C.L.E.R.S.) when he was at PLU, where the group is still going strong.   For the Alaskan native, working at Nike has been a dream come true – much less being sent to the Olympics on behalf of the sports giant. When Bendzak was a student at PLU, first in Pflueger and then in South Hall, he’d scribbled a goal on a piece of paper which stated simply “Somehow, someway, someday, I am going to work for Nike.” He then framed it and pinned it above his desk.  Bendzak was first fascinated with Michael Jordan

the local competition in January knocked the socks off the judges, and the team went from one of 350 from leading universities and business schools across North, Central and South America to one of 49 teams at the Americas Regional.“At the local level, they thought we had a very good chance to advance to the (Regional) semifinals,” Turner said. Even though that didn’t happen, Turner said the team had an excellent trip—and laid some very important groundwork for future PLU teams. “It’s really

driver for not only the City of Lakewood, but for the City of Tacoma and the entire south Puget Sound region. Perennially named one of the “Best Colleges and University for Veterans” by U.S. News & World Report, PLU long has been committed to creating a multitude of opportunities for veterans, active-duty personnel, ROTC students, and military spouses and family members. Highly aware of the challenges that often face veterans when entering a university community, PLU has created a student veteran

sidelines during the COVID-19 global health crisis if she could help it.“I just always wanted to be a nurse,” she said. “I like taking care of people, so it’s something I’ve always wanted to do as far back as I can remember, back to sixth grade.”Krogstad, a registered nurse at Providence Hospital in Torrance, California, graduated from PLU with her nursing degree and promptly headed south, working in the Providence intensive care unit for almost 30 years before transitioning to cardiac rehab — where

free music camps to local young musicians. The Parkland Literacy Center provides free tutoring in most subjects to any K-12 students in the Bethel and Franklin Pierce school districts. Tutoring is led by PLU student volunteers, and an average of 15 students each semester regularly donate their time. With goals to provide support to adult English language learners in the near future, the Parkland Literacy Center is fast becoming an educational cornerstone in the local South Sound community.  “My