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thank you in advance. 1. PLU 2020 Our “number one” initiative of the year is to continue the PLU 2020 long-range planning process. Today we launch the second year of that effort, known as “The Discussion Year.” The remainder of my address will focus on this project. THE 2020 LONG RANGE PLANNING PROCESS I begin with a bit of history. When I was elected president in 1991, the Board of Regents established long-range planning as the number one priority for the new administration. The result, just over

May 10, 2010 Lost Boy of Sudan By Chris Albert The table in David Akuien’s South Hall apartment is covered with textbooks and worksheets, filled with meticulous notes. He sits down at the table and spends hours studying – this day it’s for an environmental studies test. David Aukien doesn’t blame or lament on the hardships he’s experienced. “It’s the card I’ve been dealt and you just have to deal with the card you’ve been dealt.” (Photos by John Froschauer) The glow of a television is behind

Senior Profiles: Class of 2019 Is Making a Difference Posted by: Lace M. Smith / May 24, 2019 Image: April Rose Nguyen ’19, an Act Six Scholar, International Honors student and Rieke Scholar, is this year’s Commencement student speaker. May 24, 2019 By Vince SchleitwilerGuest Writer for Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (May 23, 2019)—With Commencement on May 25, Pacific Lutheran University sends its next class out into the world—more than 800 Lutes are eligible to graduate, with 700

/lutecast. PLU Director of Forensics Justin Eckstein hopes Tacoma voters who have yet to come to a definitive conclusion regarding Initiative 1 will attend the debate at PLU. “The advocating and doubting of standpoints, publicly, offers a mechanism for a community to determine the best course of action,” says Eckstein. “Tacoma citizens are invited to come hear the best reasons for and against an issue that we’ll be voting on a few weeks later.” Eckstein, who also serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor

Christmas Concert history in celebration of its 125th Anniversary.As in previous years, the concerts will be performed in Portland, Seattle and at PLU. But this year, the series will culminate with a special one-night-only 125th Anniversary Gala Concert on Dec. 11. The gala concert will be headlined by New York-based Metropolitan Opera soprano and PLU alumna Angela Meade ‘01, winner of the 2012 Beverly Sills Artist Award from the Metropolitan Opera and the 2011 Richard Tucker Award. “Those who haven’t

The party has just begun with Theatre’s production, Love’s Labour’s Lost Posted by: Kate Williams / March 5, 2018 March 5, 2018 By Kate WilliamsOutreach ManagerIn a contemporary take on an old classic, PLU Theatre’s production of Love’s Labour’s Lost brings about a sudden rush of possibilities, spontaneous bouts of passion and changes of heart at every turn. This new pop-rock musical, based on the Shakespeare comedy of the same name, dives into what it really means to love and what it means to

The party has just begun with Theatre’s production, Love’s Labour’s Lost Posted by: Kate Williams / March 5, 2018 March 5, 2018 By Kate WilliamsOutreach ManagerIn a contemporary take on an old classic, PLU Theatre’s production of Love’s Labour’s Lost brings about a sudden rush of possibilities, spontaneous bouts of passion and changes of heart at every turn. This new pop-rock musical, based on the Shakespeare comedy of the same name, dives into what it really means to love and what it means to

new kind of story … of a remarkable group of women who dared to dream of new possibilities for themselves and their country. Director Fruchtman said, “By making Sweet Dreams, we wanted to cast a light on a visionary grassroots initiative. Both the drumming and ice-cream projects embody the idea that Rwandans need not only the means to survive, but also the means to live … ways to reconnect with joy, hope and previously unimagined possibilities. Both demonstrate the power of thinking outside the

after graduation—figuratively (working two jobs to save money) and literally (after moving to Guatemala). There, Malloy studied Spanish and worked at medical clinics in the highlands. He also taught children how to juggle and perfected the craft himself while walking from village to village. Next, Malloy studied global health at Columbia University School of Public Health in New York, where he was awarded a graduate research assistantship and worked with a mentor on programs to reduce the burden of

who value reflection, curiosity, and wonder.  “We work together to learn more about what we can do for the world and what the world needs from us,” says Etzell. After a year in the fellowship program, Etzell became the Vocation Program Intern for the Wild Hope Center. On Monday nights, Etzell can be found in AUC 201, serving as a resource for his peers.  “I hang out there with questions, videos and poems, and when folks show up we spend time working through those questions together,” he says. It