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the park’s free roaming area where they saw animals in all aspects of their natural lives. The early-morning ride, while a bit chilly, brought a close encounter with every animal in this area of the park, including deer, geese, bighorn sheep, mountain goats, moose, bison and a blue heron. Some of the animals, like the sheep, were spotted laying in an open meadow a few yards away, while others, like a shaggy mountain goat were almost close enough to touch from the tram. For many, this was their
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class,” Flenniken said. “I took it very seriously from the beginning.” In the early stages of her career in poetry, Flenniken wrote about the everyday, domestic life. But now, she is drawing on her roots as a Richland, Wash. native and taking on more serious social issues, including those surrounding the Hanford nuclear site. “Her poems go from the everyday experiences that we can all relate to, to the more serious topics that she handles so beautifully,” Zeigler said. Growing up in Richland
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13th president since Krise visited in early February during the presidential search process. The search committee and regents chose Krise as PLU’s president on Feb. 28. His first official day on the job was Friday, June 1. Krise thanked the campus community for the turnout, and then turned to one of his favorite topics: The importance of a liberal arts education. “The liberal arts education and its value is something we all need to talk about,” Krise said. It was this enthusiasm and dedication to
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roll and folk music performances, weddings, civic events, rummage sales and lectures, as well as other events with unique connections to the university. Sean Howell Howell got involved with the project in early 2011, roughly a year after his business partner purchased an 1889 building and began converting it into a stage with a sound system. The goal was to attract artists to the area and liven up that part of town. “He was excited,” said Dean DeCrease, Howell’s business partner and friend of more
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; rather, evil in the first wave of Holocaust literature is identified with a system of shadow and death. In the second mode, that shadow is personified, given a name, attached to a body, and called Eichmann, Goebbels, Globocnik, Heydrich, Himmler, Höss, and so on, or some fictionalized character based on these real people and so many more. Furthermore, the first mode is typically a survivor testimony or published early on in the chronology of Holocaust literature, where the second may be written by
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. “The very first day we were climbing through a rain forest,” Leu said. “I’ve never hiked that slowly so it was kind of frustrating.” She learned the pace wasn’t slow to frustrate though, but rather to avoid altitude sickness. Markuson recalled how the final ascent was a slow climb into the dark. It starts early in the morning in hopes of reaching the top as the sun rises above the clouds and over the mountain. Each step was slow and for hours the climbers have nothing to see but the illumination of
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success after another—and perhaps destined by one very early experience: The first article she wrote, on cafeteria lunches, ran in her elementary-school newspaper. “I thought it was so much fun seeing my name in the paper,” Patterson said She picked up reporting again in high school, working for her school’s paper and freelancing for The News Tribune’s Young Adult Pages. She also delivered newspapers. “There was a point in time when I was delivering the paper and had a byline,” Patterson said. Still
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and early 1600s. “I love costumes,” she says. “I have to get inside the head of every single character in the play.” The hierarchy of costume design delegates most of the control and vision to Anderson, who then dispenses assignments to her student helpers. “She is the designer; we are her minions,” says Ali Schultz ’14. Costumes for ‘Macbeth’ hang ready for rehearsals … and then the real performances. (Photo: John Struzenberg ’15) There are times, however, when the students are granted creative
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a deep commitment to ‘early outreach’ by being present in many of their middle and elementary schools, connecting with students to spread the college-going message,” said Melannie Denise Cunningham, PLU’s Director of Multicultural Recruitment. “We make college real to the students by providing creative opportunities for them to connect with current PLU students to understand what college is like.” For example, Cunningham said: Through Teach 253, PLU works with Mount Tahoma and Lincoln high
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Entrepreneur Justin Foster ’02 on making meaningful relationships with faculty Posted by: Lace M. Smith / August 13, 2019 Image: Justin Foster ’02, and School of Business Dean Chung-Shing Lee photographed in the Morken Center for Learning & Technology at PLU, Wednesday, July 3, 2019. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) August 13, 2019 By Vince SchleitwilerGuest WriterLutes often find ways to show gratitude to the community that supported their education, but Justin Foster ’02 got started early. An
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