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secondary schools. As a result, more than 50 Lutes have unique teaching experiences in Namibia. And now, just as PLU changed the lives of nine Namibians, Namibia is changing the lives of six PLU filmmakers. “The experience has been transformative,” said Capere. Read Previous Jazz Under the Stars Brings the Stars to PLU Read Next Marissa Meyer ’04: Living the Dream as a Best-Selling Author COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or

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

took me to the nation’s capital. As I stood by the Washington Monument and cheered with thousands and thousands of people I couldn’t believe I was there. At 12:06 p.m. EST Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States. The crowd cheered and cheered. It was such a wonderful feeling to hear his speech, his voice resounding, across the entire Mall. Once his speech concluded the crowds began heading toward the exits. Some headed for the parade route others visited DC monuments or simply

hours and minutes will likely be used in the program. Either way it was a fun experience and he looks forward to laying low with his family and watching the episodes. “I think my sons are going to stay up past their bedtimes too,” Storfjell said. Doorways Editor Chris Albert produced this report. Contact him at 253-535-8691 or albertct@plu.edu for comments or more information. Read Previous Convocation – A generation of globalists Read Next Giving a people a voice, a face COMMENTS*Note: All comments

feels like the usual happenings outside the world of icebergs, towering mountain islands, and the floating home that is our ship don’t actually exist at all.” The routine each day is in danger of becoming just that – a routine. At 7:25 every morning, a crew member comes in the intercom. “Good morning, Antarcticans!” the voice pronounces before giving the weather report and a reminder that breakfast will be served in five minutes. We all (well, most of us), roll out of our bunk beds and sleepily head

“What’s on Our Plate and Why it Matters: Exploring the Ethics of Eating” which takes place at Trinity Lutheran from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15 and from 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16 in PLU’s CK Hall in the UC. The symposium will serve to educate PLU students and the community about how their choices impact the environment and the global food production process. “They’re going to learn more about choices they have, advocacy and how to be a voice for the voiceless,” Johnson said. “This event’s

and Polar Regions collection and how that work turned into a book of poems. She is the winner of a Rasmuson Foundation grant, and teaches AP English at Lathrop High School. Peggy Shumaker, reading from Marjorie Kowalski Cole’s The City Beneath the Snow Shumaker will give voice to excerpts from Cole’s last book, published posthumously. This final collection of stories from an award-winning writer offers portraits of contemporary Alaskans. Some readers will know Cole’s novel Correcting the Landscape

the 43-voice Choir, and its director and chaperones. In 1939 there were no freeways. We wound through every small town along the way at 35 mph. There were no cellphones or iPads either, of course, so to pass the time we read, talked, played trivia games and sang the popular songs of the day in eight-part harmony. It was a pleasant ride to Portland, our first stop. On arrival, we went directly to radio station KALE, where we put on a 25-minute program.   That night we gave our first church concert