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students.” She credits her communication professors with giving students the chance to explore and work in all forms of journalism, from newspapers to radio and television. “Not all schools provide opportunities for all three,” she said. Her time at PLU prepared her to excel at her current position: the 2008 Pulliam/Kilgore Freedom of Information intern at SPJ’s national headquarters in Indianapolis. There, she learned about freedom of information issues facing journalists today, interviewed powerful

tradition. It is the tradition of a Lutheran education and a history of three millennia of liberal arts education that brings faculty and students to PLU – where academic freedom, rigor and reason is the pursuit and standard, Krise said. Inaugural Address View the video of PLU President Thomas W. Krise’s inaugural address. “The world needs more PLU,” he said. PLU is a place where the pursuit of vocation is found and questions are encouraged, and students are encouraged to find their ‘Wild Hope.’ A poem

, and it’s increasingly crucial that they connect with the resources they need and deserve. “Every day we lose an estimated 22 veterans to suicide; that’s one every 65 minutes, almost 5,000 a year,” Farnum said. “There are between 300,000 and 900,000 veterans living on the streets, homeless, and an estimated 1.4 million at risk of being homeless. An estimated 460,000 veterans suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder; 19 percent of OIF/OEF (Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom

Kelmer Roe Research Fellowship in the humanities. Named for Naomi’s father, who taught Greek, religion and philosophy at PLU, the fellowship is one of only two in the region dedicated to the humanities. The other is at Reed College in Portland, Ore. The Nothsteins originally planned to fund a scholarship. Ultimately, they decided on the fellowship because of the collaborative nature of the research, and the benefits students reap from the scholarly work and the strong relationships they build with

, Wis. Checkout PLU Ultimate Frisbee on their Facebook page. Read Previous Prominent sociologists visit PLU to discuss self-injury Read Next William Foege ’57: Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24