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The Power of Female Mentors Posted by: vcraker / December 9, 2020 Image: Barbara Gilchrist ’20 and Nicole Jordan ’15, Coordinator for The Center for Gender Equity, pose for a photo, Thursday, July 9, 2020, in Lakewood. Both were involved with the Sista Circle event. (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) December 9, 2020 College is more than your experiences in the classroom. It’s also about the relationships you build with other students. These relationships can even grow into mentorships among peers

The Strength of Faculty Mentorship Posted by: vcraker / December 8, 2020 December 8, 2020 Will Reichel ‘20 knew what he wanted to major in even before stepping foot on a college campus. But even with a strong desire to pursue Kinesiology as his major, he still needed help to make that dream a reality. Fortunately for Reichel, he found a mentor with Dr. Mallory Mann, assistant professor of Kinesiology. “I feel like having a close relationship with our professors here opens up a lot of doors of

August 4, 2010 The Power of Hope By David Ward, assistant professor of Marriage and Family Therapy As a marriage and family therapist, the couples I work with tend to wait until problems in their relationship have significantly escalated before they seek therapy. Fortunately, amidst the distress, by the end of the session I usually experience a feeling that keeps me loving the work I do with these couples. David Ward sought out to understand hope within the specific context of couples therapy

September 30, 2011 Featured speaker Benjamin Stewart, a professor and chair at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, gives the example of the Chicago River as a waterway that is viewed in a different light by varying parties.(Photo by Igor Strupinskiy ’14) The deep and powerful flow of mercy and justice. A debate on water in today’s world By: By Barbara Clements Evidence of water as a force for destruction can be easily found, both in the headlines and the Bible. There are the floods

October 2, 2012 Unlocking the Secrets of Tutankhamun’s Gold Mask   Tutankhamun’s magnificent gold mask is surely the best-known Egyptian artwork in the world. Or is it? In fact, the piece preserves an astonishing secret: It had never been intended for Tutankhamun at all. Come listen to noted Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves, PhD, the Lila Acheson Wallace Associate Curator, Department of Egyptian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Reeves is an expert on the tomb of Tutankhamun and has served as a

November 12, 2012 “The Other Side of Immigration” examines the impact migration has on the families that stay behind. “The Other Side of Immigration” By Katie Baumann ’14 PLU welcomed Roy Germano to campus this fall as part of the 2012 Department of Language and Literature Film Festival Series, to show his documentary, ‘The Other Side of Immigration.” This film explores why so many Mexicans leave their homes to migrate to the United States and explores another side of the issues surrounding

February 13, 2013 Chemistry professor Justin Lytle, shows students the chemistry of chocolate. (Photo by Jesse Major’14) ‘For the love of chocolate’ By Jesse Major ’14 Roughly 40 chocolate lovers gathered in Leraas Lecture Hall the day before Valentine’s Day, “for the love of chocolate, aphrodisiac and food of the gods.” “When there’s free chocolate, you get a larger crowd,” said Justin Lytle, assistant professor of chemistry, as he showed the group the four chocolates they would later eat. A

The Power of Faculty Mentorship Posted by: bennetrr / January 15, 2020 January 15, 2020 A vital part of Pacific Lutheran University’s academic experience is the opportunity for students to build relationships with faculty members working in the career fields those students want to pursue. Faculty mentorship can help strengthen a student academically, give career-related advice or feedback, be a sounding board for ideas and experiences, assist with networking — and ultimately bridge the

The Passing of Thomas Pfeifle Posted by: Thomas Krise / August 30, 2016 Image: Tom Pfeifle running on the PLU Track and Field team. (Photo courtesy of PLU Athletics) August 30, 2016 UPDATE: PLU will host a celebration of life for Tom Pfeifle on Sept. 22 in Lagerquist Concert Hall at 6 p.m. The ceremony is one of many ways the campus community is honoring Pfeifle, who was an active member of Outdoor Recreation, as well as the cross country and track and field teams. A memory wall is on display

, an estimated 25 to 35 percent of American Indian children had been separated from their families. Blending history and heartbreaking family stories, award-winning historian Margaret D. Jacobs, the Chancellor’s Professor of History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, examines this phenomenon—and its global dimensions—in her latest book, A Generation Removed: The Fostering and Adoption of Indigenous Children in the Postwar World. On Wednesday, Feb. 25, Jacobs will discuss her book, and her