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very specific academic goals: write music that exercises something they know they are weak in; write pieces that they know will be useful in their portfolios or future careers; write digital music for their computers to play, or write music for friends thus ensuring performance as soon as this is over. This unexpected “timeout” can be a gift if we choose to think of it that way: what can I do right now, right here, that I would not normally have thought to do? What shall I choose to do that will

Benson Summer 2020 Research Fellowship Team Posted by: halvormj / May 13, 2020 Image: Xavier Hall, the home of PLU’s Business and Economic History Program, after a rain storm. Wednesday, March 25, 2020. (Photo/John Froschauer) May 13, 2020 By Michael Halvorson, ’85.  Updated December 4, 2020 The Benson Program in Business and Economic History is pleased to announce the selection of the student-faculty research team for Summer 2020. The fellowship was awarded to the team of Ben Merrill and Prof

Notes’ Coffee Company: A coffee house seeking community on Garfield Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / December 7, 2018 Image: John Gore, owner of Notes’ Coffee Company, chats with customers as he prepares their order. Gore is planning on turning Notes’ Coffee Company into a meeting place for the community, complete with live music, open mic night, board games and plenty of space for lively discussion and intermingling. December 7, 2018 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH

Hetherington where she explores what remembering means ethically in terms of individual and community stories and walking through history together at the grassroots. Peg Carlson-Hoffman + Chuck Hoffman genesis + art website of artists, peacemakers, and community builders Peg Carlson-Hoffman and Chuck Hoffman, former executive directors of Holden Village. Robert McKee Irwin Books, book chapters, and articles by Robert McKee Irwin accessible from the Mortvedt Library website or book shelves. Valerie Segrest

fully loaded days of research in Reykjavik, Iceland, and the surrounding area. We stayed at a house outside of town, and our research directors laid out different options every day, from museums to hikes, and we could choose what would best benefit our personal topic. They wanted us to gain a lot of information by immersing ourselves in the culture and meeting with locals. So, I spoke to many naturalists and residents about land management and conservation efforts throughout the region. We’d

dive into difficult conversations about race relations in the United States.“The consciousness of this country is shifting,” says Cunningham, who works in the PLU Campus Ministry office and partners with the university’s Center for Graduate and Continuing Education to produce People’s Gathering events. “Where we are right now in our nation’s history and our national rhetoric, we need to learn how to talk about race. Most of us learn about race on our own, and that can be really difficult.” Each

On Exhibit: Books from the Collection about Food Posted by: Roberto Arteaga / January 22, 2020 January 22, 2020 A New Year, a New Way of Considering Food: Books from the collection about food, cooking, food politics, etc. are on exhibit in the Mortvedt Library lobby. (Exhibit ended Tuesday, January 4, 2020.) Read Previous New Library Site Read Next On Exhibit: Books in Support of Disarming Polarization Symposium LATEST POSTS On Exhibit: Veterans Day: A Salute to Service November 1, 2022 Black

fully loaded days of research in Reykjavik, Iceland, and the surrounding area. We stayed at a house outside of town, and our research directors laid out different options every day, from museums to hikes, and we could choose what would best benefit our personal topic. They wanted us to gain a lot of information by immersing ourselves in the culture and meeting with locals. So, I spoke to many naturalists and residents about land management and conservation efforts throughout the region. We’d

. White will reflect on his journey, as well as his current job, which entails reaching out to leaders – both religious and secular – in the world’s conflict areas, when he comes to Pacific Lutheran University on Feb. 21 as one of the keynote speakers of the Wang Center Symposium: Legacies of the Shoah. White specializes in building cross-border coalitions and history-making campaigns, three of which led to major international treaties: the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

, from different walks of life and backgrounds to help bridge this gap and create personal connections. Throughout the course of the documentary, the filmmakers crafted a story that follows the day-to-day journey of an average American couple, finishing up their undergraduate degrees and beginning their life journey as a married pair. They also happen to be Muslim. Surrounding this narrative, the audience will hear from academics, students, comedians and politicians from around the nation and, in