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  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 6, 2016)- Travel from the shores of Puget Sound to the fjords of Norway with the exhibition Edvard Munch and the Sea , on view exclusively at Tacoma Art Museum April 9 through July 17, 2016. This is your opportunity to dive…

    international project titled “Munch, Modernism, and Medicine” and how it relates to the works on view in Tacoma Art Museum’s exhibition Edvard Munch and the Sea. Morehead will weave together evidence of Munch’s interest in the sea with medicine and health through his works such as Alpha and Omega and his depiction of the New Woman as a nurse. Morehead will also be a guest judge for the student exhibition Inspired by Munch, which will be on view in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. Lunch and Learn with

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 15, 2015)—Resilience is characterized by the “power or ability to return to original form” after being “bent, compressed or stretched.” You see examples of resilience in the news all the time—in the exhausted yet determined faces of Syrian refugees, in the grace of forgiveness following…

    | Exhibition Opening May 1 | 4:00 p.m. | Scandinavian Cultural Center Student curated exhibition about the Labor Rights Movement in the US and Scandinavia. Sex +: Q&A with the Sexperts! May 2 | 6:00 | Diversity Center Join Allena Gabosch, Director of the Center for Sex Positive Culture in Seattle, and Kim Riano, Director of PLU’s Health and Counseling Centers, for a no holds barred conversation answering ALL of your questions about sex and sexuality. There will be opportunities to submit your questions

  • Q&A With Carrie Mesrobian MFA ’13 Rave Reviews Are Rolling in For Her New Book, ‘Perfectly Good White Boy’ By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Right out of the gate, Carrie Mesrobian’s first young-adult novel, Sex & Violence , racked up some serious…

    for her; I really pushed myself to take care with each of the creative projects I sent her. The story that eventually became Sex & Violence, and my creative thesis, was sort of born out of a kind of guilty side project, to be honest. I read a lot of YA, because I teach teenagers and they’re always giving me book recommendations. But I was making myself read other titles for the program that I deemed much more “scholarly” in order to make up for my lack of a formal degree in English. Which is sort

  • Barr reflects on her PLU education, work overseas Career diplomat Joyce Barr ’76 spoke to the Class of 2008 and their families during Spring Commencement on May 25 at the Tacoma Dome. The following is the text of her speech: Chair Gomulkiewicz, President Anderson, Provost…

    people have migrated from China’s rural areas to the cities – the largest internal migration in history. China faces enormous long-term development challenges, including the need to invest more in public health, environmental protection, and education, as well as the need to secure adequate, reliable access to natural resources and energy. Much more than an economic powerhouse, it is also emerging as a political player with high potential to contribute to regional and global stability. The U.S. would

  • The college experience is about education in the classroom, but it’s also deeply rooted in building tools and traits that translate into rewarding professional careers after graduation. For some PLU student entrepreneurs, those budding careers get started while they’re still on campus. An app to…

    , conducted primarily on Instagram, have been successful and an encouraging sign that Dawson’s on the right track. Just another hurdle overcome as she sets her sights on London and the next step toward a long and promising career. “My high school art teacher told me that I had no future in art and that I would fail,” Dawson said. “But this is what I want to do … that’s definitely made me push myself a lot harder. I have worked so hard in my mental health recovery and in school and haven’t really let

  • In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a chapter in their lives and prepared to turn the next page. In the following, some Lutes shared their stories of why they came to PLU, what their experiences…

    and I knew that the program was well-established and successful. Lastly, but most importantly, I knew that PLU had an extremely strong biology program backed by a wonderful group of dedicated professors who really do care about their students success in courses. To sum this up, by attending PLU I avoided becoming just a student ID number in the computer, but rather I a known recognizable face on my daily visits to Rieke Science Center. My PLU experience: My experience at PLU has been an absolute

  • Originally published in 2005 For two weeks of March, 2000, in the vast jungle along Mexico’s southern border with Belize, I joined a team of biologists and hounds in chasing and capturing a wild jaguar. I was in Mexico as a Fulbright Scholar. It took…

    artifact, a symbol, when you learn about discoveries in its mental abilities, for example. It’s harder to treat an animal as a genetic program after savoring the presence of animals in W. S. Merwin’s poems. Most important, I would urge us to pay greater heed to the animals themselves. After the grueling challenges of chasing the jaguar in the rainforest of Mexico—and touching it—one comes away with an increased respect for the animal’s intelligence and value. We need to care as much for the worlds of

  • He was working by age 8, picking cherries and apples under the Yakima Valley sun. In the spring he worked as a smudger. He’d sleep overnight in an orchard and when the alarms rang he’d sprint to light the smudge pots that warmed the trees…

    of Regents is responsible for managing the affairs of the university, including overseeing the financial affairs, establishing tuition and fees, and establishing scholarships and aid. That means, essentially, that even though Belton and other PLU officials develop initiatives and opportunities for financial innovation, the train doesn’t leave the station until the Regents are on board. “We’re incredibly fortunate to have Regents who care deeply about this institution and are willing to deep dive

  • Originally published in 1991 Tertullian, an African Christian writing in the second century of the Church, is perhaps most famous for his defiant one-liner about the resurrection, “I believe it because it is absurd.” The only trouble is: he never wrote those words, and wouldn’t…

    what is would be like to have a proof to the contrary, but in a real sense I do not regard it as at all possible that I be wrong about this. Put this way, all that is required of the believer is that he or she regard being wrong as presently a live option. This is not an abandonment of religion for objective inquiry, but rather a recognition that serious religion —faith authentic enough to care about being right— involves careful inquiry. (My feeling this way about the problem of evil is a result

  • For the 2012-2013 academic year, 877 students will have graduated from PLU. Spring Commencement takes place Sunday, May 26 in the Tacoma Dome. (Photo by John Froschauer) In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a chapter…

    has each and every student’s best interest in mind. More specifically, the PLU psychology department has contributed toward my personal growth and presented me with opportunities to build a career for myself in the mental health field through work, research and volunteering. I attribute my academic success to the faculty at PLU by providing me with the tools and resources I need to pursue my professional career goals as a marriage and family therapist. One part of positive PLU experience is the