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grabbed me other than journalism,” she said. So, after a stint with National Civilian Community Corps, a branch of AmeriCorps, and teaching kids garden art as part of an after-school program, Laumb decided to turn a quirky hobby into a fun new job. She traveled and performed with the Flynn Creek Circus, an animal-free circus, for three months over the summer. The circus showcases knife throwing, flying trapeze, hoop diving and more. Laumb said it’s a contemporary circus with French-influenced flair in

, Dr. David Cherwien. This is their first West Coast tour, which begins with their performance at PLU. Dr. Cherwien has chosen the theme Una Sancta, recognizing the ancient roots of the Lutheran Reformation while offering a diverse array of contemporary choral compositions. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in Lagerquist Concert Hall in the Russell Music Center.While the concert is also free and open to the public, tickets to the concert must be picked up in advance at the PLU Concierge Desk in the

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Jerusalem (Oxford University Press, 2018). She also directs Disability and Climate Change: A Public Archive Project, a project that partners with grassroots disability leaders to document the way that disability communities are responding to climate change. Her latest book is Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole (Beacon Press, 2023) which won a 2024 National Jewish Book Award for “Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice”Jenny OdellHow to Do

literary studies and became a scholar of African American literature. He has continued to work within institutions of education to challenge them to live by their own values, a commitment he solidified at PLU. Notably, one of Brian’s capstone projects was a queer history of PLU — an early precursor to this project. “So there was a moment, even that early, of an attempt to document, and an awareness that progress had been made, and that we were entering new chapters. I think that’s always an important

2021 Environmental Studies CapstonesProfessors Claire Todd (Geosciences and Environmental Studies) and Sergia Hay (Philosophy) had the honor of working with this year’s class of Environmental Studies students as they completed their interdisciplinary and culminating projects for their major. This capstone cohort tackled a wide range of current environmental issues and employed the methods and tools of multiple disciplines including biology, literature, chemistry, philosophy, art, political