Construction on the first suite-style residence hall on the former site of Evergreen and Delta Courts is finished. Dedicated in October, it becomes the second residence hall to be called South Hall.

The PLU Symphony Orchestra travels to Germany in January.

In the spring, US presidential candidate John McCain visits campus on his campaign trail.

During the second week of August, PLU hosts the sixth annual conference of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies (SBCS). PLU professor of religion and SBCS member Paul Ingram is instrumental in the conference coming to PLU.

Audun Toven, PLU professor of Norwegian since 1967 and director of the Scandinavian Studies program, is presented with the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit. Norway’s ambassador, His Excellency Knut Vollebek, confers the knighthood on behalf of King Harald V.

Kathryn M. Lehmann, a 1976 alumna, becomes the first female conductor of the Choir of the West.

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