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  • Originally Published in 1990 It would appear that Louis XIV never said: “L’ état, c’est moi.” The researches of modern historians have produced no credible witness attesting that France’s Sun King pronounced this coldly witty laconism. But just try to find a modern history of…

    burning of Moscow, the mot de Cambronne at Waterloo, and the injunction to the condemned Louis XVI: “Fils de saint Louis, montez au ciel!”  A student using one of the printing press in the Thorniley Collection in PLU’s Book Arts program, 2017 Count Rostopchin, as governor of Moscow, was supposed to have set fire to Moscow in 1812 rather than allow Napoleon to enjoy possession of the Russian capital; General Cambronee was said to have riposted “Merde!” to English demands for surrender at Waterloo in

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bfe90PTrXY Pacific Lutheran University Inaugural Address By President Thomas W. Krise Before we get started, I’d like to have a word with the brand new freshmen and transfer students. You are, after all, MY class.  We all become Lutes together today. I have proof that…

    September 4, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bfe90PTrXY Pacific Lutheran University Inaugural Address By President Thomas W. Krise Before we get started, I’d like to have a word with the brand new freshmen and transfer students. You are, after all, MY class.  We all become Lutes together today. I have proof that being a new college president is just like being a new student. First, I’m pretty nervous. And excited. Second, what did your mom say to you when you said goodbye last Friday

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 6, 2016)-The seventh episode of “Open to Interpretation” features a discussion of the word “failure” among host and Associate Professor of Communication Amy Young, Associate Professor of Art and Design Jp Avila , and Assistant Professor of Business Kory Brown . “Open…

    do this. I failed this class. I didn’t get this.” I didn’t fail a class by the way. Amy Young: Of course. Jp Avila: I was a perfect A student all the way through. Learning that there’s failure in the things that we do in life and that even on a daily basis, that there are little things that happen that are course corrected, is an important part. It shows that we’re all human, that humanity has an ups and downs. Hopefully, the students see that as a opportunity to say, “Oh, okay. You can do it

  • Transfer alum finds community at PLU on and off the court Posted by: vcraker / September 9, 2021 September 9, 2021 Read Previous Alumni mentorship helps student land dream internship in Boston Read Next PLU named 3rd best college for value in the West LATEST POSTS Emma Stafki ’24 explores the challenges facing Puget Sound orcas in capstone documentary May 17, 2024 Criminal justice major Raphi Crenshaw ’24 interned at Tacoma Pro Bono and plans to attend law school May 17, 2024 Major Minute