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environmentally friendly innovations.” Sheri Tonn, PLU’s vice president for finance and operations, said she was not surprised by PLU’s high ranking and very pleased with the outcome. “We are very, very pleased to attain this mark, and want to keep the caliber of sustainability to a high level on campus,” she said. She credited the work of the PLU community for the high rating, as well as an initial sustainability water grant by the Russell Family Foundation in 2001. Christine Cooley, PLU’s newly-hired

testing At 84,000 votes, coconut milk is the second most-requested improvement pitched to MyStarbucksIdea.com which is a website where customers offer ideas and suggestions on a wide range of topics. Starbucks vice president of brewed espresso, Christine Barone, told MarketWatch that, “Delivering the options our customers want is always the highlight of my day.  We have a high bar for anything we pair with our high quality espresso and this coconut milk is smooth and perfectly complements the coffee

resulted in the charity Free the Children which now has 3,500 chapters and provides daily education to 55,000 children. Tutu noted that not everyone is called to start an international organization, but urged the crowd to do something, anything, to make their community better. One small act can make a difference, he said. Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire urged the group to unplug from the computer and reach out to people in the community. She also noted to the crowd “that this will be an evening that

Manager Christine Cooley said. “One that is about serving our community with what it needs, not what you think it needs.” It all started back in 2008, when the campus community began thinking about how to best explain and promote the idea of sustainability. PLU has committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2020. Departments across campus started thinking about how they might implement carbon neutrality. Cooley, along with Associate Professor of Graphic Design J.P. Avila and Lace Smith, assistant

being an athlete?For Klauder, there was little hesitation. Growing up in Klamath Falls, Ore., Klauder learned early from her parents, John and Christine, to work hard in both the classroom and in athletic endeavors. But “school always overrode swimming.” Good grades, her parents told her, will get you to college. And good college grades, Klauder knew, would get her into nursing school. She has taken that to heart, earning Dean’s List recognition during each of her semesters at PLU and entering her