Pacific Lutheran University

June 14, 2007

This summer, the alumni office is hosting a series of book club discussions that feature PLU faculty, alumni and local guests.

The discussions will take place at the soon-to-open Garfield Book Company at PLU, the new PLU bookstore located in Garfield Commons at the corner of Garfield Street and Pacific Avenue. The series begins with three compelling books:

• “A Prayer for Owen Meany” by John Irving. Religion professor Samuel Torvend will facilitate a discussion of the book on Wednesday, July 18 at 7 p.m.


• “The Leopard” by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa. English professor Solveig Robinson and political science professor Peter Grosvenor will facilitate a discussion of the book on Tuesday, July 31 at 7 p.m.


• “The Pact” by Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt and Lisa Frazier Page. This book is also a selection of the Tacoma Summer Reading Club.
  
  The discussion of this book on Wednesday, August 15 at 7 p.m. will be facilitated by education professor Ronald Byrnes; Enumclaw School District Superintendent Mike Nelson ’85; Jennifer Tolzmann Avila ’97, who is currently serving her residency at Seattle’s Swedish Medical Center; University of Washington dental student Jenne Heu-Weller; and sociology professor Joanna Gregson.

The alumni office is also hosting a variety of other summer events, including lunch on Red Square prior to the monthly Summer Fruit Festivals, behind-the-scenes campus tours and a look at PLU’s archives.

Registration is required for all events. For more information, or to register, click here here.

To learn more, contact the alumni office at ext. 7415 or alumni@plu.edu.