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different,” Hames said. “You would have different assumptions about them based on what they drink.” Hames, associate professor of history, is conducting research on alcohol and the creation of identity in a cultural context. She initially completed a dissertation on women in Bolivia who own neighborhood taverns. That was followed by a textbook on the world history of alcohol. A popular press in London reached out to her and urged her to write a popular version. So, she is spending her sabbatical this

company quickly expanded from three full-time employees to a dozen, and Haun eventually sold it to a San Francisco- based investment firm. Her husband, Gang Chen, is a board member and the couple are part owners. They aren’t involved in day-to-day operations, but Haun stops in at least once per season to look at shoes and visit employees. “Growing (the business) was super fun and super satisfying,” she said. Now, Haun stays at home with her sons in West Seattle and is heavily involved in activism to

. I wanted to be able to give them more personalized feedback. I didn’t want to limit their learning with a deadline or with grades, I wanted them to be able to think metacognitively about their learning and advocate for their learning needs. I started to draw on my experiences as a one-room schoolhouse teacher where students were self-paced and received immediate one-on-one feedback from me. I decided to eliminate the deadlines in my classes, only give mastery-based grades (students’ contracted

. During the graduation ceremony, held at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California, Daly noticed a sign touting a local sports team: the Ontario Fury. She had never heard of it. So she pulled out her phone, punched in a Google search and discovered that the Fury was a professional men’s indoor soccer team and a member of the Major Arena Soccer League (the Fury play in the same division as the Tacoma Stars, based at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington, about 25 miles northeast of PLU’s

owner can’t be successful without a mentor. The key to carrying success long term is identifying goals and building internal systems to help a business become sustainable. The next step in that vision includes major sporting goods retailers and international sales. So far, he’s met with representatives from companies in Asia, Europe and Canada, thanks to a Seattle- based group that connects local businesses with international buyers. “A lot of people can’t tell you what their goals are,” de Mars

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