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during the 1976-77 academic year. Near the beginning of its creation, famous dance groups and artists such as the Joffrey Ballet, Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane hosted summer workshops here at PLU. The program is currently led by Visiting Assistant Professor Rachel Winchester, after the retirement of Associate Professor Maureen McGill, who entered phased retirement after 38 years. In the wake of the anniversary, Winchester praised the skills of PLU’s dance students. The anniversary is “a celebration of

“living rough” in the United Kingdom, “street people” in the United States, “floating people” or furosha in Japan, “beggar tramps” or gepeng in Indonesia, “without shade” or sans-abri in France, or “without a roof” or sin techo in Latin America, the homeless are typically people whom mainstream society would prefer not to see. Although homeless people are often detached from the mainstream of society, they are far from antisocial. Homeless people everywhere have their own sets of skills, specialized

our planet, and provides students with the skills, knowledge, and opportunities to change our shared future.The Holden Village study away trip, led by Associate Professor of Philosophy Sergia Hay, helps capture this path of change through discussions of environmental ethics. Living in community at Holden Village, a Lutheran renewal center in the Northern Cascades, students are provided with a unique experience.  Dr. Hay explains “The Holden Village J-term trip is one that provides students with a

a safe and inviting place to kick back, relax and learn skills that will not only help them excel at school, but also in life. The Parkland Literacy Center (PLC), 1112 124th St. South, opened last March in a house next to Keithley Middle School. There, PLU faculty and students serve the community through literacy-training and academic-support programs. Students visit with a variety of goals — some are working on improving skills, and others are in programs like Advanced Placement (AP) and

transitioned school online. I was also a commuter student, so I can’t speak much about campus life. With that said, my experiences at PLU have been wonderful. I’ve participated in several organic chemistry and biology labs and always felt that PLU had sufficient resources. Yeah, some money could be spent on buying better ring stands or heat plates, but I am very satisfied with the lab tools provided to the students. Professors are always willing to chat during office hours and happy to answer questions

burnt out and unfulfilled. But perhaps it was inevitable that Hall, the daughter of a teacher, would wind up putting her communications skills to work in the service of education. She remembers learning at PLU about the concept of vocation. “That’s not a word I had heard or used a lot before attending PLU,” she says. “I learned that it is not just a career, but a set of values — things that are intrinsically important to you in the work you do, no matter how that work is funneled.”Considering a

me be successful. Even in the short period I was there, I felt that.” She graduated with an accounting degree, followed by a Master of Divinity at Tacoma’s Faith Evangelical College and Seminary, then a certificate from Harvard University in the Driving Government Performance Program. Throughout, she applied her skills in city government roles, including becoming increasingly involved in Tacoma’s equity work.Woods is overseeing the city’s equity and empowerment framework, guided by the racial

Lutheran University’s Doctor of Nursing PracticePacific Lutheran University’s Doctor of Nursing Practice prepares students to develop and evaluate quality care within a health system, collaborate with interprofessional teams to improve health outcomes, and be leaders in the nursing profession.  Our DNP program prepares nurses at the highest level of proficiency as they learn to translate science into clinical practice. Students develop the skills to lead collaboratively, integrate research into care

Systemic Racism.” Simic-Muller explains the project will be geared toward equipping future math teachers with skills to understand and navigate race and institutional racism within their field. “One of the goals is to develop statistical literacy,” she says. “Another goal is to develop consciousness of these issues for future teachers with the hope that they will be able to deal with issues of race and racism and to use a curriculum that brings up some critical issues pertaining to race or other real

-month journey to a foreign country, both Fulbright teaching assistants have apprehensions. Along with rusty German speaking skills, Wilson said he’s nervous about feeling at home in his new community. He imagines he’ll take it all in stride. After all, it’s simply a matter of perspective. “My philosophy as a traveler has sort of been that there’s not really a bad situation, but only how you make it work,” he said. Hummel and Wilson leave for Germany in early September. Henrichsen received an