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received degrees from Kalamazoo College, University of Detroit Mercy and Michigan State University College of Law, and his teaching certificate from Northwestern University. He is a United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Teacher Fellow, a Powell Teacher Fellow, and an Alfred Lerner Fellow. He is also the author of The Yellow Star House: The Remarkable Story of One Boy’s Survival in a Protected House in Hungary (Lulu, 2019). Conference Schedule

performs right down the road.Student PerformancesThe Horn Choir will perform at the Brass Recital at the end of each semester. Please put these dates in your calendar as soon as you can. Planning on doing a recital?  It is important that you secure an accompanist and provide him or her with the music well in advance of the actual recital. Remember, you’re not the only one learning the music!GradingYou will be given a grade at the end of the semester based on my perception of your weekly preparation

on the bottom of the screen reads,”Professor Andrea Munro, Assistant Professor and Chair of Chemistry”] Professor Munro: Well, one of the things that’s really great about PLU is we have a variety of programs that students can try as they’re figuring out their interests and what they most wanna do. [video: Aidan is in a chemistry lab comparing the color and other properties of two chemical results in vials] – So we have a summer research program. We also have the CS STEM teacher program [video

the low student-teacher ratio along with the percentage of students studying a semester abroad that especially caught my attention. I’ve had a lot of nice experiences at PLU. The small and friendly community at the school and the intramural [sports] provided some great moments outside of the scholastic environment, and everything around my semester abroad in Barcelona was very professional and enjoyable.  It’s been three great years. Madeleine BrekkeMS in Marketing Research, 2016 & Psychology

journalist and communications professional. He serves as the communications director for WorkForce Central, producing stories and strategic communications for the Pierce County workforce development organization. Before that, he covered University of Washington football and basketball for The News Tribune in Tacoma. Other former employers include The Spokesman Review , seattlepi.com and the Moscow-Pullman Daily News . Lorna Rodriguez ’11 Lorna Rodriguez, class of 2011, works as a substitute teacher in

— many of them women, a group traditionally underrepresented in the field — claim a first-generation background. First in the Family buttonThe button that Auman and roughly 60 faculty and staff members across campus wear carries a simple but profound declaration: “Proud to be first in the family.” Proud to be first For Mary Ellard-Ivey, professor of biology, the courage to pursue her college dreams started with a teacher’s simple checklist. “I had a high school biology teacher who I remember very

those five guys reaching the age of forty and starting to gather at least once a year, usually for golf and always for reconnecting and reminiscing. In addition to their remarkable three-plus decades of togetherness, despite several thousand miles of separation in three directions, they were a notable group: Doug Leeland, an MD; Tom Lorentzsen, a doctor of optometry; Al Hedman, a PhD in psychology; Tim Sherry, with an MA in English from the University of Chicago and an impressive career as a teacher

biology faculty members — many of them women, a group traditionally underrepresented in the field — claim a first-generation background. First in the Family buttonThe button that Auman and roughly 60 faculty and staff members across campus wear carries a simple but profound declaration: “Proud to be first in the family.” Proud to be first For Mary Ellard-Ivey, professor of biology, the courage to pursue her college dreams started with a teacher’s simple checklist. “I had a high school biology teacher

honors Coast Salish culture and architecture. She is very active in the region’s Native community. She is President of the Potlatch Fund organization and has served in an advisory capacity to the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation and the Northwest Folklife Festival Cultural Committee. Joshua CushmanWorking Title: Beauty in the Struggle: Empowering Communities Through Hope Who: Joshua Cushman, PLU Alum 2008, Teacher, Lincoln High School Bio: Born and raised in the city of Tacoma, Joshua Cushman