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assistant since 2012, and he has been quite impressed with how Knapp has performed thus far. “We have been lucky to have a lot of great interns in our office over the years,” Kohlwes said, “but Jeremy is truly top tier when it comes to his work ethic and enthusiasm for this environment. “He is just as happy meeting with a group of constituents that swing by the office that may not particularly agree with us, as he is sticking around late to provide admin support for Sen. Liias when we are on the Senate
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focusing on poetry, fiction, or nonfiction, the mentorship is tailored to the student’s work, which ranges from fantasy novels to journalistic reportage. Despite the virtual and individual set-up, students still connect and support each other’s writing throughout the three-year program and after graduation. Professor Barot believes this sense of community and long mentorships, which allow time to develop significant relationships, makes the PLU MFA program stand out from others. When Professor Barot
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rehearsal and then sang for the evensong service. What a unique experience! We were able to rehearse more and have the chapel to ourselves following the evensong, which was even more of a treat, had dinner and then boarded the bus and headed off to London! × London, England June 4thToday was the first day in London. It gives us a free day to see what the city has to offer, and everyone has a chance to venture off and see what they want to see. We get to use the Tube (subway system), and sights
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used to care less about what she ate and where it came from, but that changed when she read a book by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin during her sophomore year. “It was just a book that I happened upon,” Griswold said. “It taught me about our nation’s food system and all the processes that they put the food through. I stopped eating processed food.” Elizabeth Herzfeldt-Kamprath ’12 works alongside Dining and Culinary staff during the annual Commons on Fire cooking competition. Cultivating cooks
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%, the ultimate Frisbee team. I’ve always been a golfer, which is really an individualized sport. On the PLU frisbee team, having a team aspect has shown me that you can get a great group of people together and have those deep conversations, have those fun times together, and it just feels a lot different. I feel at home here at PLU because of that team and I’m confident on and off the field because I have a great support group behind me here. 8. In a few months, you’ll be a PLU graduate. What do you
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of five kids. My desire to teach my little cousins and siblings while growing up signaled to me that teaching might be a good path. Also, my dad passed away when I was in third grade, and my teachers really stepped up to support me. I remember that so fondly. Trauma can really affect students, and I want to be able to show the same care and concern to my students as my teachers showed for me.What led you to PLU? My oldest sister attended PLU for a couple of years, so I was familiar with PLU. I
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never understand these experiences on an embodied, visceral level, we humbly offer ourselves as resources, as mentors, and as witnesses to your pain and heartbreak. Finally, we believe it is imperative to support efforts already underway to make change, especially within our field of study. There have been movements within Communication to challenge the whiteness of the field: #CommunicationSoWhite and #RhetoricSoWhite. We commit to these movements in our teaching, scholarship, and service. We will
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karaoke, with the actors grabbing microphones and singing modern songs to further the plot. The show originally opened in Glasgow in 2017 at the Tron Theatre, before gaining the support of eight regional producing theatres to produce a nationwide tour of the show. It officially moved to the West End on 15 October 2021, with a premiere set for 2 November 2021 at the Criterion Theatre. After reading this #DigitalAusten tweet written by Elsa, I was inspired to see the show. I spent a delightful Sunday
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I ever made! What is your favorite class to teach and why? I love teaching all my classes! Obviously, conducting the Choir of the West is very inspiring and challenging—every single day. The students are so talented and they work incredibly hard. We have established a culture of positive work habits and support for each other, and it really pays off. Students coming into the Choir each year understand that the bar for great work ethic and sense of community is set very high. I also love teaching
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February 7, 2008 A rose is [not] a rose Between the rows of tall, pale pink roses, he came at me like Darth Vader in a billowing cloud of vapors, his identity cloaked beneath a black face mask, hood and plastic clothes. But the material coming out of the worker’s hose was a fog of agricultural chemicals. “Venenos,” explained my guide, César Estacio. Poisons. Once a laborer on a rose farm like this, Estacio is now director of a support organization for workers in Cayambe, Ecuador, a town rooted
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