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average tournament I play three to four games a day, run something like 5 miles a game, jump, dive, block and throw my body around. According to Ultimate Impact, a nonprofit for the sport, “Ultimate combines the nonstop movement, field spacing, sprinting, and athletic endurance of soccer with the aerial passing skills of football — all in a non-contact format.” I play on a college team, but there are middle school, high school, club and professional teams across the country. And yet, sometimes

intensive period. Their final semester is an immersion semester where they are implementing the full scope of the role including 1:1 psychotherapy and conducting groups. Moller’s first cohort, following the modernized curriculum, graduates in May. “It’s a different model, same outcome,” she said. “But, I think, a better outcome. It meets the workplace needs of today and our graduates should be able to hit the ground running without needing a residency.” Overseas impact Moller’s groundbreaking work in

on justice, I’m fortunate to be at PLU, an institution with a strong commitment to social justice,” Levy says. “Other institutions wouldn’t support expert witness work for faculty. But PLU does.” At PLU, Levy teaches anthropology courses that explore how Latin America studies inform anthropological theory, the impact of free trade policies; the state from an ethnographic perspective; and how international migrants build lives in more than one nation-state. Many of his students go on into migrant

community choir. After seeing their performance, I decided on a whim that I needed to audition. I was really nervous that I wouldn’t be good enough. I walked in and auditioned for Dr. Nance. He welcomed me, and I thought I would sound bad and he would reject me, but he told me that my singing was beautiful. I will never forget how he chased me out of the choir room to talk to me about coming to PLU and studying more music. The impact that made on me — the fact that I felt wanted here — it’s a big reason

directly with co-founder Terry Moore, who specialized in urban economics. Juntunen worked on several hazard mitigation plans, focusing on ways local governments can pay for disaster recovery, along with growth management questions such as whether the supply of land and infrastructure is sufficient to accommodate future population growth. She enjoyed the complexity of her consulting work, along with the impact and the challenge of constantly juggling deadlines. “It requires so much intellectual

future rather than wait until we reached emergency conditions. This led to hard conversations and hard choices, ultimately made by the Board of Regents.  The most drastic impact on the Humanities has been the reduction of our Classics Program, which will be moving from a major to a minor, staffed by one faculty member rather than two.  At the end of this year, Eric Nelson will begin a well-deserved retirement, and Tyler Travillian will be the lone professor of Classics. Dr. Eric Nelson, who is

leading roles in bringing the Tournées Film Festival to PLU. Both faculty members are confident the featured films will have a lasting impact on the PLU community.What makes film such a valuable window into other cultures? Wilkin: For many people, film is the only means to get a glimpse of other places, other cultures. Film is a means of storytelling, and it is through narrative that we gain empathy for others who may be different from us. At the same time, how we tell stories (and make films) is

was where I wanted to be.” Since arriving at PLU in 2019, Harris has not only immersed herself in the on-campus community but has also become a leader and change-maker in Parkland. In addition to being a member of six of PLU’s musical ensembles, as well as three student-led clubs, Harris is also the Student Director of PLU’s Artist Mentoring Program (AMP) and an Assistant Director at the Parkland Literacy Center. The Artist Mentoring Program has been around PLU for some time but fell by the

school or a credit union. Q: What should I do if I have responded to one of these emails? A:  Change your password immediate by going to https://www.plu.edu/epass/ and call the Help Desk at 253-535-7525.  We will need to walk you through cleaning your account to ensure that no one else has access. Q:  Is there anything I can do to help combat these emails? A:  Yes!  Continue to report them to us every time you get one.  It may seem futile or redundant, but the sooner we know about a new wave, the

her junior and senior years after serving as Resident Assistant (RA) in the Spanish Wing in Kreidler. Part of the draw to becoming an RA was that Ash knew she could connect with the Hispanic community in new ways. This wasn’t just about service; it was also about exploring her own identity as a Mexican American and understanding more fully the issues impacting minority students. This experience launched her into becoming student body president, where she was a champion for change on campus