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Club, now named the Global Student Club, set it up. “There’s a lot of stuff to see,” said Torhild Skillingstad ’13, programming intern for International Student Services. In addition to coordinating Saturday’s trip, Skillingstad is also planning a trip to Portland for Mid-Semester Break and trips to Seattle and Zoolights at Point Defiance. “It’s a great way to show off some local stuff and American culture early,“ Skillingstad said. Read Previous PLU among top ‘Military-Friendly’ schools Read Next

sledding evolved into racing down the mountainside, until his snowshoe would get stuck in the powder, sending him flying head-over-heels downward and then to a halt. “I like tumbling,” Hundtofte said rather matter of factly. “The snow doesn’t hurt.” His ability to get right back up after his falls encouraged English and Global Studies double major Maylen Anthony ’16 and nursing major Nina Dam Pedersen ’14 to join in the fun. Pedersen, a Denmark-native studying at PLU for just three-and-a-half months

spent the past year in Serbia studying peace and conflict resolution, and would like to work with youth when he leaves PLU. Delo is a political science and global studies major and is considering going into the Peace Corps or furthering her education through graduate studies in international relations. They also will hear PLU alum Dr. William Foege ’57, who led the fight to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama. Anna McCracken ’14, a

curriculum.Student feedback in the report includes comments from military veterans, who noted the outstanding nature of the program and how PLU made it possible for them to enroll in the business graduate program. Students also pointed to the high quality of faculty and professional staff who provided guidance on enrollment, course schedules and other issues —allowing students to focus on academics. Other students highlighted program flexibility, small class sizes, a global perspective, evidenced through

.” Social Work at PLULearn more about a career in Social WorkEducating caring, skillful generalists to be ethical agents for global and local change.After her graduation this May, Marquez plans to take some time off from school before eventually attending graduate school to earn her Master’s degree in social work.   “I want to have a year to celebrate my accomplishments. It’s kind of scary, because all my life I have been a student,” she said. Marquez hopes to find some training programs related to her

result, PLU anticipates a growing alliance with PNWU that will increase opportunities for PLU graduates in all of these programs in the years to come. Read Previous Henri Coronado-Volta ’23 discusses his global studies major, studying away, and his plans to attend UW’s Public Health Epidemiology program Read Next PLU MBA program ranked first in Washington among private universities by U.S. News COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker

also how we study away that makes PLU distinctive. Indeed, the overarching goal of PLU’s global education program is to increase the understanding of interconnectedness and the dynamic relationship that exists among our local communities, our state and our world. Our faculty has deep partnerships and connections with the communities, and these make PLU’s Study Away experience richer and more diverse. And that connectedness echoes through the entire Study Away experience, whether students study

about 20 years ago, when the country won its independence. Many of the teachers with whom she worked had experienced what it was to live under Apartheid. As the interaction with the country and its people has changed her, it also changes the many PLU students who go to Namibia for J-Term or a semester. PLU Professor Jan Weiss in Namibia. “It is rewarding – and I know, this word is trite – to watch my students develop into global citizens as their focus shifts from being excited to be in an exotic

, energy and passion into the organization. Bartanen has been very influential to PKD’s success by investing in their history, providing counsel for past presidents and much more. So much so, that for their centennial celebration he was the only inductee into the Hall of Fame. PKD is a fraternity that was established at Ottawa College in Ottawa, Kansas in 1913. In the past 100 years PKD has initiated more than 60,000 students and has more than 200 active chapters on college campuses across the United

submitting work to the show. Peterson will be submitting prints, from the past year’s body of work. Hosman is working on a project that illustrates the history and towns in the Black Hills of South Dakota through various print materials and Kreutz is working on a family tree of sorts with wood silhouettes. Awards are given to artists and announced at the opening reception on April 23. Awards are determined by Art and Design faculty and include first, second and third place along with a number of