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liberal arts and professional disciplines and without having engaged communities different from the ones they grew up in. PLU students holding a banner over Interstate 5 in Tacoma.× *Note: All comments are moderated Read Previous An Open Letter: Transgender Day of Remembrance Read Next LISTEN Forum LATEST POSTS President Krise’s open letter of support for Muslim community January 30, 2017 An Open Letter on Access for All Students January 20, 2017 LISTEN Forum December 6, 2016 An Open Letter

were asked to create a large-format poster, a flyer, a postcard mailer, an electronic (HTML) email banner, and a smaller electronic image suitable for social media. A selection of class poster designs.   Mackenzie described her project first. “After attending the Brad Tilden event, I realized that the Alaska CEO was really warm and engaging. So, I revised my poster design to be more flowing and welcoming,” she said. Makenzie’s design was clear and visually compelling, and I slowly realized how

continue robustly today.” The king’s trip, scheduled for May 20-28, underlines the important relationship between Norway and the United States and will create increased visibility and attention for Norway, including the very strong Norwegian-American community in Alaska and Washington, said Consul of Norway Kim Nesselquist of PLU’s Office of Advancement, who will serve as the formal host for the Washington visit. “Speaking at Commencement is a first, and a great testament to how important His Majesty

wanted to support the sciences.“George sort of felt like he owed his success and his career to PLU,” said Lauralee Hagen, senior director of advancement. “He was very nostalgic about professors and his here and really wanted to do something to give back.” Hagen worked with the Longs to secure an endowment fund that supports two to three student internships in the natural sciences each summer, as well as an annual lecture. This is the second year that the George and Helen Long Science, Technology and

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), a college-readiness program, and are seeking extra guidance and support. The idea for a writing center that would serve the community surrounding the campus began in 2016, when co-director Scott Rogers and his colleague in the PLU English Department, Jason Skipper, wrote a plan to fund the center. Their concept was based on a successful program in Salt Lake City. “The goal was to provide writing and reading support for students in the community, and to

the slightest clue that my experience would be the impetus for an adult life focused largely around international affairs and living overseas. My life has been forever altered by that initial experience. A growing number of people, guided by divergent motives and means, are traversing the globe for a wider array of reasons: business meetings, professional advancement, volunteer opportunities, vacations, surgeries, university education – not to mention visiting friends and family. With each

site design that is optimized for mobile use, but an encouraging measure to note is the increase in unique page views of our first-year apply page, up 40% in one year. Referrals from outside web sites are up nearly 70%, and referrals of new users from social media are up over 200% year over year. Referrals of new users from email are up 150%, and that includes efforts by both Admissions and Advancement. The only measure that is down is our bounce rate, or the number of people who leave after only

creation—Lutherans understood ourselves as environmentalists and stewards of the created world before it was trendy because we believe that when God called the creation, “Very good!” God meant it! Discerning one’s vocation in the world— “How will I serve the neighbor using the unique combination of gifts, experiences, and opportunities that God has given me?” Service to the advancement of life, health, and wholeness—At PLU, we educate students for service to the common good; a concept that desperately

traditions are hoisting a banner of vocationalism. Here at PLU, there has also been a response. We have chosen to respond to this shift by claiming that our students can expect to receive both a strong professional and an excellent liberal arts preparation —in a mere four years. The question I wish to address here is whether, in our hastiness to please our consumers, we have overlooked some of the deeper questions and implications that arise from such an institutional claim. PLU students in Oaxaca

. Currently, we have synthesized twelve novel benzofulvenes with various functional properties. We will apply this route to synthesizing in-silico directed target molecules that could possibly inhibit TrxR1. Justin C. Lytle, Ph.D., Marshall T. McNally, M. Reed Pueringer, Hannah C. Seal, and Mark C. Walsworth Department of Chemistry Carbon Nanofoams as Porous Scaffolds for Iron-Air Battery Electrodes Research Corporation for Science Advancement + NSCI Division Undergraduate Research Program Metal-air