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the similar goal of, as Torvend likes to say, “allowing students, faculty, and staff to pause and ponder meaning and purpose in life – something few places cultivate.” The Center for Vocation will also focus on training faculty and staff through workshops, study seminars on Lutheran Higher education and the like. Early on, organizers realized that, to be truly impactful, PLU needed to support faculty and staff – after all, they are the ones who are here year-after-year. “We have worked to train

all this less than one year after acceptance into the CFA Institutes University Recognized Program. The CFA Institute Research Challenge is an annual global competition—the “investment Olympics” for university students—that provides university students with hands-on mentoring and intensive training in financial analysis. Students gain real-world experience as they assume the role of a research analyst and are judged on their ability to value a stock, write an initiation-of-coverage report and

a fan of EFN. “It’s a tremendous organization,” he said. “The concept is for every $1 donated, they can produce $12 worth of food. Not only is this good community outreach, but it’s also a good educational experience for our kids—they’ll see exactly the hard work involved.” Speaking of hard work: While the plowing challenge is the perfect family-friendly spectator sport, it’s also a strenuous one. So how is the team training for this matchup? “The coaching staff may have to exercise, but the

Lewis–McChord is the world’s fourth-largest military base. Home to more than 200,000 people and 25,000+ active-duty service members, the base serves as a training and mobilization center for all military services. The most requested military base in the Army, JBLM comprises a 90,000-acre campus that includes 5,000 family housing units, 12,000 barracks spaces, 10 child-development centers, six  elementary schools, nine chapels, and 11 dining facilities. The JBLM population is an important economic

generation Latino student and spent most of his life in Lakewood and then Spanaway, about 10 minutes from PLU, and he knew he wanted to come here for college, so he could remain close to his family. He also knew from an early age that he wanted to be a doctor. “Before my freshman year, I did a multicare nursing camp, and I was already working in a pharmacy, about to receive training to be a pharmacy technician,” Gavidia says. Gavidia knew he wanted to take a non-traditional path to medical school. “I

is assessment evaluation. I take all the things that I am learning this semester, and I get to apply it. It is making recommendations to make an impact. Why Study Sociology?Sociology provides students with distinctive ways of looking at the world in order to generate new ideas and assess the old. Coursework includes analysis of family and gender issues, race/ethnicity, social class, social problems and inequality. In addition, sociology provides training in a range of research techniques which

attorney general for Washington state, there’s no predicting the cases and conundrums that will land on Kjolseth’s desk. That’s part of the reason they love their job.What does your practice at the Washington State Attorney General’s Office include? I work in the education division at the Attorney General’s office, so my practice includes both K-12 and higher education law. I am general counsel to a couple of technical colleges and the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board. And then I

Simpson-Younger Although the book was released in the midst of the pandemic, the publishing process was luckily not affected at all. “It was just entering the phase of cover design when the pandemic hit, and they were still able to go in and make the physical copies of the books. It was one of the first packages that I got during the pandemic.” Her transition to online teaching was smooth as well, thanks to the training she received a few years ago from PLU Teaching Online (PLUTO). “I learned about

professors’ offices. You will take several classes from the professor whose office is on the left. You will get to spend some of your class days in the late spring out on the balcony. It will be hard to pay attention to anything having to do with Benedict Spinoza or David Hume because it is not often that you get to see the campus from this angle, somewhere between the ground and the treetops. On a sunny day, the campus will glow and the students will finally strip off their winter coats to reveal skin

sizes and students often can’t get to know their faculty. *Note: All comments are moderated If we plan for 650 first-year students in Fall 2016, what happens if 680 want to come?With the philosophy of enrollment, we’re aiming to bring in predictable and steady classes each year.  Eventually, I expect that we’ll establish a wait list, which will help us manage our numbers even more precisely.  But, it’s possible that we can still be surprised—on the up side or the down side.  To manage any downturns