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International Honors, economics and social justice courses for catching “the activism bug.” They gave him the confidence to openly discuss issues such as minimum wage, labor injustices, racial justice and more. Beiermann said his support system on and off campus also has helped him greatly. He said Maria Chavez, chair of politics and government, “has been huge as a sounding board, believing in all of the ideas and hopes that I have had. “Having someone who has so much knowledge talking with me has been an

democracy, social issues came up including alcoholism and unemployment. The Good Father Project reaches out to men and holds them up to the community as such,  through photos, essays and support groups, Nelson said. It’s a country of incredible vistas, rolling out toward a distant horizon, without a tree or mountain to interrupt the view. Yurts sport solar panels and satellite dishes. Camels, donkeys and goats share the streets with SUVs or Lexuses. “I think the mixture of modern and traditional

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social and moral fabric of society – successfully contributes to society. Well … how in the world does one become successful? I think we’ve all heard the saying “Life is about choices” and you know what? I think there is some truth to that statement. Life was certainly about choices for Michael Jordan when he decided to continue keep practicing basketball after he got cut from the freshman and sophomore team in high school. I’m guessing that life was about choices when the owner of Pepsi went

days,” she said. “This election, for me, has really brought it front and center.” The only way to minimize the fear that results from white fragility is to face it, she says, and Think & Drink is one step toward progress. “This is my activism,” she said. “It’s a way of living PLU’s mission of lifelong learning and moving toward social justice in community.” Everyone’s activism looks different, she added. “Find the path to social change that works with your strengths,” she said. “Activism is

with. “I was surprised to find out during the education process that only 40 percent of the people that were selected as a match ultimately decide to donate,” said Bainter, a kinesiology major from Bothell, Washington. “I would think it would be the other way around and that 60 percent of people chosen would donate.” In March 2023, the all-conference quarterback completed the procedure, laying in a hospital bed for five hours as blood was removed from one arm, passed through a machine that collects

, Kamal holds multiple cultures between her fingers while maintaining their distinctions. The novel’s epigraph signals the tapestry Kamal weaves and unweaves through her writing. First, an 1813 letter from Austen to her sister, Cassandra about her feeling that Pride & Prejudice would benefit from “something unconnected to the story” to ground it; second, Thomas Babington Macaulay’s 1835 “Minute on Education” in which he claims that “a single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native

1998 for her volunteer work. As a recipient of the National Eagle Leadership Award in 1999, Long was recognized for her leadership in corporate and social responsibility. Long said working with MESA gave her an opportunity to mentor younger students in the field of math and sciences. ”I enjoyed chemistry. I enjoyed science …My goal was to begin to share the joy I had with them, and hopefully they could arrive at that same level of joy — at least not to fear the challenging topics and be open-minded

: I have two majors, in environmental studies and theatre, and a minor in Hispanic studies. I’m also taking a PLUS Year. How do your majors interact with each other? Ruggeri: PLU’s liberal arts program really encourages us to connect our studies. You see great examples of political theater with “Hamilton,” for example. My political science and environmental studies inform how I create active political and social change with theatre. The storytelling lessons learned from theater help me share why

he felt sitting in his first few classes.“Professors were encouraging students to expand our worldviews, take all sorts of different prospectives into account, and challenge what we previously held to be true,” he says. “I was into it from the start.” Wright has successfully embarked on a career at the nexus of the two driving interests with which he arrived at PLU. After graduating magnum cum laude six years ago, he’s worked for an education foundation and an environmental advocacy organization