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a chunk out of regular training can really hurt, especially endurance.” Klauder and her teammates then entered the Northwest Conference Championships in late February, a meet that marked the end of Klauder’s college career. With the conference meet pushed back two weeks later than past years, Klauder had more time to focus on finishing her collegiate career with some of her best times. And she will get to do something equally important: to train with her teammates. “Not only do I love the sport

very early age. In high school, I wasn’t interested in science and was an average student in the subject. However, after taking a few geoscience courses from PLU professors Steven Benham and Duncan Foley, my outlook on science changed. I became deeply passionate about geosciences, almost to the point of switching my major. In the end, I found the best route was a mix of teaching and geosciences. You’ve been lauded for your use of technology in the classroom, specifically regarding the blended

Student Care Network in general is really good at working with students to give them a very realistic picture about themselves and their future and where they are at right now. And then we put all those pieces together for them."- Connie Gardner, director of Student Rights and Responsibilities And the results from the system’s first semester are staggering. By the end of fall 2017, SCN received 717 reports on 558 unique students — about 20 percent of PLU’s undergraduate population. The majority of

take ownership of, be accountable for, and feel good about.”  Benge’s foster experience not only shaped her dissertation work, but her educational journey as a whole. At PLU, Benge was originally a communications major who signed up for one of Smith’s women’s and gender studies classes on a whim. By the end of her time at PLU, she would take another four courses, for a total of 20 credits, with Smith. In fact, the two often joke that Benge earned “a minor in Jen Smith,” with Smith going so far as

internship. In February the offices began promoting the PLU Internship Fund to students. By the end of the semester, PLU was able to support 37 students with their internships. Nearly 38 percent of awardees were students of color and more than 81 percent were women. The majority of internships — more than 85 percent — took place in the South Sound.  Nursing major Erica Palmer ‘21 was able to offset costs as she worked as an intern on an interpretive phenomenological study with the PLU Nursing Department

didn’t think I would even be able to apply,” she recalls. “It was hard because I had this idea that you had to be rich, white, and educated to be a doctor. I was none of that.” She received waivers for college admission exam fees and went to her counselor weekly to ask about scholarship opportunities. By the end of her senior year, she had earned $11,000 in scholarship funds toward a college education. When PLU offered her a Presidential Scholarship, which would cover her tuition, she accepted and

towards Earth, past the planets, and arrive at a celebration of Earth’s beauty. The second major section of the piece grapples with the effects that humans are having on our only abode. Our only planet. The piece doesn’t end on a happy note, it leaves the audience sitting with several images of climate challenges. I don’t answer the question, “Here’s what we should do.” Instead, I aim to inspire audiences to feel an urgency and think about what they can or will do. You didn’t have to look far for a

and wartime, propaganda and hate speech contribute to dehumanization and violence and asks students to extrapolate how harmful, racist, and “othering” language used today could lead to the same dangerous end. “How do we get to that point where language is no longer “just” language? Once you start putting people in categories, it leads down this very dangerous path,” she says. “Our hope is that when students hear a stereotype (such as that Jews or Asians are somehow responsible for the Covid-19

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