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Service March 1 at Pacific Lutheran University Peace Corps Alumni Panel: 4 – 5:30 p.m.  Keynote “The Servant Diplomat: Reflections on a Career in Diplomacy”: 7 – 8:15 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public and will be held in PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center. Please visit the event website to register. Read Previous SnoValley Chamber of Commerce partners with PLU School of Business on business survey Read Next Beautiful mutants: a PLU biology class harvests for the future COMMENTS*Note

is crucial. Many coaches talk about the importance of sport psychology but few have the appropriate training to effectively teach student-athletes how to improve their mental game. How does your Master’s Degree, in particular, help you in your role as a coach? I think my degree prepared me in a variety of ways to coach effectively. My main focus is on building up athletes’ confidence, encouraging them to be their best on and off the field, and challenging them in an appropriate manner. Ultimately

the parents, the coaches, “blah, blah, blah,” Cheek recalled. Cheek instead talked about Darfur, and the fact he was donating the $40,000 he’d just won for his Olympic Medals to the “Right to Play,” which was helping refugees and children in Chad and other war torn areas of the world. The donation brought Cheek full circle with his mentor, former Olympic skater Johann Olav Koss, and four-time gold medalist in speed skating for Norway. When Cheek was 14 years old, he saw Koss skate during the 1994

, coaches, trainers — people who are already in the field that would benefit from having a graduate degree — able to do this program,” McConnell said. “That’s also why some of the classes have the hybrid design, because we know it’s unrealistic for working people to want to come to campus more than once a week. So we’re trying to create that reality for them.” /* fix for jQuery UI library issues when using the date picker popup */ jQuery.browser = {}; (function () { jQuery.browser.msie = false

is crucial. Many coaches talk about the importance of sport psychology but few have the appropriate training to effectively teach student-athletes how to improve their mental game. How does your Master’s Degree, in particular, help you in your role as a coach? I think my degree prepared me in a variety of ways to coach effectively. My main focus is on building up athletes’ confidence, encouraging them to be their best on and off the field, and challenging them in an appropriate manner. Ultimately

-building opportunity he’s come across, which have included multiple internships, mentors, and freelance work for local businesses.As a high school student, Holland founded a mini-startup to bring together online gamers and coaches on a digital platform. During his senior year, his high school counselor suggested PLU. Holland was interested—the school’s vlogs and website depicted a beautiful, interesting campus with an intriguing study-away program. Little did he know PLU would continue his computing

was where I wanted to be.” Since arriving at PLU in 2019, Harris has not only immersed herself in the on-campus community but has also become a leader and change-maker in Parkland. In addition to being a member of six of PLU’s musical ensembles, as well as three student-led clubs, Harris is also the Student Director of PLU’s Artist Mentoring Program (AMP) and an Assistant Director at the Parkland Literacy Center. The Artist Mentoring Program has been around PLU for some time but fell by the

), along with our president and provost – we were thrilled to have the opportunity to perform a couple chamber music works and showcase a few members of the wind ensemble. Yesterday we went on an adventure to the north coast. First stop was the Dole Pineapple Plantation – mmm, Dole Whip! After that we headed into historic Haleiwa town. Fantastic food, lots of great art galleries, and of course some world famous shave ice. We got to spend some time at a couple different beaches, Sunset Beach and Kualoa

to grow opportunities for students to build invaluable connections with the Tacoma/Seattle community.”PLU School of BusinessThe PLU School of Business offers a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), MBA, MSF, and MSMA. Minors are available in Business Administration, Non-Profit Leadership, Specialized Minor in Business Administration, and Specialized Business Minor in Marketing for Communication and Theatre majors.Mulder is a former Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce board member and

techniques and principles of psychology to help athletes optimize performance, meet fitness goals, or recover from injury. 7. Strength and Conditioning Coach—develop fitness plans for athletes designed to promote long-term muscle health, natural movement, endurance, and mobility and work alongside other coaches to monitor athlete health and performance. 8. Kinesiology Research Lab Assistant—conduct experiments, develop new biomechanical prototypes, and contribute to ongoing research and studies in the