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years at the helm of Outdoor Rec, the program continued to grow and evolve. During the ’97-98 school year, OR expanded to weeklong trips, one to Montana for skiing and another to Oregon’s Smith Rock for climbing. Wade also began running a basic staff training that discussed risk management in the outdoors, and he held periodic wilderness medicine mini-seminars that addressed what incidents could arise outdoors and how to handle them. “For a lot of us, it was our first foray into real leadership

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The Strolling Players, by Christian Moe and Darwin Payne. Directed by Professor William Parker.
Dance 1983: Sundance. Directed by Professor Maureen McGill.
The American Clock, by Arthur Miller. Directed by Rod Pilloud. 1981-1982 A Flea in Her Ear, by Georges Feydeau. Directed by Michael J. Arndt.
Dance 1982: Dance Planet. Directed by Professor Maureen McGill. 1980-1981 Dark of the Moon, by Howard Richardson and William Berney. 
Directed by Professor William Parker. Musical Direction by Professor

Pacific Lutheran University and Executive Director of the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. Her work advances PLU’s vision for global education through faculty development, study away programs, and on-campus events addressing global issues. Her current research focuses on representations of violence and explores new dimensions of the elegy in contemporary Mexican literature. She is also in the process of completing a two-year training as a Mindfulness Meditation Instructor.Laree

spaces with art and creative enterprise. Today, Monthy and Mikheyev fill two of the program’s five staff positions. Spaceworks TacomaSpaceworks offers artists and creative entrepreneurs training and resources. It's a joint initiative of the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber and the City of Tacoma. Spaceworks has grown into a backbone of the Tacoma arts community in the past seven years. The organization has partnered with hundreds of do-it-yourself artists, small businesses and fledgling nonprofits

. She handles the so-called “employee lifecycle,” encompassing personnel matters from the time a potential hire is thinking about joining the fund to the time that person leaves. She manages everything from recruiting, training and professional development to employee relations, recognition and facility management. Sirine Fodstad '97 speaks at PLU in March 2011, as part of the Executive Leadership Series. “This is an organization that’s growing really quickly because the funds have grown very

the health care partners, to ensure they are gaining worthwhile experience. “The Army has this saying ‘train as you fight,’” Richardson said. “Well, (students) are out there training as they practice.” All the faculty members say PLU’s mission is at the core of the community-based approach. The School of Nursing focuses heavily, at all levels, on underserved patients and treatment shortages. For example, Richardson underscored the free sports health screenings nursing students provide to the

that doesn’t just happen by what you learn in the classroom, it happens by who you sit next to.” – Eva Frey It’s why Elizabeth Barton, psychologist and associate director for training and outreach in PLU’s Counseling Center, stresses that representation alone isn’t enough. “We have to articulate that experience,” Barton said. “Just being is not the same as advocating and sharing that story. There’s such power in finding like-minded people.” When I was at PLU as a student, I didn’t talk about my

Procedures Against Women in Auschwitz: An Unspoken Narrative” Who: Peggy J. Kleinplatz, Ph.D. Bio: Dr. Peggy J. Kleinplatz is Professor of Medicine, Clinical Professor of Psychology and Director of Sex and Couples Therapy Training at the University of Ottawa. She is a clinical psychologist, Board Certified in Sex Education and as a Diplomate and Supervisor of Sex Therapy. In 2015, Kleinplatz received the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counsellors and Therapists’ Professional Standard of

, Lori Gerson worked for many years in the field of education in the United States. After moving to Israel in 2005, Lori joined the Yad Vashem team as a guide for educational groups. Since 2016, Lori has taken on the role of Educational Coordinator in Yad Vashem’s Overseas Education and Training Department where she lectures, coordinates seminars, develops curriculum and guides educators in best practices. Conference ScheduleBruce KaddenConvener: Bruce Kadden, PLU Bio: Bruce Kadden is rabbi of Temple

philosophy of PLU and Division III athletics. Cohen said she loves the Division III mentality; a comprehensive commitment to success of the student athlete as a whole. “It’s what I believe in here,” she said. She’s close to the students living out that mission, too. Following two big bear hugs outside the weight training room, offensive linemen Trey Adams and Henry Roberts — who tower over the AD at 6’8” and 6’5″, respectively — are eager to tell Cohen how training and summer school are going. And to