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cross, he said. It is a world the PLU community embraces and encourages, Anderson said. And it has helped shape this institution into the globally focused university it is today. From the faculty and students who have and will spend time studying away to the on-campus programs that encourage an internationalized campus – the university has grown beyond the confines of suburban Parkland to reach far corners of the world. Those facts weren’t lost on the NAFSA: Association of International Educators

their lives—it would also lead to more creativity, according to Rolison. “If you’re always doing the gerbil in the wheel you can’t be creative,” Rolison said. “She’s an advocate for women in the chemistry department,” said chemistry major Michael Klennert ’13. “Her talk is very real. As you get into upper level education there aren’t any women.” Read Previous International Honors at PLU Read Next Common Reading Program comes full circle with author’s visit to PLU COMMENTS*Note: All comments are

key member of the Real News Network from 2009-11, he produced more than 100 investigative video pieces on economics, politics and social movements in North and Central America. Since 2012, Freeston has directed five documentaries for TeleSUR, the world’s largest public Spanish-language broadcaster. Resistencia is his second documentary film on Honduras. The screening is a collaborative project, co-sponsored by the PLU Departments of Anthropology, History and Global Studies; International Honors

quality of the people is just great,” said David, who met Leah’s mother at PLU. “It’s a pretty special place.” Now, it’s time for Leah to create her own PLU experience. She will live in Hong Hall, in the International Honors Program wing, and take classes in poetry, Norwegian and calculus. And she’s ready to leave high school behind: “I’m just excited about the community at PLU and getting to know people, taking cool classes that are interesting. The whole college experience is something I’ve been

education to high-need areas and help eliminate the achievement gap in Washington State by equipping teachers who want to work in less-reached areas.The Shereen Paff Special Education Scholarship and the Applegate-Jackson-Parks Future Teacher ScholarshipThese scholarships honor impactful teachers. The Shereen Paff scholarship honors the memory of Lloyd and LaVerne Paff’s daughter, Shereen, who loved education and spent her career improving education for children. The Applegate-Jackson-Parks scholarship

English professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, received the nonfiction prize for their translation of the eighteenth-century text “Work on Women” by Louise Dupin (also known as Madame Dupin). Wilkin teaches in multiple academic programs at PLU, including French & Francophone Studies, Global Studies, the International Honors program, and the First Year Experience Program. She is the author of Women, Imagination, and the Search for Truth in Early Modern France (Ashgate 2008) and of many

city, it’s impossible to truly prepare yourself for living in NY, but I believe the [International Honors] classes I took at PLU gave me a foundation for looking at the world from various perspectives, something that’s unbelievably important in a city with so many different people crammed into a tiny island!” What is one piece of advice you would give graduating SOAC students about the future? “To graduating SOAC students: You’ve begun your training to become an artist. Don’t be afraid to go and

’09, is the Crown in Town Web site. Since the site went live last year, it’s garnered 2,400 businesses, and 9,400 active voters who have given out 340 awards. Crown in Town recognizes and honors businesses who embody the trust and reputation as set forth by the local chamber of commerces. The awards don’t carry any monetary perks . But it does offer the allure of being recognized for good work, and frankly, for the businesses to shamelessly promote themselves. The recognition for a job well done

city, it’s impossible to truly prepare yourself for living in NY, but I believe the [International Honors] classes I took at PLU gave me a foundation for looking at the world from various perspectives, something that’s unbelievably important in a city with so many different people crammed into a tiny island!” What is one piece of advice you would give graduating SOAC students about the future? “To graduating SOAC students: You’ve begun your training to become an artist. Don’t be afraid to go and

Theater.Admission is free, and the event is open to the public. In producing the documentary, three MediaLab students, all Communication majors, spent more than a year exploring the topic of food waste and its many implications, and their hard work has been rewarded: Waste Not has received several national and international recognitions, including a 2015 first-place nomination from the National Broadcasting Society, a national second-place finish in the Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Arts