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now.” Read Previous PLU to host public memorial for fallen sheriff’s deputy Read Next MediaLab explores issues of diversity with premiere of documentary series, ‘A World of Difference’ COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share

state public health departments. He heard about the clinic and jumped at the chance to continue PLU’s longstanding tradition of working with healthcare agencies to serve the community.  “PLU has been a great (community) partner in terms of the pandemic response,” Zaichkin said. “The university is part of the solution versus part of the problem and this is just one other part of that.” While the goal of the clinic was to help stop the spread of COVID-19, it was also a chance for nursing students to

to thrive. Thanks to your help we are showing our students that the PLU community cares for them and that this is a place where they can grow into the person they are meant to be.Meet Dr. Elizabeth A. Barton, the PLU Counseling Center director. She shares insights into the mental health of students today and what they need from us to thrive.  The importance of mental health has become much more public than it has in the past. Why do you think that is?  Many of us have had the luxury or privilege

Black women’s hair is 2.5 times more likely to be perceived as unprofessional, and Black women are over 1.5 times more likely to feel like they must wear their hair straight to a job interview to be successful. That’s why Lucas’s capstone welcomes and writes about the 2019 California CROWN Act, which ensures workplace and public school protection against discrimination based on race-based hairstyles, including braids, afros, locs, twists, knots and hair coverings. In Washington state, the CROWN act

system. She helped bring a full-time MBA program to the College of Business, recruiting students from the U.S. and abroad. “Launching the state’s only public full-time MBA program was an incredible privilege,” Souza says. “It was immensely gratifying to expand educational opportunities for Hawai‘i’s students, knowing the long-term benefits would positively impact our state for generations to come.” The years flew by, and by 2020, Souza was a tenured associate professor at Kapi‘olani Community College

affected by this,” said Stephens. Aaron Steelquist, Programs Coordinator, Student Involvement and Leadership Steelquist, with the help of Hai Doan, Assistant Director of Social Media and Technology in Student Involvement & Leadership, created the PLU posters for the It’s On Us campaign. The posters, which can be seen throughout campus, feature students and staff—everyone from athletes, professors, student leaders and faculty has been invited to participate. “Everyone seemed into the idea and wanted to

were as legendary as her ever-present cigarette. Flamboyant and witty in person, she was an incisive art writer who expressed maverick opinions in a deceptively casual style. As a painter, she melded Abstract Expressionism with a lifelong interest in bodily movement to capture subjects as diverse as President John F. Kennedy, basketball players, and bullfights.” — from library catalog Becoming (E909.O24O23 2018) “An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United

, the volunteers worked with the Bantu children one-on-one or in small groups. Since the Bantu were oppressed in Somalia, most of the children have had little or no education, but they did pick up some English while living in refugee camps, Greenaway explained. “We mostly help them with literacy skills, math and language,” Greenaway said. “They trick you in English. They can speak fluently, but they can’t read you ‘Harry Potter.’” When the children entered the American public school system, they

just this year: an “Up Close With the Masters” session with Vladimir Feltsman, one of the best-known concert pianists in the world. “Up Close with the Masters” classes are intimate work sessions put on by Portland Piano International each season in concert with its recitals. Offered to the public, for free, the classes provide young musicians an opportunity to see and hear a master teach. Burton did just that on Jan. 13. Feltsman, who was in Portland for two sold-out Portland Piano International

us to that outcome, and that is really our focus. What about your personality, skill set, or just the way you like to work makes you a good fit for this sector and your current position? To start, I have a strong passion for business. What is unique about the ports and the Seaport Alliance is that although we are public enterprises, we have a strong focus on business activities – different from a city or county government. That emphasis is attractive to me. I really enjoy working with our