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class that really changed the way I look at the world, and even myself.” PLU’s GSRS program presented Ash an opportunity to study abroad in Tobago for a month, allowing her to gain hands-on social work experience. Ash partnered with a program for adolescent mothers that combined daycare and school and taught classes like first aid, reproductive health and basic science lessons. Recalling when the group made baking soda and vinegar volcanoes, Ash says, “Just seeing the joy on their faces as they saw

program and its commitment to funneling students into the Peace Corps after graduation aligns well with PLU’s vision for global education. “It’s not about getting people to study abroad,” Zylstra said. “It’s about how do you raise consciousness about where we fit into a global society and I think this is one more helpful mechanism to do that.”Get started now Apply Inquiry Read Next If you lived with your classmates, what would learning look like? LATEST POSTS Summer Reading Recommendations July 11

, famously painted by Paul Cézanne.) The downtown area is (ideal for) walking. There’s beautiful markets to be found pretty much every day of the week. The buildings were this yellow color — like a yellow stucco sort of thing — but everything was just very old. It was a lot of fun.” John Evanishyn in front of Notre-Dame in Paris.× Evanishyn’s second study abroad experience took him to the misty cloud forests surrounding Monteverde, Costa Rica. The trip may have been cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic in

buddy program is where I felt comfortable. That’s where I felt my leadership was at the best.” PLU has certainly benefited from his presence, but Jones says he has gained a lot from interacting with his fellow Act Six recipients. He credits them for snuffing his fears of studying abroad.   “I was really scared to go study abroad, but one of the benefits of being an Act Six student is we have a cadre or cohorts,” Jones said. “Your cadre is a group of other Act Six students who support you — it’s like

Choir of the West International Tour 2019 Posted by: marshrl / May 21, 2019 May 21, 2019 About the TourChoir of the West is currently on a performance tour of Scotland, England, and Germany from May 26-June 12, 2019. Cities along the way include Edinburgh, York, Cambridge, London, and Oxford in the UK – along with Marktoberdorf, Germany. Choir of the West will share concert performances and social interaction with the University of Edinburgh Chamber Choir, the Choir of Royal Holloway

Ploughshares, Glimmer Train, New England Review, The Southern Review, Crazyhorse, Prairie Schooner and Alaska Quarterly Review, and have been cited as notable in Best American Short Stories and Best American Essays. Winner of the Oregon Book Award, the Great Lakes Colleges New Writers Award and the Reform Judaism Fiction Prize, he teaches at Willamette University and lives in Salem, Oregon. His new novel, Between You and Me, will be published by Engine Books in 2015. Monday, Aug. 3, 7:30 p.m. Rick Barot

impact of the pandemic was of course the shift to online learning. In Spring 2020, it meant an abrupt shift to virtual classes, and that was challenging for everyone. By Fall 2020, however, faculty had been able to spend the summer learning about virtual classrooms and crafting their courses and felt much more comfortable with the online format. The pandemic also had a big impact on our experiential learning programs. Most of our programs require study abroad, study away, or internships. Students

November 30, 2011 Alyssa Henry ’12 found herself pedaling across Massachusetts for what she later called the most amazing summer she’s ever had. “It inspired me to get busy and not be afraid to fail.” I never thought I’d spend my summer biking 800 miles across Massachusetts By Steve Hansen Alyssa Henry ’12 was already doing something different. The environmental studies major from Kent, Wash., had already spent her spring term in Denmark as a part of a study-away program through PLU’s Wang

different countries. Is there anything unique or especially great at PLU you’d like to shine a light on? Working backward: Great professors, good lecture interaction with profs, many opportunities to go beyond in classes, support for taking classes outside the normal path such as music or humanities, flexibility in course structure to suit individual students, study away/abroad opportunities, the small campus means you know a lot of people you run into which I like, and just generally being very warm

soft skills from the humanities courses as I am regularly trying to persuade people of my position’s correctness or trying to better communicate the intricacies of my solutions.While at PLU, you had the opportunity to study away. How was that experience?  I spent the fall term of my fourth year at King’s College London. I also spent J-Term my second year in Manchester. The education half I would describe as interesting and the abroad part I would describe as amazing.   I also think studying abroad