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sister, who graduated in 2022 with a degree in biology. At first, Ambachew thought she’d go into computer programming and user experience design by majoring in computer science. In her first year at PLU, a Microsoft internship taught her about software engineering and product management. Ambachew dove into the field, working part-time during the school year and full-time one summer with Geeking Out Kids of Color (GOKiC). GOKiC is a Seattle-area after-school and summer program offering multicultural

philosophy but never really had a chance to explore it in a classroom setting and read actual philosophical texts. When I got to college, my writing 101 class was taught by philosophy professor Dr. Michael Rings, so he kind of led me into it. Once I took a philosophy course, I realized it was a lot of fun. I love talking about ethics, morality, logic and argumentative writing. My formal Logic course was a lot of fun and actually helped me in a different math course.Mathematics at PLUStudy math at

philosophy but never really had a chance to explore it in a classroom setting and read actual philosophical texts. When I got to college, my writing 101 class was taught by philosophy professor Dr. Michael Rings, so he kind of led me into it. Once I took a philosophy course, I realized it was a lot of fun. I love talking about ethics, morality, logic and argumentative writing. My formal Logic course was a lot of fun and actually helped me in a different math course.Mathematics at PLUStudy math at

foundation through which they can convey news of genocide to others. By doing this, they can help to instigate intervention. But even though U.S. newspapers contained news stories about the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, there was a disparity between the American public and the American journalists who wrote with a sense of moral obligation. The Cambodian genocide took place in a turbulent period in America’s history of foreign politics and intervention. With the Watergate scandal and Vietnam protests

of doing a business class.” -Patrick Domino ‘16 “It gets you past your fear of launching a business because you don’t know if people are going to like what you’ve created or not.” -Dieu-Merci Lubiba ’16After graduating this spring, Watkins plans to utilize her business degree by transferring to the JBLM office of the Army’s Department of Behavioral Health. She hopes to serve as an administrator working on marketing and outreach to service members about the mental health resources available to

challenging, and they taught me how to survive and fight for what is right. This would have never happened if PLU had not listened to my dreams as an educator. Another memorable experience was learning about PLU’s commitment to service. I think this was really the capstone of my education at PLU. I remember coming out of my undergrad and having a clear sense of purpose for social justice and serving others. Read Previous Rick Barot and Ann Pancake Discuss PLU’s MFA in Creative Writing and the Impact of

impressed with their thoughtfulness, inquisitiveness, and the welcoming atmosphere. I left with a sense that I wanted to teach those students, which was a really lovely feeling.What are some fun facts about you?I like to backpack and hike. I was a mountain guide for two summers, which was fun but challenging. My husband is a composer and musician. He is my main collaborator for the music for my dances. Most recently he composed a choral piece which was performed by a student choir as the music for my

impressed with their thoughtfulness, inquisitiveness, and the welcoming atmosphere. I left with a sense that I wanted to teach those students, which was a really lovely feeling.What are some fun facts about you?I like to backpack and hike. I was a mountain guide for two summers, which was fun but challenging. My husband is a composer and musician. He is my main collaborator for the music for my dances. Most recently he composed a choral piece which was performed by a student choir as the music for my

is sponsored by PLU’s Holocaust and Genocide Studies minor, which includes the Kurt Mayer Endowed Chair in Holocaust Studies and the annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education. (In Fall 2014, PLU became one of only a handful of universities nationwide to offer a minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies.) The debaters’ visit follows PLU’s October 2014 standing-room-only screening of Sweet Dreams, a documentary about Rwandan women working to rebuild their lives in the wake of the 1994

University-Chicago. In addition to teaching classes in the graduate and undergraduate theology programs, she also teaches in the Women’s Studies Program, the Institute of Pastoral Studies and the Catholic Studies Program. “I’ll be talking about the ways that beauty has been understood as a way to find God, how traditional ways of seeing beauty have objectified women and made beauty something ‘above’ the world, and how women’s practices of beauty – in the past and present – suggest ways of linking beauty