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. His college job at Amtrak helped him pay for PLU, but also taught him to work hard and be available to do whatever. In his case, that meant washing dishes on the train. It was because of this job, in fact, he had saved enough to pay for his pilot training. This do-whatever-needs-to-be-done attitude has helped Alaska navigate an industry that has weathered 9/11 and plummeting passenger counts, soaring fuel rates and, of course, today’s recession. Tilden credits Alaska’s success to its people. “I
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Q&A with RHA president Hezekiah Goodwin ’22 Posted by: vcraker / November 18, 2021 November 18, 2021 By By Zach Powers '10Director of Marketing and Communications The PLU Residence Hall Association, or RHA, brings students together for social events, community forums, and to advocate for residence hall-related issues. RHA president Hezekiah Goodwin ’22 thinks of his role in building a vibrant student community as a campus vocation. We met with him on the first day of class to discuss the
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director Alonso Ruizpalacios “These Four Years” Film Screening April 28 | 6:30 p.m. | Studio Theater In this documentary, MediaLab explores questions of happiness and education: Is a four-year degree still the route to self-fulfillment and wellbeing? And, if college is not accessible to all, then what are the implications–for individuals and society at large– for those who do not have a four-year college education? No Labor Lost: Industries of the Labor Movement
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the experiences of women of color. PLU alum Dawn Alger ’95, a San Juan Island-based nurse and gender-diverse patient advocate, joins her transgender son, Rigby Alger ’19, in “A Mother and Son’s Healing Journey through Gender Transformation.” Award-winning filmmaker and professor at The Evergreen State College, Gilda Shepperd, discusses her documentary “Since I Been Down” that focuses on the role education plays in resilience and healing for people behind bars.10th Biennial Wang SymposiumHealing
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Strength of Juried Exhibition shows strength in PLU Arts Program Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / November 21, 2016 November 21, 2016 The University Gallery opened its fall semester’s final show with the annual Juried Student Exhibition on November 16, 2016. Works will be on display until December 14, 2016. The exhibition is open to the university community, as well as the general public. Students not only compete to be featured in the show but also for monetary prize. MalPina Chan juried the 2016
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to become a doctor, but due to the poor quality of the schooling offered to South African blacks, he switched to become a teacher, and then a minister. He received his master’s degree in theology from King’s College in London and returned to minister in South Africa in the late 1960s. In the 1970s, Tutu became actively involved at the frontline of the anti-apartheid movements. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in 1984. When asked later by journalist Bill Moyers about the worst
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such agencies to U.S. schools are seated in lecture halls and spoken to en masse. The problem with this, Meyer said, is that it disallows the visiting students, many of whom are only children with strong familial ties, a real feel for the type of students they could end up with at college. At the event, the students faced each other in pairs, communicating in English. “The questions were not too hard, and the Chinese high-school students spoke pretty good English,” Meyer said. “When they didn’t
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Program at Bennington College. Stan Sanvel Rubin. Rubin is the founding director of the Rainier Writing Workshop at PLU who also served for more than 20 years as Director of the Brockport Writers Forum and Videotape Library (SUNY), a multifaceted literary arts program. He holds the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. His most recent book of poetry is Here. Other books include The Post-Confessionals, a collection of his interviews with contemporary American poets; Hidden Sequel, winner
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May 2, 2008 Sustainability Fellows to tackle bikes, recycling Juniors Lauren Buchholz and Eric Pfaff were named the 2008-09 Sustainability Fellows last week. Awarded annually by the Sustainability Committee, the fellowships give students an opportunity to further the campus sustainability effort by researching existing practices and the use of resources on PLU and at other college and university campuses. Buchholz will work with Environmental Services to determine strategies to perpetuate the
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congratulated a room full of healthy-campus advocates last month at the White House, one of the three Lutes in attendance couldn’t contain her emotions.“When she stepped in the room, I immediately started crying,” said Tolu Taiwo, prevention coordinator for the Center for Gender Equity. Taiwo was visiting Washington, D.C., on behalf of Pacific Lutheran University’s Health and Wellness Committee, which recently won the Healthy Campus Challenge along with 60 other institutions from around the country. The
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