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,” he says. The two years Johnson spent as assistant director of alumni and constituent relations at PLU were pivotal in his discernment process. Inspired by Mary Oliver’s 2008 visit, the campus conversation at the time circled around the final line of “A Summer Day” her 1992 poem: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do / with your one wild and precious life?” Johnson being interviewed on the beach while helping to coordinate the cleanup work near Daytona Beach. Johnson with American Red Cross intern

stipend-based and offered three times annually in Fall, Spring, and Summer terms. Two workshops are planned to provide strategies for submitting a compliant application and learn about the internship experience from the voices of SULI alumni. The first workshop will introduce the program and application process followed by the final workshop which will review the application process for the program before highlighting the research opportunities and internship experience at the DOE national labs

2017-18 seasons. This is the first concert performance of the year for these choirs, and a rare opportunity to hear them all on stage in one performance. The concert will include four PLU student choral ensembles: Choir of the West (Richard Nance, conductor), University Chorale (Brian Galante, conductor), University Singers (Brian Galante, conductor) and Men’s Chorus (Barry Johnson, conductor). At the end of the concert, all alumni of the choral groups are invited to join the combined choirs on

California, Berkeley. In this role, Gliha provides guidance and advice on U.S. Department of State careers, internships and fellowships for students and professionals in Northern California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. “PLU has many students interested in pursuing careers in global health, education and business in international contexts,” said Williams. “Ryan’s talk and the Q&A session after it will be really illuminating and inspiring for them.”Alumni Peace Corps Panel Prior to the keynote address

professor of English.Board of Regents Chair Gary Severson also announced that a search committee representing regents, faculty, staff and alumni will select an acting president who is expected to serve for one year while a thorough and inclusive search for a long-term successor is underway. “The Board of Regents of PLU recognizes Dr. Krise’s significant contributions to the university and its students, faculty and alumni,” Severson said. “Among his accomplishments was leading an effort to revise

Coordinator. Further, down the line, I’m interested in pursuing a career within the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, or with the U.N.” – Sheridan ’23 “Global Studies will be taking me to a masters program in International Relations, after I spend some time volunteering and traveling.” – Maggie ’23 Learn more about global studies at PLU. Read Previous In their own words: Kinesiology students at PLU Read Next Preparing for your move to PLU: A packing checklist LATEST

that only legally abolished slavery in 1981. Having two different experiences in Mauritania to draw from, Wiley reflects on her deepened awareness of her positionality, identity, and capacity for learning. Dr. Ami Shah’s research in Nigeria and India consists of examining the effects of neoliberal urban development policies on livelihoods, identities and state-society relations for the urban poor. As a South Asian woman researching in India, she speaks to her experience of “double strangerhood” or

partnership with PLU’s MediaLab has been very successful. Over the years, it has given more than 100 students real-world experience in areas ranging from journalism to public relations, marketing to photography, radio and television broadcasting to business administration and advertising to documentary filmmaking,” writes David Zeeck, president and publisher of the News Tribune. “Even during these challenging economic times, more than 80 percent of MediaLab graduates have garnered offers of full-time

program has become best known. Opportunities for Public Relations, Event Planning, Graphic Design, Photography, Social Media Management, and more have opened up as the program has grown. The Tribune’s contributions have also enabled students to attend and present at conferences across the U.S. and Canada, and student work done for the Tribune has provided dozens of students with portfolio materials that have bolstered their resumes, given them practical field experiences, which have subsequently led

& Communications, the award-wining website team—Assistant Director of Web Development Chris Albert, Senior Web Designer Logan Seelye, Web Designer Sam O’Hara, Web Developer Asuka Goya and Web Support Coordinator Julie Winters—was cited on the Web Marketing Association’s website and social media, through thousands of emails, in a press release and via a media-relations campaign. PLU’s redesigned website launched in November 2014; overall, more than 180 department sites and 6,800 webpages were updated, Albert