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the connections Thompsen ’94, ’97 made as a Norwegian while attending Pacific Lutheran University. Thompsen has more than 16 years of experience working internationally within sales, marketing and product management. After graduating from PLU, he managed Natilus Publishing in Seattle and returned to Norway in 2000. Currently, he is the head of Bid Management and Sales Support for Intelecom Group out of Norway. Thompsen and his wife have three children. To some extent, it was by chance that he came

and collective engagement,” said Royce Davis.  Curiel Morelos graduated from Western Oregon University where he majored in criminal justice and minored in Spanish. He has also completed numerous safety and emergency management certifications and trainings from organizations like the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators. He will begin his service at PLU next month.PLU Campus SafetyCampus Safety’s goal is to serve the

management chops on the American West, serving as a National Park Service paleontologist and museum curator at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon, and later as a regional paleontologist with the Bureau of Land Management headquartered in Utah. Along the way, he earned a Ph.D. in biological sciences from Northern Illinois University. In 2012, Foss relocated to Washington, D.C., to assume his current role, one he likens to an orchestra conductor. “I don’t get to play an instrument anymore

a Peace Corps alumna herself. She taught English for two years in Mauritania, a large country on the northwest coast of Africa. Later, Wiley returned for doctoral work. She maintains connections with communities there. “One thing I learned in the Peace Corps was that relationship building and spending time with people was something I was really passionate about,” Wiley said. “And to some extent that is what cultural anthropologists do, we study contemporary human life.” Zylstra stressed that the

ultimately the most important thing for me and be able to play softball at the same time. I’ve also had friends here before me who’ve only had good things to say about it.What did your friends tell you about PLU that piqued your interest? It was a lot about the sense of community that they felt. I went to a smaller private school at home and wanted something similar where I could build a relationship with my teachers and classmates. A place where I wouldn’t just be a name or a number on a roster —and

human emotions and the progression of relationships. This year’s guest choreography exposes the relationship between the hunter, the prey and the wolf. Guest choreographer Jessica Zoller explains that the inspiration for her piece Keep them at Bay occurred while listening to an episode of This American Life. The episode discussed infamous American Custer Wolves that terrorized cattle and eluded hunters in the early 1900s. Intrigued by the Custer Wolf, Zoller decided to explore themes of

indirectly caused the death of any of the animals I saw last month? “After this class I have had to reevaluate my entire relationship with nature and animals,” he continued. “I’ve found that living sustainably takes a lot more thought and care than I had previously believed.” The Wang Center hosted a Returner Reflection Series throughout spring semester, where students could reflect on and share their experiences. Learn about future J-Term, semester and yearlong opportunities at the annual Study Away

] relate to the relationship between the two countries,” Wells asked. “What about the threat we pose to each other?” By January of 2008, the journalists were driving up to Vancouver about every other weekend to conduct interviews with law enforcement and border officials, the U.S. and Canadian consulates, drug user advocate groups, gang task-force members and then some. They piled in the minivan again in May, when Wells, Olds, videographer and editor Melissa Campbell ’10 and researcher Shannon

University in Chengdu, China, said Xi Jinping signed the 1994 document that created the Sister City relationship while he was Chairman of the Standing Committee of Fuzhou Municipal People’s Congress. Chinese President Xi Jinping Youtz told WA China Digest that his initial involvement with the sister-city program was inspired by a $1.1 million grant project received by PLU and funded by the Freeman Foundation of New York and Stowe Vermont between 2002 and 2011. “We took 84 teachers, professors and school

graduate school. That faculty-student relationship is vital to empowering undergraduates by giving them replicable, real-world skills. “Something that’s exceptional about Waldow is that he has the utmost confidence in the students’ ability almost from the start,” said Hannah Hazel ‘20, who worked with him this past summer. “He lets us make decisions from the beginning … and he was always there to provide guidance when we felt lost. That gave us the opportunity to succeed, but more importantly it gave