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great teaching experience – he’s teaching some of his fellow players Spanish, and he’s learning some Norwegian. Taylor plans to major in global studies and journalism and take those skills back to Tumaco, Colombia, where he plans to do volunteer work in literacy camps. The region is very important to him – he was adopted at an early age and lived in Gig Harbor, Wash., but Tumaco is where his birth parents are from. He relishes the opportunity to return to the area and give back to those who have not

of communication for the School of Arts and Communication. Rowe recently returned from teaching Peace Journalism in Norway. World Conversations serves as student reflection on study away, research, internships and travel. Rowe teamed up with assistant professor of history Adam Cathcart for the opening conversation to discuss Gateway Programs in China and Norway. At the opening session, Rowe and Cathcart discussed the controversy surrounding the Chinese dissident being awarded the Nobel Peace

just an older individual with mobility impairments, what are some ways that we can safely prescribe exercise for them?” said Dr. Charlie Katica, an assistant professor of Kinesiology and wheelchair sports specialist. “What would that look like? I’ll be teaching an adapted strength training class that figures out those strategies.”The road to the unveiling of the graduate program began in 2014, when Hacker started researching what a new curriculum could look like and what other regional universities

town to PLU really broadened my understanding of myself and my understanding of other people. It’s teaching me how to be a better nurse and a better person in general because of that growth. Global education and travel does that on a larger scale."- Grace Zimmerman '18 “I know that dreaming big was definitely a struggle in high school,” she said. “I’m lucky to have made it to PLU, and I think my dreams have gotten a lot bigger and wider.” At PLU, about 50 percent of students study away at some

into Iraq’s Al Anbar province, where his unit conducted security missions from April through October 2008. The unit was then deactivated and Bollen returned stateside. He re-enrolled at PLU and resumed classes in January 2009, but remains involved in the Marine Corps Reserves as a corporal. Bollen came back ready for his first full season as a member of the PLU track and field team. His natural leadership abilities had been refined by his seven months in Iraq. “I know that being a Marine has done a

off-site to practice. The new field will enable teams to practice, and soccer to compete the entire season on campus. This will eliminate the need to re-schedule games when inclement weather makes our natural grass field unplayable,” Turner said. Student Life Vice President Laura Majovski said, “The new field demonstrates university support for improving the recreational and athletic facilities on lower campus. That translates into increased interest and support from potential donors, prospective

on her mother’s. She was a descendant of one of the Decembrists, the early 19th century social justice revolutionaries in Russia. Hewett remembers her mother as a passionate idealist and natural social worker. André and Magda met in the mid-1920s while studying in New York City, he at Union Theological Seminary and she at the New York School of Social Work. Six weeks after meeting, they were engaged. “They were two people from different places with the same ideas about serving humanity and doing

something I have thought about” lecture. For people who are religious, this is a sense of validation and to make it feel natural. Q: What do you hope students and staff take away from the lecture? I want everyone who comes to the lecture to realize it’s very easy to separate religion and culture. Some of the ways in which we think about how we live interculturally can help us understand how we live religiously as well. Q: What are you most looking forward to in coming to speak at PLU? I am most looking

government — a collection of large agencies serving almost a million people. Navigating the complicated network of county bureaucracy can be a challenge for both Parkland residents and institutions. “We find that as a community, and certainly as a school district, we have to compete sometimes for access to resources that are provided in incorporated areas,” says Lance Goodpaster, superintendent of Parkland’s Franklin Pierce School District. Allan Belton, PLU President As a densely populated

educational issues to the state legislature. His service also includes board memberships and liaison activities to national organizations. Kline’s appointment recognizes his interests in the growth opportunities in education and also the areas of health, fitness and wellness. According to PLU Provost Steve Starkovich, Kline “brings a strong record of higher education leadership. He comes from a School of Education that has robust graduate programs, and he has played a major role in the development of