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issues and about marginalized communities really fulfilled something that I felt I was missing,” Kop said. “I could have minored in math or any science, but I also felt that I had an obligation to learn more about myself and other people.” Kop will graduate this May, at 19, with a bachelor of science in physics and a minor in Latino Studies. He plans to attend graduate school in astrophysics and is aware of the rarefied air in which he is working. “Latinos have been historically underrepresented in

, especially as these intersect with contemporary challenges, opportunities, and initiatives. In compelling and inspiring ways, each essay invites educators to the work of caring for students so that they can care for others, and appropriately troubles easy understandings of service, love, and the common good.   Preview essays in this issue with the individual links below: Where Your Feet are Standing: Institutional Engagement and Place Melisa Maxwell-Doherty Community-Building on Campus and Beyond Krista

Kong, Excel Technology International Holdings Limited, where she is chairman and CEO. It was after the two left PLU to go to Washington, D.C. (Peggy to attend George Washington University while Zee studied at Georgetown), they decided to marry. The couple traveled back to Tacoma in 1982 to tie the knot. “Getting married at the University Chapel seemed perfect for us,” Zee said. “It felt right.” David Zee, the couple’s son, is attending graduate school at the University of California at Berkeley

Studies. This year, Einan added Chinese to her coursework. “I think it is really important to study languages because they are how people communicate,” says Einan. She sees a strong connection between her language studies and her love of literature. “I would really like to be able to read books from different cultures in their original languages.” After graduation, Einan will begin work on her Master of Education degree at PLU. She hopes to become either a high school history or English teacher. She

Molecules Meet Materials Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Posted by: nicolacs / January 13, 2022 January 13, 2022 The Molecules Meet Materials (M3) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of South Dakota, located in Vermillion, SD, supports the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2022-2024. In this program, funded by the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry, participants pursue collaborative research projects, with a

. The Black artists’ work in this exhibit of library books display the range of topics noted above and additional topics such as slavery, Black humanity, and Black pride expressed in a variety of styles and methods. Background about why we celebrate Black History Month. The online exhibit Black@PLU traces the stories of Black students, staff, faculty, and organizations that have shaped the history of Pacific Lutheran University. Black@PLU is a PLU Archives and Special Collections digital exhibit

music, she is well aware of that fact. The vocal performance graduate credits her connections with her voice coach and PLU music lecturer Holly Boaz, and Jim Brown, associate professor of music, with securing her connections with the Vashon Opera on Vashon Island, Wash. Surkatty recalls Boaz initially recommending her for a part in “Hansel and Gretel” with the opera company. She played Gretel. Then Brown hired her this fall to work on a stage production of “Cosi fan tutte” by Mozart. She clearly

on a full scholarship- an opportunity I never imagined possible. I had never seen an opera until I was in one my freshman year. I took music classes, but also many dance and acting classes too as I was a music theater major for a time. I ended up getting my degree in Music Education and taught high school and junior high for a year before starting a graduate program at the University of Colorado, Boulder. I started teaching on the voice faculty at PLU as an adjunct lecturer in 1989, immediately

second year, Shayna advocated for student diversity, social justice, and sustainability. To do so, she remembered two distinct events: Immigration Simulation and baking bread in South Hall. Immigration Simulation transformed the Chris Knutzen Hall into different stations depicting the U.S. citizenship process. “We learned all about what it’s like to become a citizen of this country, and why certain people might have an easier time doing that. You would walk through each station as if you were going