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holiday, he took the first step and traveled to Melbourne, Australia. He inquired about going to school there and they suggested he check out a therapy program in Auckland, New Zealand. “So I said ‘Alright, New Zealand here I come,'” Abbas said. It was a giant leap for him, after all he hadn’t been in college for nearly 25 years and that was for a bachelor of science in information systems, his profession in Saudi Arabia. “It’s quite a challenge,” Abbas said. “It’s all here, but it’s actually walking

campaign’s message. “Will We Be Next” also has organized a task force of Washington youth to create policy recommendations for lawmakers. The bipartisan effort aims to provide a voice for all youth statewide. "I was born the year of Columbine and so we’re all part of this generation that doesn’t know a world without these school shootings."- Gracie Anderson '21 The campaign has expanded from PLU to local high schools around the state, in part because of the connections Anderson has made in college. “When

this: once there is a vaccine, who will have access to it? Only those who can pay or are covered with health insurance?  Luther’s revolution in social assistance provided healthcare for poor and well-off citizens alike: everyone should have access to what makes life possible. Read Previous PLU ranked the number one college in Washington for financial aid Read Next PLU MAE alumna Brooke Brown ’06 named the 2021 Washington State Teacher of the Year COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the

like it,” Hacker said. “They all stuck together. Everyone. Across the country and divisions — high schoolers, college athletes, even the U.S. men’s hockey team.” Hacker has been with the women’s team for seven years. She works with the coaching staff to formulate psychological exercises to improve individual and team performance. "At this level physical difference between teams is not that great. But the psychological difference is often the difference for first or second place."- Colleen Hacker

about yet another racially-motivated incident in our country, we have another stunning situation to process: The resignations of the University of Missouri’s top two administrators represented a remarkable coup for student protesters, who have long demanded that leadership deal with their concerns about pervasive racism, among other issues on campus. But the looming question now – for Mizzou and for every college campus in the nation – is what happens next? How does a university create a climate in

through titles of the most popular movies on Netflix. As a computer graphics wiz for feature films and television, he has worked on 2012, The Kite Runner, Jeepers Creepers and The Triangle, a SyFy Channel miniseries for which he won an Emmy in 2006. More than 55 movies and projects are listed on his resume, some 18 years after he took his PLU fine arts degree to Hollywood. While a new LOTR film The Hobbit, is in preproduction mode in New Zealand, Perry said this month that he has no plans to pull up

schoolwork, marriage, sports and anything in between. It is a part of a special bond that began four years ago when Thomas first set foot on campus. “It’s therapeutic for me,” Thomas said. “I’ve been honest with him since Day 1 and he knows everything about me. I’ve had relationships like this in the past, but never to this extent. “I consider him family.” With the last game of the regular season at 8 p.m. tonight against Linfield University in Olson Gymnasium, the pair once again will meet to chat

graduated from PLU, both in 2010, while fourth member Sam Duchin graduated from Bowdoin College in 2010. They all met during Utley’s volunteer days and have been performing together since 2010. As part of Muh Grog Zoo, Utley’s artistic goal is, “to keep doing shows and keep pushing boundaries of what improvisational theater can do, for the connection between not only ourselves and the audience, but also people’s perceptions of life in general.” At TEDxTacoma, the group will be doing a 15-minute

, philosophy, political science, psychology, and others. The course will also include a panel of three PLU alumni that are emergency room physicians. The course is being coordinated by PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education and co-facilitated by Teresa Ciabattari, interim dean of interdisciplinary studies, and Tamara Williams, executive director of the Wang Center. Williams recently answered a few questions about the new course.Why program this course now, while the pandemic is still ongoing? A college or

April 1, 2010 Finding a special place at PLU By David Robbins It all started so simply, yet signs were there. In the spring and summer of 1969, I was looking for my first college teaching job as I completed my graduate music degree at the University of Michigan. Like so many seeking their first real job, I had cast a wide net, applying for any and all positions that vaguely aligned with my interests, training and abilities. One such position was at a small Lutheran university in the Pacific