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happy, other than theatre, do that.” Sounds dark, right? Sounds like I am sabotaging my own program. And students often respond the way I did with, “It IS the only thing that will make me happy!” But hear me out and really think about that question. When I tell people what I do, the most common thing they say to me is, “Oh that’s fun!” It drives me crazy. Show business is just that, a business. You work hard your entire life for very little monetary compensation unless you are very, very lucky and
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as I can be.” Read Previous Four PLU women honored at annual banquet Read Next New dean of the School of Business named COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying
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estimated. But don’t call it biodiesel. At least not to Clifford. “We don’t make biodiesel,” he said, acknowledging the bad PR biodiesel has had of late with the newspaper reports of rainforest destruction to make way for the planting of palm oil plants. “We make a renewable fuel.” Companies, such as Ocean Spray, which wish to have a green patina in their business portfolio, have given the nod to the Arlington company and have begun to use the oil in their fleets. The popularity of biodiesel in general
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vocational success, she said, comes from learning the lesson of hard work from Avila and being pushed by her PLU family. “I know that if it wasn’t for JP, I wouldn’t be where I am today. He taught me that hard work pays off,” she said. “Being a small business owner and literally living my dream, I work hard every single day. I wouldn’t have gotten this far if it wasn’t for my family and PLU family.” Avila points out Fallin’s story is a lesson for any student — “creativity can take you places,” he said
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captivation of the whim in classic fairytales. She knew little of Rachel Carson before encountering the play, but found her story compelling, universal, and an invaluable piece of history. The play follows Rachel Carson during the research and writing of her book Silent Spring, which is credited with launching America’s environmental movement. As she struggles to complete her book, she fights her progressing cancer and factions of American enterprise that launch a crusade against her reputation. Carson’s
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captivation of the whim in classic fairytales. She knew little of Rachel Carson before encountering the play, but found her story compelling, universal, and an invaluable piece of history. The play follows Rachel Carson during the research and writing of her book Silent Spring, which is credited with launching America’s environmental movement. As she struggles to complete her book, she fights her progressing cancer and factions of American enterprise that launch a crusade against her reputation. Carson’s
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important event to hold, she explained, because it reaches the 60 percent of PLU students who aren’t able to study away and exposes them to the food, dance and history of Trinidad and Tobago. In her own study away experience, Hughes spent a month researching the environmental impact of copper and nickel mines in Botswana’s villages. During the rest of the semester, she and 16 students from across the nation, lived in local villages, learned the San language and went on safaris. “I was able to cross the
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contributes to the group tasks of doing dishes and sorting garbage, for example)”. Located in the Glacier Peaks wilderness, Holden Village was originally built for workers at a copper mine, before being donated as a Lutheran retreat center. The mining history lives on, though, and the village recently hosted mine remediation workers who were cleaning the local creek and repositioning mining waste. Living in this place gives students on the study away trip to Holden Village the opportunity to grasp a
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Turkey during his one-year scholarship. Neal Sobania, Professor of History and PLU’s Post Graduate Fellowship Director, said one reason PLU consistently shows up among the country’s top Fulbright producers is that applicants receive intense tutoring, editing and encouragement from PLU faculty and staff. “I think one of the real strengths of our whole program is the astonishing help and support they get from faculty members,” said Sobania. “This is real significant to their success. … We’ve got
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New Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna Posted by: Kate Williams / March 14, 2019 March 14, 2019 By Mackenzie Cooper '19PLU’s music faculty welcomes their newest hire, Cassio Vianna. The native of Brazil brings with him an extensive resume of teaching, composing, and performing jazz music. This year, he’ll begin a new journey channeling his passion into educating and inspiring PLU students as director of the University Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos, as well as teaching History of Jazz
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