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. “(Those incidents) really challenged me to think about whether or not I wanted to stick around,” Gore said. “I thought about what it was I was trying to do and whether the community was really supportive of that. “I had almost made a decision to let this place go. Then Melanie Morgan walked through the door.” Morgan, a newly elected State Representative for District 29, encouraged Gore to stay and pointed out that Parkland needs its black business owners. Her words came at the right time: Gore is here
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this? What have you been trying to demonstrate yourself, or what have you seen from those around you that you’ve been appreciative of? Tachibana: I’m fortunate because I work with a really good team of colleagues. I think some of that needs to be calmness. A sense of hope and perseverance that we’re going to find our way through this and we will emerge out the other side. Good listening skills. People who can hear different perspectives, and then actually have to land on a decision to move forward
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the U.S., I knew it was coming,” said Grahe. He had three other research projects in mind but when COVID hit, but the decision to shift his research priorities was an easy one. “It was clear that this was more important,” he said.Grahe reached out to a colleague in Australia and learned of a researcher who was conducting a survey to measure health attitudes in response to the virus just before it became a pandemic. Both Grahe and Cook used that survey as their starting points. Grahe and his
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office after dropping out of the University of Oregon in 2010. The decision to enlist, she says, was “a bit of a last resort” to get her family and friends to stop asking what she was doing with her life. “There I was signing my life away feeling relieved that this will get me at least four years to become someone others weren’t worried about all of the time,” she says. Three years later, Raven Lopez ’22 realized that after one year at the University of Arizona, she wouldn’t be able to afford college
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in assets under management — is based in New York City and runs a Seattle office that recently expanded. “This is a very new program they are creating in BlackRock,” Samba said, adding that his team focuses on technology and business operations. He analyzes market data and resolves security-modeling issues critical to the investment-decision process. BlackRock approached PLU, along with other programs statewide, when it started a recent recruiting push. Samba was chosen as one of three candidates
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largest asset manager with more than $6 trillion in assets under management — is based in New York City and runs a Seattle office that recently expanded. “This is a very new program they are creating in BlackRock,” Samba said, adding that his team focuses on technology and business operations. He analyzes market data and resolves security-modeling issues critical to the investment-decision process. BlackRock approached PLU, along with other programs statewide, when it started a recent recruiting push
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and took a year of PLU classes remotely. It seemed like a typical distance learning story until she began experimenting with her mother’s 25-year-old sewing machine. “I saw this old machine sitting in the closet and wondered if I could sew a skirt with it,” Lund recalled. “After some training videos and a little effort, I was making clothes and having fun!” During the 2020-2021 school year, Lund also worked through two courses in the Innovation Studies program with Professor Michael Halvorson
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members.Interested in Athletics?PLU Athletics creates lifelong leaders through a competitive sport environment making us a premier NCAA Division III program in the Pacific Northwest. We develop strong global citizens by fostering a student-athlete experience elevated by academic achievement, commitment to community involvement, and ongoing personal development. Read Previous Student-athlete shares how PLU has impacted his life Read Next Major Minute: Andrea Munro on Chemistry LATEST POSTS Stuart Gavidia ’24
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Study away as a first-year Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / November 28, 2018 November 28, 2018 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationPlenty of experiences come to mind when thinking about first-year students settling into college life: making new friends, living on campus, exploring newfound independence. However, Pacific Lutheran University also wants to introduce students to a more outside-the-box opportunity in their first year on campus: studying away.“In a J-Term study away
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Previous Senior Profiles: Class of 2019 Is Making a Difference Read Next A summer chemistry course…where you bake? LATEST POSTS Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024 Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024 Cece
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