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a first-time author writing for teens and celebrates impressive new voices in young adult literature.” Walton, who graduated from PLU in 2004 with a B.A. in Education, says the nomination means the world to her. “I think one of the things I’ve ever wanted in life was to publish a novel that has one of those delicious medallions on the cover,” she explains. “It’s the dream!” “Being nominated for the Morris Award is a bit like being nominated for an Oscar in our world—it’s absolutely huge!” says

awesome outlet because I have not had that at home,” Beiermann said. Beiermann insisted young people have nothing to fear when engaging in politics. He said they can promote the most change by confidently participating. The key to confidence, Beiermann said, is education. “When I started, I didn’t know anything. But I went there, I showed up, and I said, ‘I want to learn,’” he said. “Even if you know nothing about politics…show up. Half the battle is showing up, the other half is learning.” Read

series, titled “A World of Difference,” explores issues of diversity, including gender, race, immigration and social class. The first two segments, about immigration and gender, will screen at 4 p.m. on Feb. 17 at the Seattle Central Public Library, 1000 Fourth Ave. in Seattle. The other two portions of the series will premiere in Tacoma later this spring. “A World of Difference” was jointly sponsored and supported by PLU’s School of Arts and Communication, the Wang Center for Global Education and

year.    Check out worldofdifferenceseries.com for more information about the MediaLab documentary. Visit www.plu.edu/medialab to learn more about MediaLab, the applied research and multimedia program. Generous funding helped make “A World of Difference” and “More Than a Mission” possible. The former received funds from PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education and PLU’s Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability (DJS) Fund.  The latter also received funds from PLU’s DJS Fund, as well as the Center for

accountant and even ran her own accounting business for many years. She first earned an associate’s and then a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Western Governors University, but she didn’t feel quite comfortable with her career path. “I finished the bachelor’s in June of 2019, and by Christmas time, I felt this little tapping on my shoulder.”PLU's ABSN ProgramIf you have a non-nursing college education, a rewarding nursing career is closer than you think. Earn Your Nursing Degree in 16 Months!She

and with the Associated Students of PLU (ASPLU). We sat down with Tugade to learn more about his PLU experience. Tell me about your sociology capstone.  My capstone is on financial aid in higher education. I am looking at how graduating students are affected by different demographic and financial factors, using a PLU dataset from 2010 to 2023.  What is your hope for this research? I am going to make a big ol’ presentation. Hopefully, it will be for Student Financial Services or even a retention

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education. ACTFL’s mission is to provide vision, leadership and support for quality teaching and learning of languages.As President of ACTFL, Dr. Yaden runs board meetings, writes for the organization, and advocates for language learning in Washington DC. She had also planned to travel to about 30 different national and international conferences. Many of these were either cancelled or moved online due to the pandemic. This meant that, instead of traveling around both the country and world, Dr. Yaden

me a little about the internship. What are you doing, what are you learning? As a Bio Tech at this refuge, I work under the supervision of the head biologist to catalyze hydrologic restoration for bird habitats, test the water (mainly salinity, conductivity, and temperature at various sites,) establish baseline vegetation data sets, network with land agency professionals, set up bird nest-monitoring technology, eradicate invasive species, build an outdoor education center, and work on wetland

STEM education using integrated curricula that teaches computer science and robotics alongside gender and racial equality. As a GOKiC educator, curriculum developer, and career development expert, Ambachew helped prep students for internships, including organizing career panels. Her PLU journey took a detour when she visited village-based women’s co-ops during a sophomore J-term trip to Mexico. “It was a really interesting experience to see first-hand how women are solving issues in the community