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expand that thinking? Students usually think innovation relates to software or gadgets like their iPhones or electric cars. We do talk about the product development process that allows us to create those types of devices, but we also frame innovation as a creative act that anyone can try. We teach that all academic majors and career paths have the ability to benefit from design thinking and other creative mindsets that encourage problem solving. Students will learn to take their personal stories and

as well as a diversity and literature class. “They rise to the challenge,” Smith said of the inmates she teaches. “They are just amazing students. They support each other and cheer each other on.” In spring 2014, Smith’s work at PLU — which includes serving as director of the Center for Gender Equity — and her work at WCCW collided. The student directors for “The Vagina Monologues” connected with Collis to bring the production to the prison. The audience was “electrified,” as Smith says, leading

COPE Health Scholars Program Posted by: nicolacs / November 11, 2021 November 11, 2021 The Health Scholar Program is a training program tailored to individuals interested in pursuing or seeking to advance their career in health care. Our program allows students to gain firsthand experience in both clinical and administrative healthcare settings as an integral part of the care delivery team. In their role, Scholars learn to provide basic patient care alongside nurses, physicians, and other

COPE Health Scholars Program Posted by: nicolacs / November 11, 2021 November 11, 2021 The Health Scholar Program is a training program tailored to individuals interested in pursuing or seeking to advance their career in health care. Our program allows students to gain firsthand experience in both clinical and administrative healthcare settings as an integral part of the care delivery team. In their role, Scholars learn to provide basic patient care alongside nurses, physicians, and other

advice for aspiring writers? Keep at it, and take time to develop your voice and learn story arc and structure. “So many writers just rush into it,” she said. “Be patient, and give it time.” Other advice she gave to young writers: Make sure you’re writing the best thing you’re capable of writing. Find trusted critics. And finally, believe in yourself, and your dreams. Read Previous Life-Changing Connections Across Time and Continents Read Next Lute Cycling Cross-Country to Bring Awareness to Hunger

library commissioner at the beginning of March, before which he held titles of the San Francisco Public Library’s chief information officer and chief of branches since 2006. An internship at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the opportunity to serve as a branch manager for the Seattle Public Library led Bannon to his job in San Francisco. “This is an amazing example that people shouldn’t make assumptions about what people can and can’t do,” said Beth Kraig, a history professor at PLU and a

theater. To know for what the building was intended – in precise order ¬– it is instructive to know the building’s original name: The Chapel-Music-Speech Building. “If you were in the balcony, you could hear a pin drop, but you couldn’t see anything,” Clapp said. “And if you were on the main floor, you could see wonderfully, but you couldn’t hear anything. “That place was designed for music, not the spoken word.”   On October 12, 2013, all that will change. On the Saturday evening of homecoming

am not sure whether or not I regret. I moved back to the Pacific Northwest at 18, and before coming to PLU, I went to Pierce College to earn my associate’s degree.The years 2015 and 2016 were hard for me. I almost gave up on music. Anxiety and depression affected me a lot. I felt like I had lost my craft as a composer. In the Spring of 2017, I was looking for degree plans outside of music. I went to PLU’s Choral Union concert because my sister had a coworker in the choir. Choral Union is a

added. Murphy-Mancini is looking forward to sharing his passion for early music and music by living composers. Murphy-Mancini will join PLU from the University of Southern Maine, where he currently serves as organ faculty in the Osher School of Music. He also brings his experience as director of church music at First Religious Society, Unitarian Universalist, in Massachusetts. He holds a Ph.D. in composition from the University of California, San Diego, an M.M. in historical keyboards from Oberlin

there’s not a leader that allows them to be their best."- Linda Grady-Hahn, program director “I know I’ll be able to call on any of my PLU instructors for guidance and advice,” she said. She will also be able to draw on the support of other members of her cohort. Lantz said the program helped her discover her strengths as a problem solver and a strategic planner who anticipates issues before they arise. “The program gave me more confidence in myself as a leader,” she said. Lantz did her undergraduate