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remarks by Prof. Halvorson, and a fascinating Q&A session with Dr. Liu. To view the lecture in its entirety, click this link. For questions about usage and appropriate citation for this resource, contact Michael Halvorson at halvormj@plu.edu. Our warmest thanks to Dr. Glory M. Liu for visiting Pacific Lutheran University, and to the Benson Family Foundation of Portland, Oregon, for sponsoring the lecture series. Short Biography of Glory M. Liu Glory M. Liu received a PhD in Political Science in 2018

January 28, 2013 Grad lands dream job By Emilie Thoreson ’15 After travelling to Macedonia on a Fulbright Student Fellowship and working for the National Albanian American Council, Kelly Ryan ’10 has landed his dream job — working for the State Department. Ryan made the trip to Skopje, Macedonia shortly after graduation to carry out his Fulbright. There, he analyzed the dialogue process of the Nansen Dialogue Center and its efforts to promote linguistic and ethnic integration in schools. “Right

Ole Miss Now Accepting 2022 Summer REU Applications Posted by: alemanem / January 24, 2022 January 24, 2022 2022 Ole Miss Chemistry Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program: The Ole Miss Chemistry Department seeks applicants for an NSF-funded summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program in 2022. Students who have completed their freshman year of college and who will not have graduated as of Fall 2022 can participate fully in “Ole Miss Physical Chemistry Summer

Lucas Kulhanek-Arenas ‘14 Posted by: juliannh / February 22, 2022 February 22, 2022 By NolanFuneral homes and PLU’s Diversity Center may seem like contrasting environments, but not for Lucas Kulhanek-Arenas, ‘14.His experience with a positive environment like the Diversity Center helped him succeed at his current job as a funeral director, where he works closely with grieving families. Though the job can be heavy, he says that his time with the Diversity Center shaped how he understands and

relate to the built environment. Buchholz and Pfaff’s project topics weren’t restricted. Krzmarzick is compiling data for the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System – STARS for short. Developed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, the system “is a voluntary, self-reporting framework for gauging relative progress toward sustainability for colleges and universities,” according to the STARS Web site. The reporting system aims to provide a guide to

imagine if an unpaid summer internship did all that—and it paid off financially, too. Starting this year, one Pacific Lutheran University student who accepts an unpaid summer internship will be awarded $2,000, thanks to the debut of the Patricia L. and Thomas W. Krise Endowed Internship Fund. The highly competitive Krise Internship, which will be awarded to one student applicant per summer, provides financial support for the recipient, opening up unpaid internship opportunities that might otherwise be

a frank assessment. I would have liked to see my face at that moment: wide-eyed, jaw hanging open. At the time I was trying to find my bearings in a foreign land, not to mention totally overmatched in my knowledge of U.S. foreign policy. I was living in an unfamiliar country for the first time, surrounded by people from all over the globe (to illustrate, I shared a flat with a Brit, Jamaican, Japanese and two Chinese students). I had little conception of the perspectives my peers held toward the

into the Diversity Center in the first place was Tacoma MESA, a program that helps prepare underrepresented students for STEM-related higher education. Elizabeth worked with MESA as a tutor for elementary students. MESA introduced them to the Rieke Scholar program, and Elizabeth stuck around in the Diversity Center for the rest of their time at PLU. Now, Elizabeth carries over what they learned in the Diversity Center into their life as a grad student at Iowa State University. This includes the way

November 1, 2010 A commitment to educating the entire student By Steve Hansen If you want to see the intersection of athletics and academics in the lives of PLU students, look no farther than Molly Stuen ’72 and Zenon Olbertz ’71. Both were athletes at PLU – Molly raced for the ski team and Zenon played football. The couple, who later married, met on the slopes of Whistler, B.C., where the ski team was practicing. Molly Stuen ’72 and Zenon Olbertz ’71. Molly is also the granddaughter of Ole

‘Representation matters’: Lute actor earns lead role in Seattle production of ‘Legally Blonde’ Posted by: Kari Plog / September 24, 2018 Image: Justin Huertas ’09 (center) performs in “Lizard Boy” at the Diversionary Theatre in San Diego. He wrote the musical for Seattle Repertory Theatre in 2015. Huertas is flanked by Kirsten deLohr Helland ’10 (right) and William A. Williams. The cast performed as a three-person folk rock band. (Photo by Simpatika, courtesy of Diversionary Theatre) September