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were doing and how they would redesign those systems. “I noticed people would get stuck on the fact that ‘This is just the way it is,’ ” Heath says. “The starship, and getting students to believe they are designing it, is essentially a trick to get them out of that box of ‘This is how things are.’” Over the first three weeks, students tackle the main issues in the design of a ship, such as a means of propulsion, a sustainable power source for the 1,000-year-long journey to another star, how to

life enjoyed by families living in and nearby the base. “Healthy communities are sustainable communities,” Zylstra explained. “Removing an infrastructure, economic engine, thousands of families and an interconnected industry will have an adverse impact beyond the boundaries of JBLM. “This cut is not simply about military jobs, but also about the way that families interact with the complex systems that drive a thriving community,” Zylstra continued. Located just up the road from PLU, Joint Base

it’s his stage the Hawks will stand on. Dilts is the CEO and founding partner of Pyramid Staging & Events, LLC, a multimillion-dollar organization that works with big-name clients such as Starbucks and Microsoft; on PLU events including Commencement, LollaPLUza and the Karen Hille Phillips Center dedication; and on hugely high-profile events including Bumbershoot, the Sasquatch Music Festival—and a ton of Seahawks stuff. Dilts said his company has provided staging, roof systems, lighting and more

discuss their careers, their motivations, and why Amazon is a fit for them. The Curious StorytellerRegan Zeebuyth ’01 has always been curious. Curious about words, about ideas, and about systems. He’s always trusted that curiosity to guide him. Even when, as a second-year Lute, it led him to rethink plans to follow his parents into medicine and toward a major in communication. Even when it nudged him out of a burgeoning early career in public relations and into the world of corporate internal

oppression, to reflect on our relationship to these systems of power, and to act. It is not enough simply to honor the memory of the dead—we must transform the practices of the living. Only in addressing such issues will PLU become a model of inclusive excellence, a place that examines itself through the lens of justice and makes change accordingly, and, ultimately, a place of true belonging. The Listen campaign launched this fall is a step in our long journey.  Radical inclusivity and justice for all is

high heels,” Wold said with a laugh. After taking a brief hiatus from work to travel with her first husband for his job, she was re-hired to work for NASA in 1997. Wold began working with the research and development side of NASA to track milestones, develop software, narrow the focus of research, and monitor expenditures. She became a vital part of the systems engineering career team and worked more closely with the researchers. “She knows how to get the best of out of them,” said Deanna Nowadnick

thing to hear about Microsoft or Google going global,” he said. “But it’s quite a different thing to see this in action in another country.” That’s certainly true, according to Assistant Professor of Management Matt Monnot, who took a group of MBA students to Spain in 2012 to visit Mondragon Corporation, an industry which is the only business model of its kind in the world. It’s a worker’s cooperative that produces everything from refrigerators to products and systems for construction. Assistant

be able to utilize criminological research methods to collect and analyze data, integrate interdisciplinary ideas to develop nuanced perspectives on social and legal system issues, and critique social and economic systems that shape the criminal legal system.” Pittman adds that the launch of the new program is timely. “Students who are coming to PLU today have grown up in a complicated era of digital surveillance, policing and war,” he says. “This major will give them the historical context as to

programming, cutting-edge evaluation tools and innovative operational systems and technical assistance to support all aspects of its integrated programs. Based in Tacoma, Degrees of Change is a national organization that serves students across the Pacific Northwest and Midwest. Of the students served, 90% are students of color, 70% are first-generation college students, and 80% are from low-income families. We love our communities and want to see them thrive in all their diversity. Tacoma Public Schools

, tutor, and scholar lead/mentor for Washington state opportunity scholars. He’s also been a campus leader, serving as the Vice President of the PLU Habitat for Humanity chapter, At-large senator of ASPLU, and founding the university’s Global Medical Brigades/Pre-med Club. Global Medical Brigades is an international movement of students and medical professionals working alongside local communities and staff to implement sustainable health systems. The PLU chapter is a student-run organization that