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as a gurdwara, or temple. Amardip Kaur, Sikh community member and teacher, leads the Religion 230 class through a question and answer session.  The Sikh religion began in the Punjab region of South Asia in the 15th Century. Sikhism is the fifth largest religion in the world, yet many Americans are unfamiliar with its history or practices. Listen Now ( )   Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. jQuery(document

educator. Mr. Howes will share improvisation methods with our students in a live, play along session and also discuss entrepreneurship. Another special session for Orchestra students will be with Drs. Kimcherie Lloyd and Marguerite Richardson, who will discuss musical career paths in academia. PLU Percussion students will have three classes this semester to work on their playing. Damien Petitjean will share what it’s like to play percussion in Paris. Micah Lewis is a percussionist in the US Navy’s

participated as an MBA student. For the competition, student teams create a simulated company, develop a product concept and business model for that company, and then run that company – top to bottom – for a simulated 20 consecutive quarters. Brown said virtually every aspect of business is evaluated and measured in the competition. The ICBSC provides students the opportunity to learn and compete with approximately 30 other universities through simulating the running of a company, as well as networking

May 7, 2013 Training with the Lute battalion By Katie Scaff ’13 Most college students don’t walk out of the classroom and directly into a leadership position. Most don’t have a job locked down more than a year before they graduate. And most don’t get the training needed to make those type of things happen for free. But Ray Velásquez isn’t like most college students. Velásquez is part of a small minority who will graduate and immediately rise the ranks and have a guaranteed job for the next

directors recommended high school student musicians for participation back in October. Students spent the weekend intensely training with guest musicians and performed a final concert. This year’s guest clinicians included Sarah McKoin, from Texas Tech University, and Damon Talley, from Louisiana State University. The event aims to enrich the skills of the participants, who then take that knowledge back to their schools. With Powell’s guidance, PLU students organize and run the workshop, including

debate, which debuted in January 2014 at the Mile High Swing Forensics Tournament in Salt Lake City. “PLU did exceptionally in Salt Lake City, beating nationally competitive teams such as Whitman and local rivals such as Lewis & Clark,” Tinker said. For students, forensics at PLU is not only intellectually stimulating; it’s fun. One particular highlight about Speech & Debate is the travel that comes with this academic sport. “We get to go all over the country and all over the world,” Mooney said

in third grade, I was in two youth orchestras and a youth choir, meaning that I had rehearsal every night of the week—my poor mom! As a prominent local artist, you stay quite busy! Tell us what other groups you perform with and about your teaching career. I am blessed to have an amazingly diverse career. By day, I teach so many wonderful students at Pacific Lutheran University and I teach some private students as well. They go on to do absolutely everything! Some play in Symphony Tacoma, others

of debate, which debuted in January at the 2014 Mile High Swing Forensics Tournament in Salt Lake City, where all went according to plan. “PLU did exceptionally in Salt Lake City, beating nationally competitive teams such as Whitman and local rivals such as Lewis & Clark,” said Tinker. For students, forensics at PLU is not only intellectually stimulating; it’s fun. One particular highlight about Speech & Debate is the travel that comes with this academic sport. “We get to go all over the country

in an undated photo during her time with the Washington state Legislature. (Photo courtesy of Franklin) During her nursing career Franklin was an active volunteer in the Pierce County Nurses Association and the League of Women Voters. She was a precinct officer for the 29th District (Pierce County). Franklin worked hard to get other nurses involved in nursing laws and greater health care legislation. “Nursing was going through a lot of transitions at this time and I thought if nurses themselves

an instructional coach for the Toppenish SD, working with teachers to improve their instructional practices.   In class, she learned how to plan lessons to address differing language abilities based on student data and various strategies for students learning English.  “I wanted to be able to support my staff and students,” Pettijohn says. “The course provided many practical strategies that could be immediately applied to benefit ELL students.”  For example, Pettijohn worked with other coaches to