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a lot of Native Americans who were just great people and they really influenced him a lot in positive ways.” "It’s amazing that I got this scholarship. It means that I can go to school next year."- Katie Dean '21 For Price, one of the most important qualities of future recipients of the endowment he dreamed up was a sense of pride for their tribal history. “He wanted this student to be proud of their heritage and uplift it,” Farnum said, noting that natives and their culture have been
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transition is part of the university’s comprehensive facilities and grounds long-range development plan, the Campus Master Plan. It sets priorities for renovation, new construction and renewal for the next 15 to 20 years, while supporting intellectual and creative growth of individuals, strengthening the campus community and encouraging stewardship through healthy living, preservation of our history and promoting sustainable practices that encourage efficiency in our use of resources. Read Previous Port
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Major Minute: Business When you pursue PLU’s business degree, you'll gain knowledge, skills and experiences to be a successful leader and change maker in the global economy. Posted by: mhines / September 18, 2023 September 18, 2023 PLU’s School of Business is among the nation’s most outstanding business schools, according to the Princeton Review. Hear from one of the School of Business’s distinguished professors, Dr. Somaye Nargesi. Read Previous First day of school tradition at PLU Read Next
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Novelist Leslye Walton ’04 Nominated for Prestigious Morris Award Posted by: Zach Powers / January 5, 2015 Image: [Photo Courtesy of www.LeslyeWalton.com] January 5, 2015 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 5, 2014) —Pacific Lutheran University alumna Leslye Walton has been nominated for the prestigious William C. Morris YA Debut Award for her novel The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender. First awarded in 2009, the accolade “honors a debut book published by
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great deal for me in terms of making me a better leader and athlete,” Bollen said. “Everyone has the capacity to be a great leader, but inspiring others only comes as a result of individual effort. Simple things like a positive attitude, good work ethic, accountability, and confidence can prove to others and to me that success is always possible through initiative.” Bollen may or may not choose a career in the Marine Corps. His current focus is to earn a degree in history by May 2012, two months
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changing demography with the largest unincorporated region in the Northwest that brings with it resource-limited public schools, underdeveloped neighborhoods, and medically underserved populations that are seeing a decline in life expectancy. We are truly a microcosm of America. We contribute great things through our programs, faculty, students, and alumni but it’s important that we consider how we align those contributions to impact entire system structures and think about what it means to deliver as
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health care would be the ultimate goal, but then a couple of classes focused on plant development and global agriculture grew a new passion“I have a family history of agriculture, my grandfather used to have apple orchards in Eastern Washington,” she said, explaining why her PLU biology classes resonated with her. “From that point forward, I began to pursue plant biology, as I had both personal and academic passion in the subject.” On her way to her degree, Davis completed a capstone project on plant
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Growing into her own: how Sarah Davis ’23 discovered her passion for plant biology Posted by: shortea / May 11, 2023 May 11, 2023 By Lisa PattersonPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Sarah Davis, a biology major and Hispanic studies minor, began her PLU journey with the idea that medicine and health care would be the ultimate goal, but then a couple of classes focused on plant development and global agriculture grew a new passion. “I have a family history of agriculture, my grandfather
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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
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history of similar programs and develop one that will work for this campus,” he said. He’s already been talking to the director of Willamette University’s bike shop, a similar program that provides cycles free to the Salem, Ore., campus community. The other part of Pfaff’s project is to refurbish the abandoned bikes in Harstad Hall, recruit and train volunteers in the fall and incorporate the co-op into the broader OR program. Pfaff plans on having half of the cycles available for rental, with the
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