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, but get out of your comfort zone. It will be worth it, and this is the easiest time in your life to take advantage of these opportunities and either get academic credit, financial compensation, or something to add to your portfolio or resume. Find something that makes you really excited and do whatever you can to do it. There are options to help make it possible. As part of her summer internship, Stiles visited Kvernufoss Waterfall. Kvernufoss waterfall is a 30-meters high (98 ft) waterfall that

focus and mission we have had for decades,” said PLU President Loren J. Anderson. “Our university is one that stresses how small a world we have become, and the necessity to see and engage the world in thoughtful scholarship and a passion for service and care.” Neal Sobania, executive director of the Wang Center for International Programs, agrees. “For me, it’s a significant validation of the work that people have been doing on campus for a long time,” he said. “And that’s to increasingly make PLU a

. culture and society. “I decided to apply for an English teaching assistantship to learn more about teaching, to gain experience in the education field and to make a meaningful impact in the lives of students,” Buley said. In his free time in Venezuela, he hopes to pursue work with a community-based organization that provides educational opportunities to low-income communities. “Within my formal Fulbright assignment and in my volunteer pursuit I look forward to continuing to refine my leadership skills

looking over the documents at the time, Barlow noticed that water was listed as a tradable commodity. Odd, she thought. And unfair. “I thought (water) should be free for all, and considered a resource,” she mused as she prepared her remarks as the keynote speaker for the Wang Center Symposium on Feb. 23. The two-day symposium will focus on water – both its growing scarcity and value, as well as its impact on socioeconomic trends. “I guess since I wasn’t a lawyer or a scientist, I saw these issues with

Student Involvement and Leadership, contacted Steelquist and other student leaders about working on the Mortar Board application. In October, PLU hosted a Mortar Board representative, who met with students, administrators and President Thomas W. Krise. At the same time, PLU submitted a formal petition, which included proposed Mortar Board programming shaped by Steelquist and fellow students Molly (Elizabeth) Maloney, Mackenzie Deane, Thomas Flanagan, Pamela Barker, Danay Jones and Katy Leonard-Doll

reached out to me. I’m from Anacortes and still local—after PLU, people tend to leave the South Sound—but I also work with Big Brothers and Big Sisters here, so I stay involved with that and with PLU.” Smith, president of the board, acknowledged it out loud: “I’ve been on a similar path,” he said. “I wanted to find a way to give back, but I couldn’t give monetarily right out of school—I was still paying debt, and I wasn’t making the big bucks yet. So I gave my time and knowledge. I reached out to

work will be based on folk songs about the aurora sung by the indigenous peoples of the Earth’s polar regions. At the same time, the Choir of the West has released its new album, Look Down, Fair Moon. Every two years, the Choir of the West releases a CD that includes musical selections from tours. This year the disc features music the choir performed at the 2013 American Choral Directors Association National Conference and the premiere of Northern Lights by Ešenvalds, as well as music composed by

that children need an outlet to deal with loss, and this story can help with that.Charlotte's WebPresented by the PLU Theatre ProgramFebruary 13 at 7:30 February 14, at 2pm and 7:30pm Eastvold Auditorium in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing ArtsThis is the first Children’s Theatre production that PLU has done in a VERY long time. What went into putting all this together? PLU had a very strong children’s theatre program in the ’70s and early ’80s, and I wanted to revitalize it. I

. Even today, the Dream of America is strong – not least in places where liberty and freedom are constrained.  *** In the period from 1825 to 1925, roughly 800 000 men and women left Norway to seek a better life in America. For a better life for all, we must harness this pioneer spirit in our work to create a better world. First and foremost to find solutions to one of the greatest challenges of our time: climate change.  My generation has little to show for itself when it comes to taking care of the

force on mental health and suicide prevention in higher education to study the issue (including prevention strategies) and make recommendations to the legislature. 2SSB 5851: Implements several of the recommendations proposed by last year’s college bound scholarship program work group. SSB 5534: Creates and provides funding for a new scholarship program for students working toward becoming a certified public accountant. SB 5638: Makes part time students (3 semester credits or more) who are otherwise