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my job is being able to really make a difference in people’s connections with wildlife, which then in turn will make a difference for conservation and the environment and the impact can end up being really huge,” Akerman says. “I also really like the challenge and the variety, there’s always something new, there’s always something different.” Read Previous Alumni Profile: What makes an American an American? Read Next PLUS 100 helps PLU student-athletes with college transition LATEST POSTS Stuart

, because they all could benefit from it and it’s a lot of the same material.” Read Previous Study away as a first-year Read Next Alumni Profile: What makes an American an American? LATEST POSTS Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024 Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life

the opportunity to pursue their dreams,” she continued. MESA is a national organization that provides underrepresented students in grades four through 12 with opportunities in these three subjects. Typically, students from the African American, Native American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander and female populations are underrepresented in math, science and engineering fields, and the program prepares these students to reach their full potential and be active contributors in the fields. Students from

November 2, 2012 PLU President Thomas W. Krise talks about the importance of sustainability at the university after signing the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment agreement in October. (Photos by John Froschauer) PLU reaffirms its commitment to leading the way in a commitment to sustainability By Barbara Clements University Communications Global warming is real. Humans have caused it. And it’s our responsibility to do all we can to mitigate and if possible, reverse

allowed. Three PLU student-athletes also spoke. Junior football player Greg Hibbard—a 2013 Capital One CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American—highlighted the balance of academics and athletics at the Div. III level and at PLU specifically. Hibbard pointed to the support systems in place at PLU to help student-athletes succeed both on the field and in the classroom, a point emphasized by the fact that 17 of PLU’s 19 varsity teams have a cumulative grade-point average above 3.0. Senior men’s soccer

Student Organizes April 24 Salary-Negotiation Workshop to Combat Gender Wage Gap Posted by: Sandy Dunham / April 22, 2015 Image: According to research by the American Association of University Women, over the course of her life, a woman will earn roughly $1 million less than a man, simply because she is a woman. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) April 22, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (April 22, 2015)—According to research by the American Association of

author of multiple picture books, including “Lift” (a Washington Post Best Book of the Year) and “Drawn Together” (winner of the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature), both illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat. Lê’s contributions to DC Comics include the middle-grade graphic novel “Green Lantern: Legacy” and the recent follow-up, “Green Lantern: Alliance.” Le serves on the board of the nonprofit advocacy organization We Need Diverse Books and as faculty for Hamline University’s

Humanitarian of the Year by the Muhammad Ali Center.He received the Stuart Scott ESPY Enspire Award in 2023 and the American Athletic Conference Trailblazer Award and was named one of the 100 Most Powerful People in Sports.Lapchick was one of 200 guests personally invited by Nelson Mandela to his inauguration after leading the American sports boycott of South Africa from 1975 until the end of Apartheid.He has been married to Ann Pasnak since 1989. They have a son, Joe, and two daughters, Chamy and Emily

the findings of her most recent book project. It explores how first-generation Latinos became professionals, their experiences as professionals amid the country’s institutional racism, and the policies and programs this group believes would help increase their presence in the professional world. Chavez says Latinos are the largest ethnic group in the U.S., yet they significantly lack representation in professions across the board. “Latinos are underrepresented in powerful segments of American

, Gordon Hirabayashi, a sociologist and Japanese American who fought against the forced relocation of Japanese American citizens during WWII. Obama noted that no one sets out to win the Medal of Freedom. “No one picks up a guitar or fights a disease and thinks, ‘In 2012, I’m getting an award from Barack Obama.'” Nor does it take only extraordinary talent or drive, he added. But the award is given for the incredible impact each of the recipients have had on so many people, Obama said. “And not in short