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. Neighbors took the eggs and left gifts and notes behind, creating meaningful exchange and a sense of comfort during social isolation. Such connection between basic human needs for food and community is essential to who we are in the Division of Humanities.The most important continuity for us was in supporting and celebrating the excellent work of our students. We are especially proud of our graduates. For example, Hispanic studies major Aminda Cheney-Irgens was selected for a Fulbright English Teaching

practitioners like Jazmyn are especially important and her time in the Diversity Center helps her connect with all her patients. “It’s helped me with being reliable, being responsible, and, you know, understanding that I’m in a place where I can make change, even if I am one [health care[ provider among many, especially in my clinic.” The Diversity Center still holds a place in Jazmyn’s heart and she feels like she is always welcome back. It is a busy time for nurses and Jazymn hasn’t been back recently

institutions, especially as these intersect with contemporary challenges, opportunities, and initiatives. This issue goes right to the heart of our calling to care for and challenge students – even and especially in these difficult days.   Preview essays in this issue with the individual links below: A New Image for an Ancient Call: Lutheran Higher Education Amidst Pandemics Today Caryn D. Riswold Learning from Luther on Covid-19 Carl Hughes Radical Hospitality on Haunted Grounds: Anti-Racism in Lutheran

rewarding is bringing his students alongside and sharing with them the value of hard work, hands-on learning and timely scholarship. “One of my goals at PLU is to promote early engagement of undergraduate students – especially for women and underrepresented students – in machine learning, bioinformatics, and the data science field,” he says. “I want to inspire students to pursue advanced STEM education and research careers.”  Cao explains: “Not only is research interesting for the students, I think it’s

that fall under the theme “… and justice for all?” Programs developed and supported all across campus feature a wide range of justice-related events open to the community, including film screenings, discussions, interactive workshops, rallies and the prestigious Powell-Heller Conference on Holocaust Education. “Justice values are embedded in who we are as an institution, academic programs, faculty, staff and students,” said Joel Zylstra, director of PLU’s Center for Community Engagement and Service

Introducing: The Lightboard Posted by: berlinma / April 3, 2019 April 3, 2019 iTech recently finished construction of the Lightboard, which is a new tool that can be used to create written and drawn visuals for instructional videos. The Lightboard can be especially useful to demonstrate complicated material, such as mathematic equations. Our Lightboard is available for campus-wide use – watch the video below to check it out! Visit our Lightboard page for more info. Read Previous New

new ideas, especially when I’m surrounded by fantastic musicians who are willing to play what I write,” he says. Vianna will play his composition along with seven other PLU Music faculty members. He is looking forward to performing with his colleagues. Vianna sees making music to be “a communal act: it enhances creativity, broadens the possibilities for collaboration, and reaches a larger audience.” He is hopeful this project will reach a broad audience due to the fusion of genres that will shine

program. I remember driving up to see the campus and I loved the small and warm community on campus. … The help and support that I received applying to the nursing program was also one of the major reasons why I chose PLU.  Tell us about your experience serving as a PLU RA, and how that has helped prepare you for the next steps in life? I have been an RA for close to four years now. There’s a lot of creativity that comes with this job — especially when it comes to planning for community builders and

gives me opportunities to do lots of different things, develop lots of different forms of expertise and learn a lot of new skills. If you look back, are there elements of your PLU education that stand out as being especially helpful in law school and as an attorney? There are absolutely aspects of my undergraduate education that prepared me for law school. My time spent on the debate team at PLU was very helpful for a lot of the speech and advocacy work that I have to do as a part of my job. I was a

that we aspire to be especially notable for our tradition of Lutheran higher education, for our commitment to our membership in NCAA Division III, for our ability to help students discover their vocation in life, for our engagement in very high quality international programs, and for our fostering of robust faculty-student collaborative research and creative projects. All of that is fabulous, and I heartily endorse all of it. But what I need as your chief spokesman, and what we all need whenever