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championship teams in volleyball and softball, collecting school records and accolades along the way. She was a NAIA second-team All-American in 1998, and PLU’s 2000 Athlete of the Year. Of all her accomplishments, Flores-Handley is proudest of graduating in four years, as a two-sport athlete. “I’m not very good about talking about myself,” she admits, but she’s eager to credit her coaches — Kevin Aoki and Tim Templin for volleyball, and Rick and Leanne Noren and Phil Scott for softball. “They taught me

question that my generation asked in the classroom was this: ‘Is our study politically and socially relevant?’ ” Torvend said. “Today, I find a good number of students wondering if the courses I teach will be ‘fun’ while some students, aware of global warming, American racism, and income disparity, are really searching for ways to engage in the work of social justice.” The most significant part of his PLU education involved working with his professors. “They turned out to be remarkable mentors who

his colleague to engage the official in conversation while Foege secretly loaded their truck with the supplies. Not a prank, per se, but definitely a trickster move. “I never told (the colleague) what I had done,” Foege recalled with a chuckle. Another time, when he was at the CDC getting grilled by a member of Congress who was hostile to spending American taxpayer money on foreigners, Foege asked him whether he had received a flu shot that year. Yes, the Congressman replied. “I told him about how

significance of race: Anti-Black discrimination in public places. American Sociological Review, 56, 101–116. Settling into campus life Fischer, M. J. (2007). Settling into campus life: Differences in race/ethnicity in college involvement and outcomes. Journal of Higher Education, 78, 125–161. Classroom belonging Goodenow, C. (1993). Classroom belonging among early adolescent students: Relationship to motivation and achievement. Journal of Early Adolescence,13, 21–43. Nine themes in campus racial climates

, and through his work tries to validate and affirm all kids from all backgrounds at all times. “Many students are not engaged with caring adults who value their experiences and who validate them as well,” Cushman said. “I feel honored to be the teacher/mentor/coach of similar students because…they will be the future leaders of our communities.” In particular, Cushman concentrates his efforts on nurturing young African-American and Latino men. It is them, Cushman says, who perhaps face some of the

audition” below. How should I prepare a jazz piece for a scholarship audition?Audition performances for music scholarships are only five minutes long, whether you perform live at PLU or submit a recording. If you are performing a jazz piece for your scholarship audition, here are some guidelines: Whether you are a jazz vocalist or instrumentalist, you should prepare a jazz “standard,” defined as a jazz composition (ex.: “Blues Bossa”) or a piece from the Great American Songbook commonly used as a

French novel in translation to submit to American publishing houses to gain experience in the art of translating and working in the publishing arts. This piece details how I came to be interested in translation, the challenges I encountered while working on this project, and what I learned from it. Allen Benjamin TugadeRelative Gender Experiences: Gay Men’s Distribution of Emotion Work and Distress Transmission Faculty Mentors: Laura Fitzwater Gonzales, and Laura McCloud; Sociology and Criminal

lots of questions.” He was an active member of the Tacoma community, volunteering with the Hispanic Affairs Commission of Washington, Community Health Care, and Central Latino. He was also selected as a fellow with the American Leadership Forum, a community he remained involved with over the years. Upon his retirement, he completed a year-long research project on “communities of love,” focused on Bellarmine Preparatory School. Kathy Russell Professor Emeritus Dr. Kathy Russell died at the age of 68

First AwardThe Pruett safety first award recognizes safe laboratory practices.ChehalisW.F. West High SchoolAcidic Water's Effect on Zebrafish12 KaylahTanThe American Psychological AssociationAchievement in Research in Psychological Science Under the category of Behavior and Social Sciences or any category related to psychologyPrivateAnnie Wright SchoolsUnder the Radar: Do Subliminal Messages Work?11 ZoeMattesonNASA NASA Earth Sysems Science Project AwardUnderstanding the different spheres on

room almost every night, and I roomed with Alan twice. Doug was a great student. He helped me study the night before every Organic Chemistry test, making sure I managed to pass while he got his A. He was also an Academic All-American in basketball. After finishing seventh in his class at the University of Washington Medical School, he held a residency at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, and spent much of his career at a branch of the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz. Doug was one of the most avid