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instead lie there, relaxing, your thoughts punctuated by unexpected visits from friends or the flight of one of the many bird species who make their homes in these trees, in this grass, breathing this air. One day, on this path, you will be walking with someone you’ve come to know and respect as both a professor and a human being during your four years here. The early spring sun that cuts through the cold will be shining, and he will tell you how much you’ve grown up. Enjoy your time here and take all
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never fully recovered. Driving through this run-down community, Day’s assertions that water does not care what happens when it escapes the river’s banks. Stopping only to grab some quick b-roll, we powered through Cairo and on to New Orleans. With an interview early the next morning we spent the drive drafting questions, reviewing previous interviews and sorting out the stories we had collected so far. The feeling was mutual: This project is going to be incredible. New Orleans, LA In New Orleans
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Teaching in the Pandemic: How Three Teachers Made the Best of an Unprecedented Time Posted by: Silong Chhun / May 27, 2021 Image: Alonso Brizuela ’14, Sarah Lord ’00, Caitlyn Zwang ’09 May 27, 2021 By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterHigh school choir and guitar teacher Alonso Brizuela ’14 was in Spokane at a national choral directors conference in mid-March of 2020. Just a day and half days into events, the conference shut down early—due to a mysterious new illness that
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consider you for early direct admission into the School of Nursing. All materials should be submitted by the deadline of February 15th. Please work with your admission counselor as you apply. This application will ask you to provide the following: Two Essays (essay prompts can be found in the application, plus the option to include additional statements) Two complete recommendation forms are required and one must be a college-level faculty whose course you have taken. (You will enter the name, title
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the agenda for the day was too full—it started too early and ended too late. The man said he was annoyed not to be able to get a chance for a run. Well, the workshop wound up ending earlier than scheduled that evening; so the woman said to the man, “Maybe you can get your run in now?” And the man said, “Black men do not run at night in America.” The woman said that comment gave her a chill up and down her spine—not just due to what it means for black men in this country, but also because that
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moderated Should we be looking at attracting students to certain majors over others?We tend to recruit fewer students who know early what they plan to major in (I think we’re at about 10% of students who come in as first-year students with a clear plan for a major). I’ve been at institutions where 90% come in with a major decided already. I think a mix is good, although I’m not sure we as an institution have a clear idea of what the exact mix should be. *Note: All comments are moderated We can attract
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and colleagues. Dr. Doris Geneva Stucke Doris died Dec. 22, 2017, at the age of 99. She was born in Malta, Montana, to Herbert and Esther Stucke on Jan. 31, 1918, and lived in Parkland since 1967. Her early childhood through two years of college were lived in Minnesota and Montana. She earned a nursing diploma from Sibley Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and a Bachelor of Science in nursing at The American University in Washington, D.C. She received a Master of Education in nursing from the
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their migration route. Evidently, sometime during the 1917 fall migration, mutating bird virus infected pigs who in turn sickened Kansas farmers. In early February, 1918 a country physician west of Dodge City noted a dramatic uptick of influenza cases of an unusually virulent nature. Young, healthy patients were struck down quickly, many of them dying. Soon, area doctors were swamped with sick and dying flu patients. Then, as suddenly as the influenza storm began, in March the epidemic was over
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Wang Center Photo & Video Contest Winners 2022 Posted by: Holly Senn / March 30, 2022 March 30, 2022 During the 2021-2022 academic year, 149 PLU students participated in global and local study away programs to acquire new perspectives on critical global issues, advance their language and intercultural skills, form valuable new contacts and lasting connections, and advance their academic and career trajectory. Due to the worldwide pandemic, 46 students returned home early in spring of 2020 and
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college tour, turning to my mom and saying, “This is where I’m supposed to be. I don’t care what it takes, I want to go here.” After I was accepted through early admission, I never applied anywhere else because I knew this was where I was supposed to be, and I have never questioned that. My PLU experience: My PLU experience has been a whirlwind, how I got to graduation this fast is beyond me. It has been a beautiful journey, full of leadership opportunities, friendships, challenges, growth, and a
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