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April 25, 2014 Crowd gathers for Take Back the Night event at Red Square. The annual event is part of an international campaign to raise awareness against sexual assault. (John Froschauer, Photo). Take Back the Night event focuses PLU campus on the campaign against sexual assault By Barbara Clements Director of Content Development It comes down to a singular act of courage on an individual’s part, and taking responsibility for one’s own actions, to put a stop to sexual assault and violence

characteristics of our community including our ethnic and cultural diversity, the challenges and opportunities associated with being a west coast port city, the presence of Joint Base Lewis McCord, and continual growth and development in our region, CCES and the Wang Center will continue to support student and faculty engagement in Tacoma. Rachel Haxtema (TIES Program Coordinator) will continue to lead these efforts as the program transitions away from a semester-long study away model toward a sustainable

the health professions. SHPEP at the UW has had a very long and successful track record of helping thousands of students enter and graduate from health professions school. Using a cohort approach, the program prepares students for academic success in their undergraduate and pre-professional studies by offering enrichment courses in biology, chemistry, biostatistics and population health. The program also focuses on the personal and professional development of participants by engaging them in

Team to help the families get settled and adjust to life in America, said John Summerour ’87, a member of the team. “It was not long after their arrival that we recognized the families had special challenges in the areas of education,” Summerour said. “They had no access to formal education in Somalia, and when they arrived, they were illiterate in their own language. “We realized the kids were going to have special needs, and it became obvious they needed additional tutoring.” The church applied

of employer relations? And how will it affect students?According to Hughes, the newly created position will be something of a facilitator among many of the essential career planning services already available to students, such as the offices of Career Development and Academic Internships, or the opportunities made available through academic departments or the Alumni office. To be clear: Those offices and opportunities are not going away. “My role is more of a collaborator – to bring a lot of the

came and visited, I really loved PLU’s student-produced season. That was something I hadn’t seen at other colleges, and there’s just a lot of opportunities for students to do things in the department.How did you find your internship with Taproot? I remembered that my advisor, Professor Amanda Sweger, did a sabbatical at Taproot, and they seemed like they produced really cool stuff there. I was delighted to find that their internship program is really robust and very supportive of interns, and it’s

from campus. Habitat Home Dedication Event date and time: 12 p.m. Jan. 25, 2014. Celebration, fellowship and refreshments follow. Location: The Woods at Golden Given, 962 104th St. E., Tacoma; house number 10504. Admission: Free. PLU service at work: Since August 2013, 235 PLU students, staff and alumni volunteers have put in more than 1,410 hours at the build site. “This year, through good karma or good connections, chemistry happened,” said Sue Potter, Habitat’s director of Development and

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Q&A: Student experiences art in the big city Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / August 12, 2015 August 12, 2015 Elly Vadseth '16 – New York Academy of ArtOn any given day chances are you can find Elly Vadseth in the painting studio in Ingram Hall. As a senior this year, she’s looking towards grad school, and she has big dreams of studying art in the heart of a bustling metropolis. She’s already tasted those dreams at the “New York Academy of Art.”What’s your internship? My internship was a residency