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, though she admits she wasn’t the best coach or the best athlete. She talks fondly of those years when she was doing it all, as she puts it, including making popcorn during basketball games. “I was gettin’ after it,” she said with a wide grin. Cohen said it’s clear what makes PLU stand out: “Hands down, number one — grit,” she said. “People work their tails off at PLU.” During her time as a graduate student, Cohen worked in an athletic department that was home to the late Frosty Westering, a football
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and achieve in life,” says Speer. CIS of Key Peninsula manages a team of staff, educators and 140 volunteers delivering a variety of programs and services in 10 out of the Peninsula School District’s 15 schools. Both Speer and Shultz are motivated by their organization’s unique opportunity to make a positive and profound difference in the trajectory of Peninsula-area students. “The most gratifying part of our work is knowing that what I do ‘behind the scenes’ is making a difference in children’s
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building support systems similar to the ones she had, Chávez said. To get there, she says leaders should avoid polarizing, zero-sum approaches to solutions and exhibit compassion for all sides. “It’s really about getting us together and making this society better,” she said. “These conversations have to happen. But they have to happen better, more thoughtfully.”
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: Strategies for Coping with Perfectionism By Martin Anthony and Richard Swinson If you dread making mistakes and feel that nothing you do is “good enough,” this book offers hope and help. It addresses the nature of perfectionism; effective strategies for dealing with the downside of perfectionism; breaking the link between perfectionism and depression, anxiety, anger, and body image. It gives self-help tools for reaching realistic self-evaluation, improving self-esteem and enjoying interpersonal life.
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hopes to see more students apply for the Gilman Scholarship, and Zimmerman hopes to raise awareness among students about financial resources available to them. “I think students are not very aware of the resources that they have,” she said. “I think PLU tries to do a good job of making them aware, but there is still room to grow.” Visit www.plu.edu/studyaway/funding for more information about study away opportunities and to learn more about the Gilman Scholarship. Read Previous Congratulations Phi
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Ghostbusters through the lens of religious dialogues. The way we interpret Ghostbusters is that each of the main Ghostbusters is sort of a category of these archetypes.” Henrik Hamer Rojahn is a PLU senior, majoring in English Writing. He completed this article as part of his work in English 425: Nonfiction Writing Capstone. Read Previous New Faculty Profile: Adam Arnold Read Next A Conversation with Dr. Moneyang and Dr. Ortigas LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman
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Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May 26, 2022 Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom May 26, 2022 Introduction May 26, 2022
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Kelmer Roe Fellowships in the Humanities LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May 26, 2022 Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom May 26, 2022 Introduction May 26, 2022
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. Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May 26, 2022 Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom May 26, 2022 Introduction May 26, 2022
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unique music programs and administrative processes, teaching and going to concerts on campus (the department puts on more than 140!), Paul manages to find time to explore his new town with his family.What was your first impression of PLU?While I had heard good things about PLU over the years, my first real encounter with the school was at last year’s Christmas concert in Portland. I was impressed by the high level of music making by everyone on stage, ensembles and soloists. Wow! And then the
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