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works for American Alpine Club, managing the organization’s national volunteer network of more than 70 chapters and conducting climbing events across the country. He also gets to advocate for what he loves. “I’ve spent time in Sen. Maria Cantwell’s office, I’ve spent time on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.,” he said, working to protect public lands at the local, state and national level. It’s one of the reasons he believes that the Outdoor Rec program at PLU must go on. “It’s an outlet for people

saw a successful life as one with a lot of money and a traditionally respected job. As I finish my time at PLU, the one thing that I really want in life is to be able to focus on things that make me happy.” Explore Finding your calling and your purpose in life is an ongoing process. I already know I’m a teacher, so I try to add to that. (Photo by Tacoma Public Schools) Danay Jones '15“My life goal,” says Danay Jones ’15, “is to travel on all seven continents. I have three left!” She hopes to do

, we read these works because we think they offer perspectives that you can’t find anywhere else on enduring questions of human existence. IHON 111: Origins, Ideas, and EncountersIHON 111 explores how issues such as the order of the universe, political authority, justice and dissent, gender relations, and the human relation to nature manifested themselves in texts emerging from different peoples and regimes from the pre-modern world (ancient Egypt, Sumer, Greek city-states, the pre-Columbian Maya

safety is an issue,” Waldow said, “so we can both address safety and increase capacity in batteries.” The team is working with rigid polymers that have highly conductive regions. They are working in a lab using experimental techniques to study how the polymers organize and ions move through the polymers. The experimental techniques include, for example, electrochemistry — the branch of the discipline that deals with the relations between electrical and chemical phenomena. The work is funded by the

their school and get to be involved in my sons lives. Tonya King EllisI graduated with an MA in Education in 1995. I then moved to Missouri where I have lived since then. I graduated from MU – Columbia in 1999 with an MA in Library Science. I have been working for Jefferson City Public Schools for the past 6 years. I just recently completed a massage therapy program and am a nationally certified massage therapist.Shasta Christensen Completed the MAE cert program through the School of Ed, awaiting

Vice President for Academic Affairs: PLU is known for being a service focused institution [video: Dr. Gregson’s voice continues over clips. Students talk in class. A professor points to a whiteboard at the front of class. Students take notes.] Dr. Gregson: the new criminal justice program will provide us with another excellent route to prepare students at PLU who are interested in careers in policing law Corrections and victim services to meet their goals and serve the public good [video: Dr

annual memorial for those that died during the past year. They dance to music made by whistles (wiré) and long wooden drums (gangaado). When they are not being used in public ceremony, masks are stored in an ancestor shrine (kimse roogo) or the house of the clan head. Sacrifices to the ancestors are made with animal blood and performed for the general success and protection of the clan, ranging from good harvests and rainfall, health, solutions to problems and various other wishes. If a mask gains a

credentials of its members, though public recognition of the best of the best and the brightest students in international studies is one of our main purposes, but is meant to encourage a lifelong devotion to a better understanding of the world we live in and to continuing support for and engagement in education, service, and occupational activities that reflect the mission of Sigma Iota Rho. Type of Club or Organization: Academic Clubs & Honor Societies Meeting Times & Places (Subject to Change): When

dentist, and get any procedures you need done in your home country. Dental work is very, very expensive in the USA, and your insurance will not cover dentist visits. Think about how you will get around. Public transportation in the USA is not as well-developed as many other countries. There is a good bus system in Pierce County, and the campus is near a bus depot, but living too far away from the campus is not recommended. Many students find that purchasing a car is a worthwhile investment. Have a