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thinking about how what we learn in chemistry relates to things like social justice and sustainability and diversity,” he said. “I think that both Alice and Maddie, because they’ve studied abroad, because they have (studied) a foreign language, I think that’s given them a need for that bigger picture.” Smith and Henderson have had long lasting interest in environmental issues, which they brought with them to PLU. “Sustainability has always been an overarching interest that finds its way into all of the

telling me it’s doing. This is what you’re saying it has. This is…, and so forth.” Then, allowing them to answer yes or no. Then, kind of feeling that yes or no as, “Oh, that’s a bad answer to that question,” or, “Oh, I should have thought more about how this would have reflected in that way.” Whereas now, I have a bigger conversation of, “I’m thinking that it should be this color, but I’m worrying about what are some other reasons that we could change the color for this.” And then having that process

list of possible careers. At the top of that list was anthropology and archaeology. “Hm,” she remembered thinking. “That could be pretty cool.” But it was a passing thought. She never thought that would open the door to studying ancient civilizations, going on digs and travelling to East Africa. Now a senior at Pacific Lutheran University, Wonderly is graduating with degrees in anthropology and history. She recently finished an internship at Mount Rainier National Park and traveled to Ethiopia to

. In the current system, families have to wait till the end of the tax year and then file their FAFSA beginning January 1 of the school year they plan to attend.  From there, some are selected to have their information verified before an offer of financial aid is complete.    Time is a critical factor, says the NASFAA. Under the current structure, delays can cause an unfavorable chain reaction: A delay in completing the tax return can mean a delay in submitting the FAFSA, which can result in a

. Tacuyan had recently accepted a job at Google and asked Sears how to market himself and make sure he was ready for the career move. Tacuyan impressed Sears, who reassured the new Google employee that he would do a great job. But it got Sears thinking that there were plenty of students entering the job market who needed similar help and advice. That inspired Sears to spend the next few years offering just that. “Most people need a little bit of help and I’m going to use everything I’ve learned

intervened and there could have been a different outcome. That really pushed me into advocacy, just thinking, “Okay, why does this continue to happen, who else is it happening to, and what is the prevalence of this happening?” Have you always been someone who is inclined to be a change-seeker and bold about speaking truth to power? It would probably depend on who you ask. I’ve always been vocal, but prior to the attack I don’t think that I would have considered myself somebody who would be seeking change

of the HIV/AIDS crisis, because they didn’t live in a time when the disease was almost always fatal. She urges students to see Serko’s production so they can reconsider how they actively engage with queer rights. “People should take the things they hear in this play seriously,” she said. “They’re going to be seeing a profile of someone who was an activist of his particular time, his particular identity and his particular experience. That should challenge them to be thinking about where they are

to prepare for lectures. I’ve never studied this much ever in my life. I was very pleasantly surprised to find out how laid back my peers are. I was going in thinking that they were all going to be gunners. It turns out, many of them are just like me! A bit nervous to begin our legal profession, yet overwhelmed with an excitement to make a tangible difference in our communities! How did you end up meeting Sandra Day O’Connor? I met Justice O’Connor in Phoenix at a private event a few weeks ago on

his childhood in which nobody asked him about his future.The Tacoma native was the product of a broken home, plagued by poverty, violence and abuse. Cushman was one of several speakers who discussed resilience, in the seventh biennial event at Pacific Lutheran University that aimed to stimulate serious thinking on the global challenge. Cushman told attendees that his negative experiences as a child prevented him from envisioning a future in which higher education was valuable or even possible

from numerous disciplines such as geology, biology, art, and psychology.PLU Support At some institutions, publishing in journals is the only critical component of faculty work. But PLU also recognizes expert witness testimony as another form of applied scholarship, or using anthropological research to solve practical, real-world problems. As another example, some of Levy’s colleagues in archaeology have been consulted by the National Park Service. “As an engaged anthropologist who takes a position