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curiosity about the rest of the world.” As CEO of Soliya, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to cross-cultural engagement, from 2008-2014, Idriss worked closely with family members of Ambassador Stevens and the Obama administration to establish the J. Christopher Stevens Virtual Exchange Initiative. “I feel as though I’m one of the few people who didn’t know him,” Idriss says of Stevens. “It’s extraordinary how many people I’ve talked to who came into direct contact with him and on whom

an endowment from Generations for Peace, a nonprofit dedicated to peacebuilding at the grassroots level. Students who pursue majors or minors in a social science discipline or global studies — or those who are International Honors students — are eligible. The program provides funding for overseas internships or service projects, as well as domestic programs with an international focus. The work must directly contribute to international peacebuilding. Opportunities range from humanitarian aid to

science and French while working with the nonprofit World Vision on its malaria program. When I graduated, I was deep into the world of public health and applying to graduate schools. But then the unthinkable happened; I was diagnosed with cancer and my whole life seemed to spin off the rails. It took two years of surgeries and treatments to come out on the other side, and by that time my life was unrecognizable. I could no longer physically work a normal 9-to-5 job and grad school seemed out of the

PLU Students Check In From Summer Internships Posted by: Zach Powers / August 10, 2015 August 10, 2015 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (August 10, 2015)- Each summer PLU students fan out across the globe — working, researching, studying or just plain relaxing. Many students leverage the summer months as an opportunity to add depth to their resumes by completing internships at local and corporate businesses, nonprofit organizations and government agencies

PLU Receives $11,000 Grant for Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESA Program Posted by: Silong Chhun / August 18, 2021 August 18, 2021 By Veronica CrakerMarketing and CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University has been awarded another grant from School’s Out Washington and the Washington State Department of Commerce to be used toward the Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESA program.The $11,000 grant comes from the Washington Youth Development Nonprofit Relief Fund. The MESA program prioritizes early exposure

business, arts, education and nonprofit leaders to share their ideas on a wide spectrum of topics including health care, leadership, human nature and violence against women. The annual event will be held April 22 at 7 p.m. at Pacific Lutheran University’s Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.Now in its fifth year, TEDxTacoma provides a platform for the exchange of creative and often paradigm-challenging ideas about how thoughtful, action-oriented individuals can contribute to positively

professions they are interested in pursuing after graduation. From January 21 to 24, 40 students visited PLU alumni at businesses, nonprofit organizations and government agencies across the Seattle/Tacoma region.“Alumni job shadow experiences can have really wonderful benefits for students,” said Jessica Pagel, who serves as director of operations and virtual engagement in PLU’s Office of Alumni and Student Connections. “Experiences like this help them build professional connections, learn about

Competition presented by the Tacoma Entrepreneur Network.The winning team—Taylor Gonzales, Kevin McKay, Kayla Evans, Lindsey Campbell and Austen Wilson—is mapping a marketing plan for the international microfinance nonprofit EnVia as part of Mark Mulder’s BUSA 468 Marketing Management course. The winning team, Sol, is developing and researching a possible brand extension with consumers; other teams in Mulder’s course are conceptualizing and researching EnVia concepts and brand identities. “I look for

is now we are not limited by physical space.  People from all over the world can join us for this edition of The People’s Gathering.”   Speakers and conversation facilitators will include educators, nonprofit leaders, and consultants from the Tacoma are as well as across the country. Local leaders and educators will include Lua Pritchard, executive director of the Asian Pacific Culture Center; Danica Sterud Miller, American Indian Studies professor at UW Tacoma; and Troy Storfjell, a PLU Nordic

job for me. We have several Lutes that work for the rescue mission.  After graduation, I was offered a job by a nonprofit, Metropolitan Development Council, where I worked for almost 18 years. Then I was Executive Director at Helping Hand House, a small Puyallup shelter for homeless families. After that, I worked at the MultiCare Foundation and came to the rescue mission in 2018. During the initial spring COVID-19 outbreak, how did the partnership with Bellarmine Prep come about? I called everyone