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Lutes Help Stuff the Bus with Back-to-School Supplies Posted by: Sandy Dunham / July 28, 2015 Image: The Stuff the Bus donation drive is underway at PLU. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) July 28, 2015 By PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (July 28, 2015)—Hard to believe, but it’s almost back-to-school time, and for many children, that means heading to class without the basics.To help, Pacific Lutheran University is again partnering with Tacoma’s Communities in Schools for the Stuff the Bus

Peace Corps in countries around the world.Katherine Wiley, PLU’s Peace Corps Prep Program Coordinator and anthropology professor, credits the institution’s commitment to global studies and public service for its high numbers of recent Peace Corps volunteers. “It demonstrates how our students are interested in the Peace Corps and how deeply committed they are to service,” Wiley said. “While the ranking focuses on Peace Corps, it also suggests how in general so many of our students choose to pursue

answered the call to serve. Since being elected in 2020, Hitchen has worked hard to collaborate and problem-solve with colleagues, community leaders, agencies, organizations and neighbors. She’s advocated for additional behavioral health services, collaborated with small business owners, supported the county’s opioid task force, and worked hard to help pass an ordinance that will generate funds to build new affordable housing, permanent supportive housing and emergency shelter housing across the county

housing and travel supplement. Caltech housing is available and we strongly encourage all Fellows to live on campus. The 2024 WAVE Fellows program dates are June 18 through August 23. Attend this upcoming virtual info session for more details: Thurs., Nov. 30th, 4:00pm PT WAVE Info Session – Physics, Math, and Astronomy/Quantum Registration link: https://caltech.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckde2rqD4oE9O4LSQWMCisKf6t16Gj28pK Read Previous Paid Summer Research Program for Undergraduate Students Read Next

idea of a few different schools. Many of my family are Lutheran pastors, and I grew up hearing about PLU and other Evangelical Lutheran Church in America schools. Both parents went to PLU, my brother went to PLU and so did many aunts and uncles going back to my great-grandfather. He was a Swedish immigrant who attended the program to learn English in 1912 or 1913. So, I’ve heard PLU’s name a lot. I’d also come up many times to visit my brother, so I knew the area and campus. It also helped that PLU

housing and travel supplement. Caltech housing is available and we strongly encourage all Fellows to live on campus. The 2024 WAVE Fellows program dates are June 18 through August 23. There are two upcoming info sessions Thurs., Nov. 30th, 10:00am PT WAVE Info Session – Engineering & Applied Science/Geological & Planetary Sciences Registration link: https://caltech.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpfuqhqT4pHdNEP3PrzoDC6Sg8cLy4xhuQ Thurs., Nov. 30th, 4:00pm PT WAVE Info Session – Physics, Math, and

students with DACA status. A minimum GPA of 3.2 is required. Competitive applicants will have completed sophomore-level courses in desired research field, have demonstrated through academic and/or co-curricular activities a passion for research, and can articulate how their research interests align with Caltech’s research areas. The most competitive applicants will have prior research experience. Support: WAVE Fellows will receive a $6420 award for the ten-week program. An additional housing/travel

, it’s lucky she did. In 2006, for example, Jones received a Most Innovative Foreign Language Teacher Award for starting a French immersion program at Tacoma’s Jason Lee Middle School. She currently works at Washington’s Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction as the assistant director of student achievement and director of as director of the Center for the Improvement of Student Learning (CISL), a program that provides resources for parents and schools. “I work with kids of color and kids

. From engaging the world to being stewards of their communities. “These trips are designed to represent what PLU students enjoy doing,” she said. Deane said the biggest challenge is figuring out the logistics of travel for such a high volume of participants. She said that coordinators try to plan for as much public transportation to and from events as possible. Hundreds of students sign up for OTR every year. “College students don’t always have cars,” she said. “It is sustainable and efficient (to

drinking. North American waterways considered threatened or endangered include the Mississippi River, the St. Lawrence River, the Ohio River, the Columbia River and the Green River, which supplies water to many people who live and work in the South Puget Sound region.Learn moreVisit to learn more about this and other MediaLab events“Changing Currents” also explores some of the compelling restoration efforts occurring in communities across this continent. The film was shot over the past 14 months in and