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Photo   Zach Powers '10 Zach Powers '10 worked as PLU's media and content manager until April 2017. He holds a Master of Public Administration from The Evergreen State College and previously served as the director of marketing and communications for The Grand Cinema and Tacoma Film Festival, as a political campaign manager and consultant, as an aide in the Washington State Senate and as a freelance writer. Previous Post New Panama Canal Project More Story New Panama Canal Project Lute’s Company

More Economics Students Expand Possibilities Four PLU women from the Department of Economics present their research at a national undergraduate conference in Memphis, Tennessee. Learn more about their topics, ranging from public transportation to professional golf. Read More A Different Kind of Whale Watching While many of their classmates braved a chilly winter back in Parkland, three Lutes sat on a beach in Hawaii watching whales. No, it wasn’t vacation. It was research. Read More Rigorous

a Master of Public Administration from The Evergreen State College and previously served as the director of marketing and communications for The Grand Cinema and Tacoma Film Festival, as a political campaign manager and consultant, as an aide in the Washington State Senate and as a freelance writer. Previous Post Emerging Leader in Education Next Post National High School Hall of Fame More Story Emerging Leader in Education Forrest Griek '00, '02 is the principal of Tacoma’s Browns Point

My Language. My Choice. Words Mean Things My Language. My Choice. Anti-Racist Anti-Blackness Decolonize BIPOC Discussion Questions References Support Facilitator’s Guide My Language. My Choice. Words mean things We choose the words we use to communicate with others. Intentionally or unintentionally. The words we choose can have a negative impact on others. They can be experienced differently given context. We must have the courage to learn in public. Quick jump to a section: Anti-Racist Anti

development, education, and well-being. Currently, Tono serves as the executive director for the LeMay Family Foundation in Parkland, as well as the executive director for Blue Zones Project, a health and well-being initiative serving the residents of Parkland and Spanaway. He holds a master’s degree in public administration from The Evergreen State College and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Pacific Lutheran University. He currently serves as an elected School Board Director for the Franklin Pierce

Scholar?In Norway, they are expected to study as an active and committed member of the group. They also submit blog posts in which they reflect on their study both at the Nansen Dialogue Center and at the International Summer School in Oslo. On their home campus, they are asked to help with recruiting new Peace Scholars, give two public presentations about their experience, and provide input to The Human Rights Forum/Peace Scholars committee as needed. More importantly, the expectation is that Peace

experiments that will make up a new lab manual from the College Board. Dressed in a brown T-shirt that read, “Chocolate doesn’t ask silly questions. Chocolate understands,” Swank moved from team to team to guide the teachers’ methodology and understanding. He smiled often as he spoke. “This keeps me regenerated,” he said. Zach Powers '10 Zach Powers '10 worked as PLU's media and content manager until April 2017. He holds a Master of Public Administration from The Evergreen State College and previously

Band, in the University Jazz Ensemble, and in the Pep Band’s Drumline.  With the little free time I have during the school year I enjoy playing video games and occasionally playing guitar, but with how much music I do for school I don’t do that often. Kurtis Sacksteder I am a first-year sophomore here at PLU. I am Majoring in Accounting (to pursue a career as a Certified Public Accountant), and am Minoring in Music. I am currently involved in the University’s Symphony Orchestra as well as the

receive course credit for working in community organizations and integrating their experiences into an academic project. Placements are usually arranged by the student and may include the public school system, private and public social service organizations, criminal justice system agencies, local and state governmental agencies, and businesses. Prerequisite: SOCI 101 or SOCI 201. (1 to 4) SOCI 496 : Sociological Theories An analysis of influential sociological theories of the 19th and 20th centuries

aside biases and being open to the opportunity to learn something. Listening is active, says Tolu Taiwo, outreach and prevention coordinator for PLU’s Center for Gender Equity. It’s about asking questions and reflecting back, she said. “Listening isn’t just a one-and-done process,” Taiwo said. “There’s something really powerful about being able to tell your story. It makes you more human. Often times, we don’t allow people to do that.” Amid divisive, vitriolic rhetoric that is poisoning public