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as an advisor. She wrote her first Fulbright application, which led her to Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, while working as an academic consultant at the United Nations in Nairobi, and her second Fulbright was in Baku, Azerbaijan, during her second PLU sabbatical. She taught journalism both times. “It’s made me realize that I am really a risk-taker … I’d be willing to go anywhere at any time at the drop of a hat,” Joanne said. “And I thought that that would sort of age out of me—it really

Ed Hrivnak ‘96: Firefighter, Flight Nurse, Veteran Posted by: Zach Powers / January 20, 2016 January 20, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsEd Hrivnak graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.  His decorated career as a public servant included 20 years in the armed forces where he served as the Crew Director of a medical-evacuation team. A veteran of the first Gulf War and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Hrivnak, who retired as a

March 1, 2014 Danish Resistance and Rescue Scandinavian Cultural Center During the Powell-Heller Holocaust Conference, a educational display about the Danish Resistance and rescue will be available or public viewing. Prepared by the Danish Resistance Museum in Copenhagen, the exhibit tells the story of the effort by Danes to rescue Jews from the threat of German deportation. In October 1943, word leaked that Germany was planning to round up and deport the Jews of Denmark. Approximately 8,000 of

program and Dance Ensemble were created by Professor Katherine Beckman during the 1976-77 academic year. Near the beginning of its creation, famous dance groups and artists such as the Joffrey Ballet, Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane hosted summer workshops here at PLU. The program is currently led by Visiting Assistant Professor Rachel Winchester, after the retirement of Associate Professor Maureen McGill, who entered phased retirement after 38 years. In the wake of the anniversary, Winchester praised

during the 1976-77 academic year. Near the beginning of its creation, famous dance groups and artists such as the Joffrey Ballet, Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane hosted summer workshops here at PLU. The program is currently led by Visiting Assistant Professor Rachel Winchester, after the retirement of Associate Professor Maureen McGill, who entered phased retirement after 38 years. In the wake of the anniversary, Winchester praised the skills of PLU’s dance students. The anniversary is “a celebration of

March 5, 2010 Olympic medalist encourages symposium crowd to make a difference By Barbara Clements Joey Cheek was sprawled out on a couch in 2005, wondering what he was going to do with a free afternoon after training all morning in an Austrian skating facility, when a BBC  program caught his eye. Wang Center Symposium keynote speaker Joey Cheek addresses the crowd about making a difference in the world. Women and children were running and screaming out of a village being set afire by rebels in

from marginalized populations.Chavez, chair and associate professor of politics and government, identifies as Latina. She’s a native Spanish speaker who didn’t learn English before beginning school. She was raised in an immigrant household in the Southwest and experienced many of the obstacles fellow Latinos face every day in the U.S. Like many who come from a similar background, Chavez was the first in her family to graduate from college, despite the barriers she faced. She came from a home and a

Student. A Q&A session and book signing will follow her lecture.“Erin’s lecture speaks to the fundamental need of being seen, a necessary topic at a critical time,” said Wendy Gardiner, Ph.D., PLU’s Jollita Hyland Benson Endowed Chair in Elementary Education. “Less than 7 percent of children’s books published in recent years were written by authors of color. This is another area of invisibility that Erin’s work addresses–creating vivid characters, writing about  friendship, family, adventure, bravery

Making a Career Change? Consider These 6 Graduate Degrees Posted by: chaconac / October 12, 2021 October 12, 2021 Changing careers is normal. Though there’s no real statistic on how often people change careers in a lifetime, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics examined the number of jobs “young baby boomers” (individuals born between 1957 to 1964) held from age 18 to 52. The result? Younger baby boomers held an average of 12.3 jobs in that time span! While the research provided by the BLS

5 Reasons to Pursue a Graduate Degree at Pacific Lutheran University Posted by: chaconac / October 5, 2021 October 5, 2021 Pacific Lutheran University master’s programs are designed to combine practice and theory to prepare students to take the next step in their careers.So, if you are asking yourself — where should I go to grad school? — you’re not alone. We know that you have a lot of options when it comes to choosing a graduate school program, but today, we’re here to showcase just a few of