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unpaid internship financially feasible for one PLU student each summer,” President Krise said. “We recognize the tremendous value of real world, hands-on experience, and we are proud of all the ways PLU helps students prepare for a life path that makes a difference in their careers, as well as in their personal and civic lives.” The award is open to all PLU students, regardless of major, although preference is given to rising juniors and seniors, and a GPA of at least 2.5 is required to apply. The

stirring current events,” explained Diversity Center Director Angie Hambrick. Organized by the PLU Women’s Center, the PLU Diversity Center and the Office of Community Engagement and Service, the community forum included personal stories, a spoken-word performance, a prayer led by University Congregation Present Ruthie Kovanen and a moment of a silence for unarmed African Americans who have been shot and killed in the United States. Diversity Center Director Angie Hambrick opens the Dec. 4 forum

rags Food (in specially marked locations) Books and school supplies What they WILL NOT Take: Personal or over the counter medication Butane containers and most paints Anything exposed to gas or oil Read Previous The 2015 PLU Celebration of Leadership Read Next PLU Receives $14,000 in NADA Foundation Grants COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students

Sustainability at PLU. “The campaign was about taking personal responsibility for the impact, positive or negative, that our words have on others and how our words also have the ability to define how we see ourselves.”  “With MLMC: Words Mean Things, we are giving folks the opportunity to again, understand the impact of our words, but also giving folks the tools they need to use words responsibly and to explore how we experience words, personally,” says Hambrick. MLMC: Words Mean Things“My Language. My

professional and personal development learning experience that provides a supportive space where participants can engage in frank and open dialogue about race and racial disparities systemically present in work, school, and everyday life. A host of local and national social justice scholars and leaders from Indigenous, Asian, Black, Latino, Multiracial, Pacific Islander and, white communities will lead small group discussions. This installment of The People’s Gathering will investigate the intersections of

, PLU economics professor Priscilla St. Clair will host a panel discussion featuring PLU alumni who have served in the Peace Corps. The event will spotlight PLU’s Peace Corps Prep Certificate Program, an undergraduate certificate program that prepares students for Peace Corps service and other international and domestic service-oriented programs.  Panelists will include Shella Biallas ’04, who worked on ecotourism in Belize; Haley Ehlers ’16, who worked on personal finance programs in Timor-Leste

a biological sample. It’s graduate-level research—and for Angela, comes after taking just one year of organic chemistry. Though Angela’s path has been less traditional, she’s realized it’s not something to be embarrassed about, but to embrace and celebrate. In 2020, when struggles in her personal life began to affect school, Angela’s advisor, chemistry professor Justin Lytle, suggested that she take some time away. Initially she was discouraged, worried that if she stepped away from school she