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Studies at Pacific Lutheran University, is one of three national winners of the first-ever Why We Care Youth: Emerging Leaders for Reproductive Rights contest. Winning entries were chosen in three categories: short video, photo essay and written essay. Wood, from Bellingham, Wash., won the video category of the contest, founded by The United Nations Foundation’s Universal Access Project in partnership with Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Sierra Club. The three winners now will have

PLU to explore the many roles of women in the Holocaust during annual conference Posted by: Zach Powers / September 27, 2016 Image: www.plu.edu/holocaustconference/ September 27, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 27, 2016)- Hosted by the Pacific Lutheran University Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and featuring Holocaust researchers and historians from all over the country, the ninth annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will

is on Cloud Nine about today. Can’t tell you how awesome it was for you to offer this experience.” It was awesome for those who participated, too. PLU student Angie Tinker ’16, served as an instructor and said it was an opportunity to gain teaching experience and provide a valuable service to her community. “It’s especially exciting knowing that these students will take this knowledge home with them and share the skills they’re learning in critical thinking and advocacy with their communities

qualities,” he said. “My educational experience at PLU made me realize I had to work hard, but also have critical thinking on any issue or assignment,” he said. “You need to be able to analyze and think about how is this process going to come to a successful end. Work by itself is not enough; smart work is needed.” Burton said aspiring debaters should strive for “organization, structure and higher-level thinking skills,” but most of all, passion. “To really believe what they are arguing makes a

experience and you have been there, then I think you can craft better laws” she said. Franklin focused on health care and social justice during her tenure in the Legislature. One of her chief accomplishments was starting the Governor’s Interagency Council on Health Disparities. The group “develops recommendations to eliminate health disparities by race, ethnicity and gender,” according to the council’s website. For Franklin, the council was a time to bring people together and talk about the issues of