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Wind Ensemble, 2021-22 The College Band Directors National Association West & Northwest divisions will hold their biennial 2022 conference (after a hiatus in 2020) at the University of Puget Sound. PLU performed at the 2018 conference in Sonoma, California. Performance slots are granted by invitation only. According to Conductor Dr. Edwin Powell, “It is a huge honor for us to be selected to perform for this conference. We are very proud and excited to play at such a high profile event. We are

July 8, 2008 Accepted to med school For those passing through northwest­ern Idaho, here’s hoping you don’t meet Guy Jensen. Jensen is a volunteer emergency medical technician, who, during the summer, is likely to be one of the first people on the scene in the event of a car wreck, wildfire or other emergency on the rural roads near his hometown of Genesee, Idaho, population 900.Jensen, who otherwise works on the family farm when he’s not at PLU, saw this as an opportunity to serve his

personal connection with the audience as we explore their vastly different backgrounds and experience their journeys with Islamophobia. I could relate to their stories. We were all in elementary school when the tragic events of 9/11 happened, barely old enough to understand what had happened, and too young to fully comprehend the magnitude of the event. We have grown up since with the image of the ‘Muslim terrorist’ broadcast daily on local and national news. It’s hard to take that step back and ask

educational talk and improv performance around the theme of the event, which is, perfectly, connectivity. “We are thriving in our ability to build on those human emotions to create a pretty incredible connection with not only ourselves, but also with our audience,” Utley said. “We believe that audiences are incredibly smart, and they are looking for that kind of connection when they go to the theater.” Read Previous PLU Nursing Students Top in Exam Pass Rates Read Next PLU’s Army ROTC Wins 3rd MacArthur

American highlights include a home-stay in the capital of Uruguay, snorkeling through coral reefs in the oceans of Tobago, boating down a river in the middle of the Amazon rain forest and a visit to Machu Picchu in Peru. Read Previous PLU Event Shows Solidarity For 43 Missing Student Teachers Read Next Former PLU Professor’s Legacy Lives On 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

nonprofit and industry partners about the opportunity gap in Washington state. The conference focuses on increasing educational attainment by supporting historically marginalized, underrepresented and underserved students across the lifespan of learning. The theme for this year’s event, which takes place Oct. 19 at Central Washington University, is “Advancing Equity, Expanding Opportunity, Increasing Attainment.” Participants will share effective strategies for educational success among underserved

known as a point-person for student activists in Olympia. “My big thing has always been youth empowerment and empowering the youth voice, because I believe in it so much,” she said. Anderson plans to continue with the “Will We Be Next” movement. This week, she and her mom are flying out to the national “March For Our Lives” event in Washington, D.C., the national protest against gun violence in schools. And Anderson is organizing another rally April 20 at the state Capitol, marking the 19th

WriterTACOMA, WASH. (April 13, 2020) — Six teams of PLU students, the university’s largest-ever cohort, participated in the 34th annual Mathematical Contest in Modeling on Feb. 13-17 — an international competition that challenges students to solve real-world math problems over the course of a grueling four-day event.Hosted by the Consortium for Mathematics and its Application (COMAP), the event allows student teams of three roughly 100 hours to solve an open-ended problem that challenges their mathematical