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PLU Presents Service Awards to Students, Staff and Community Posted by: Sandy Dunham / April 24, 2015 Image: PLU’s annual Celebration of Service honored students, administrators and community members. (All photos by John Froschauer/PLU) April 24, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (April 24, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University awarded six student scholarships and other awards on April 22 for outstanding contributions to service at PLU and the surrounding
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organization with an emphasis on intercultural communication, global partnership and sustainable change. They will add to the 10 PLU alumni currently serving overseas — and add to the more than 250 Peace Corps participants PLU has touted over the years. Historically, PLU’s per capita enrollment of alumni into the Peace Corps has been significant. This year is no different. PLU ranked No. 22 nationally for small colleges on the Peace Corps’ 2018 Top Colleges annual list, which recognizes colleges with the
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another. “He’s such a good kid, with great manners,” she says. “She took a step away to raise me, and everything she does comes from a place of love and guidance,” he says. “Having my mother go to school at the same time is just a weirdly beautiful coincidence that works out for the best.” Read Previous Willie Stewart ’69 talks breaking barriers as Tacoma’s first black principal in 1970 Read Next Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree William Foege ‘57 returns to PLU for annual Rachel Carson lecture
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) years of age or older, and Not related by blood closer than would bar marriage in the State of Washington, and Living together, and Not married to anyone or a State Registered DP of another, and Legally competent to register, and Compliant, whether registered or not, with the State of Washington’s domestic partner law. Enrollment Enrollment will be consistent with the enrollment periods for all employees and families; either – During the annual open enrollment period (usually held during the month
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home and a school system that didn’t encourage her to pursue higher education. She didn’t know the questions to ask regarding that pursuit. “It informs the research I do,” she said. Now, Chavez’s past struggles and successes will inform her talk at the annual Pave the Way Conference, where she will serve as one of three featured speakers. She will present to hundreds of educators, policymakers, and nonprofit and industry partners about the opportunity gap in Washington state. The conference focuses
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. We should consider learning from the Americans who know the most about weapons–the U.S. Armed Forces; they take weapons safety seriously: private weapons must be stored in the secured armory on the base–no private weapons are allowed in houses on base. People with weapons have to have annual safety and marksmanship training and a current license. If they live off base, they’re expected to own a weapon safe to keep them. I also agree with my barber, who is a marksmanship instructor: we need
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never left me. That’s what still inspires me and motivates me in my job now.” Her job now: athletic director at the University of Washington, where she oversees 20 Division I sports programs and an annual budget upwards of $100 million. And while PLU no longer offers the graduate program that helped launch Cohen’s career in college athletics, the most important lessons Cohen learned during her grad-school days are reflective of university-wide cultural standards. Jen Cohen '94 “So much of that time
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14th. (Video by John Froschauer) In an interview with Barbara Clements, Samantha Potter talks about balancing athletics and academics. As for basketball, this season the PLU women beat two Division II schools for the first time in Potter’s career. No wonder, then, that Potter received the Lute Career Athletic Achievement Award at the 44th Annual PLU Athletics Awards Dessert on May 4. Potter grew into her athleticism naturally—her dad is a football coach, and her uncle coaches boys’ basketball at a
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PLU and how it will contribute to the book arts and printing community at large. Read More Spice for Life John de Mars ’09 spends a lot of time outdoors, and his passion helped inform the recipe for his hot sauce company’s most recent product. Learn about Expedition Sauce and how the annual Business Plan Competition in PLU’s School of Business helped his inaugural hot sauce brand gain traction in the marketplace. Read More Building the biz Louis Hobson ’00 is an accomplished actor on stage and on
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-focused events across campus. Among them is the first-in-the-family dinner, most recently held in November. It brought together faculty, staff, and residential and commuter students, to give first-generation Lutes another opportunity to share challenges and triumphs. Other past examples of programming focused around first-in-the-family students include: #PLUFIF Series: dinners with faculty, film screenings, an annual first-in-the-family retreat, and more Panels geared toward sharing the first
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