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Sicilian family in 284 A.D. As a young girl, Lucia adopted the Christian faith. She refused to marry a young man whom she was betrothed to and gave away her dowry to the poor. When the man reported her to the authorities, she was ordered burned at the stake for her faith. The fire would not light, so she died by the sword. The Sankta Lucia tradition began to catch on in Sweden in the 1700s, and spread throughout the rest of Scandinavia over the next 200 years. Read Previous Doing fieldwork is more than

-income community, I will learn the steps necessary to address the needs and challenges of its youth,” Ames wrote in her application for the Krise Internship award. At PLU, Ames serves as president of the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and works for Residential Life; she also has experience with community outreach. Ames’ career goals include working for or starting an organization similar to The GreenHouse Center. “In a sense, their mission is reminiscent of how PLU provides resources to empower

decision-making,” she says.  “With my core business classes, I was able to learn how the systems are implemented in order to make a successful business. In other classes, I was able to have discussions on how to come up with the best decision method or how to be a supportive leader or manager.”  A critical foundation to this balance is a nuanced understanding of business ethics — a welcome emphasis for Melanie Brisbane ’21, a recent graduate who has worked at Boeing for 15 years.  “There was a strong

teaching and practicing business ethics. 12:15- Preparing students to understand and assimilate into a variety of corporate cultures, work norms and expectations for performance. 14:50- How the School of Business develops relationships with Puget Sound-area technology, finance and business employers. 18:10- Encouraging and preparing students to build their resumes and professional networks. 20:10- Preparing students to thrive in the digital transformation economy. 23:20- Evolving business curriculum to

internship/industry experience and/or courses in business, economics, history and ethics.  “Project-based learning is a different kind of learning than in-class learning and adds a different kind of value to a student’s degree,” said Bogomil Gerganov, associate professor of physics. “Internships and apprenticeships are extremely valuable training for future engineers, and students with such experience are more attractive job and graduate school candidates.” To fulfill the engineering internship/industry

June 4, 2009 Finding the space to breathe – and to ask the big questions Jake K.M. Paikai knows a thing or two about multifaith families. He grew up in Hawaii with grandparents that are Jewish. His mother converted to Christianity. Despite his mother’s conversion, she left it up to Paikai to figure out exactly who or what he should believe in. “She let me decide whether I was gonna do the Christian thing, or the Jewish thing, or neither,” he said. How did attending a Lutheran university

internal conflicts nurses can experience when working in a correctional setting. The innovative, complex topic was of personal concern and interest to Surla. Correctional nursing doesn’t attract as much interest because of the unique internal tensions around ethics, safety and other staff.    “A certified nurse must also be prepared in switching roles from acting as an emergency room nurse to a psychiatric nurse in a matter of minutes because you will never know what is going to come through the

discussions about academic integrity may influence students’ commitment to such values. Just as important, using an honor pledge is also a statement of the instructor’s values and models a strong commitment to encouraging academic integrity. If you have a strategy for promoting academic integrity in your courses, please share your ideas in the comment section below. References Gurung, R. R., Wilhelm, T. M., & Filz, T. (2012). Optimizing honor codes for online exam administration. Ethics & Behavior, 22(2

matters, like Bin Laden, what does it say about counterterrorism that we are sending drones?” while Christian Dilworth asked via twitter, “How can you avoid civilian casualties if the targets are surrounded by civilians?” “We had a wonderful turnout at the event,” Justin Eckstein, Director of Forensics and Clinical Assistant Professor at PLU, said. “I’m looking forward to hosting another debate in the future and continuing to generate participants from across campus and beyond.” To watch the debate

his favorite thing to do, he opted to perform from memory on the chance it would give him a leg up on his competition. It also helped that his partner Angela Draghicescu, a collaborative pianist, knew how to respond instantly to any expressive decisions he might make. His competition repertoire included Robert Muczynski’s Sonata, a short piece with both slow and fast movements making it perfect for competitions; Christian Lauba’s Worksong, a work full of technical fireworks that showcases how some