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,” Wilkens said. “Really, it seems the only way to live.” Wilkens told the crowd getting to know each other is such an important part in understanding one another.  Children don’t inherently dream of growing up as mass murders, as people who commit genocide. There is innocents their and with that hope, Wilkens said. “You just realize it isn’t them and us,” he said. “It’s just us.” “It’s about relationships,” Wilkens said. “It’s not like relationships is the silver bullet. It’s the only bullet.” Read

and abilities and energy that each of you bring is the leaven for our shared future; we look forward to knowing you and working with you. And, finally, a special “welcome back” to all of you returning to begin another academic year. Whether you have been away on sabbatical leave, away for the weeks of summer, or even for those of you who never left the campus at all, today is a kind of coming home, a fresh start into the wonderful rhythm of another academic year. Every year there are important

development skills and expand their networks. Duties may include project management, collecting and analyzing large quantities of data, performing engineering calculations, reviewing plans, drafting technical memos, presenting findings, and participating in team meetings. Engineering interns will also be able to collaborate with a team, network with other professionals, and learn about various projects across our water system. Applications due February 26, 2024.   https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers

November 17, 2008 Serving so others don’t have to While serving in Iraq Col. Scott E. Leith came to know one of the luckiest or unluckiest people he has ever met.“It depends on how you look at it,” he told a crowd last week at the Veterans Day Celebration in Mary Baker Russell Music Center Lagerquist Concert Hall. Leith and about 1,000 of his “best friends” were positioned in the backyard of the Iraq Insurgency. Their days were filled with firefights during the ongoing battles. There he met an

. “We’ll teach you everything you need to know about business. Go find a topic that you love and learn how to think critically.” With that encouragement in mind, Grande majored in political science while interning at Microsoft throughout all four of his PLU years. He accepted a full-time position a few weeks before commencement. One year later, he transferred departments, to an up-and-coming Microsoft games unit that only had about 25 staff members. He’s worked in gaming ever since, spending 13 years

-grade, so her work-from-home transition was not only a break from her routine but to the routine of all of her students.When it’s not COVID-19 season, what’s your job like? I’m a special-education teacher working with kindergarten kids all the way through fifth grade in a learning resource center. Most students will get pulled out of class throughout the day, depending on what services they receive. For my younger students, I go into the general-ed classroom to assist and support them. I have 21

which aspects are most relevant to our time and to them personally.  Professor Parker is particularly passionate about working with students who might not fit stereotypes of the “traditional” college student. He enjoys working with first generation students, students of color, and representatives of other marginalized groups, and he believes that the Classics can resonate with these students and empower them to engage and to change the dominant culture.  Classics, Parker explains, need not be

Faculty members approach difficult budget cuts in a ‘very PLU way,’ with care and inquiry Posted by: Kari Plog / September 11, 2017 September 11, 2017 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 11, 2017)- Kevin O’Brien, dean of the Division of Humanities, acknowledges that programs in his department could be hit hard when Pacific Lutheran University approves final cutbacks in the coming months. Still, he’s as committed as ever to the institution’s mission.On the first

impacted, we all need to invest in our mental health, and none of us can take emotional and mental health for granted. Those who had the luxury to believe that it didn’t apply to them now can resonate with, empathize, and see ourselves in the conversations around us about mental health, and those of us who have been addressing or working with our mental health all along may now be experiencing more openness from others to holding space with us.  The rates of depression and anxiety went up in the

a trombonist, and James Dixon as a conductor. I’ve also had some significant experiences with other teachers, like Murry Sidlin and Henry Charles Smith. What is your favorite class to teach and why? That’s tough! I love the orchestra, of course. I find something wonderful about all of the courses I teach—the music history course, the introductory research course for our capstone students and composers, and, yes, even ear training. That last one in particular is crucial to the development of