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insight gained from that class was enough for him to apply for a legislative internship. For both Lynam and Cooper, a lot of their time is spent researching and responding to constituent concerns. While answering hotline phones, often times the person on the other line has a lot to say and can even be angry. “It was hard the first couple of times,” Cooper said, “but you can’t take it personally because it’s not personal.” In one instance, a caller actually told Cooper he was just going to rant for a

anyway. A garage sale was the perfect solution. Other students in the MFT program got involved, and they helped put up flyers and spread the word. “I was amazed that Maggie, who I never met in my life, would give up I don’t know how much time…raising money for Isabel,” Liz said. “I had never met her before and she felt compelled to help us.” Donations just started pouring in, and before they knew it the storeroom in the Couple and Family Therapy Center was full. “Before you knew it, it just kind of

inspiring as an artist just to see what I could do with my career and take it to the next level.” While in Manhattan, Rottle and a couple of friends from the master’s program— Meaghan Burke (cello/voice) and Tristan McKay (piano/harpsichord/toy piano)—founded the new-music ensemble Dead Language, a trio that “seeks out music that has something to say, and says it.” And if that sounds a little wide-ranging, so is Dead Language: The ensemble improvises and performs interdisciplinary works that include

options for her PLU SAC project.   “I haven’t completely decided yet what I want to do, but I have a couple of ideas,” Moran said. “I’m really interested in LGBT issues and also challenging myself to look into a different area of advocacy: potentially, healthcare issues related to women or the work-life balance that women face. I want to try to shy away from things that have been already hit hard on campus.” Moran said plenty of challenges still remain in the quest toward gender equality. “Some I see

, Ciabattari said. “Our world won’t organically become desegregated,” she said, stressing that white people should not expect change to happen overnight. “Don’t expect too much too soon.” The divisive presidential election is evidence of the long road ahead, Ciabattari said, adding that Tuesday’s surprising results underscore the need for communities to come together and discuss polarizing issues with compassion, respect and humility. “I have been so aware of my race and my whiteness in the last couple

couple of topics on my resume like “blockchain” and “machine learning” which have absolutely helped me. My capstone project, a blockchain game engine, put me in a really good position when Wiser started on event sourcing since it meant I had the most experience in the concept. It was not why they hired me, but it came in very handy. I also benefited from the non-computer science courses I took at PLU. Physics, for instance, is an amazing way to learn problem solving. I find myself using many of the

really stepped up to support me. I remember that so fondly. Trauma can really affect students, and I want to be able to show the same care and concern to my students as my teachers showed for me.What led you to PLU? My oldest sister attended PLU for a couple of years, so I was familiar with PLU. I did not want to stay in Tacoma when I was first looking for a college, as I am a local student. My high school counselor encouraged me to consider PLU anyway. I told my mom I would attend Lute Overnight but

from PLU. The bus is a Seattle-based nonprofit that supports young people in engaging in local and state politics. I spent that summer campaigning, canvassing, and registering folks to vote. It was awesome. From there, I spent a year in AmeriCorps through a Tacoma-based program called Urban Leaders in Training. I also worked with Graduate Tacoma on a lot of cool projects, including translating a lot of their materials into Spanish. Then, after a couple of years in Oakland, California working in

Dr. Torvend on Sustainability in Monastic Communities Posted by: dupontak / May 11, 2021 May 11, 2021 By Joy Edwards '21Religion & English MajorDr. Samuel Torvend spent his sabbatical during the 2019-20 school year researching environmental consciousness and sustainability in early medieval monastic communities.Early medieval monasteries were built to last, he emphasizes. “When these monastic communities were established, they did not think they were going to be there for a couple of weeks, but

couple of weeks, but for hundreds of years,” he said. And now, hundreds of years later, these monasteries still remain standing, and have something to teach about how to live sustainably. His project focuses on a number of Benedictine monasteries in central Italy. The Italian government has applied for World Heritage status for 10 of these monasteries, which would enable them to receive funding for research and public events. Dr. Torvend’s research on the sustainable practices of Benedictine monks