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April 12, 2010 Upright dignity:Making a difference, one wheelchair at a time By Chris Albert In the distance as the dust sifts through the air, a middle-aged Iraqi man walks to a makeshift United States military medical station. Draped in his arms is a young child, his son. It is apparent the boy does not have the use of his legs. His father has brought his son to get a wheelchair. As the father and his boy get closer to the station, soldiers tell him, “You don’t have to carry him the whole way
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March 24, 2011 Actor finds community, continuity fuels his work Danforth Comins ’97 is an Old Timer. He is, at least, compared to many other resident actors at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In his ninth year at the country’s largest resident theater, he has spent a comparative lifetime at the Ashland, Ore., company. The ability to settle-in and become a part of the local community is one of the things he loves about his work with the company. “I’m unlike so many people in my profession – I
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March 19, 2012 Kjell Thompsen, Jr. ’94, ’97 is the president of the PLU Scandinavian Alumni group. The group is active in keeping Scandinavian’s connected with PLU. (Photo by John Froschauer) Building relationships, seizing opportunity By Chris Albert As an MBA student Kjell Thompsen, Jr. happened to sit right in front of his future wife – Isabelle (Juillard) ’96. “It was tough on my neck,” Thompsen joked because he was constantly looking behind him to steal a glimpse of her. It’s just one of
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April 2, 2012 PLU professor wins Fulbright award By Katie Scaff ’13 PLU Professor Greg Williams will spend the 2012-2013 academic year continuing his work in Mexico as part of a prestigious Fulbright Scholar Award. A central theme of his work will be efforts to accommodate children and youth with disabilities into public schools. Williams is a recipient of the J. William Fulbright – Arturo Garcia Robles U.S. Scholar All-Disciplines Award, one of five Fulbright programs in Mexico. “J. William
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April 23, 2012 MediaLab documentary examines transportation issues in North America. (Photo courtesy of MediaLab) A look at ‘Sidetracked’ By Katie Scaff ’13 PLU student filmmakers have spent the last year researching the viability of improving rail infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest to help alleviate the problem of congestion. Members of MediaLab – PLU’s student faculty research program through the School of Arts and Communication – were approached by the Canadian Consulate and the
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January 7, 2013 A small group of students, staff and faculty join hands at the Explore! Retreat for first year students during J-Term. (Photo by John Froschauer) Explore! retreat helps students understand vocation, and just have fun By Katie Scaff ’13 The annual Explore! retreat offers students the chance to have fun and make new friends, but unlike other first –year programs it also offers students the opportunity to reflect on their journey and consider broader questions of meaning and
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Call to PLU Community Members for Green Fund Sustainability Project Proposals Posted by: Zach Powers / January 12, 2015 Image: [Photo by John Froschauer] January 12, 2015 By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 12, 2015)—The Pacific Lutheran University Sustainability Committee is now accepting proposals for projects that aim to make the PLU campus more sustainable. Accepted projects will advance energy conservation in any aspect of PLU life, feature students in leadership
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New economics mentorship program eases classroom-to-career transitions for PLU students Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / September 25, 2019 September 25, 2019 By StaffMarketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 25, 2019) — The academic rigors of higher education provide a rich, well-rounded foundation for students preparing for a professional career. Sometimes, however, it’s the reassuring helping hand of an experienced mentor that best smooths the ensuing transition from classroom to the
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Houston-based Center for Healing Racism will lead upcoming The People’s Gathering Posted by: Silong Chhun / March 16, 2022 Image: Peoples Gathering at PLU, Tuesday, April 2, 2019 (Photo/John Froschauer) March 16, 2022 By Debbie CaffazoPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterThe 10th edition of The People’s Gathering will ask a stark question: Do you really want to talk about racism? “Most people really don’t — and they run from the discomfort,” says Melannie Denise Cunningham, PLU’s director
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Talking with Governor Inslee Posted by: Thomas Krise / November 25, 2014 November 25, 2014 Along with the presidents of several of the other private, not-for-profit universities in Washington, I had the honor of meeting with Gov. Jay Inslee yesterday in his office in the Capitol in Olympia. Our main reason for meeting with him was to stress our desire to see the State Need Grant (a subsidy from the state that supplements the Federal Pell Grant for students who can’t afford college) restored to
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