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planning to apply to PLU or if they need assistance with Visas, immigration, or other information about living and studying in the U.S. The Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education is another great resource for both International Students and PLU students who plan to study abroad during their education at PLU. The center provides information on grants, study abroad opportunities, and events on or near campus for students.

distribution centers; working with church-sponsored lobbyists who spend their time with legislators in Olympia; researching the history and practice of regional gleaning; attending city-wide or regional conferences on local and global hunger initiatives. Most of these social initiatives would be described as charity or charitable works focused on meeting immediate human need. However, the more challenging question that students begin to ask is this: “Why, in a region of stunning wealth, are such charitable

Career in Global Health April 21, 2014 Lute Plays Piano “Up Close with the Masters” April 21, 2014 More Story Musical Memories Choir of the West member recalls bus trip to the 1939 World's Fair in San Francisco Editors Note: When Lorna Vosburg... April 21, 2014 Supplemental Issue RESOLUTE is Pacific Lutheran University's flagship magazine, published twice a year, with an extra online-only update in September. EDITORIAL OFFICES PLU, Building 29 Tacoma, WA 253-535-8410 Contact Us Links Discovery Alumni

kind of woven my way through PLU,” Ringdahl says. (Photo: PLU Archives and Special Collectionst) At work in the library. +Enlarge Photo That’s putting it mildly, considering she’s also created history by building PLU’s Archives into a global force: Now part of Northwest Digital Archives, PLU’s vast pictorial history includes digital publications, more than 500,000 photos, and online interviews with 280 Scandinavians about their immigrant experiences. “People from all over the world write to say

Project Inspires First-Year’s Path A happy accident landed Sandra Estrada ’20 in her “Global Human Rights” course. It resulted in research on child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, which she presented at an academic symposium at PLU. Read More VOLUME 4, ISSUE 3 RESOLUTE is Pacific Lutheran University’s flagship magazine, published three times a year. EDITORIAL OFFICES PLU, Neeb Center Tacoma, WA 253-535-8410 Contact Us Links Features On Campus Discovery Class Notes ResoLute Staff Recent Articles

. “We educate the next generation of graduate students.” Reed, the program director, agrees. “Business is global,” she said, adding that taking students abroad helps them gain new perspective to practically apply what they’ve learned in the classroom. Loomis says the new perspective she garnered abroad is valuable to her job today. She gained insight into the medical industry from Army doctors in her MBA cohort, the group who traveled with her to Peru. “They had a unique lens, both from the Army

student athletes are contributing a great deal to the Tacoma and Parkland communities, they receive just as much, if not more, from the experiences. “We’re trying to put our student athletes in leadership roles and help them become global citizens and more holistic leaders,” Turner said. For Oord, an ideal community service opportunity is one where all parties involved benefit from the experience. “It’s not about just you growing and improving,” Oord said. “If you’re doing something to make yourself

knowing I was in contention for it,” Barot said. Barot and the other fellowship recipients were announced last month. They were chosen from a pool of nearly 3,000 applicants, based on achievement and exceptional promise. The fellowships are meant to give people the free time needed to pursue projects, Barot said. Chord has been a longtime coming for Barot. He started writing the collection of poems in 2005. After 9/11 and the beginning of the Iraq War, Barot reflected on global tensions. Despite the