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to reach consensus on those things. When I came into office, I had a couple of priorities for policy issues. One was to make some very detailed statement on academic freedom in the classroom. I felt that if you look back over AAUP policies . . . the detail about what academic freedom means in the classroom is really not there. As freedom in the classroom has come under pressure over the past decade, I felt the organization needed a much more substantive, persuasive, detailed statement on that

math students at nearly every level. Miller, who maintains a 3.91 grade point average, can be found in the math lab four nights per week for a couple of hours each night. The lanky Miller pursues running the same way she does mathematics, with equal measure purpose and success. Throughout her cross-country career she has been among PLU’s top runners, and last spring during the track and field season she shattered by nearly 18 seconds the school record in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase

last part of A Generation Removed, I ponder why Australia and Canada have had searching national debates about the forced removal of Indigenous children but the United States has not.” Jacobs specifically cites the 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case Adoptive Couple vs. Baby Girl, which pitted adoptive parents Matt and Melanie Capobianco against baby Veronica’s biological father, Dusten Brown, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Veronica’s biological mother had relinquished her for adoption to

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 environmental organizing with Clean Water Action, I came home to Tacoma and got connected with Lutheran Community Services.  It’s been a lot of learning and hopping around, but in

they feel healthy because it’s this constant state of unknown. It could be just cracking a couple of jokes (that) can honestly brighten people’s moods and it makes them feel more comfortable with you.” The opportunity to take part in a historic moment by administering life-changing vaccinations has certainly left an impact on the PLU community and students, like Hobbs, who are looking to pay it forward.  “You can tell when people come through that they’re nervous, they’re scared,” said Hobbs

musical medium you’re interested in? I’ve always loved film scores. My favorite composer of all time is John Williams. I really do like the idea of film scoring, and I’ve taught a couple of classes on the history of the subject. This project was unique in that I wrote the music before the film ever came to be. It was a reverse process, but just because I made it that way. Dr. Gina Gillie is a Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University where she teaches horn, composition, aural skills, music

door, and experience what life after college may be like. If you really like your internship, it provides affirmations that the field you’re interested in is probably a good fit for you. Plus, if you don’t like the internship, then that provides a great insight to what you don’t want to do. Simon scans the field before making a pass during a PLU Men's Ultimate Frisbee game in March 2023. Let’s go back in time a few years. How did you pick PLU? There were a couple of factors. I was looking at

moment that clearly illustrated how we can, and we must, love our way through our most difficult conversations,” said PLU Director of Multicultural Recruitment Melannie Denise Cunningham. “Tacoma, like every city in the United States ought to be, is examining our relationships with one another as a community and realizing that we have work to do to get to know each other,” Cunningham continued.Co-sponsored by the PLU Office of Admission and co-emceed by Cunningham, the 1000 Man Family March

learning was really useful,” she said. “I think it’s something that I just hope we can continue to offer.” Read Previous Entrepreneur Justin Foster ’02 on making meaningful relationships with faculty Read Next New federal grant boosts PLU doctoral nursing students serving in underserved WA areas COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first

meaningful conversations about their responsibilities in preventing and appropriately addressing these issues. This event, “An Evening with Sarah Klein,” will help PLU graduates better understand themselves, their relationships and their future professional roles. Klein connected with Kinesiology Professor and six-time Olympic Mental Skills Coach, Dr. Colleen Hacker, when they both spoke at the ESPN Women’s Sport Summit in 2018. “Sarah is an amazing person, tireless advocate, and powerful legal voice for