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lives,” says Speer, who has spent her entire career working for nonprofits, previously serving at the American Lung Association of Washington, United Way of Pierce County and the Tacoma Community College Foundation. “There is a great sense of accomplishment in working as a team along with dedicated educators to provide positive learning experiences for children and youth in need of extra academic and social/emotional support,” explains Shultz. Prior to joining CIS in 2006, Shultz served in a variety

that matters to people, we’ve got to get better at speaking a different language.” “Intellectuals should ‘go public’ and demonstrate the relevance (of scholarship and research) to social and political concerns,” urged Young. “We need to change the system from the inside. That is happening, but slowly.” Chavez used her talk to shed light on the millions of young people in the United States who are currently locked out college classrooms, a byproduct of what she referred to as “the de-Americanization

excitement has worn off for most in and around the suburban city that’s just a stone’s throw away from Pacific Lutheran University. But for one economics professor on campus, it’s finally getting interesting. Associate Professor of Economics Martin Wurm and his research partner Neal Johnson, a former PLU Economics faculty member, are the social scientists charged by the United States Golf Association (USGA) with determining the economic impact of the U.S. Open on the local, regional and statewide economy

spirit of social justice lives on through a legacy scholarship established in his memory. Read More Going Places Kristina Walker ’02 first discovered Copenhagen and its hundreds of kilometers of bike routes as a PLU study-away student. When she returned to Denmark more than a decade later, it was as executive director of Tacoma’s Downtown on the Go. Read More The Reboot of Outdoor Rec Back in the 1990s, campus outdoor recreation programs were roughing it due to a lack of organization, leadership and

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graduated in 1990 from the University of Washington. During his tenure in the design field he has worked for various clients including Simon and Schuster, Random House, Crown, Disney, Chronicle Books, Starbucks and the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Lace M. Smith, executive director of content development Lace is responsible for curating adaptive and sharable content on PLU social media. Starting in PLU’s Student Involvement and Leadership in 2005, Lace has a rooted background in

students each year. Georgia said she’s working with the Tacoma-based program, Ready to Rise, to identify scholarship recipients. The program is spearheaded by Degrees of Change, an organization that works to extend the reach of the Act Six initiative, which fully funded Panago’s education at PLU. Awardees must embody Panago’s values, including a deep passion for social justice. Tim Herron, Degrees of Change president, says Panago lived the Act Six mission, particularly after his time at PLU. He “poured

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