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spoken out about the racism she experienced as a Black bobsledding athlete and advocated for institutional change in her sport. In 2018, she announced she would donate her brain to concussion research as a way to help and empower future female athletes. Meyers Taylor is a graduate of George Washington University, where she was a decorated softball athlete and earned a bachelor’s in exercise science and a master’s in sports management. Commencement will be held at the Tacoma Dome on Saturday, May 27
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seek out new opportunities. This led to Sound Physicians, where she’s been since 2018. At Sound Physicians, Lange found more autonomy and the ability to drive change. “A lot of what PLU teaches you are skills I look for in the people I’m hiring,” she says. Intellectual curiosity. Critical thinking. Advocacy for yourself and others. Clear and concise communication, which fosters an ability to influence and persuade. They’re skills she learned at PLU and refined over the course of her career. Lange
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Reflect Returning from Study AwayHome at lastStudying away can be a change-your-life experience – and it doesn’t end when your program ends. Returning back to PLU can be both comforting and challenging. You’ll see contrasts between your experiences in another culture and your life back on campus. Coming home is the beginning of the next step along your journey. Connect with the Wang Center if you would like support processing your experience. Photo by Brook McIntyre You may feel overwhelmed by
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original works include The Family Project and Drive Change, a musical that centers on the justice system in the US. He wrote Twilight in Manchego (Directed by Tony Winner Billy Porter) for the NYMF, has written and arranged music for Playwrights Horizons and translated, adapted and directed Romeo and Juliet in Pulaar (Mauritania, West Africa). Matt has performed around the world including Uganda, Mauritania, and Japan, and across the US. A graduate of Boston University’s College of Fine Arts, Matt is a
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Save Add Edit Remove Back New Delete Documents and Forms Institutional Effectiveness Site Menu Home About Institutional Dashboards Enrollment Retention Graduation Strategic Planning Related Departments Office of Institutional Research and Analytics Accreditation Diversity & Inclusion Enrollment Management Presidential Commission on Innovation & Change Staff Contact Information Office of Institutional Effectiveness Pacific Lutheran University Karen McConnell, Ph.D. Associate Vice President and Chief
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. “It’s comprehensively helping students take on the identity of a college student and understanding what that means,” says Dr. Eva Frey, PLU’s Dean of Students and the PLUS 100 instructor teaching McAdam’s first-year cohort. “PLUS 100 is the only class (at PLU) that explicitly talks about the behaviors needed to be successful in and outside of a college classroom.”McAdams, who just completed his first season at the helm of PLU’s football program, saw first-hand the kind of impact college skills
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, Hospitality Services & Campus Restaurants is also focusing efforts towards organic purchasing decisions for products such as eggs milk as well as specific meats such as chicken and beef. We are continually finding new ways to improve our sustainability efforts. The main area we focus on are: Minimizing our Environmental Impact Composting & reducing the amount of waste we send to the landfill. Through prudence, determination and research, we have reduced the waste sent to the landfill by an astounding
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continue learning outside the limitations of the class schedule. Sharlene reflects on the impact the center has on students by saying that through the supplemental assistance, tutors and assistant directors are able “to help the students not only get better grades but become better students.” While the PLC is primarily focused on academic success, the center is much more than that for these student directors. It’s also a community. They all echo each other when expressing their gratitude for the
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60 years, until in 2009, he watched a documentary about a group of Kentucky middle schoolers who began studying the Holocaust by collecting paperclips to represent the 6 million Jews who perished in concentration camps during WWII. Elbaum admitted that he simply couldn’t face the pain of what he’d experienced, and didn’t think he’d have much impact anyway. “But when I saw the school children crying in the film, after listening to a survivor, I realized that my story still has the power to
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the hands of their own government. Now, the MFT graduate is working to launch her own practice to help immigrants and refugees facing similar trauma. Read More Fortifying Health Within Prison Walls Eric Larsen ’09 worked for years as a biologist for the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. As he rose through the ranks and the work became more sequestered, he started craving a job that made a more immediate impact. So, at 46 years old, he entered PLU’s entry-level MSN program. Now, he treats
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