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fry bread. No matter what we did, we learned a great deal about native culture – and a little about our own traditions. I come from an extensive Scandinavian family that hosts a Smorgasbord around Christmas and garlands its trees with Swedish and Norwegian flags. My time with the Makah taught me to look at my own culture in a way that is not simply seasonal. I think of the Makah who participated for six hours of dances that have never been performed before and may never be again. These songs and

things in life that are beautiful and good. “Everything I do see that’s excellent, orderly and pure, it’s from God,” said Gray. He believes his faith plays a part in why he does what he does. “The fact that I’m a believer gives me a spiritual awareness,” said Gray, making him “more vulnerable to beautiful things. Excellent things. So, those things turn me on.” Gray has several figure paintings of his family, including his wife, Jessica, his six-year-old son, Forest, and daughter, Lauren, 9. Teaching

faculty, staff and student leaders. Campus Pastor Nancy Connor, one of the staff guiding the Northwest Trek trip, said Campus Ministry has sponsored this trip for the last six or seven years. Read Previous The State of PLU Read Next Convocation 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 Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world

remains one of his mentors to this day. While a student at PLU, Scott met and fell in love with his future wife, Elizabeth (Morlan ’05) in Choir of the West. “I proposed to her on stage,” he said. That was in December 2004 and they were married the following summer. They have two beautiful girls, Madelyn (3) and Avery (six months) who can “sleep through any music we happen to be playing or singing at the time,” he said. He serves as the choir director at Trinity Lutheran Church in Enumclaw and his

’ corporate headquarters in SeaTac, Washington. For 13 weeks, Grah worked full-time analyzing the network of flight routes for profitability. And he collaborated with other departments to adjust ticket prices to ensure capacity and tracking competitors’ rates. “The skills you get out of an internship can’t be matched by any class,” said Grah. Grah was part of a six-person network planning team. As his culmination project for the internship, Grah was given the opportunity to propose a new flight route for

lived and worked in Malta and Barcelona, Spain, where she served as chief marketing officer for emerging mobile media companies. Prior to moving abroad, Gibbs served as senior vice president for consumer marketing and ecommerce at PlanetOut, a leading media and entertainment company based in San Francisco. She also helped lead the company to a successful IPO in 2004. Earlier, Gibbs was executive vice president at The Weber Group (later Weber Shandwick Worldwide), where she managed six offices and

than 45 schools in nine school districts. •    Sent six teams to the National MESA Engineering Competition. •    Established the first MESA Powerful Parent Board. •    Awarded more than $500,000 in scholarships. •    Established the first MESA Day competition in Washington. One of the PLU organization’s most visible on-campus events is the annual MESA Day engineering competition, the first of its kind in the state. Each spring, hundreds of K-12 students from nearly two dozen local schools come to

related how, upon visiting the office of Pendapala Naanda ’92, his employees gushed to her about how special he was. The nine recognized this, too. Eva-Liisa Shilamba Kafidi’92 mentioned the power of education in the film. “I know that, with an education, no one would oppress me,” she said. Following the screening, the six Namibian graduates who attended the premiere came onstage to answer audience questions. One of the most well-received answers was from Tjiramba, in response to how he explained his

vulnerability, feral instincts, and athleticism in a dance choreography. Zoller set the nine minute piece in one week. Dancers spent a total of 15 rehearsal hours together. “Most of the dances I have choreographed in the past were composed over a one to three month period. I would often have time to think about the work, make changes, and let the dancers play a bigger role in movement generation. Knowing I only had a week to work with the six dancers at PLU I arrived with much of the dance planned out

occupations. Research indicates that 76% of graduates from entry-level MSN programs have been offered a job by graduation. Four to six months out from graduation, 95% of graduates have been offered jobs. The ongoing nursing shortage and the projected retirement of over 1 million experienced nurses by 2030 means that nurses who gain higher levels of education and experience now will be well-poised to lead the next generation of nurses in all settings: research, education, and practice. Get an inside look