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make a case for me to receive an award like this, it wasn’t because of my performance!” Kittilsby is humble, if not a home-run hero. His contributions to athletics, baseball and PLU are considerable—and often not so behind-the-scenes. Kittilsby: worked as PLU’s Sports Information Director and Assistant Athletic Director while coaching baseball. He then a Major Gift Director in the Office of Development, where he worked until retiring from PLU in 1993; worked in administration for professional

familiar or comfortable to them. PLU: You’re one of the university’s faculty members who has completed the PLU Teaching Online (PLUTO) and Blended Learning programs. How has that training set you up for success in this unique situation we’re facing? Youtz: Because of the PLUTO experience and my development of blended and online learning courses over the last five years, my Sakai websites are quite robust and serve me very well during this time. I am used to delivering content remotely and “flipping

year has been rich in personal and professional development. As the PR director, Hernández worked on improving ASPLU’s media presence—relying on their training in communications. They worked hard to create engaging posts on Twitter and Instagram, developing an ASPLU brand identity, and improving graphics and marketing. “I’m proud of how our PR has gone in a good direction, and I think the new PR director will continue that direction,” Hernandez says.    As the masculinity intern at the Center for

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experience and gave me a taste of what it is like to work on a team in industry and also to start learning some of the more practical and less theoretical things. The T-Mobile internship was about learning “the cloud” and to think like a development engineer. Later, my full-time job at PLU was about automation and platform architecture and planning, most often by seeing what did and did not work for others. How did your academic experience at PLU help prepare you for your career?  Being a small school

think that is all I can ask for. What skills are you gaining from this experience? I definitely feel like my professional development has gone up quite a bit in terms of what it means to work in a professional setting, and how to hold myself to a certain standard in a working way rather than an academic way. I definitely think that has been a bit of a struggle – shifting from being a student to “this is your job.” I’ve been trying to work on my time management skills, but it is a little rough.What

lot. The study away program was one of the main things that drew me to PLU. I studied abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico and completed an internship at a rural development organization that was working in conflict resolution and on programs empowering women in rural communities. Speaking of internships, your resume is jam-packed with them. Is there a first internship that stands out to you as representing the beginning of your professional journey? It wasn’t exactly an internship, but actually a really cool