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women since it meant they were innocent and subordinate, she instead uses this quality against prescribed gender roles. The choice to cast Mary McKenna-Bruce intentionally aligns the character with an actress who, until recently, was a child star in the popular British children’s show Tracy Beaker Returns (2010-2012) and its spinoff The Dumping Ground (2013-). Don’t be fooled into thinking Disney Channel would air these alongside Raven’s Home (2017-) and reruns of Hannah Montana (2006-2011

competitive environment, and with an economy as dynamic as ours, I think we will always find ourselves in challenging times. Q: What advice do you have for today’s business majors at PLU? SM: Pursue internships or other opportunities where you can experience how classroom work applies to the real world. And do it sooner rather than later, as the more you can relate your coursework to the business world, the more meaningful it will be. Even if the internship is unpaid, I believe this is a worthwhile

.” Although the center’s scope of work has grown following the merger, its core mission remains. “We’re dedicated to supporting faculty, students and staff with the resources necessary to advance PLU’s distinction and vision for global education, a vision that has always assumed the dynamic intersection of the local and global,” she explains.  Partnering with departments all over campus, Wang Center staff help provide faculty members with development and grant opportunities, manage and coordinate domestic

humanitarian crisis in Yemen, and disasters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Northeast Nigeria, and South Sudan—along with the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the immense challenges, Lander remains inspired by his work and motivated to do more. “It’s the best job I’ve ever had,” he said. “It’s an interesting dynamic, and I’m working with great colleagues who are very dedicated and committed to humanitarian work.”Daily Response to Global Need The Nobel Peace Prize is also “a huge recognition of

institutional mission as a highly dynamic and intentional community partner.    What is it about our environment, in particular, that you find energizing? There are few universities in the country that match the diversity of land and people that surround Parkland. We have urban, suburban, shoreline, rural, foothill and Native American communities. We have the fourth largest US military base in the world next door that brings with it the ninth largest veteran community. We are at the center of a rapidly

call types. This divergence has been rapid and recent within the last 5,000 to 12,000 years, making it an ideal system to study speciation. Our goal was to examine whether the songs of the different call types have diverged and whether this maintains reproductive isolation. Song is a likely reproductive isolating barrier between the call types because birdsong is used in mate choice and species recognition. Additionally, we hope to identify mechanism(s) responsible for the observed differences in

to make good money doing hard and dirty work. Like most Alaskan youth who endure nearly 24-hour dark and cold during the winter months, Zach spent most of his free time in a gymnasium. In small communities like Gambell and Naknek, basketball and wrestling are the sports of choice for kids. In fact, they are about the only sports available because they take place indoors. To be successful in both sports is considered unusual in the lower 48 states, but it is a fairly normal occurrence in Alaska

youth.Benge at her masters degree thesis presentation surrounded by PLU faculty and staff: Brian Desmond, Jennifer Smith, Lace Smith, and Giovanna Urdangarain.Her medium of choice:  Devised theater, which eschews formal scripts, characterization, and other stage traditions in favor of a looser, more collaborative creative process. For Benge, this openness and flexibility allows “an honoring of what performers are already bringing” as well as a means to “showcase that in such a way that (participants) can

Jewish concept called tikkun olam, which refers to actions one takes to repair and improve the world, the final unit of the course is centered around the question “What Can We Do?” which asks students to think about interventions and repair work that take place in the post-genocide context. Students conduct research and create a poster and presentation about an organization of their choice that works to repair the atrocities of genocide. Past projects have highlighted people working to destroy

know or understand before. My story is not unique. The dynamic evolution of globalization has made this journey increasingly common among both students and working professionals, all the while becoming an essential component to the functioning of the world’s economies. In fact, the number of students studying abroad increased 144 percent between 1995-2005 according to the Institute for International Education. When I set out for my semester abroad in London during the fall of 2001, I didn’t have