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2018 interim director of the Wild Hope Center for Vocation, service, in part, means “blurring the line between yourself and the neighbor.” “I find that I thrive in a community that is nurturing and inclusive,” says Simone Smith, coordinator for student rights and responsibilities and disabilities support services. “My vocation is being able to build that network of support for others.” Lidia Ruyle, a 25-year PLU veteran who works in facilities management, says that she found a sense of family in

. For your senior capstone project in the computer science degree program, you’ll put your skills to the test, conceiving and executing a substantial software program. Upon graduation, you will be well-prepared to join one of the fastest growing industries. Your potential career paths may include crafting code computer science for software simulations of proteins, contributing to the next blockbuster video game, or developing innovative social applications that foster new connections among people

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dessert wine with the perfect amount of sweetness tugged at his heart strings. Standing in a chilled storage room surrounded by cases of wine, Benson said the Ruby Port is named after his grandmother. “It was a labor of love and a fitting wine for someone like her,” he said. The port was a three-year project, and Grandma Ruby never got the chance to drink it before she died in 2010. But her sweet memory lives on every time someone uncorks a bottle. “It’s a tribute to my Benson family roots,” Benson

abilities as an educator, Taylor-Mosquera was hungry to continue his educational journey, and to experience a new part of the world. He enrolled at Leiden University in the Netherlands, completed a research project in Chile and earned a Master of Arts in Latin American studies in 2014. Taylor-Mosquera now lives with family in Cali, working with adoptees and teaching high school English. He’s savoring the newfound identity he questioned for decades. “I’ve always felt Colombian in the states,” he said

Sophomore Assessments For BM and BME sophomore assessment juries: Total jury time is approximately 15 minutes. A minimum average score of 25/50 must be achieved to pass. See jury rubrics for more information. For BA/BMA sophomore assessment juries: Total jury time is approximately 15 minutes, roughly equally split between performing your jury selection and presenting your project proposal. A minimum average score of 25/50 must be achieved to pass. See jury rubrics for more information. BRASS

involved with a video project as part of the Listen campaign, documenting people’s raw feelings about confronting microaggressions and how to overcome them. Adams said this campaign is PLU’s chance to get it right. “This is it,” he said. “Nobody’s asking for perfection. It’s asking for active acknowledgment. We need to actualize our ‘now what?’”

serves as its Interim Director. Jennifer also co-directs, with the poet Joy Harjo, an arts mentorship program for Mvskoke youth in Oklahoma, and is a Project Director with the non-profit organization InnerCHANGE WORKS. She is the author of two books of poetry, Leaving Tulsa (2013) and Bright Raft in the Afterweather (2018), both published by the University of Arizona Press. Foerster is of German, Dutch, and Mvskoke descent, is a member of the Mvskoke (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma, and lives in San

result of her historical documentary work, the university’s Archives and Marketing and Communications departments developed an online project to further document the Black experience at PLU. Searching for a way to communicate what it’s like to be a Person of Color on the Autism Spectrum, Watts wrote and produced a play, “Spectrums of Color.” “I think my years at PLU helped me realize what it’s like to be a Person of Color at a predominantly white institution,” she said. “But it’s important to me to

. Beyond these interpersonal relationships, which I cherish to this day and intend to maintain for years to come, I also gained knowledge and skills through my coursework that have proven useful to me in later academic endeavors. While I was in Norway, I conducted an independent field research project on Norwegian approaches to development aid, which involved personal interviews with several prominent scholars and practitioners. Now, in my graduate studies in the anthropology and sociology of