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Davis, a FabLab co-founder who graduated from PLU with a degree in business management and marketing in 2006. “We provide the tools, we provide the knowledge, and we provide some of the resources to get ideas up and off the ground.” Makerspaces aren’t new to the do-it- yourself landscape. But the for-profit approach employed by FabLab is young, Davis says. Typically, makerspaces have been affiliated with universities and libraries. FabLab is membership-based. Users pay a monthly fee to use the
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are eligible to vote during their time away. Make a plan for accessing money while away Encourage them to consider how they will continue self-care practices while away My student commutes to campus and has been living at home while studying at PLU. What should we expect?This may be the first time you’ve been away from your student for an extended period of time, and their first time living independently. Study away is a fantastic opportunity for students to grow academically as well as
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years at the helm of Outdoor Rec, the program continued to grow and evolve. During the ’97-98 school year, OR expanded to weeklong trips, one to Montana for skiing and another to Oregon’s Smith Rock for climbing. Wade also began running a basic staff training that discussed risk management in the outdoors, and he held periodic wilderness medicine mini-seminars that addressed what incidents could arise outdoors and how to handle them. “For a lot of us, it was our first foray into real leadership
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work, but instead of working for one employer, might work for multiple clients. Examples of independent contractor jobs include tutor or child care provider. An independent contractor can use an Independent Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), which can be obtained regardless of immigration status. If you are interested in starting your own business, a Limited Liability Company (LLC) may be an option to consider. An LLC is composed of an individual or a group of people who are both workers and
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for her; I really pushed myself to take care with each of the creative projects I sent her. The story that eventually became Sex & Violence, and my creative thesis, was sort of born out of a kind of guilty side project, to be honest. I read a lot of YA, because I teach teenagers and they’re always giving me book recommendations. But I was making myself read other titles for the program that I deemed much more “scholarly” in order to make up for my lack of a formal degree in English. Which is sort
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you can’t necessarily teach someone to do, to feel, to want. To teach someone to care — to want diverse perspectives and then not just include but value them — don’t feel like things you can force. Which just speaks to the corporatization and co-opted nature of D&I as it stands right now. Jen: Yes, because this is just basic work to make a place where all of our students are valued for who they are so they can succeed. So why does it have to be new or super sexy or flashy in order to be valuable
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support. “PLU has been so phenomenal through so much—beginnings, endings and hardships in between,” Hunt said. Health, Hardships and Healing Hardships don’t come much harder: In the summer of 2009, Hunt was diagnosed with cancer. “It was a very, very stressful semester,” Hunt said (in addition to classes, a job and bills, her namesake aunt was losing her own battle with cancer). “I was having a hard time. I thought I had an ulcer.” Hunt visited a local urgent-care clinic, which performed nine hours
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example of how we’re bringing alumni and students together. The gathering drew both undergraduate and graduate students with declared majors that included accounting, finance, marketing, nursing, fine arts and more. They met for a discussion and lunch with 14 PLU alumni who work for the nation’s fifth-largest airline — everyone from recent graduates to Alaska CEO Brad Tilden ‘83. Take our Alumni SurveyWe care about your success after you leave PLU. Let us know how you used your degree and what you’re
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professional, with a successful track record in major gifts investment, strategic planning, executive coaching and non-profit management. Sher earned a Master of Social Work degree from USC, a Master of Arts in Jewish Communal Service from Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion and an Honorary Doctorate in Jewish Communal Service form HUC. Conference ScheduleMost recently, Marla served for the past five years as the Director of Development for the American Jewish Committee, leading AJC’s
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professional, with a successful track record in major gifts investment, strategic planning, executive coaching and non-profit management. Sher earned a Master of Social Work degree from USC, a Master of Arts in Jewish Communal Service from Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion and an Honorary Doctorate in Jewish Communal Service form HUC. Conference ScheduleMost recently, Marla served for the past five years as the Director of Development for the American Jewish Committee, leading AJC’s
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