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interacts with these families. The Diversity Center, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, is a place for people of all identities to feel safe and cared for. It’s been a special space for Lucas since before he even knew he was going to be a student at PLU. “I was doing a student tour and visited the campus and I went to the Diversity Center. There I met Angie Hambrick, who was at the time its director, and she started getting me connected immediately.” His initial tour of the Diversity

Tacoma-area Conference for Innovation Students Submit your proposals by February 22, 2021 Posted by: halvormj / February 4, 2021 February 4, 2021 By Michael Halvorson, Director of Innovation Studies Are you a current Innovation Studies student? Read on if you’re interested in presenting a paper or student project at a local Innovation conference. I was contacted recently by a colleague at the UW/Tacoma who directs their university’s Institute for Innovation and Global Engagement. Each year they

perform works from Clifton Williams, Franz Biebl, Leonard Bernstein, Frank Ticheli, and Percy Grainger. “The program was picked for a variety of audiences,” explains Ron Gerhardstein who is Associate Director of Bands at PLU.  “Most important are the high school students at our different stops along the route. I chose music that would appeal to them, including selections they might have played before (Clifton Williams – Caccia and Chorale, Frank Ticheli’s Amazing Grace, and Percy Grainger’s Shepherd’s

On Exhibit: Women in Translation Posted by: Julie Babka / August 12, 2022 August 12, 2022 August is Women in Translation (WIT) Month; a time to highlight some of the incredible translated writings by women from around the globe. Only 30% of women who write and publish in languages other than English are translated in the U.S. and only 36% of books translated into English are from non-European countries (Women in Translation, 2022). WIT month hopes to make changes to these numbers by celebrating

From Oxford, England to Oaxaca, Mexico, Jackie Lindstrom ’23 uses math to understand migration Posted by: mhines / June 12, 2023 Image: Jackie Lindstrom ’23 is a chemistry and math major and minor in Hispanic Studies. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) June 12, 2023 By Emily Holt, MFA ’16PLU Marketing and Communications Guest Writer Recently, chemistry major Jackie Lindstrom found herself in Oxford, England, conducting a series of informational interviews with public health representatives from Oxfam and

From First-Year Communication Student to Election Night Reporter With the Pros Posted by: Todd / November 26, 2014 Image: Some of the PLU election workers reporting for The News Tribune on Nov. 4, from left: first-year Matthew Salzano, junior Samantha Lund, first-year Michael Pham, first-year Michael Diambri, and senior Naomi Bess. (Photo courtesy Samantha Lund) November 26, 2014 By Matthew Salzano ’18 PLU Communication Student I woke up at 8:15 a.m. Nov. 7, 2014, to an email from Michael

Makaela Whalen ’23 pursues newly launched pre-law minor Posted by: vcraker / June 7, 2022 Image: Image: (From left to right) Honorable Philip K. Sorensen, Connor Lemma ’22, Makaela Whalen ’23, Calissa Hagen ’24, Honorable Clarence Henderson, Jr. (photo courtesy of Judge Sorensen) June 7, 2022 Makaela Whalen ’23 has a passion for the environment and animals. Her desire to find a meaningful vocation that feeds those passions resulted in her pursuing a degree in either environmental or animal law

Transition to Turnitin Feedback Studio Posted by: nordgrle / May 10, 2017 May 10, 2017 By Layne Nordgren Turnitin provides originality- and plagiarism-checking for student papers and includes a set of online tools for faculty to provide in-context feedback for students. For PLU courses, Turnitin can be enabled as an option when creating a Sakai Assignment. On June 3, 2017, PLU transitioned to the new Turnitin interface called Feedback Studio. Feedback Studio combines Turnitin Originality

Student Sings way to Seattle Opera Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 11, 2013 March 11, 2013 You may have seen him tearing up the stage in Lagerquist Hall or starting an impromptu concert in the UC. Maybe you recognized him from America’s Got Talent “YouTube Acts Compete.” Or, if you were in Seattle last weekend, you may have seen the young bright-eyed face on stage at Seattle Opera’s production of La Boheme. John Marzano ’13, who has been singing for just about as long as he can remember

kids filled in the “When I grow up, I want to be” blank with “an astronaut” or “a fireman,” Schaumberg declared “I want to be a college professor!” He claims to have no recollection of deciding his career in third grade, and yet here he is, still bouncing with contagious enthusiasm in his office. From Schaumberg’s perspective, his route to employment wasn’t quite so straightforward. Yes, this when we get to the saving-your-life part. After graduating from Whitman College in 2009 with a BA in