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against all that is evil and crush the word known as inequality. Fences is a story about Troy Maxson making his living as a sanitation worker in 1950’s Pittsburgh. Maxson once dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player, but was deemed too old when the major leagues began admitting black athletes. Bitter over his missed opportunity, Troy creates further tension in his family when he squashes his son’s chance to meet a college football recruiter. Fences, along with many other great shows, is an

, particularly regarding financial freedom in smaller villages,” Ambachew says.“Traditionally, men bring the income, and women do chores,” she says of the villages. “But I saw women in cooperatives doing craft work and all kinds of creative things to bring in family income without relying on men. It was empowering and cool to see women doing great work.” Ambachew decided to switch her major to innovation studies and apply earlier credits earned to a business and computer science minor. “Even though I did

began. Yaden says program leaders will reapply for the grant, and she anticipates it will return to PLU next summer. For Park, that’s good news. “I want to start teaching as soon as possible,” she said, “even if that means teaching students in Korean school at church.” Park has slowly started doing that, and Yaden said she’s off to a great start in the STARTALK program. During a recent lesson plan — part of the second half of the program when high school heritage and intermediate second-language

are, which is a direct representation of their growth. Through methods like this, we can track how well our cultures are growing!” (PLU photo / Sy Bean) Ryan Fisher ’24 Biology major and environmental studies minor “This summer has been such a great experience in research,” said Fisher. “In our lab, I got to practice a lot of different chemistry and biology-based methods to understand marine microbes on a molecular level.” “One of my absolute favorite parts of research has been the actual process

regarding financial freedom in smaller villages,” Ambachew says.“Traditionally, men bring the income, and women do chores,” she says of the villages. “But I saw women in cooperatives doing craft work and all kinds of creative things to bring in family income without relying on men. It was empowering and cool to see women doing great work.” Ambachew decided to switch her major to innovation studies and apply earlier credits earned to a business and computer science minor. “Even though I did have a little

holistic view of what service might mean. We teach them to think about the students they tutor as students, not kids. these are students with big ideas, great vision and a desire to succeed. We’re just helping them along the way.” The center is open four days a week, and usually three PLU students can be found working there. There are the four paid student assistant directors and several student volunteers. Co-Director, Dr. Scott Rogers, Assistant Professor of English.× Co-Director, Dr. Bridget Yaden

., learning how to operate the equipment, including the 16-inch telescope, and talking about space. It was a culmination of a childhood passion for astronomy and astrophysics. “My first class at PLU was a physics course with Dr. Bret Underwood,” said Kop. “I knew it was going to be difficult, and it was. But the new experience of a small class with a professor who is very good at one-on-one talks and working with individual students, was just great,” he said. Kop’s interest for science grew when he took

: I have two majors, in environmental studies and theatre, and a minor in Hispanic studies. I’m also taking a PLUS Year. How do your majors interact with each other? Ruggeri: PLU’s liberal arts program really encourages us to connect our studies. You see great examples of political theater with “Hamilton,” for example. My political science and environmental studies inform how I create active political and social change with theatre. The storytelling lessons learned from theater help me share why

. Brian Galante, Music Professor and Department of Music Chair, shares why it’s a great time to study music and why PLU is a great place to do so! Read Previous Matthew Conover ’19 explains how PLU helped prepare him for a career in software engineering Read Next PLU Clubs: Cubing Club LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies

Global health leader and human rights advocate to visit PLU and discuss the impact of COVID-19 on LGBTIQ+ communities globally Posted by: bennetrr / February 4, 2021 February 4, 2021 By Rosemary Bennett '21PLU Marketing and CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University’s biennial Ambassador Chris Stevens Celebration of Service will be held virtually at 7 p.m. on March 9. Amie Bishop, a global health leader and human rights advocate will deliver the keynote lecture titled “Vulnerabilities Amplified