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generously funded it. Franke received a $62,000 grant in conjunction with Willamette. “This project attempts to identify and support strong regional centers and leaders who can host tournaments, run training sessions and continue to get more schools involved in debating in China,” Franke says. “Our goal is to get more schools involved and have Debate operate at regional levels, instead of only offering a few elite national competitions per year. The regional competitions and training will allow more

continuing that tradition by delving into indigenous studies research and education — a field that’s gaining ground at the university.Kaja Gjelde-Bennett ‘17 and English faculty member Wendy Call were both awarded 2018 Fulbright grants to pursue research trips abroad. Gjelde-Bennett is working toward a master’s degree in Norway by exploring her heritage — the Sámi people’s language and history. Call will be translating indigenous women’s written work into English and teaching a course in Colombia. With

. Department of State, the Fulbright program was established in 1946 by the U.S. Congress to “enable the government of the United States to increase mutual understanding between people of the United States and the people of other countries.” It is the largest U.S. international exchange program offering opportunities for students, scholars and professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching and teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide. Allison

March 18, 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCBwlijVuw4 “PLU’s location close to Mt. Rainier is a huge resource for me and for students. For me, as a glacial geologist and as a professor, it’s really an easy place for me to go and convince students how geology affects our everyday lives, how natural resources are involved in our everyday lives and how the natural systems are inevitably going to be part of our backdrop as we move through our day-to-day lives,” said Claire Todd, assistant

June 4, 2009 Celebrating Shabbat with the PLU family Why would Lauren Eaton rebuild the Jewish club at a Lutheran college? WHEN SHE ARRIVED on campus as a first-year student, Lauren Eaton set out looking for the Alijah Jewish Club that she had read about. She didn’t find it. There hadn’t been any members for two years. I cried during my first Shabbat, because without my family it seemed very empty to celebrate by myself. It had always been a mark of solidarity in my family that we would always

was a pre-med major in college!). In middle school while waiting to go to orchestra class, I used to make fun of singers because they would make silly sounds and make crazy faces out in the hallway. Now I am a singer and have made silly noises while making funny faces warming up in taxis, public bathrooms, random stairways and even outside in the woods when no practice rooms were available. I bet innocent passersby thought I was a crazy lady. I am a lyric mezzo-soprano and have performed recitals

July 1, 2011 PLU Associate Professor Vidya Thirumurthy draws a kolam, an artful design that Hindu households use to communicate with their community. (Photo by John Froschauer) Connecting the dots: Letting neighbors know “all is well” with the world By Steve Hansen, Scene Editor Each morning, on the doorstop of every home in Vidya Thirumurthy’s hometown of Chennai – indeed, in much of Southern India – women and girls create what’s known as a kolam out of rice flour. An intricate geometric

November 11, 2011 SFC (retired) Michael Farnum during the Veterans Day Ceremony at PLU. (Photo by John Froschauer) Extending a hand to veterans By Chris Albert Extending a hand of thanks embodies the spirit of Veterans Day, said SFC (retired) Michael Farnum during the Veterans Day Ceremony at PLU. “Today I come to you as a retired soldier with a message of peace on my tongue,” he said to the assembled crowd of more than 100 people in Lagerquist Concert Hall Friday, Nov. 11. Farnum began his

January 9, 2014 PLU Economics Professor Dr. Martin Wurm addresses the Pierce County Economic Index forum on Jan. 9, 2014, as fellow Professor Neal Johnson looks on. PLU Professors Deliver Pierce County Economic Forecast Pacific Lutheran University economists Drs. Neal Johnson and Martin Wurm delivered the 2014 Pierce County Economic Index (PCEI) forecast this morning at a breakfast at Tacoma’s Hotel Murano hosted by the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber. Looking ahead in 2014, the economists

thing on Jatar’s mind. He is one of 26 Somali refugee children who have recently resettled in Tacoma and participated in a unique tutoring program during the spring semester of 2007. It was developed through a joint effort by PLU and St. Mark’s Lutheran Church by the Narrows in Tacoma. “With the older kids, it’s hard to get them to focus,” Baumer said. “I’m there to teach them, but I feel like we’re friends, too.” Baumer was one of 19 PLU students and one staff member who devoted two hours every