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feedback welcome). An initial solution is to change the format of program leaders and instead do a University Assembly after each meeting of the Board of Regents. Compensation: Increase in minimum wage, cost of living, and compression continue to be areas of concern. There will be a 2% across-the-board increase taking effect in September, and an additional $300k invested in equity adjustments and promotions. Additionally, the majority of the medical benefit increase cost will be covered by PLU. This

internship with Tacoma Housing Authority. Kang—a communication and political science double major from Auburn, Washington—was connected with THA through Degrees of Change’s Seed Internships program which helps pair local university students with internships throughout the Greater Tacoma area. “I was inspired to go local because I’ve loved PLU for four years and I wanted to use the skills I’ve been building to benefit and leave an impact on the community that surrounds me,” Kang said. Kang works as a

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an orchestration by George Crumb called “Ancient Voices of Children,” a sprawling work that looks a bit like a Rorschach test of musical notes. Mezzo-soprano, boy soprano, mandolin, harp, toy piano and Tibetan prayer stones are all called for in this score that fills pages, some of which are 20 inches long. And if one can’t get prayer stones? Use rocks, Reid laughed. Reid’s music will be included in a program of chamber music on Feb. 29th at 8 p.m. in Lagerquist Concert Hall. The pieces will

wasn’t too long after Brown and Blauser first spoke that a shipment of 31 wheelchairs made it to Iraq. Since, there have been more than 720 wheelchairs given to Iraqi children. All of which carry a story, not unlike the father who carried his son his whole life. “Giving them the dignity and respect of being up off the ground,” Brown said, “I just think that’s a great gift.” Many of the soldiers who have been part of this program have told him the same thing over and over again. “This is the one great

very impressed with the quality of the ideas that the students develop and how realistic their business plans are.” According to Jim Brock, dean of the School of Business, it is the way all the faculty members conduct their classes. Professors focus on making sure students have every opportunity to get important hands-on experience. “We encourage students to be active learners, taking advantage of the opportunities we work to put before them, including participating in our mentor program and

Highline Community College in Des Moines, Wash. But it was the music program that eventually drew Pogue to PLU. When he arrived at PLU, he immediately tried out and won on a slot in the prestigious Choir of the West.  Pogue had thought he might have to wait a year to earn a spot on the choir. But when the choir’s leader, Prof. Richard Nance, called him with the good news, Pogue said he was so overwhelmed he had to pull over on the freeway to let his good fortune sink in. Pogue’s advice to other

March 1, 2011 From Microsoft to Martin Luther, and back again In 1994, Mike Halvorson was the first one to write a book about something nobody else cared about. The book? How to use a little-known software program called Microsoft Office. We can guess how that turned out. Halvorson graduated PLU in 1985 with a degree in computer science and a minor in history. That unique combination seemed to help when, soon after graduation, Halvorson found himself working for Microsoft, back in the days when

to the Pacific Northwest. Thompsen had been finishing a two-year program at a business college in Norway and was ready to go on to a university. First, he made his way to a university in New Orleans. A semester later, he was ready to move on. Classes where hundreds of students packed a lecture hall to be taught by teaching assistants, not professors, was disappointing to say the least, Thompsen recalled. By chance, he had a friend attending PLU. It became apparent to him early on  that it might

Interaction. The lecture is sponsored by the Department of Sociology and Social Work, with support from the Women’s and Gender Studies Program and Department of Psychology. For more information contact the Department of Sociology and Social Work at (253) 535-7294. Read Previous PLU named leader in recycling Read Next Engineer turned poet named Washington State Poet Laureate COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently