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thing and make my carbon footprint a little less,” he said. “There’s an inherent good thing about it. For me, that’s the number one.” Burkhartzmeyer got the impression that Tegels background may have influenced his decision to move forward with this process. Either way, he said Tegels and many other clients don’t just follow through with net metering for the personal benefits. “Most homeowners don’t do it for financial reasons,” Burkhartzmeyer said. “They do it because they feel like they’re helping

landscape and the unexpected benefits of distance learning.PLU: We’re about a week into PLU’s shift to distance learning. What’s the transition been like? Youtz: This past week has been both tiring and exciting. I am always up for a new adventure, and so figuring out online classes and music lessons has been novel and thus fun. I am constantly concerned that it is not “as good” as face to face, and am having to exhort both myself and my students to get over that comparison and to find instead the

translate resources for brain injury recovery. I also interviewed Seattle and King County leaders about supplying pandemic safety resources. It was a great segue into my capstone focused on how the pandemic affected gig workers, due to a lack of policies and benefits provided to Hispanic populations. What’s after you get your master’s degree? Obtaining a Ph.D. in Global Health. In a perfect world, I envision working in different countries doing surveillance epidemiology or figuring out the most pressing

in October. This community tradition of supporting students has grown exponentially over the last 11 years, now bringing together over 2k participants and more than $1 million for students each year. INVEST IN STUDENTS: Bjug Day 2024 will be October 15-16. “Philanthropy is not just giving,” Watness says. “It’s mindfully giving to help people who don’t have the same benefits.”  Part of the Bjug Day tradition of philanthropy is a scholarship match, where a gift to any area of PLU is matched with a

by Ivan Illich in his popular book Tools for Conviviality (1973), a convivial tool is a tool that is accessible, reliable, does not require the use of other technology to operate, is easy to use, is affordable, and allows for unlimited creativity while connecting users to one another. The idea was that the creation of these tools would ultimately better the world. Convivial tools offer a contrast to the industrial, military tools which dominated life in America during and after the Cold War. At

her being accepted into the PLU School of Nursing and receiving a degree, with help from Palmer Scholars, a Tacoma-based organization supporting postsecondary success for youth of color in Pierce County, Washington. Now, she serves as a nurse at the famed Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.A Winding Road Saucedo grew up a military kid in Lakewood, Washington. She attended Western Washington University and Tacoma Community College, before transferring into PLU’s nursing program.  “Becoming a nurse

Notes on Design-Centered Innovation at Pacific Lutheran University Posted by: halvormj / January 26, 2018 January 26, 2018 By Michael Halvorson. Halvorson is director of Innovation Studies at Pacific Lutheran University.   Design has become an integral component of the innovation process. Leading businesses such as Amazon, Apple, Nike, Disney, Dyson, and Airbnb are all recognized for their award-winning designs that strive to communicate the benefits of products to users and meet actual

background may have influenced his decision to move forward with this process. Either way, he said Tegels and many other clients don’t just follow through with net metering for the personal benefits. “Most homeowners don’t do it for financial reasons,” Burkhartzmeyer said. “They do it because they feel like they’re helping prevent climate change.” More involvement in sustainable living is on the way for Tegels. He is currently preparing to install a hot water panel, which is designed to minimize

alumni Annie Herzog and Eric Olson. But the greatest opportunity in my eyes is for the students who comprise the Evangelist quartet–the biggest role in the drama. They have been expertly coached by Jim Brown and they are fantastic. To give them an opportunity to sing as equals with the other professional soloists is a big deal to me and I am very proud of them. What do you think are the benefits to students involved with this production? They get to be the first artists to perform an important new

system. She helped bring a full-time MBA program to the College of Business, recruiting students from the U.S. and abroad. “Launching the state’s only public full-time MBA program was an incredible privilege,” Souza says. “It was immensely gratifying to expand educational opportunities for Hawai‘i’s students, knowing the long-term benefits would positively impact our state for generations to come.” The years flew by, and by 2020, Souza was a tenured associate professor at Kapi‘olani Community College