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social progress. Mentored at the University of Washington by PLU alumni Connie Kravas ’67 and Eric Godfrey ’70, Zeno’s goal is to empower communities to solve their own challenges through shared learning and mutual benefitting activities. For Zeno, this practice of active listening and community equipping, aligned with a university’s strengths and resources, is the most powerful way to create real, lasting societal change. As UW’s chief community builder for equity and inclusion, Zeno developed

apartment, Surla lived with her ex-husband, mother-in-law and father-in-law, who struggled with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. “The father-in-law’s situation made me very interested in mental health and human behavior,” she says, describing him as kind.   Surla tried her hand at culinary arts school, and worked as a chef for eight years. But that didn’t fulfill her desire to care for others. So Surla earned a licensed practical nurse (LPN) certification in 2019, which allowed her to perform basic

Human Spaceflight, Microgravity and Exploration and a delegate to the International Living With a Star He received a Fulbright Fellowship in 1994, ESA´s Exceptional Achievement Award in 2002, Laurels for Team Achievements from the International Academy of Astronautics in 2003. Served on several NASA Review Panels and as referee for various scientific journals.   Read Previous PLU alum seeks to engage community Read Next Politics at PLU: Where do current students stand in the upcoming election

, (black/latinx/queer) feminist thought, and aesthetics. He recently won an essay contest for a piece titled “Moral Bioenhancement as Potential Means of Oppression.” Professor Henry T. (Hank) Greely will speak on “Human Biological Enhancement: Fears, Realities, and Significance.” Greely chairs the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics’s steering committee and directs the Center for Law and the Biosciences, and the Stanford Program in Neuroscience and Society. Greely is also a professor of genetics at

business, arts, education and nonprofit leaders to share their ideas on a wide spectrum of topics including health care, leadership, human nature and violence against women. The annual event will be held April 22 at 7 p.m. at Pacific Lutheran University’s Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.Now in its fifth year, TEDxTacoma provides a platform for the exchange of creative and often paradigm-challenging ideas about how thoughtful, action-oriented individuals can contribute to positively

project is seeking to utilize new machine learning methods to understand the fundamental interactions between pixels in photopolymer 3D printing. Our goal for the summer will be to make resins with unique chemical properties (Arrhenius parameters, viscosity, functional group density, reaction mechanism, etc.) and try to map some of the fit parameters that come out of the machine learning algorithm to physical/chemical properties. Ultimately we hope that this framework can enable rapid development of

European instrumental Jewish music of the 19th and 20th centuries. Afterward, there will be a performance by the Tales of the Alchemyst Theatre Group.  The annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education offers lessons on the Holocaust to challenge prejudices, violence, and other forms of dehumanization. Each conference features prominent scholars whose research focuses on the Holocaust. Conference sessions also highlight interdisciplinary approaches to Holocaust and Genocide Studies, with

, Relay For Life was started in Tacoma in 1985. In 2016, more than 5,000 community-based Relay For Life events will be produced in more than 20 countries. PLU’s rendition of Relay For Life features a 6-hour team walk around the university’s upper campus. Festivities will began at 5:30 p.m. in Red Square with a performance by the PLU Jazz Ensemble and the opening ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. Teams will then walk until midnight, while simultaneously enjoying student performances ranging HERmonic and

and May 1, 2021. I’m interested in more than one BFA program or interested to be considered for an Artistic Achievement Award in more than one area. Can I submit more than one application? Yes, you may apply for more than one BFA program or Artistic Achievement Award. However, your applications will need to be entirely separate and you will need to prepare all of the necessary application materials for all areas. What do I include in my audition video? Students interested in performance degrees

and May 1, 2021. I’m interested in more than one BFA program or interested to be considered for an Artistic Achievement Award in more than one area. Can I submit more than one application? Yes, you may apply for more than one BFA program or Artistic Achievement Award. However, your applications will need to be entirely separate and you will need to prepare all of the necessary application materials for all areas. What do I include in my audition video? Students interested in performance degrees