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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
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to follow your heart and intuition.” This thought segued into poet Mary Oliver’s poem called “Sometimes,” where Anderson reminded graduates to pay attention, be astonished…and tell about it.” For a full text of Anderson’s speech, click here. Read Previous PLU recognized as Green College by Princeton Review Read Next In their own words COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window
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science themselves.” Physics faculty members will lead the demonstrations with the assistance of student volunteers from the PLU Physics Club. Michelle Zhai, one of the executives from the Physics Club, said she is very excited for the show. “It is a fun, visual treat that doesn’t really require much knowledge or skills in science,” Zhai said. “I really hope there will be a lot of people showing up.” Hoping to catch the kids before they move on to college, Hay said she wants to reach out to the
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Ensemble, PLU Symphony Orchestra, The University Chorale, Choir of the West, the Tacoma Community College Orchestra, and the Tacoma Brass Band. He plays throughout the northwest as a member of the Seattle-based Mosaic Brass Quintet.He has appeared with the Vashon Opera and Tacoma Symphony Orchestras, at the Olympic Music Festival, and is the director of the Tacoma Young Chamber Players, the South Sound’s premier chamber music experience for young adults. Dr. Lyman’s articles have been published by
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reflected in a more traditional major. Others want to study broadly across disciplines and don’t want to major in one area: we help you build connections between those courses. An individualized pathway is also an option for students who are returning to college. If you want to finish your degree without starting over, an individualized plan can help you do that in a purposeful way. Taking courses from across PLU’s offerings, students with individualized majors develop their expertise in conversation
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their parents and older brother Davis. Davis, who lives in Auburn and is training to be a pilot, also makes the 30-minute drive for movie nights with Jackson and Sydney. While some young adults see college as a time to break free from family roles and expectations, others may find more meaning in attending school alongside a sibling. The two have a great relationship. “Thinking about it now, any other way wouldn’t have felt right,” Jackson says. “I get homesick sometimes, but when I’m leaving the
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the friendships and memories I have formed over the past three years. This team has given me friendships that will last forever and memories I will never forget. Because of this frisbee team, I can truly say that I was able to experience such an amazing part of what college is all about. When I joined the frisbee team, I was brought in with open arms by people who accepted me for who I was. Coming from a high school where I was not really accepted, this environment was so beneficial to my
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Award for Dedication to Justice and Fairness.Naghmeh ShadabiNaghmeh is an alumna of BIHE. She attended high school but could not accompany her friends into college because she is a Baha’i, and entered BIHE in 2007. She received a decent education in psychology despite all the difficulties and risk factors, and graduated in 2011. During this period, BIHE was attacked several time by Iranian official. She was doing her last semester in 2011 which the members of psychology department at BIHE were
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. Nelson’s roommate, Katrina Graven ’15, agrees that no matter what your year, you should seek out as many internships as possible at college. Graven came by her internship at Rainier National Park, looking for culturally significant sites, through her connections with Bradford Andrews, her Anthropology professor. “He emailed it to me and told me I’d be great for it, and to think about it,” she says. Graven didn’t think too long and immediately applied. An Anthropology and English major, Graven plans to
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