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building connections with peers and professors. She chose PLU for the opportunity to build relationships with professors and fellow students. “Smaller class sizes and cohorts help build a community you can turn to, even after you leave PLU,” she says. She also joined the rowing team for two years. “When you struggle together at 5 a.m. in the water, a community is built.” Sandhu will attend law school this fall with the goal of supporting and advocating for marginalized communities, including

will be teaching English part-time and also working to engage the community through different activities, workshops and games. “Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to teach abroad,” Walton said. “Through the course of my time at PLU, this desire was refined. “Through the school of education, I realized my passion as a teacher extended beyond the classroom to a love of developing individuals. The Fulbright grant is focused on this idea of development, as it relates to individuals, relationships

about building relationships – living in residence halls, having dinner with your friends, playing sports in the gymnasium in the wee hours of the night. More than 400 students play intramural sports, ranging from traditional sports like basketball, flag football and soccer, to more playful ones like 3-on-3 basketball and dodgeball. In all, there are more than 30 sports opportunities a year. Altogether, it is good for the body, and it is good for the mind. That’s why everyone is here, right? “I’ll

at Duke University, and he recently received an endowed Chair in the Department of Surgery. “PLU really helped lay a lot of foundations,” Haglund said. “It will always have a soft spot in my heart.” That soft spot remains in part because Haglund met his wife in PLU’s Mortvedt Library, and they have now been married for 32 years. It’s also because of the close, personal relationships he developed with recently retired chemistry professors Charles Anderson and Larry Huestis and especially biology

strength. The AVID program was the best thing for me. It made me think about the future and push myself.”Mattich attended another college right out of Emerald Ridge High School but transferred to PLU her junior year. She’s majoring in Elementary Education with an emphasis in Special Education and hopes to stay in the area to teach first- to third-graders. But first she wants to be an AVID tutor—at Ferrucci. Mattich said she has maintained relationships with Ferrucci teachers and stops in to observe and

Determination), Tacoma Public Schools. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) Using examples from entertainment, news media, advertising and K-12 public education research, DiAngelo spent the morning illustrating a jarring truth: “the default of our society is the reproduction of white supremacy.” The afternoon centered on exploring the roots of white defensiveness and microaggressions, as well as ways to challenge racism in individual relationships, classrooms and institutions at large. Diversity Institute co

with a host family to develop relationships within the community and receive training,” Chell said. For the first three months, the Corps gauges their aptitude in specific tasks before assigning the volunteers to a particular region in Guinea. When applying for a Peace Corps position, an applicant has the option to serve in a specific region or be placed by the Peace Corps. Wentz, Chell and Bridgewater all opted for random placement. "The program provided helpful direction during my application

assistant principal, helping to create a dual-language program. PLU’s intensive one-year principal preparation program enrolls a small cohort — Peterson’s included just 15 students — that encourages collaboration and sharing ideas. It fosters the development of professional relationships with instructors, many of whom hold administrative positions in area school districts.Principal Preparation ProgramLearn more about the one-year program and apply“It makes it very realistic,” Peterson said. “They’re

role in your response? It helps to have the right team, whether the people around you or in the community. I have long-term relationships and friendships where supportive people said, “Hey, I know this is hard. How can we help you?”  It’s helpful, to be honest, and vulnerable and able to say that times like these are scary. We had a first positive case, and another one soon after. Some people were advising my wife and kids to have me sleep somewhere else.  But his is what we’re called to do. For

them.How do you think this type of coaching translates off the field and into the workforce or in their community spaces? They can use these mental skills when setting goals for their career, monitoring their stress during finals, and building confidence prior to a presentation. Mental performance goes well beyond just sports and I believe that anyone can utilize mental skills for life. What would you say is the thing that you enjoy most about your role? The interactions I have and the relationships