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that landed her in a communications role at ESD 113. It was memorable — but not necessarily in a good way.“I was so nervous,” she remembers. “My internet died during the Zoom interview.” She was prepared to just chalk it up to experience. But a short time later, she got the call every job seeker hopes for. “I started on my 24th birthday. It was a great birthday present,” Hall says. That was in 2020. She’s now a communications specialist at ESD 113, a Washington state agency that helps ensure that

healing in different ways, and all are linked by their foundation in the Christian religion. Professor Suzanne Crawford O’Brien at the 2020 Wang Symposium Looking at religion and healing from a comparative perspective, Crawford O’Brien’s course (RELI 230) invites students to consider how illness, healing, and wellness are understood and experienced in traditions outside of mainstream Christianity. This course explores how wellness has to do with the ability to maintain a working identity: a self that

construction: a month-long stint in January 2020, followed by a six-week stay in June/July 2020. These divied-up teaching and research projects are becoming more commonplace as the Fulbright Commission accommodates the increasing demands placed upon faculty members that make a full academic year abroad impossible. “I’m spending time and working in a country that is completely new to me — that’s been really exciting,” Call said. “I’m not really a world traveler. My work tends to be pretty focused in the

a vacuum, but rather complement the philosophical and programmatic goals of the coaches. My approach has been eclectic from the start. It represents a combination of knowledge and experiences gained from three primary sources: my own competitive background as an athlete, my tenure as an intercollegiate coach, and finally my education and training in sports psychology. Aside from field hockey, are you working with any other teams? The previous three Olympic Games have been with soccer (gold

to the options it offers students, PLUTO also is an opportunity for PLU faculty to examine new technologies and innovations to improve the teaching and learning experience. As part of that process, PLUTO Institutes provide faculty with the training and support needed to design and implement online learning components. “The PLUTO Institute is thoughtful thinking about pedagogy, how we teach, what we teach, why we teach and thinking of better ways to deliver that to our students,” said Bridget

countless Lutes throughout its history. One of the country’s most highly regarded legislative internships, the program offers students the opportunity to gain professional paid work experience and study the legislative process at the state level. Interns work alongside legislative staff to learn firsthand about public policy, build real-world professional skills and serve the citizens of Washington state. In addition to their office work, interns take part in hands-on activities, including training in