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, and then with Nike and the development of basketball shoes. He’d still like to design/develop shoes for Nike someday. One of the reasons he picked PLU was because of its marketing and business program, as well as its focus on helping students find their vocation and passion.  He later switched from business to physical education and focused on teaching, but still had a laser interest in Nike. He told everyone he knew he wanted to work for the company, and applied for several jobs at the

this can be applied to different parts of life, beyond the academic experience,” she said. Some of the students will be using their research to provide the underpinnings of their Capstone projects, while others will be presenting their research during fall conferences, the Poster & Oral Presentation Session, Sept. 23 in the Morken Center for Learning and Technology, and subsequently during the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust-sponsored Twenty-Third Regional Conference on Undergraduate Research of the

to the Amazon campus in Seattle, I wasn’t sure what that entailed. I assumed we would get a tour, meet some employees and listen to a few presentations from Amazon leaders. As a senior about to graduate from PLU, I knew this kind of opportunity wouldn’t come up again in the three short months I have left at PLU.So I took a shot in the dark and applied to Amazon’s first annual Pacific Northwest Career Day Conference through PLU’s very own Career Connections. I sent in my resume and explained why I

historically oppressed. Dean certainly is proud of her heritage, and is thankful the institution is honoring it. Opportunities for financial support on the basis of her individual tribal roots are significantly limited, Dean stressed, so she is especially grateful for PLU’s scholarship for native students. The intended nursing student applied to PLU on a whim, but has fallen in love since coming to campus. “I love how small the campus is and I love that the class sizes are so small,” Dean said. “You get to

year.    Check out worldofdifferenceseries.com for more information about the MediaLab documentary. Visit www.plu.edu/medialab to learn more about MediaLab, the applied research and multimedia program. Generous funding helped make “A World of Difference” and “More Than a Mission” possible. The former received funds from PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education and PLU’s Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability (DJS) Fund.  The latter also received funds from PLU’s DJS Fund, as well as the Center for

—including critical thinking, writing, communication, mathematics, and technology—at more advanced levels of aptitude. Through civic engagement, knowledge and insight no longer exist in the life of the mind; they become coalesced in mindful and caring community involvement. By conjoining the academic knowledge and skills necessary to address community needs, students deepen and extend their learning. Additionally, individuals who are active volunteers have 27 percent higher odds of finding a job than

problems with addiction to chemical substances. However, this kind of work took its toll. Although she loved helping others, she realized that the psychology field might not be the right place for her. “I wanted to do something with people who are happy to see me,” she admitted. That’s when Wold took the leap and applied for the position at NASA she had seen advertised in the paper. Twenty years later, she couldn’t be happier. “It is a really fun place to work,” said Wold of NASA. Wold resides in the

colleges and universities in the U.S. Scholars from the colleges began attending the conference in 2011, and last year, PLU sent one scholar as a test case – Colin Mischel ’12, who majored in Norwegian and Scandinavian Studies, with a minor in peace and conflict dialogue. This year, 10 students formally applied and wrote essays to compete for one of two slots at the conference, she said. Forum info Three speakers at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum will be live-streamed at PLU on March 8,9 and 10

talked a lot about the technical aspects of camera work relating to dance films and dancing for the camera. I used the information I gained from the master class and applied it to my classwork, especially the dance film final project for Composition and Choreography. It helped me think about how to both choreograph and dance for a camera and how this is different than dancing on a stage. —Brooke Nelson ’23, Dance minor Though the circumstances of the year are not what any of us would have chosen, I

: John Froschauer/PLU) Leader of Distinction Award The Leader of Distinction award recognizes students with a 2.75 GPA or higher who have demonstrated leadership skills through their affiliation with a student organization or university department. Continuing students are nominated by the PLU community. Recipients were presented with a certificate. In addition, three students were selected to receive $500 professional development awards to be applied toward a professional development experience of