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volunteers focus on cultivating global citizens in addition to promoting scholarship,” said Peace Corps Director Jody Olsen. “I am proud that so many graduates of these esteemed institutions leverage their educations to make the world a better place. They bring critical skills to communities around the world and gain hands-on, life-changing experience along the way.” *Note: All comments are moderated Read Previous Giving Back Through Graphics Read Next Senior Profiles: Class of 2019 Is Making a

, and is a frequent television and radio commentator. Read Previous Author says book has brought more than he expected Read Next Making all the green moves 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. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching and learning

in the first place? One student points out a typo on the handout. “Great, I’ll change that next year,” MacDougall responds. This is MacDougall’s fourth year of teaching, after a seven-year career in broadcast journalism. Though the job and the money was good, MacDougall started to chafe. What difference was he making by giving the sports report each night? So he decided to go back to school to get his masters and start teaching. His wife is supportive, he said. His friends are another matter

April 11, 2012 H2O Project Beginning Wednesday, April 11 a group of PLU students from various campus organizations – including Campus Ministry, Sustainability, G.R.E.A.N., and the Wang Center – are launching the H2O Project. From April 11 until Earth Day April 22, students are taking the H2O challenge and making tap water their only beverage. This effort will seize the purchase of beverage products from large corporations during the pledge, reduce waster, and add to the consciousness of global

Concerts. You’ll also meet a PLU professor and student whose adventuresome story of purpose—and parrots—doubles as a travelogue right out of Africa (and an introduction to the legendary Jane Goodall!). We’ve also developed a new approach to the annual Honor Roll of Donors that emphasizes the people, and the personal motivation, behind some inspiring acts of meaningful generosity. Read Previous The changing Constitution Read Next ‘Making Seafood Sustainable’ COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If

. Donations of new toys, coats, winter gear and cash or checks are encouraged and appreciated. For a full list of acceptable donations and directions on making a tax-deductible monetary donation, click here. There are several community sites to drop off donations, including LeMay Family Foundation, Franklin Pierce School District headquarters, Bethel School District headquarters, Heritage Bank and Twinstar Credit Union (Parkland/Spanaway Branch), Harkness Furniture, Couples and Family Therapy at PLU and

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35-40 minutes for the final film. When the project begins as a concept it’s hard to envision getting to the premiere, there’s so much work to do, Plog said. “It becomes like your baby because it’s been my life for a year,” she said. “It’s kind of surreal that it’s premiering.” Ultimately, the students hope the audience takes away one concept from the film: There’s not one right answer or solution and even small steps can help dispel energy waste. “It really rests with the consumer,” Plog said

& Communications Jerry White remembers sitting in his wheelchair in an Israeli hospital, looking at his nurse. When he found her, she just stared back, without sympathy, making no effort to help the 20-year-old American who had just had his right leg blown off by a landmine the week before. “I expected them to help me, but the nurses just stared back,” remembers White, now working for the U.S. State Department as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization. “They told me to get my

decision to rebrand as the “Y,” notably dropping both “men’s” and “Christian” from the organizational acronym. In order to narrate the Y’s transformation from muscular Christian outpost to multicultural gym, we draw on a rich trove of YMCA documents, collected during three week-long visits to the YMCA Archives in Minneapolis. This paper contends that the YMCA leaders decided to move away from single-minded focus on developing “muscular Christian” men because they increasingly prioritized service to