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within twelve months time as to how the award dollars were spent and how it was used to enhance and improve the program for which the award was selected.   A call for nominations and applications for the award is distributed by the President’s Office, and award winner(s) are recognized at the holiday luncheon in December. The next call for nominations and applications will be in Fall 2024.

from your time at PLU. I would be excited to hear from you (obrien@plu.edu). All best, Kevin J. O’Brien Dean of Humanities

. The subjects of their tutorials were as varied as their majors and interests, ranging from botany and virology, to international relations and the sociology of law, to Shakespeare and 20th century British science fiction and fantasy. The tutorials are the signature element of the program, and the students this year performed wonderfully in them. In their free time, the students joined with their Regent’s Park peers in communal dinners and social gatherings called “bops”; participated in

)4:15pm – The Health Benefits of Students Adopting Animals Out of Shelters Grant Proposal, Brian Castleton* 4:25pm – Analyzing Changes in Family-Oriented Markers of Adulthood over Time, Saige Ballard** 4:35pm – The Impact of Family and Media on Developing Eating Disorders in Adolescents, McKensi Holm & Lilieth Hall-McWilliams* 4:45pm – How Trust Predicts Health-Protective Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Kailee “Kay” Akers & Noah Collell** 4:55pm – How did “Staying Informed” Predict

Velazquez, and Owen Olsen Insight into your Implicit Attitudes* 5. Hailey Guerrero & Holly Roark The Effects of Social Media Screen Time on Body Image and Overall Mood 6. Amberly J Lunsford & Sonika Nigam Does Speed Matter? Handwriting Versus Typing Notes in Lectures of Different Speeds 7. Zoey Holt, Allen Yee, Ashley Castaneda, and Carolann J. Moore Your Mindset Affects your Brain: Effects of Hope and Motivation on Academic Performance* 8. Jalena M. Samuel Parasocial Relationship: An Aid for Attachment

talk with his or her student Resident Assistant (RA). RAs are trained to assist with conflict and may be able to coach or mediate. If not, the RA will refer the situation on to his or her supervisor, the Community Director (CD), who is a full-time professional staff member living on campus and within the community. Room or Residence Hall Changes Community Directors approve and coordinate all room changes within the same building and are a first step when seeking to switch halls. If your student has

the same time, PLU garnered 167 conference titles and 25 conference all-sports awards, while increasing from 12 to a combined 19 men’s and women’s intercollegiate sports. He was president of the NAIA from 1985-86, president of the NAIA Athletic Directors Association from 1991-92 and chairman of the NAIA Council of Athletic Administrators from 1992-94. He was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1989. Olson represented the United States as an administrator at the World University Games in Sofia

longstanding traditions of The University Congregation is the Ritual of Blessing and Sending of senior students before Commencement, which involves singing The Servant Song as the University Pastors place around each student’s shoulders a towel that says, “UCong.” Ms. Oakman has kept account of the towels, making sure they are pressed and ready to be given. Each student then keeps the towel as a remembrance of his or her time at PLU and the calling to vocations in the world. Ms. Oakman even sewed towels