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to public policy. “It was a change, but I couldn’t have asked for a better university experience,” Cooper said. For his part, Lynam, a transfer from Olympic College, had a similar experience. “I was really attracted to a smaller school and having a more personal relationship with the professors,” he said. So he came to PLU –and he got what he wanted. One of the first classes he took was with political science professor Ann Kelleher. It helped spark his interest in the political process. The

coach provides open hours for athletes.  “But it’s nice to have the opportunity for students to have the direct availability to talk to somebody, or have a cool ongoing relationship and see a therapist regularly,” Bingay says.  Required to respect the state’s confidentiality rules, the app’s licensed mental health providers can offer regular counseling on common causes of college stress, including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addictions, trauma and panic disorders, or respond to each

it to the internship I was applying for. It was great that I got so much help with that. The theater industry is very much about who you know. Honestly, I feel like I probably got offered this internship because I have a really close relationship with Amanda, and she was able to give me a really good reference. But I won’t discredit myself that much because I think my cover letter, resume, and experiences matched up with the internship very well.  Tell me about your internship; what is it you are

advocate by a student’s side. For example, many schools in 2014 didn’t have up-to-date information when undocumented students began qualifying for state financial aid. “We’re walking along with students on their journey, in a near-peer relationship,” she explains. “It’s like supporting a cousin or sibling, so there isn’t a power dynamic.” Although no longer in an education advocate role, Pierce-Ngo still acts as an advocate to students she’s worked with in the past. Two students are even in graduate

to manage the diversity center, and that is my focus now, all these years later, as an AVP. The core of what I do and why I do it has not changed. What’s the first word that comes to mind when you think of well-being?That probably depends on the day, but today I’ll say interdependence. Great word! How does it connect with well-being?My well-being has a lot to do with the people around me and the people I care for, and whether they are well. I think someone’s well-being is in relationship with and

reverent care.” Upon noticing this connection, Professor O’Brien applied for and received a Kelmer-Roe grant, with student Collin Ray, to study the connections that she saw between ultrarunning, Dark Green Religion, and concepts like gender, race and class.   Professor O’Brien believes the activity of ultrarunning, the combination of testing the body and returning to outdoors to do it, speaks to a spiritual relationship between runners and nature. “You’re returning to a more primal behavior where

immigrants and refugees.” As a Latina, Marquez stressed the importance of finding and building her own community at PLU. “We all have different experiences at college. I am a first-generation student. I feel like I have had support and created a community at PLU. I am involved in Latinx club, and my professors have really helped me feel supported and helped me build that community, especially David Simpson and Giovanna Urdangarain.”PLU'S Social Work ProgramThe program’s overarching goal is preparation

production’s stage manager. Bryant-Anderson has taken the time to offer his expertise on the technical side of audio storytelling.Lute Air Student RadioInterested in PLU’s student-led radio station? Keep reading to learn more about the different programs and opportunities LASR offers. Z Rich ’24 narrates the radio show “War of the Worlds,” in the Student Media Center in the Neeb building, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, at PLU. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) “When Z reached out, I instantly got flashbacks to May 2021 when

working together should surpass the effectiveness of an individual note-taker. Shared documents and wikis seem to be the most common way to organize group notes. Google Docs work well because they allow multiple contributors to take notes simultaneously on the same document. Wikis are beneficial because they allow for the collective building of web pages, with the potential to better organize and search by topic or date. I recently returned from a regional conference where collective note taking is

revolutionizing community health. U.S. News and World Report’s Best Grad Schools release ranked PNWU fifth for graduates practicing in medically underserved areas, sixth for graduates practicing in primary care specialties, and tenth for graduates practicing in rural areas. PNWU’s MAMS program provides a year of intensive skill-building and health career exploration for students who intend to apply to medical school or other health care professional schools. Approximately 92% of PNWU MAMS graduates go on to