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  • March 19, 2009 Hong Hall: Speaking the language of community (in French, or Chinese, or whatever) Just because you live in Hong International Hall doesn’t mean you have to be fluent, or even conversational, in a foreign language. But it does help to have an interest. After all, most of your fellow hallmates will be talking almost exclusively in a foreign language as they pass each other in the hall. Michael Engh, a junior and resident assistant, lives in the Spanish wing. He tries to speak

  • community and the public during emergencies and natural disasters. “We are the first university to tie our outdoor speakers into the system,” said Greg Premo, director of Campus Safety. “Most universities use the emergency ‘Blue Phones’ for outdoor notification, but that route would have been very costly since we would have had to add a lot of new cabling, power and other installation costs.” The new Metis system, funded in part by a $15,000 grant from the Puget Sound Energy Foundation, provides greater

  • PLU Wind Ensemble: Musica Ignota Posted by: vcraker / November 18, 2021 November 18, 2021 The PLU Wind Ensemble performed the world premiere of Ingrid Stolzel’s “Musica Ignota” on October 9, 2021. Stolzel traveled to PLU to attend the premiere and work with the PLU wind ensemble and Professor of Music Edwin Powell in advance. A composition almost 1,000 years in the making, “Musica Ignota” is based on the 11th-century Medieval composer/mystic Hildegard von Bingen. It is profound for many reasons

  • of Pacific Lutheran University.  Companies and their representatives, student representatives of commercial and/or personal enterprises, and employees of Pacific Lutheran University may not: post or distribute promotional materials on-campus or using PLU electronic resources; attempt to make sales through phone, room-to-room or electronic contacts.   Exceptions to this policy are as follows:  Officially recognized student organizations may use the avenues discussed below for purposes of

  • Useful Pre-PA ResourcesAmerican Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) APPA is the national professional society for PAs. Their site contains career and research resources and information about licensing, education, and advocacy. Central Application Service for Physician Assistants (CASPA) CASPA creates a streamlined application process for students wanting to become physician assistants. Students upload their application and supporting documents and apply to schools in one easy step. The site

  • Useful Pre-PA ResourcesAmerican Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) APPA is the national professional society for PAs. Their site contains career and research resources and information about licensing, education, and advocacy. Central Application Service for Physician Assistants (CASPA) CASPA creates a streamlined application process for students wanting to become physician assistants. Students upload their application and supporting documents and apply to schools in one easy step. The site

  • outreach programs for youth, veteran and elderly groups. PLU alumna Kate Fontana ’08 believes that yoga should be affordable and accessible to people of all incomes and abilities. Fontana, executive director of Samdhana-Karana Yoga in Tacoma, has helped grow the nonprofit studio, whose mission is also to provide “trauma aware” yoga as a healing service to a diverse community and to those who may not be able to afford or even have awareness of yoga’s benefits. Samdhana-Karana provides a free, weekly

  • Ph.D. positions for research Across the disciplinary lines of soft matter physics, granular physics, and earth's near-surface processes Posted by: nicolacs / October 11, 2021 October 11, 2021 Fully-funded Ph.D. positions are available in the Ferdowsi Research Laboratory within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Houston. Positions are available with start date as early as Spring 2022 and Fall 2022. Some of our active research areas are experimental and

  • rescue work, risking their own lives in an attempt to keep others alive as well. The methods of resistance and rescue work varied according to circumstances. Not everyone could have access to weaponry, nor would every Jew have been familiar with how to use a gun. So, some opted for passive forms of resistance, others went into hiding, some decided to disguise themselves as gentiles, living in the “Aryan” world among potential enemies. No matter what course of action, passive or active resistance

  • The Trans Task ForceMission StatementThe Trans Task Force was created in Fall 2016 as part of PLU’s response to the Dear Colleague Letter on Transgender Students released by the Department of Justice and Department of Education in May 2016. This group’s mission is to create a campus that is inclusive and welcoming of all students, regardless of gender identity, and to ensure that students who identify as trans have the resources and support necessary to persist and succeed. The Trans Task Force