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Home, Stay Healthy.” The show is centered on a topic from a book or other children’s literature that connects with each week’s channel theme. Warm Line, hosted by PLU Pastor Jen Rude, centers the spiritual well-being of our PLU community through topics of faith and spiritual community, interpretations of and opportunities for service, and so for. Diversity Deep Dive, hosted by Associate Vice President for Diversity Justice, and Sustainability Angie Hambrick and Dean of Inclusive Excellence Jennifer

partner with Palmer Scholars,” PLU President Allan Belton said. “We share the organization’s vision for breaking down barriers for students and equipping them to become change-makers in the community.”  Palmer Scholars’ mission to assist local students of color to pursue a higher education aligns with PLU’s own goal to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care. Initially launched in 1983, Palmer Scholars has served more than 600 young adults throughout Pierce

service, which is to say that I am motivated by my desire to help others —  even if that means working on incredibly sensitive topics. Are there moments when the complexity of this work can be daunting? Complexity always presents a significant challenge —  especially as it relates to emerging international economic and security challenges, such as international sanctions evasion and money laundering. I try to distill and ultimately reduce these enormously complex transnational issues into smaller and

debut in late 2014, I have been deeply intrigued with Alexa, the virtual assistant or “brain” that powers Amazon Echo and other intriguing voice service products developed by Amazon. Echo is essentially a ‘smart speaker’ animated by a voice-controlled, intelligent personal assistant who responds to the name ‘Alexa’. The low-cost unit is capable of voice interaction, playing music, controlling devices in the home, and basic conversation about the weather, local traffic, and publicly-available

?v=qPIOzIO5X4g For Bergman, the parrot release capped a passionate two-decade interest in the species. The English professor and photographer wrote a cover story for Audubon Magazine in 1991 after going undercover for the U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Posing as a pet-shop owner wishing to buy illegally acquired parrots, he was offered 26 of them stuffed in cardboard boxes and paper bags. After three years in captivity, an African Grey Parrot flies to freedom. (Photo

whom it is the right fit, with campus-based counselors. Also, yoga and meditation are available to students, faculty and staff via Lute Telehealth. We also have our new referral service, ThrivingCampus and health coaching with opportunities to meet with nutritionists. Finally, there is preventative and proactive care where PLU counselors go out into the community and classroom to teach skills for managing health and well-being. And an ecological model of wellness that embeds wellness education

been deeply intrigued with Alexa, the virtual assistant or “brain” that powers Amazon Echo and other intriguing voice service products developed by Amazon. Echo is essentially a ‘smart speaker’ animated by a voice-controlled, intelligent personal assistant who responds to the name ‘Alexa’. The low-cost unit is capable of voice interaction, playing music, controlling devices in the home, and basic conversation about the weather, local traffic, and publicly-available information. The Amazon Echo (in

ensuring their education, and for fostering leaders committed to service to others finds itself well represented in PLU’s mission statement: We seek to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership, and care—for other people, for their communities, and for the earth.  At PLU today, our distinctive expression of American higher education includes a superb liberal arts curriculum—with its stellar faculty and students in the sciences and social sciences, in the humanities, in music

traffic lights or stop signs. Drivers can barely see, so kids are forced to dodge traffic just to get to school. It’s dangerous, and it’s unacceptable.”Complex ChallengesBefore he began working at PLU in 2015, Belton hadn’t thought much about what it meant for a community to be “unincorporated,” the policy term for a town or neighborhood that does not have a municipal-level government. That means the 40,000 people who live in Parkland — many of them either immigrant families or service members

develop skills in decision-making, analysis, communication and reasoning that prepare them for a lifetime of success – both in their careers and in service to others. Read Previous You’ll love “She Loves Me” Read Next Student production disrupts time in new Romeo and Juliet LATEST POSTS Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre February 28, 2023 Twisted Tales of Poe: A Theatre/Radio Collaboration May 16, 2021 Theatre Guest Artists in Spring 2021 February 16, 2021 Hints and Help for