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  • manager and publicist during her time on The Voice. Guest Contributors Ed Grogan Ed Grogan ’93 was elected chair of PLU’s Board of Regents in May 2017. He previously served on the board for four years, including two as vice chair. He is president of Summit Financial Group in Gig Harbor. He also has served on various nonprofit boards in Pierce County over the past 14 years, including chair of the board for Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium as well as the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation. He lives in Gig

  • , and the USA motivates her re-examination of a British literary “canon” populated by white authors. She originally completed what would later become Unmarriageable for her MFA thesis at the University of Georgia in 2017. Her personal essay ” Pride and Prejudice and Me” (2019), found in the book’s endmatter, details her creative inspiration: “I wanted to write a novel that paid homage to Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice, as well as combined my braided identification with English-language and

  • day, bond with those who mean the most to us, and safely store our most treasured personal effects. Yet across the country, millions struggle to consistently access this fundamental element to stability and success. In the Puget Sound region, for example, home prices jumped by 53% between 2012 and 2017, spurred by the region’s economic success. Meanwhile, rents climbed by 47% during the same period. The vast majority of low-income households in King County spend more than 30% of their monthly

  • ability to compatibilize blends was examined with cloud point measurements to determine the affect on a blend’s phase boundary temperature, and with atomic force microscopy to qualitatively see the affect of limiting phase separation. The higher molecular weight tetrablock was found to lower the phase transition temperature of a low molecular weight PS/PB blend from 112C to below room temperature with the addition of 8% (w/w) tetrablock, showing that it is an effective compatibilizer. The lower

  • PLU. (SAT: Reading 500, Math 515, Writing 490. ACT: Reading 22, Math 22, Writing 8.) For additional WEST-B exemptions and equivalent assessments please review the Professional Education Standards Board (PESB) website Out-of-state applicants, please schedule an appointment with a School of Education Representative. More information about the WEST-B: http://www.west.nesinc.com/ *WEST-B test is not required for students who are pursuing the non-certification track. For international students who want

  • registered nurses who hold current United States LPN or RN licensure. For the MSN, proficiency can be demonstrated by the official score from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS): Minimum TOEFL-iBT combined score: 86 Minimum speaking score: 26 Minimum writing score: 20 Minimum reading score: 20 Minimum listening score: 20 Minimum IELTS band score: 6.5 Minimum individual speaking score: 8 Minimum individual writing score: 5.5

  • for 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, in Olson Auditorium. Tickets may be purchased by calling the PLU athletic department at 253-535-7352. Jason Thiel: Football 1991-94 and Track and Field 1991-94 Jason Thiel was arguably one of the greatest defensive linemen to play football at PLU, and he also placed himself among the best in the Track and Field record books. Thiel amassed remarkable stats as a defensive tackle, and as a star hammer thrower and shot putter. Thiel started in 27 of the 29 games that he

  • horror that was going on in lower Manhattan that day,” Senn told us. “Going into work I had a spring in my step, couldn’t wait to get there.” Everything changed at 8:45 a.m. As soon as he arrived on scene, he witnessed the tail end of the second plane just before it hit the south tower. Looking up at the towers, he said he could see people in the windows one hundred floors up. They started jumping. “It was an excess of 100 degrees up there,” Senn said. “They knew this was it. There was nothing we

  • question. Some have an intentional look about them; brows furrowed, eyes fixed on the book we’re discussing. Others look down, away, hoping I won’t call on them to answer. One of the parents, Kathy, is the first to speak up. She is in her late 30’s and accompanies her son, an 8-year old, every Tuesday to this community reading and discussion series. Prime Time Family Reading, as it is called, is a nationally recognized model for celebrating the value of books, reading, and family in underserved

  • undergraduate student and 8 credits for a graduate student.)