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Chinese Studies. It was her first time overseas, and she felt the whole journey was well-worth the scramble to make sure she was covered for classes in Taiwan because they started while she was in America. “I was busy emailing the professors to thank them for letting me go,” she said. During a two-week visit, the delegation visited Stanford University, the University of California-Berkeley, the University of Washington and Pacific Lutheran University. “We want our new generation to understand what

extremely gratifying. “Winning a National Broadcasting Society Award is great news for us,” said Huntington.  “My fellow filmmakers and I worked hard to make the documentary thought-provoking and influential. So it’s a great feeling to be acknowledged with such a prestigious national award.” “It is great having all of our hard work be recognized,” said Scroger, chief videographer and editor of the film. Tapped Out focuses on water-related issues across North America and investigates how pressures on

graduate and prep cook who’s going along as his assistant. “I think she is tremendously talented and has shown a lot of drive,” Sipe said. “She is a great benefit to bring to the competition.” Ment’or is a nonprofit organization that aims to inspire excellence in young culinary professionals and preserve the traditions and quality of cuisine in America. Its inaugural Young Chef Competition is described as “rigorous,” and you could describe its judges as “inspirational,” “intimidating” or both: chefs

. Carey, guest editor of Washington Monthly’s college guide, directs the education policy program at New America, a think tank and civic enterprise in Washington, D.C. As a result, “colleges tried to claw their way up the U.S. News ladder by raising prices and excluding all but the most privileged students, exactly the opposite of what a nation struggling to keep higher education affordable for an increasingly diverse student population actually needed,” Carey wrote. Washington Monthly’s college

. “Dr. Krise strengthened the ties between PLU and the 581 congregations of the Pacific Northwest Region 1 of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,” said the Rev. Rick Jaech, bishop of the Southwestern Washington Synod of the ELCA. “He also fostered greater interfaith understanding with the African-American church community in Tacoma, and by appointing Catholic and Jewish associate chaplains, and encouraging the creation of new student religious groups, including the Muslim Student Association

law firms. “[It is] a lot of meetings, from 10 to maybe three or four. And then, you work after that for the work day,” he says. The intense hours involved surprised Harris — to a degree. “There’s this idea that if you go into public interest, you’re going to have a much better worklife balance,” he says. “Right now, there are a lot of challenges to voting rights and democracy in America. So, even though the hours can be intense, it’s something I embrace. I love the work.” Pre-Law AdvisingPLU’s

year also marks what would have been the 100th birthday of Cecelia Svinth Carpenter. Additionally, this conference will honor the upcoming National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools on September 30, 2024, and Indigenous People’s Day on October 14, 2024. As part of the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU), PLU acknowledges statements from the ELCA, including the 2021 “Declaration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to American Indian and Alaska Native People.” The

Tongues,” co-authored by Hispanic and Latino Studies professor Tamara Williams, which highlights the importance of women’s insights in the teaching of language and the structural changes required to fully include and empower women as both teachers and students. Further expanding attention to equity and justice, Norwegian professor Troy Storfjell writes about the importance of Indigenous voices and methodologies as a challenge to traditional western and colonial academic methodologies, previewing the

call my friends. It is a place that makes me feel like I can be me.Who impacted you the most at PLU? Dr. Sailu Lulu Li has been my biggest mentor. She is also from China. Dr. Lulu jump-started my finance career and walked me through how to navigate America as a first-generation Chinese immigrant, especially in the field of finance.You started as a business major with a concentration in accounting but switched to a concentration in finance. What prompted that switch? Accounting just wasn’t for me. I