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President Allan Belton. “In the months and years to come PLU and Yad Vashem will be working together to provide robust opportunities for students and community members from all over the Puget Sound region to engage in the critical work of Holocaust education and remembrance.” The ultimate source for Holocaust education, documentation and research, Yad Vashem’s integrated approach to Holocaust education and remembrance incorporates meaningful educational initiatives, groundbreaking research and

wifi and printing services. And, of course, snacks—a critical element of any after-school program. Tutoring occurs after school in the Anderson University Center on PLU’s campus, and the center plans to expand off-site tutoring in local schools and Pierce County Library branches.PLU student tutors represent a wide range of majors beyond the expected education pathway, including business, computer science, math, social work, and nursing. PLC also offers a unique opportunity to demystify the

expanding medical education and health care access in communities across Washington,” said Dr. Jim Record, dean of the WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine. “For the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, a critical component of this is seeking community partnerships that are innovative, collaborative, and mission-aligned. The partnership with PLU and MultiCare meets all these criteria. Launching this new initiative will allow us to change the health care ecosystem and take an important step toward

to prepare for lectures. I’ve never studied this much ever in my life. I was very pleasantly surprised to find out how laid back my peers are. I was going in thinking that they were all going to be gunners. It turns out, many of them are just like me! A bit nervous to begin our legal profession, yet overwhelmed with an excitement to make a tangible difference in our communities! How did you end up meeting Sandra Day O’Connor? I met Justice O’Connor in Phoenix at a private event a few weeks ago on

can be arduous. It can take years from start to finish, requiring the applicant to pass various civics and English tests. Yet while others smiled and waved their U.S. commemorative flags in celebration of their long-awaited citizenship, Huang was uncertain.Chemistry at PLULearn more about the major, minor and courses in the Department of Chemistry“I don’t know if I want to do this,” she recalled thinking at the time. “I sprinted across the stage, grabbed my certificate, quickly shook the lady’s

, which he continued through his junior year. Senior year, he appointed sustainability director of ASPLU, and he took students on guided dump and composting-facility trips to learn about waste. His efforts have been noticed. “He embodies PLU’s mission in his care for others and care for the earth. He engages in thoughtful inquiry and leadership, by thinking critically and taking the initiative for education and practices that improve the sustainability of the university,” says mathematics professor

March in an effort to slow the spread. The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival was canceled, and Tulip Town’s new owners suddenly faced the possibility of going out of business in their first year. “We’d been tracking COVID-19 since January, thinking that it might be a disruption,” Miller recalled. “We knew we were going to have to flip the switch and do some things differently. So, in about 72 hours, we completely rewrote our business plan for 2020.” Miller drew heavily on lessons he had learned while

expertise or making fun of medical science —the very thing that can actually save lives. Luther speaks directly to that. If your viewpoint is, “I’ll do what I want to do and not protect my family, friends, or neighbors,” that’s an incredibly selfish way of thinking about the world in which you live. Luther wrote a lot about being a good neighbor. What did he think made a good neighbor then, and how can we be good neighbors now? There are those who say, “it’s about my freedom to do anything I damn well

to ask questions, and to be charitable, and to try to understand what people are saying, more than putting out what I think,” she explains. “I use Twitter to explore what other people think and to try out ideas.” Dr. Shanks Kaurin brings her professorial techniques online with her. “It’s a lot like what I do with my classes when I walk in and say, ‘Here’s what I was thinking about today. What do you all think about this?’” Although opening up philosophical conversations to the internet at large

1997 Nobel Peace Prize for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, and author of I Will Not Be Broken. such as this that we all carry around with us, he noted recently. It’s a date, a time when life changes, and it’s up to us to decide how to respond to the event and make critical choices that will shape our future. One individual, White noted, “can make changes that have ripple effects around the world,” if there is enough determination behind that passion to make a change for the better