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means to “help” people. “It’s not as clear cut as you would like,” she explained. “How do they define what they need, and then how do we define what they need?” The answer might lie with a group of adolescents she mentored in Kenya. The group was trying to educate their community – particularly its youth – about HIV/AIDS. The stakes were high – she knew if they didn’t succeed, then everyone in the community would likely die. She, of course, could not stay there forever. The community of Kenyans did

hand, and walked off. I just wanted out of there.” Huang spent most of her life in Nanning, a Chinese city in Guangxi Province, where she lived with her family and friends. China always signified childhood, self and home. But in 2011, she relocated to Everett with her mother, to live with her stepfather, Don Rollevson — someone she refers to, lovingly and simply, as “dad.” She finished her final years of high school and two years of community college before enrolling at PLU to major in biochemistry

faces, and making PLU your new home away from home.This year, roughly 1,160 students are living on campus, many of whom are first-year students or sophomores who spent last year attending classes virtually from home. They collectively descended on campus the first week of September for LUTE Welcome, a rapid-fire series of events that included move-in, new student orientation, convocation, the student resource fair and others. Dhaval Patel is the community director of Stuen, Ordal and Kreidler Halls

which students, faculty members, staff, and community members can feel comfortable talking about race? What concrete steps can we take to make our campuses more welcoming to diverse people? And how do we do this work in a careful, collaborative way, while being mindful that students and others expect quick results in an age of Twitter activism? I hope that you will share with me your thoughts and ideas, perhaps even volunteer to work with us on how we can make PLU a model for doing this important

. Despite learning online, the lessons stuck. “The goal of Innovation Studies is to help us be creative and multiply our impact through teaming and social initiatives,” she said. “I was hooked!” Lund continued to experiment with clothing design and her friends began to notice. During Winter 2020, she decided to advertise some of her hand-made products to people in the Oslo area. The response was strong enough that she launched Elskthestudio.com, a clothing business focused on women’s fashion and