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, this exposure to research whets their appetite for more, and they find graduate work to be a fulfilling challenge.” “Just a couple of weeks ago, we brought back a panel of recent alumni currently in their first post-graduate employment in investment banking, consulting, government agency and health-sector jobs,” says Peterson. “All of them spoke highly of their Capstone experience and how helpful it had been in preparing them for and securing their first job.” Travis and Peterson say that PLU
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I was trying to get the campaign into other schools it was really easy to do it through my friends and have access to all kinds of schools across the state,” she said. And there’s no slowing down for Anderson, who also serves on Resident Hall Council in Harstad — where she lives — in addition to serving as a senator in student government. “But don’t worry,” she joked. “I’m getting eight hours of sleep a night.” Unsurprisingly, Anderson is a political science major. She hopes to run for political
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programs. “What happened was Covid,” Martin says. “When the government shut down schools, and we were all on stay-at-home orders, we found ourselves with time and flexibility we usually don’t have.” Due to pandemic scheduling, teachers had reduced instructional time, and teacher-parents didn’t have to manage their own children’s schooling and extracurriculars. Toppenish reached out to PLU’s Dr. Tricia Valdez-Zontek to put together a virtual opportunity. The district used Title 3 money to cover most
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Punjab region in the 1980s, when government police picked up and killed young Sikh men and orchestrated military operations on Sikh holy places. In class, she wrestled with the history of international relations—and why the global system allowed this to happen.“I try to bring the Punjabi Sikh topic into the classroom, as it’s under-studied,” she says. “I want to make a difference and have an academic understanding of these issues.” Sikhs can face discrimination in the U.S. due to appearances. They
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and keynote speakers Jesse Hagopian and Tracy Castro-Gill, SPS Ethnic Studies Program Manager. Beth Craig, her 20th-century U.S. history teacher, is a favorite professor (so far). “She’s not afraid to talk about hard things,” Chan says, and Craig incorporates topics that interest the class. This quarter, Chan is also taking two of Maria Chávez‘s political science classes: “Latino Experience in America” and “Local State and Government.” Future Plans What’s next? For an upcoming film, Chan wants to
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in the federal government wants me to work for them, I would be happy to jump into the federal Senate. I am very open, as long as I’m always supporting an amazing candidate who’s fighting for what we need. Read Previous Jared Wright ’14, discusses working on refugee resettlement, impactful internships, and more Read Next Professor Maria Chavez selected for 2021-23 Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau LATEST POSTS Quan Huynh ’25 Discusses her Internship at the Washington State Senate February 28
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Idriss, the director of Search for Common Ground, an organization that works on conflict resolution around the world (7 p.m., KHP). Idriss will be speaking on the topic “Conflict is Inevitable, Violence is Not.” If you have any questions about the Peace Corps Prep Program or would like to be added to the interest list, please email the program coordinator, Katherine Wiley (wileyka@plu.edu). Read Previous Summer Undergraduate Research at the University of Pittsburgh Read Next American Chemical Society
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curiosity, keep them on track for graduation and prepare for post-graduate plans. Subject areas include African-American Studies, Architecture, Biochemistry and Biology, Economics, Film, Mathematics, Human Rights and International Affairs, Journalism, Psychology, Slavic Languages and Literature, Spanish, Sustainable Development and many others. Additionally, Columbia Summer offers subject-specific programs and certifications, including: Arts in the Summer Business Certifications of Professional
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and their families, and the employee affinity groups that strengthen and support our diversity. The U.S. Department of State is committed to the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility for our employees, in the conduct of diplomacy, and in serving the American people. A diverse workforce is a national security asset. STEM professionals are critical to safeguarding our facilities, information, and people. They manage the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of more
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the changes in forensics to the changes that influenced all of secondary and higher education during the century. For seven years the team traced the intellectual and social factors that affected the craft, rather than simply listing relevant dates and events. “The authors are the experts in the field. This is the first comprehensive history of American forensics and I predict that it will stand as the history of forensics for the next one hundred years,” Professor of Rhetoric at the University of
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