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. Brock, who joined the School of Business last month, said that he will draw heavily on ideas expressed in Fareed Zakaria’s new book The Post-American World. “I agree with his ideas, mainly that the U.S. is not lagging behind the rest of the world, but that the rest of the world is catching up rapidly,” he said. In his travels, Brock added that he has also seen the same attitude that Zakaria comments on in the book. “It’s not so much that many folks across the globe are angry at the U.S., but that

national television next year. (Photo by John Froschauer) Snipstead, ’11, said neither she nor her friends really thought they had a chance. But now, six months later, Snipstead, 20, is still pinching herself. The Hispanic Studies major was collecting her bags at Sea-Tac Airport Friday afternoon, and a bit breathless. She and her bandmates had just spent a whirlwind week in Los Angles recording the jingle and the “behind the scenes” video of the event. Look for Snipstead, who will be singing the jingle

, who was one of the first people to coin to term compassion fatigue. They are also scheduled to tour North America in June for three weeks, with a stop in Ontario for a compassion fatigue conference. Scaff said World Vision plans to use the film as a way to educate volunteers and employees about the condition, and the local PBS station has also expressed interest in featuring a behind the scenes look at the student documentary filming process. MediaLab has produced a number of award-winning

their earning potential, cutting in half the likelihood of unemployment, and even their life expectancy is greater than the 82 left behind. For those that are left along the way, the opposite is true, Anderson said. He called on business leaders to not let this trend continue – to mentor students, to offer internships or donate equipment, to do whatever they can to invest in the future. “Indeed, I think it is not too strong to claim that we are failing to educate a whole new generation of men and

March 19, 2012 Kjell Thompsen, Jr. ’94, ’97 is the president of the PLU Scandinavian Alumni group. The group is active in keeping Scandinavian’s connected with PLU. (Photo by John Froschauer) Building relationships, seizing opportunity By Chris Albert As an MBA student Kjell Thompsen, Jr. happened to sit right in front of his future wife – Isabelle (Juillard) ’96. “It was tough on my neck,” Thompsen joked because he was constantly looking behind him to steal a glimpse of her. It’s just one of

dictionary upon their moving to the states — Urrea answered questions and signed copies of his book. “He’s really funny,” said education major Megan Zink ’15 after the lecture. “It was interesting to see the history behind the book.” Like other incoming students, Zink was asked to read the book as part of the Common Reading Program. This year, the program tried something new — asking all members of the PLU community to read a book so everyone could have something in common with the incoming class of 2016

Martin J. Neeb Center home of KPLU. Korsmo Construction, well established locally with 65 years of experience behind the name, has been responsible for such projects as the Henry M. Jackson Visitor’s Center at Mt. Rainier National Park and the Martin J. Neeb Center and Studio Theater at PLU. “It was a real privilege building a building knowing it would be named for Martin, and to be able to build that building on campus,” Korsmo said. Korsmo and his company have received numerous awards, including

this. He filled in a background for immigration, expanding on the thought behind the foundational immigration bills of 1924 and 1965, the latter of which was formed due to the abject racism of the former. His key point, being that the “immigration” problem, has existed for some time, but adapts only in who it targets. Explaining assimilative nature of the U.S., he said, “We’re like the Borg,” referencing a creature from Star Trek. “We swallow up everybody.” Today, it is our southern border that

. She also gave valuable lessons about the philosophy of singing. But Blythe also constantly lectured about being a vessel. She said singing means being in a constant state of giving—singers exist to deliver the message of a song and the meaning infused in it by its composer. This was the motive behind all of her coaching. When telling Herzog to make eye contact with her audience, not a point on the wall, she said, “If you don’t look into your audience, they don’t see your soul.” After focusing on

quality of the people is just great,” said David, who met Leah’s mother at PLU. “It’s a pretty special place.” Now, it’s time for Leah to create her own PLU experience. She will live in Hong Hall, in the International Honors Program wing, and take classes in poetry, Norwegian and calculus. And she’s ready to leave high school behind: “I’m just excited about the community at PLU and getting to know people, taking cool classes that are interesting. The whole college experience is something I’ve been