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”. On finding who you are as an artist: When you’re a kid in the second grade, they are teaching you to write. You have 26 letters and they didn’t tell you that with 26 letters, your personality is going to jump out. Not today, not tomorrow, but in your signature and in your writing - you can’t stop it. Well, art is the same way. If you do it over and over and over and over again as much as you’ve signed your name and written, whatever you’ve made is going to have your personality. No matter what

typically be out and about all day in groups of 3 or 4. Finally, phase three is still underway, and this has been the writing process. We had a rough draft due last month, went over it with our research directors, and are now completing our final draft to submit for editing.When you reflect on this experience, what stands out to you? AS: My projects were very specialized to what I am learning at PLU. It was very fun to stretch those muscles and expand on them. The most important thing I came away with

. The model had been working, but explaining and recording the process of why and how something was chosen as an investment wasn’t always clear. And each year a new crop of board members wouldn’t have the insight into why certain decisions were made. Since attending the conference, the executive board has been working on writing a strategy that puts in place protocols to answer those questions and concerns. In a way, it’s an opportunity to make the club function on a more professional level, with

become reporters for the night—writing, tweeting, and taking photos for the News Tribune at various campaign parties around the Puget Sound, inputting data as it comes in at news stations like KOMO and Q13, and, new this year, shadowing reporters for Olympia’s TVW. There’s no easy way to capture the energy and excitement at these events—but that’s what students who are out at the election parties are asked to do. “It’s a free for all. It’s super high energy,” said business finance and economics

everything good they’re already doing. Vocation isn’t just for students; it’s for everyone.” Here’s the April 8 lineup: 9:15 a.m.: Lute Talks: What’s Your Passion? | Session I Anderson University Center, Room 201 11:15 a.m.: Panel discussion: “Writing Your Life Outside the Lines: A Conversation on Unexpected Vocations” Anderson University Center, Regency Room The following panelists will invite participants to consider how unexpected encounters can shape a life marked by purpose: • Saiyare Refaei ’14: an

at PLU and have stayed in contact with the faculty throughout my career. I knew I wanted to become a paleontologist by the time I arrived on campus. I’ve always been interested in a lot of different things, and I was able to pursue them at PLU, knowing that I would eventually have to set them aside to focus on paleontology. I took a lot of classes to do with art, writing and literature coursework. I also played tuba in the wind ensemble and the crazy pep band PLU had back then, known as “commando

Cornell-Maier: a business class, a graphic design course, writing for the Innovation blog Halvorson started that’s dedicated to highlighting student questions, offering helpful advice and identifying pathways into the minor. “You get a lot of questions when you say you’re an Innovative Studies minor, because few students know what it is,” Cornell-Maier said. “They’re curious and innovation is a buzzword right now.” As a member of the minor’s inaugural cohort, Cornell-Maier spends some time every week

Mosa, are able to attend PLU and receive leadership training, academic preparation and mentorship. They are also required to give back to the community through acts of service.  After getting over the hurdle of being accepted and paying for college, Mosa now faced a new obstacle. Since English was his second language, he was finding the coursework difficult and was failing a required writing course. He credits the support of Cunningham and fellow Act Six peers for helping him during those early

. On any given day, I’ll see students writing equations on our whiteboards, relaxing in the lobby between classes or working with one of my colleagues to conduct research for a project — and all that’s not even counting the way that people engage with our online resources. I never know what brings someone to the library, but the library is a space for community, and as such also serves to reflect the interests of our community. I think there’s power in that. Are there particular PLU archives that

typically be out and about all day in groups of 3 or 4. Finally, phase three is still underway, and this has been the writing process. We had a rough draft due last month, went over it with our research directors, and are now completing our final draft to submit for editing. When you reflect on this experience, what stands out to you?  AS: My projects were very specialized to what I am learning at PLU. It was very fun to stretch those muscles and expand on them. The most important thing I came away with