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, she said. Push yourself out of your comfort zone. “I can’t tell you how I regret not getting involved with the theater here,” she laughed. A self-described nerd, Pansino recognized she’s been incredibly fortunate to have landed a slot on Glee, attend award shows and even hob nob with well-know directors like James Cameron.  As for what the future holds? She will continue to audition for roles during breaks in Glee, and would love to work with Danny DeVito. She’ll have to practice on this last goal

planned is a summer research retreat. It will bring together Behrens, Todd, McKenna, their student researchers and other PLU faculty to work on projects together, such as the health of Puget Sound, Teska said. “We will demonstrate with evidence that we have the capacity to do these innovative, creative, interdisciplinary explorations,” Teska said. “It’s another piece that we can document that PLU is distinctive.”   Read Previous Two students killed in car accident Read Next Celebrate World Fair Trade

recruit, prepare and retain STEM teachers in a more inclusive way.”The scholarships, dispersed to qualifying seniors and teacher candidates in the MAE program over the next five years, will ideally target students looking at careers who plan to work locally — creating a pipeline of successful, diverse educators that feeds back into the South Puget Sound school districts.  “We hope that it will be able to remove some financial barriers for those students who are interested in teaching but may not think

and hopes it continues. “Little things every single year would be inspirational,” Green said. “It shows we’re making progress and not putting it on the back-burner.” As for the next step in her journey, Green is applying to law schools. She hopes to practice civil rights law and work with youth and families involved in the criminal justice system, as well as disabled individuals. She hopes to get accepted to law programs at the University of Washington, Seattle University or Gonzaga University

February 22, 2011 PLU students spend 96 hours figuring out halfpipes and VHF signals By Chris Albert Pro snowboarder Shaun White is entering a halfpipe going for maximum vertical air. For hours Dan Case ’11 and his team study the YouTube video of White during a 96 hour Mathematical Contest in Modeling. “We’d pause it over and over again to see how to make a model out of it,” Case said. Four teams, totaling 11 PLU students, spent 96 hours competing in the Math Modeling Contest. (Photo by John