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career—and take him further than ever.Holland planned to major in English but became fascinated by the varied projects offered by PLU’s computer science major. With family in the tech, interest in computer science runs in the family, he says. Through the PLU IHON-Oxford Program, he took a distributed systems course. “It had very interesting, hard problems that interested me.” Overall, this is what he enjoys most—finding efficient ways to solve problems. “Computers give you immediate feedback on

March 2, 2009 Illegal animal trade Charles Bergman approached a man known to provide parrots on demand in the Texas border town of Brownsville. He asked if the man knew where he could get 25 of the colorful, highly intelligent birds. At first the man didn’t buy the story that Bergman, actually a PLU English professor, was a U.S. pet store owner looking for cheap parrots.“Federali?” he shot back. Bergman said no. Then pulled a fist-sized wad of cash out of pocket. The man needed no further

was going to Mongolia,” she remembered. “So when she said ‘Mongolia,’ everyone started Googling it.” During her last two years there, Nelson has found a renewed passion for service as she teaches English at a technical college, help residents of Baruun-Urt, which is located on the eastern steppe in Mongolia, set up Facebook and email accounts or do whatever is necessary. She’s also been working with local service organizations on the “Good Father” project. In Mongolia’s rapid push to become a

. Nelson’s roommate, Katrina Graven ’15, agrees that no matter what your year, you should seek out as many internships as possible at college. Graven came by her internship at Rainier National Park, looking for culturally significant sites, through her connections with Bradford Andrews, her Anthropology professor.  “He emailed it to me and told me I’d be great for it, and to think about it,” she says. Graven didn’t think too long and immediately applied. An Anthropology and English major, Graven plans to

Holocaust Conference. PLU’s Holocaust and Genocide Studies program is strongly grounded in PLU’s educational commitment to help students develop as global citizens; future leaders; and whole, richly informed persons.“Close study of the Holocaust and other examples of mass violence challenge us to push far beyond our comfort zones,” said Associate Professor Rona Kaufman, Chair of PLU’s English Department. And, while other films have documented the atrocity of the Rwandan genocide, Sweet Dreams tells a

Spanish and English. What do you see as the most challenging part of your job? Vicarious trauma is real; while supporting people through crisis is a passion and skill of mine, it is important to maintain healthy boundaries and self-care. What do you like to do when you aren’t working? Outside of school, I like to do pottery. I am still quite the beginner, but I really enjoy taking classes. I go to karaoke every week with some friends and that’s always a good time to sing fun throwbacks. I also enjoy

levels and inspired other to do the same. Sponsored by the Scandinavian Cultural Center. Let’s Talk About: Gender Oct. 6 | 6 p.m. | Xavier 201 Panel discussion on how gender equity, identity and trans rights have been represented locally and nationally in election 2016. Confirmed panelists include Associate Professor of Religion Seth Dowland, Assistant Professor of English Jenny James, Assistant Professor of Chemistry Andrea Munro and Rainbow Center Crime Victim Advocate Vaan Melendez. Sponsored by

they read in a book and what they see in a chapter of a design magazine. I have this thing about only drinking out of cups that are given to me. Once someone gives me a new cup, I replace my old one with it. I got the Star Wars one last year around July from a good friend in the Department of English, and no one gave me anything throughout the year so I kept drinking out of it until I just got a Tim Tam cup from a recent grad this June. So now I’m on that one, and we’ll see how long it lasts. Read