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drive every day to the office to be a part of the department,” she said. “The fund also helped with gas money to drive to work in person with children and their parents.”  The scholarship is an extension of the Student Ambassador Program, an initiative devised in 2019 by an innovation studies class led by PLU professor Mike Halvorson. The challenge from Halvorson was simple. Find something on campus you care about and improve it.  This simple assignment grew into a partnership of students, donors

you take care of yourself! I found it difficult to pull myself away from my work from time to time since I enjoyed it so much, but taking the time to care for myself outside of work better ensured my ability to perform well in the long run. Read Previous A day in the life as a cancer research center intern Read Next PLU researchers shine light on RNA activities COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently

affirmed, clarified and valued.” Outside her team, Keleigh contributes to our community’s well-being by helping to ensure that people feel a sense of belonging and that they are known and valued. As a data analyst, Keleigh approaches each piece of data as an opportunity to demonstrate care for people, and Keleigh cares deeply.   PLU President Allan Belton (left) presents Keleigh Allen with a 2023 Distinguished Staff Award. PLU President Allan Belton (left) presents Greg Briggs (right) with a 2023

is certain about one thing. “Care is a personal value. I love that it is a value of PLU, and I’ve been honored to be a part of the care Stupski Foundation shows our communities.” “Whatever work I ultimately do next, it will be centered on caring for people.” Read Previous PLU move-in day 2024 Read Next Neighbors Helping Neighbors COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST

role of languages in liberating our past, enabling our present, and reshaping our future, had a profound effect upon how he insisted languages should be taught at a university. Luther valued languages for their present and future use in our practical business and in the pursuit of what we call, in the PLU mission statement, “service and care” in the world. But his ideas of vocation gave this language study a particularly Lutheran twist: language study was not about being enabled to transform the

University takes great pride in its dynamic and challenging Theatre program. We train students in all aspects of theatre – from acting and directing to stage management, producing, playwriting, technical theatre and design.Set in the 1950s, the play centers on an African-American father and his relationship with his son. Troy, a Negro League baseball player who never got a legitimate shot at the segregated major leagues and instead became a sanitation worker, tries to quash the football dreams of his son

kids. This video on YouTube  shows some of the energy that they bring to computer instruction at Code.org. Prior to her work at Code.org, Alice led various teams at Microsoft. She managed a usability design team related to HoloLens, designed APIs and developer libraries for Xbox 360, ran a user experience team for Microsoft Windows, and built various project management tools as a software developer. Before this work, she studied computer science at Harvard University. The Dale E. Benson Lecture

!)   Robert Helle majored in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resource Management. Robert also earned an Innovation Studies minor, completing his INOV 350 course this Spring with a project designed to teach life schools to high-school graduates. Benjamin Leschensky Benjamin Leschensky majored in Communication with a double emphasis in Strategic Communication and Film & Media Studies. He also minored in Innovation Studies, and was one of this year’s winners of the Luminary Award. “I

achieve the silver rating, Kaniss said. According the council’s Web site, which lists registered green buildings across the nation, the UC is the first student center on the West coast to achieve the rating, added Mischelle Devine-Nunner, senior assistant for construction management and LEED accredited professional. Earth-friendly building codes have permeated campus. The new KPLU building under construction on lower campus should achieve a gold rating, and all residence hall upgrades are designed to

featured an incorporated plot with four main characters and numerous side characters. “Every year NOMT is different,” Stenson said. “It’s more fun this way because I get to play multiple characters.” With a completely student-run production and a cast of very involved students, time management is a challenge. Stenson is involved in many music activities on top of his commitment to NOMT, and many cast members share a similar story. “Rehearsals have to be very late at night,” he said. “We sometimes lose