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its first year in Parkland-Spanaway, deputy director Queena Tupou says the organization has prioritized community engagement and education. “We’ve been focused on the foundational work of connecting with community partners, making sure that they understand what the Blue Zones Project is doing in Parkland and Spanaway, and sharing the mission and model of this community-wide well-being initiative,” says Tupou. In addition to setting up an office on the edge of the PLU campus, Blue Zones organizers

quickly realized she didn’t like acting or auditioning. So, she spent a year at her community theatre doing everything else — building sets, hanging lights, painting, stage managing and making copies. Those experiences, hard work and camaraderie inspired her to study to be a lighting and scenic designer. “In scenic design, I create the world the characters inhabit, and in lighting design I convey the emotion of moments, often without the audience ever noticing.” In 2012, she moved from the busy

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translated women authors every August and making these works known to wider audiences. The PLU Library is excited to highlight a portion of our own collection of women in translation and we hope this display brings new voices to your attention. Below are the titles from the display, separated by the book’s language of origin. Arabic Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth Wild Thorns by Sahar Khalifeh , translated by Trevor LeGassick and Elizabeth Fernea Chinese I Wish I Were a

dozen or so medications she was on were confusing and expensive, costing $600 a month. And some were at the wrong dosage, making her faint if she walked too far, even in her own house. It was embarrassing, and the lack of the ability to do even the most simple tasks led Streich to deal with another challenge, depression. Carlson started counseling Streich about her diet, fluid intake and exercise. Over the last two years the results have been dramatic. The pair now always have their consults out of

expert. And did we mention that a few years ago, “Outside” magazine ranked Tacoma as the fifth best outdoor city in the country? When life is this good, we’ll take a little rain. #9 Study away – and still graduate on time We want to make it easy for you to be able to study away – and the Wang Center for Global Education is dedicated to making that happen. They work full-time to ensure that academic credit from experiences abroad transfer to PLU, as well as making sure scholarships count toward study

linked to academic excellence,” Brown said during a speech at the annual Fall Faculty Conference. “It provides a richer intellectual environment, better preparing all our students to live, work and serve others in an increasingly global and multicultural society.” Currently, Brown says, PLU is making major strides in improving the diversity of its student body. This year, 42 percent of incoming first-year students are the first in their family to attend college and 35 percent of them identify as

choir, handbells, and the bucket band, the organizers created a program that embraces diversity by highlighting music from different cultures. Oliver-Chandler hopes that their presence will inspire other BIPOC students to pursue music. “As a Black individual, it’s really important to me to educate other students of color,” Oliver-Chandler, from Lakewood, Washington, says. “The music field is predominantly white, so I think it’s important for children to see someone like them who is making it in that

break the instant-gratification loop that continuously checking for new notifications brings by making students aware of how much time they’re spending on their phone and helping them focus on tasks. Does it work? Yes, Mbugua says, because it’s already made a noticeable difference with his own phone habits. “I take time to respond back to people on texts, like maybe a couple hours,” he said. “I would say I use my phone a good amount on the daily, but now I can go without it. I’ve been able to go a

Lutheran University will be to build on our strengths as we address significant changes — changes not of our own making — in the educational landscape that lies before us. Said differently, the great long-range question is how do we wisely and strategically navigate a path that will ensure that our mission and program remains compelling, relevant, effective and, yes, affordable in the years ahead? Now I do not have the answer to that question. But I have two or three ideas about what the question may