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complexity of how to do the most social good with the resources available.” – Susan Boyd ’90ROOTED IN THE RECESSIONThe current affordable housing emergency didn’t spring up overnight. It stems from the last time Americans lost their homes en masse — the subprime mortgage crisis that occurred between 2007 and 2010. When the Great Recession struck, Nicole Harmon ’03 was working at a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit called NeighborWorks America where she assisted and advocated for families who had fallen

policy for its prospective students based on a report by the university’s Admission and Retention of Students (ARTS) Committee that demonstrated that standardized tests aren’t always the best way to measure student potential and capacity, and can reinforce inequities in access to higher education. The sticking point, in Belton’s view, was an emphasis placed on the traditional model of awarding financial aid and scholarships.  “It was all about the discount rate. ‘What is the discount rate?’ That’s

Scholarship Application Tips Posted by: Reesa Nelson / October 17, 2022 October 17, 2022 Scholarship applications have opened and we are now accepting applications for the 2023-24 school year. Incoming students (new or transfer) are eligible to apply for these renewable, merit-based awards. Read below for tips and tricks for preparing your best application!How do I apply? Apply online via Acceptd, a website that many arts programs and schools use for admissions and competitions. You must also

Earth is easily applied to a variety of topics, and there is no shortage of tutorials to help you get started. For a browser-based software, consider using Google’s Tour Builder software, which also has plenty of online help available.   Virtual Tours The excitement doesn’t end there! A wealth of ready-to-use virtual tours can be found online, providing an in-depth look at sights that would otherwise be very difficult to visit on a field trip. Here are some of our favorites: Get mesmerized with an

played a major role in the successful passage of the bond measure, and that feels good. ``The program gave me the ability to think critically, formulate strategic conclusions, and develop effective methodology.`` What are you doing now? Currently I am a project manager at Market Insights. We are a Chicago/Seattle based consulting firm that specializes in working directly with banks and credit unions across the country. Not only do I get to play with all sorts of data to generate strategy for the

and clashes between civilizations, a remarkable woman- through poetry, music and her own indomitable will- survive and aid in the rebuilding of her society. The production runs from November 17-20 in the new Karen Hille Phillips Performing Arts Center on the PLU campus. Based upon the actual poetic writings of Cai Yan (also known as Cai Wenji) Poet Zhang Er has fashioned a timeless and universal tale that speaks to the lives of women across time and around the world who have found themselves

limits to those charging times can be attributed to different parts of the battery, which is what makes this research exciting for students.” Now, buoyed by the NSF grant and a recent partnership with the University of Washington, Waldow’s polymer experiments are being used to create organic transistors based on polymers. While batteries store energy, transistors control the flow of and amplify electric currents. They are crucial elements of nearly all modern electronics. Waldow and his team hope to

off or fall off the bones. After the bacteria and wild animals had their go, about 90 percent of the skeleton remained. Then fish and wildlife packed up the bones, and plunked them down in the chicken coop. Meanwhile there was the matter of who would take the bones. At first, Harbor Wild Watch, based in Gig Harbor, thought they may have a home for the skeleton, but when that plan fell through, Behrens, who is on the Wild Watch board, suggested PLU. Both HWW and the state agreed. While all the

attribution, ‘God never promised that it would be dull, or easy.'” All this occurred in the same year that the country struggled through the worst economic depression since the 1930s. “Everything we do here begins and ends with students,” Anderson said. After ticking off achievements from the past year – from Murdock grant and NSF awards, to accomplishments in Web-based communication, to visits on campus by an Olympic gold medalist – Dr. Anderson turned toward the future and how the university will

. The Board of Regents will form a committee to begin a national search to identify candidates and make a recommendation to the board. The regents will select the next president. The process is expected to take nine to 12 months. PLU’s almost 20 year journey under the leadership of President Anderson has been guided by a series of community-based, long-range plans and major fundraising campaigns. “Working together the campus community has realized so many important dreams,” Anderson said. “All of us