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my hopes up a little bit,” Hunt said. An acceptance email followed, and now Hunt is a Fellow for life—and part of an exciting global fellowship. “TED is all about spreading ideas that need to be spread, from people who are passionate and really have an opportunity to change the way we think about things and do things,” Hunt said. “The most amazing thing about it is that you are communicating with the other Fellows every day, just kind of learning from each other. People are doing the most amazing

for feedback, there is going to be a little bit more of the houses needed. Even later, when I got it to where it was acceptable, the last thing I had to make changes to was their road system on the hill, and also their watering system and drainage. When you see the dark lines on the hill, there are certain directions that they were supposed to go toward, so I had to change when the directions I had on there were not correct. After I had the background painted, I laid a plastic over the top of the

initiative with PLU and MultiCare will allow us to change the health care ecosystem and take an important step toward helping Pierce County residents access the equitable health care they need.” “(The partnership) responds to real needs,” said Claudia Miller, family and community partnerships director for Franklin Pierce Schools, who also spoke at the launch event. “The health outcomes in this part of Pierce County are staggering, especially for our youth. There are a lot of factors that play into these

rife with diseases of all sorts. Whether British troops heading for the front were infected with the flu by Camp Funston Americans or whether they picked up a different strain of virus, or both, the H1N1 virus first exploded on the British front, crossed easily through German lines, and rapidly felled soldiers up and down the front.  Concurrently, flu also overran Spain and then spread throughout Europe.   In this first wave, millions suffered, but comparatively few died.  That was about to change

clear sky and sun.  We arrived intact albeit expectedly tired our first night.  After a quick lunch provided in our hotel, we managed to climb back aboard our coach for a tour of the city (in an only mildly glazed-over fashion).  Some good first/second night’s rest with the time change and we’re off to St. Giles’ tomorrow for our first UK performance.   May 28thThe first UK performance today, at St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh was fantastic.  Choir of the West shared a rehearsal and performance

capacity to wonder, to stand in awe of creation, to ask “why,” and to the live into the question — for a lifetime. Today is a day to reflect on our learning — and to commence a life of wondering! COURAGE Third and finally, I hope that your PLU education has encouraged a strong and positive sense of your own person, a clear sense of identity that is the foundation of a life of courage; for living courageously! A brief explanation:  I realize that on this day of transition and change, along with

, quin-what?’ Katye Griswold’s ’13 perspective on food drastically changed after reading a diet book written by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin during her sophomore year. More On the opposite end of the college food spectrum, is psychology major Katye Griswold ’13, who has also lived off campus for more than a year. She’s arguably one of the more ambitious aspiring chefs among her peers. “I have a go to meal for like a month and then I change it,” Griswold said. “Sometimes it’s pasta with whatever I

proved to be useful when I was able to land an internship with Alaska Airlines after my junior year. Additionally, my capstone experience allowed me to see the culmination of a business education through the International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition. Our team competed in a simulated business and took 1st and 1st runner up awards!  If I could go back in time, I wouldn’t change a thing about the past four years. What’s next? After graduation, I will be working on a market expansion project

not determine all four years: Everything will change throughout each semester, so be willing to branch out academically and socially because you will find your place eventually. PLU has a wealth of resources as well as an irreplaceable group of faculty and staff members who are here to help you succeed. I almost gave up on PLU three times, but I ended up staying because of the people around me and soon realized that I would never have a community of people like I do at PLU; if you put in the

itself; it’s the idea of change that is stressful or forced,” she said. “So these sculptures are about where I am in life right now, and how growing up is.” After graduation, Henderson said she plans to take some time off and then pursue jobs in the arts industry. However, she said she may also look into animal or pet care. “Animals, very apparent in my artwork, are my second passion,” she said. “So a job in the pet-care industry would also suit me and also inform my art at the same time, which is