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comparison, the minimum wage in Washington State is the highest in the nation; it will increase to $9.47 on January 1, 2015. PLU has a robust, general assembly legislative style of faculty governance.  All full time faculty members — tenure line and contingent alike — have full voice and vote in the Faculty Assembly.  The Faculty Assembly adopts the policies related to faculty governance at PLU.  Read Previous Recent PLU Graduates on their Careers, Convictions & Passion for Health Care Read Next VIDEO

CDs recording, editing, and production, and the members of the Lyric Brass quintet dedicated countless hours over the summer to the rehearsal and recording process. History of the group? The Lyric Brass quintet is the resident faculty brass ensemble at PLU.  The group is comprised of 5 members (Zach Lyman and Edward Castro, trumpets; Gina Gillie, horn; Rebecca Ford, trombone; and Paul Evans, tuba) all of whom are on faculty at PLU.  The Lyric Brass performs two concerts each year at PLU as part of

disappear, as do their beneficial qualities. Wrapping up our travels, my mind was buzzing with questions. How do we fix these problems? What happens if they persist? Are there any permanent solutions? And, if not, how will humans adapt to eminent changes? While only time will truly be able to answer those fully, I am hoping that as the documentary team continues research and production of “Tapped Out,” we will be able to shed light on some promising solutions as well. Read Previous In their own words

, playwriting and production, artistic exploration, bodywork and more. This panel will bring together conflict, community and peace practitioners who use a variety of expressive forms to connect participants working to manage conflict, build community and even create peace. 6 p.m. Studio Theater, Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Free. Wednesday, April 8: Dune Ives. Ives, co-manager of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, will talk about her journey from PLU to her current philanthropic

business course. “In ‘Intro to Business’ we had to actually create a product idea that we wanted to bring to market and we had to do all the marketing, production, and selling behind our product,” Pearson remembers. “It was a great introduction to see how much work goes into making a product successful.” “I also really benefited from a stock market project that was part of a finance course,” he continues. “We had to select stocks that we wanted to invest in. We were given a beginning balance and we

for producing excellent nurses — resulting in 100 percent of nursing graduates gaining employment within six months of graduation.Funded by individual donors, foundations and community partners, the center doubles the space available to nursing students, preparing them for their careers in a wholly modern way. In addition to the suites, the bright, spacious facility contains a student lounge, a 96-seat classroom, and another 48-student room with four screens, a video conference camera, and a

bureaus through allocating resources, deploying staff, and coordinating across organizational divisions. Among WFP’s 19,000 employees, about 90 percent work in the field, relying on calls and video meetings.  Though Lander misses the travel, during the pandemic he has drawn on his previous experiences in countries around the world. “Having spent time in the field gives me the motivation to use my position to make sure colleagues have what they need to do their job and work in often very tough

recording video of people tagging walls. The photos are equal parts inspiring, offensive, and entertaining. I recognize in this moment that the digital does not replace the human. Rather, it extends the human into a world made by human hands, a world that looks so much like our own; full of lightness and darkness, love and hate, joy and deep sorrow. It is a world that once represented our hope for an egalitarian utopia, a place where everyone would be equal. Now we know that the same seeds of discord

. The stands roared with screams for joy. We hugged, we kissed, we cried. We won. My husband Clarence Goodson IV was on top of Donovan in the dog pile of players at the corner flag, and as the other players piled on top of them, the celebration continued. I grabbed my video camera and ran down to the bottom row and jumped onto the railing so I could get some height. Once Clay saw me taping the celebration he came straight over to the edge of the field. I jumped off the railing, down onto the walkway

Andrew Schwartz’s journey from PLU sociology major to environmental justice advocate and eco-ministry leader Posted by: Zach Powers / April 15, 2021 Image: Andrew Schwartz ’07, the director of sustainability and global affairs at The Center for Earth Ethics, walks through Mount Tabor Park in Portland, Oregon. (photos and video by Silong Chhun/PLU) April 15, 2021 By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterWhen we first catch up with environmental advocate Andrew Schwartz ‘07, he's