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translated into a single English word but represents a feeling of joyful contentment and well-being stemming from life’s simple pleasures. It’s a foundational part of Danish culture and, Dawson believes, a fundamentally different outlook on life than what you’d find in the United States. “Here, it’s very ‘the next big thing,’ like graduation and getting a better car and getting a better job and it’s all about ‘what can I do next?’” she said. “Whereas I feel like Danish culture is very much just finding

  uncertainty about the future, courage may seem a strange and elusive virtue.  And that is certainly true if we if we think of courage in the popular sense as a kind of  “fearless and even reckless bravery.” But, there is more, for a closer look reveals that the word courage is derived from the Latin root “cor,” meaning heart, and the English suffix “age,” meaning action.  In other words, courage can be properly understood as “an action that comes from the heart” and, as such, it is a nobel action

interested in our particular topic as an English professor is in theirs,” Swenson said. “We spend our lives researching and looking, watching the food channels, reading magazines, reading books.” While students are off working, interning and enjoying the summer sun, the Dining staffers are in the kitchen testing out new recipes – it’s a year-round practice, but summer offers a special time for them to really play with food. “I think one of our favorite things to do is look at street food around the world

raised in the Inland Northwest of Washington State. After crossing the Cascades, she began working toward a double major in studio art and English literature at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA, with the intent of becoming a secondary educator in the field of art or English. While not attending to her own education, she spent her summers away from college teaching preschool and elementary school aged children ne arts at the Corbin Art Center in Spokane, WA. Like the children she taught, art

did in high school, and those took adjusting. But it was good to get that adjustment and Montevideo – where we stayed – is a small enough city that you can feel safe and have fun. It was a very good “dipping your foot in the water” type experience. It’s also really nice for the Hispanic studies program because it’s language intensive, and the class sped me up through the program in general.  A semester in Granada: I loved Granada. Probably my favorite place was Mirador de san Nicolas, which is

national security interests of the United States. The region includes China, which is rapidly assuming prominence on the global stage. Rare are the days that go by without at least one news story on China. Given PLU’s Chinese language studies, its China summer Service Learning program, as well as other international programs sponsored by the Wang center, I thought I would devote a few minutes to this most fascinating country. For the past 20 years, China’s GDP has grown by an average of 9.0% per year

professor of religion, published “An Ethics of Biodiversity: Christianity, Ecology and the Variety of Life.” Joanna Gregson, associate professor of sociology, had her book, “The Culture of Teenage Mothers,” published by State University of New York Press. Charles Bergman, professor of English, published a Smithsonian Magazine cover story and essay on “Wildlife Trafficking.” Rick Barot, assistant professor of English, received an Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship. Dean Waldow

kits or imaging technologies any time soon. Part of the problem here is the language of health care. American health care is euphemistically vague (physicians “treat” you and “practice” medicine) and it is also focused on sort of a “techno-fix” approach to problems. Got something? Take a pill. Many of the problems in global health can, in fact, be solved by new, innovative technologies. An effective malaria vaccine would be an incredible achievement. But such technological solutions need to be

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Regent’s Park College, and in Montevideo, Uruguay, where I pursued language training in Spanish.” Matt: “As Marc said, the availability of professors at PLU is awesome, and you can really get to know them. Right off the bat they’re willing to engage you when you find a topic or question that interests you. For me these interactions led to conversations about travel and research, and I have now completed two research fellowships at PLU. I have also visited Italy two times. For a kid from a small town in