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, Gregoire said she’s also proud of her work in pushing for an equitable division of the water in Eastern Washington. When she first arrived on the scene as DOE director, none of the sides were talking to each other. And the fish and crops were suffering. Once she became governor, she pushed all sides to the table and dangled $300 million in a bank account that would be available to parties if progress were made. Finally, old silos came down and the Columbia River Water Management Act was passed

American Council on Education (ACE) program for developing administrative skills, and spent a year as an ACE Fellow at Agnes Scott College. While there, he gained experience and skill in leadership and institutional change, planning, and budget and financial management, which he put to good use at PLU, developing and managing the budget for the Office of the Provost. Bill also served as a project coordinator in the U.S. State Department Bureau of Oceans & International Environmental Affairs, where he

Longstaff ’19, makeup and floor management; Hallie Harper ’21, Eric Zayas ’18 and Ali Struble ’21, camera operators; and Dina Longstaff ’19, costumes/crew. Emmy winners will be announced at an awards event Saturday, June 9, at the Fremont Studios in Seattle. Sam Ellefson '19, host and executive producer of "Late Knight." (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) LEARN MORE“Late Knight” is produced entirely by students, featuring monologues, guest interviews, games and performances. It occurs six times per academic

Frechette, PLU’s dean of enrollment management and student financial services.While some schools have lowered tuition in an effort to grab attention, these reductions are often funded through equal reductions in financial aid — reductions that eliminate financial risk to the institution but fail to make education more affordable to students. “At PLU, we believe in access, but access without success is not opportunity,” Frechette added. “I’m proud that PLU is helping to remove barriers to graduation

differing personalities, and manage my time while juggling multiple roles. The opportunity to participate in athletics while also furthering my education has only given me positive experiences that I will continue to be able to draw from throughout my life.  Bridget: Like many other students who partake in extracurricular activities, you very quickly learn time management. I think this is such an important skill to have and will transcend jobs, activities and phases of life. For me athletics provides an

generosity of an anonymous donor deeply invested in PLU’s commitment to global education and international partnerships, Wells and her peers returned to Namibia as seasoned teachers, four of them national-board certified. Each teaching pair focused their dialogue on a pedagogical issue they faced—such as learner engagement, classroom management or social-emotional learning. But nothing can quite replace seeing these strategies in action, Wells said. When Eva Dumeni, a first-grader teacher at M. H. Greeff

grew up in Bellingham. I loved growing up there but wanted to attend college outside my hometown…but not too far. When I toured PLU, everyone was so personable. There was so much individual attention and care for every student on the tour, which continues that way today. I was also drawn by the values placed on diversity, justice and sustainability. What is your major and/or minor? Ruggeri: I have three majors—theatre, political science and environmental studies. I also have a minor in gender and

internship was just as delightful as it sounds. “My main job was to take care of baby birds,” said Josten, a biology major. Josten was a summer intern at PAWS, an organization that shelters and adopts dogs and cats, and also rehabilitates injured and orphaned wildlife. She worked in the baby bird nursery, feeding and caring for small birds such as chickadees, song sparrows, finches, swallows and many more. “Because baby birds don’t feed themselves we had to feed them,” she said. “You pull out a syringe

experience going to the barber shop instead of a beauty parlor for hair care, and how that choice influenced their hair journey and gender identity. A different participant discussed being called a boy by her family members after cutting her hair short and embracing her femininity in a new way through that experience. The third theme concerned hair and body health and the return to identity. “For a lot (of the women), it was a personal health choice,” Taiwo said. “Both thinking about the strength of hair

reasons. She had a healthy skepticism of theology, and responded to people as concrete bodies in need of care. The people who came to her door needed food, shelter, and care, and Magda provided it or saw that it was provided by others.4 Like Magda, the pastor’s cousin, Daniel, who came to run one of the many schools in Le Chambon, had a strong aversion to religious dogma and was deeply suspicious of all narrow religious belief. However, he saw in the work at Le Chambon a chance to contribute to the