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convinced. Senior Andrea Calcagno believes that’s because global climate change isn’t really affecting the average American yet. While temperatures may be a bit warmer and the snowfall a bit less, the nation as a whole hasn’t experienced any drastic consequence. “I would say a lot of people don’t take climate change as seriously as it needs to be taken,” she said. During the first part of J-Term, ambassadors talked with their friends and family to determine what the general pubic knows about the topic

the top of Mount Kilimanjaro –all 19,685 feet of it,” she wrote. “What a challenging and rewarding experience.” Meanwhile, in Argentina, Callie Zuck was among those who visited two cooperative shoe factories, each started with help from microfinance companies. Owned by the workers with profits split evenly, the businesses opened in response to the staggering unemployment in the country. One of the cooperatives operated out of a family home, and the PLU delegation ate lunch with the workers there

. Click on the links to start a team or join an existing team, and follow the step-by-step process. The event begins at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 25. Each registered team must have at least one person walking around the track for the full 18 hours of the event, with the relay ending at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 26. Cancer affects everyone, and most of the committee members have had family members or friends affected by the disease, explained committee co-chair Laura Comstock. According to the ACS

through the same thing I did. “My grandmother always said, ‘What I do will either open or shut doors for others that follow me,’” she said. She wants to get her law degree after she graduates and work as a pro bono lawyer in family law. “If my grandmother was living now, she’d be so proud,” Kpodo said of her Obama visit. Read Previous Biologist use Murdock grants to study birds, fish Read Next Looking into the laws behind adoption COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear

hours and minutes will likely be used in the program. Either way it was a fun experience and he looks forward to laying low with his family and watching the episodes. “I think my sons are going to stay up past their bedtimes too,” Storfjell said. Doorways Editor Chris Albert produced this report. Contact him at 253-535-8691 or albertct@plu.edu for comments or more information. Read Previous Convocation – A generation of globalists Read Next Giving a people a voice, a face COMMENTS*Note: All comments

. “You really need to be on them, and make sure they are successful,” he said. “If I’m not being strict and on top of things, they aren’t learning and I’m not doing my job.” That doesn’t mean the class doesn’t have fun. Birthdays and family events are celebrated. Teachers are encouraged to become part of the community. Pfaff said that the PLU philosophy of getting involved and making a difference has stood the in-the-world test here. “The world really does need people who care,” he said. “Alums with

class prepared,” he said. “It doesn’t mean you know every answer, that’s why I’m here.” When Boeh decided to make the transition to teaching college, there were two factors that came into play. He knew if he was going to remain in investment banking, he had to live in either San Francisco or New York. He and his wife – who were starting a family – weren’t prepared to do that. “New York is a great place to live if you are a single guy, but I was just at a different phase in my life,” Boeh said. “I

a dream realized on the small donations of local Scandinavian immigrants. Almost 111 years later in May 2002, construction began with a groundbreaking for the first phase of the Morken Center for Learning and Technology, named for the Morken family and Don Morken ’60, alumnus and regent. The newest building on campus, it was dedicated in 2006 and was part of PLU’s most successful capital campaign in history. More than a century apart in construction and worlds apart in amenities, the buildings

things in life that are beautiful and good. “Everything I do see that’s excellent, orderly and pure, it’s from God,” said Gray. He believes his faith plays a part in why he does what he does. “The fact that I’m a believer gives me a spiritual awareness,” said Gray, making him “more vulnerable to beautiful things. Excellent things. So, those things turn me on.” Gray has several figure paintings of his family, including his wife, Jessica, his six-year-old son, Forest, and daughter, Lauren, 9. Teaching

throughout the Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference this week. “There were Holocaust survivors who talked, and those who didn’t,” said Sauvage, who will talk about his film and the Huguenot community that saved his family and thousands of others. Sauvage’s parents were definitely of the second category, but once he knew his story, Sauvage, who switched from a journalism career to filmmaking in France, pursued his passion of finding the unknown stories of the Holocaust.   “I knew I was born in Le