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and government and associate professor of political science, identifies as Latina. She’s a native Spanish speaker who didn’t learn English before beginning school. She was raised in an immigrant household in the Southwest and experienced many of the obstacles fellow Latinos face every day in the U.S. Like many who come from a similar background, Chávez was the first in her family to graduate from college, despite the barriers she faced. She came from a home and a school system that didn’t

Calendar Obituaries Kim Nesselquist Kim Nesselquist, Norwegian Consul, died December 7, 2018 in Seattle, after being diagnosed with renal cancer in March. He was born in Fredrikstad, Norway and grew up in Nesbyen, Norway. He traveled abroad to study at PLU in 1980, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He would later serve as university regent and as an advancement officer. At PLU he met Krystn Soltau, who would be his wife for 33 years. Upon graduation in 1983, they returned to

of Latino youth.” Listen to the PLU Podcast “Did you know the American Dream is not accessible to 5 million Latino youth?” asked the Associate Professor of Political Science. Drawing on research published in her book Living the Dream: New Immigration Policies and the Lives of Undocumented Latino Youth , Chavez detailed the denial of educational resources to the children of undocumented Latinos and proclaimed the injustice of the lack of equal opportunity to higher education in the US. “We are a

certain set of implementation projects more effective than the other. Furthermore, the main focus of this study will directly look at the health of these watersheds through a political and environmental science lens. The Kokemaenjoki watershed is located in Finland, and is regarded as having very high water quality scores within the past decade. Since it is located in Tampere, Finland it has had a history of not always having high water quality, since it is an area that is highly urbanized. Over the

in Business and Economic History. Dr. Halvorson worked at Microsoft and was an early PC programming enthusiast and book author. Halvorson teaches courses on U.S. business and economic history, the history of technology, and innovation for social impact. Regular contributions to Innovation Studies comes from faculty in Business, Communication, Computer Science, Data Science, Economics, English, History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Psychology. For a complete list of the PLU faculty members