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. And, maybe most of all, an impact that will last well beyond 25 years. Here are the stories: “The Women’s Center has made me a leader of my own life! It also has given me the courage to create my dreams and live them. It’s given me a voice and the passion to speak for those who cannot. It made me see the world differently, always asking myself, ‘How can I do more? How can I inspire more change?’ It’s made me that woman I am today … a business owner, empowering women to take ownership and control

these fields so we could get advice on our own careers. I was definitely inspired to hear from all these awesome people. What excites you about serving on the ASPLU? I am so grateful for being here in that I can tangibly make a difference that I wanted to make when I first came to campus. I feel like with the nature of the smallness of the PLU student body I feel my voice can actually be heard. My favorite thing from last year was learning that I am not alone in that. There was an amazing influx of

things for my costumes because I had four of them for this production,” she said. “I met my voice teacher, and he warmed me up. Then I met with the maestro, Roberto Abbbado, at 6 p.m. and sang through a couple of things for him. Then I had a little dinner, got into my costume and went out on stage at 7:30 p.m. It was the most amazing evening of my life. “I just couldn’t believe this was happening,” she said. “I had to pinch myself several times that day.” Meade had worked hard to get to this point

the foreign vowels sucked more,  than those listening to their native tongue, regardless of how much postnatal experience they had. This indicated to researchers that they were learning the vowel sounds in utero. “These little ones had been listening to their mother’s voice in the womb, and particularly her vowels for 10 weeks. The mother has first dibs on influencing the child’s brain,” Kuhl said. “At birth, they are apparently ready for something novel.” While other studies have focused on

project settled on themes of resiliency, the tension between reality and hope, diversity, rural/urban, vibrancy and wholeness. The design scheme uses each letter of “Parkland” to illustrate stories around those themes: P for people, A for agriculture, R for recreation, K for kids, L for landscape, A for academics, N for native peoples and D for diversity. The mural is scheduled for completion in June, with many people—at PLU and in the community—already excited to see the end product as it gives voice

heard Angela sing are in for an added treat at the gala concert,” said University Chorale Conductor and Associate Director of Choral Activities Brian Galante. “She has a powerful voice – warm, rich and vibrant in the loud, climactic moments, and sublimely beautiful in the soft, tender sections.” “We’ll get to hear the full range and expression of her singing in the repertoire for this Christmas Concert. And even though she has a commanding stage presence, she is able to draw the audience in for the

PLU they really emphasize vocation or finding your voice … I’ve become more aware of my values and the community that I want to represent.” That community is her neighborhood in Lakewood, Washington. She understands the needs of the area and hopes she can return to give back. “I’m from the Woodbrook area outside of Ft. Lewis,” she said. “I want to come back to Woodbrook, to show these kids that you can get out. You can branch out and succeed.” Read Previous PLU’s MBA program named one of the