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building. Sean was certified in wilderness medicine. “You can’t prepare really for a disease like this. It’s exciting and an honor to be a clinician at this time, but at the same time terrifying,” Chrissy says. “You can do all the studying you want, but it still wouldn’t prepare you for what we’ve been seeing here in New York.” Personal Time Neither Sean nor Chrissy have been tested and won’t be unless or until they show symptoms. Their friends, family and fellow Lutes send texts, emails and Facebook

full-tuition scholarship annually.  “What is most exciting for me is the community-building aspect of the partnership,” Jackson said. “Finding your place and feeling a sense of community on a college campus is difficult, especially for students of color attending a predominantly white institution. The fact that our Scholars will arrive on campus with a community of similarly situated student leaders is everything.” Saucedo says she found that connection with professors, students and Palmer mentors

dialogue and show them she too has a scarred past. “You know how a bird will ruffle its feathers a little bit to be a little intimidating? My tattoos are like that,” she said. “I don’t think I’m intimidating, but it shows I’m not some fragile little thing. All my tattoos pay tribute to my life journey and self-reflection.” Read Previous (Re)Building Community Read Next Simulating for Success COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker

. Richard Lapchick presents “Facing Uncomfortable Truths” Read Next PLU’s Wang Center Symposium to explore “The Matter of Loneliness: Building Connections for Collective Well-Being” COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24

transgender queer in the U.S. with struggle, resistance, and laughter. Through poetry, writing, speaking events, and fellowships, they explore themes of Movement Building, Cultural Work & Strategy, Community Art & Performance; Disabled Poetics & Art; Race, Gender, Class, Sexuality, and Disability; Disability Justice; Asian American Culture; Filipinx culture; Mixed Race issues; Queer & Transgender Justice; Critical Food Issues; Intersectionality; Poor, Working Class, & formerly homeless/Houseless

century. What’s more, that self-awareness is light and bright and sparkling. Others note aspects of the distances between Persuasion and its original; I note an under-addressed aspect: some reviews mention the racial diversity of the cast, but virtually none take up in a sustained way the role of BIPOC actors and characters in the production—what they reveal about Austen’s day, what they reveal about our own, and the relationship between the two. Reviews invariably take up the issue of modernization

resembles the child his relatives once knew. Above all, David looks forward to seeing, holding and being with his mother. The two have communicated for the past 11 years, since his first year at PLU. He tracked her down through tireless research during his teen years in a Tacoma foster home. “As soon as I could I sent money to my mother so she could buy a phone,” he remembers. “That was the start of a fruitful relationship with her.” David talks to his mother two or three times per month. It’s not

Nursing’s new Clinical Learning and Simulation Center. Located on the corner of Garfield Street and Pacific Avenue in the building that formerly housed the PLU bookstore, the 16,000-square-foot center will help PLU respond to a critical public need, as Washington state is facing a drastic shortage of nurses. There is a growing demand for bachelor- and graduate degree-prepared nurses fluent in both technology and leadership to address the complex and rapidly changing healthcare environment. PLU is known

world and succeed. Tiffany Brown- Bachelor of Business Administration (concentration in marketing) Why PLU? After looking at several private schools in the greater Washington area I chose PLU because of its well known name and reputation for the School of Business. The biggest thing that attracted me to PLU was the beautiful campus and the Morken Center, which was built only a year before I graduated high school. The brand new building and excellent academic recognition are what first brought me to

off the road to ask someone where the affected area was and they said, “Keep driving, you can’t miss it.” We continued down the main road, took a left after, and there it was. The first thing we saw was the high school. The roof had collapsed on half of the building, looking like it had been hit by a series of bombs, like it could collapse at any moment. MediaLab’s Overexposed team (Hailey Rile ’12, Katie Scaff ’13, and Elizabeth Herzfeldt-Kamprath ’12) interviews retired disaster coordinator Ron