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with drumming and dancing. While Nelson is not Native American, she has worked hard to learn as much as she can from staff members who are “very generous” in sharing their knowledge. “We want our students to feel that they can choose to embrace their culture and be successful,” Nelson says. “Education has the power to show kids that they can walk successfully in two worlds.”Lute Powered is a project highlighting PLU alumni at some of the most well-known organizations across the Puget Sound region
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the director of the Rainier Writing Workshop – PLU’s low-residency creative writing MFA program. Barot has embraced the challenges of teaching virtually and also recently shared a new collection of poems called “During the Pandemic.” He’s currently teaching two undergraduate writing courses at PLU and has relished working with students on navigating these challenging and isolating times through their writing.How did “During the Pandemic” come about as a project? Well, when the lockdown started in
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supportive teachers, including Guerrero. For his Capstone project, Schwartz studied the sociology of religion. He realized the commonality of contemplative questions—what does it mean to be alive? Why are we here? Why do we believe the things we believe? “For me, as I learned more, I questioned more,” he says. “PLU helped me begin to understand questions that needed to be asked, which helps you ask better questions next time, and be OK when answers are messy or nonexistent.”From PLU to Planetary Change
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interview. In the past, I felt like an imposter, but I remembered my classes—especially economics—and how my professors taught me that if I can survive complex economic concepts, I can survive a complex project. I’m forever thankful for them giving me a bar to strive for.Do you have any plans for after commencement? There are several opportunities I am entertaining for post-commencement. However, first and foremost, I will take a short break and solo travel somewhere sunny with good food. A recharge is
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department in Moses Lake’s Samaritan Healthcare with the group Sound Physicians and serves on several hospital boards in leadership positions. Emergency medicine takes a unique character, he admits. “You must simultaneously have tough skin and a good sense of humor. People seem to be born to do certain fields of medicine, and it’s nice when that aligns,” Arnits says. Lute Powered is a project highlighting PLU alumni at well-known organizations across the Puget Sound region. Dr. Erik Arnits ’11 is the
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with creating a new summer event. Miller, who majored in communication, says that her experiences working for MediaLab, a student-run media organization within PLU’s School of Arts and Communication, helped her land her dream gig at Wild Waves and hit the ground running. “I was the public relations executive,” Miller said. “That role really prepared me for social media management, planning out projects and research, and coordinating timely messaging in a variety of mediums.”Through MediaLab, Miller
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department in Moses Lake’s Samaritan Healthcare with the group Sound Physicians and serves on several hospital boards in leadership positions. Emergency medicine takes a unique character, he admits. “You must simultaneously have tough skin and a good sense of humor. People seem to be born to do certain fields of medicine, and it’s nice when that aligns,” Arnits says. Lute Powered is a project highlighting PLU alumni at well-known organizations across the Puget Sound region. Dr. Erik Arnits ’11 is the
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“Practicing Courage” by Margaret Matthews Posted by: Reesa Nelson / March 10, 2020 March 10, 2020 Margaret Matthews is a junior at Pacific Lutheran University who lived in Virginia and Oregon before moving to Tacoma for college. She will graduate in 2021 with a BFA with a concentration in Sculpture. She is already putting her talents to use with a class project that was selected for public display.Practicing CourageIn Mare Blocker’s 2D design course, required for all art majors, students
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with you, as I think the message is very relevant to the challenges we face as a community and as a country. Some of you may have seen billboards on the highways or posters on campus bulletin boards in the past year that reference the “My Language, My Choice” campaign, which started in PLU’s Diversity Center as a way to call attention to words and expressions that are hurtful to other people. It started with a poster campaign featuring pictures of students—many of them student-athletes—holding
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Internship Opportunity for STEM Students Posted by: alemanem / June 7, 2021 June 7, 2021 This Summer Numerade is currently offering remote, flexible, and paid internship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. You will be developing STEM content for middle school and high school students. The outcomes of this internship will provide you with experience developing project and time management, teaching, and increase subject matter expertise. This position will allow students to
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