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, and cultures. My interest in the English Teaching Assistantship is one that combines a love of education with community development. I look forward to being in a new environment as I work part-time in a school. But more importantly, I am excited about the opportunity to learn and engage with the people of Malaysia. The mission of Fulbright grants, to help bridge the gap between countries, is one I am excited to be a part of in the upcoming year. I am blessed with this unique opportunity and I wait

internships nationally. We hire two to three PLU students per semester. We like to keep communication open and leverage PLU.” Of course, PLU itself is one key to its graduates’ success. “What I like about the PLU byproduct is that a smaller university is really good at helping students build and develop relationships,” Rosales said. “If you’re able to build relationships, you’re going to go really far. And the PLU mission—community, integrity—is big in the business world.” Read Previous A Historic Hike

collaborating with other members of Hinderlie Residence Hall Council to plan events that encourage diversity and provide a safe outlet for creativity. 3.    Emily Steelquist ’16 contributed more 200 hours of service with Club Keithley, Pierce County Habitat for Humanity, Food Connection, St. Leo, Nativity House, Tacoma Rescue Mission and PLU Alternative Spring Break-Parkland Immersion.  The Gladys Mortvedt Voluntary Service Award is awarded to a PLU student who has quietly won attention by rendering

as customers raced to stock up while quarantining. This put a strain on many businesses and farmers. Donwen says she and her team worked hard to ensure her customers still had access to local food and that her suppliers —local farmers — had a place to sell their goods. “For some of our local vendors, this was their only outlet to sell products,” she said.  PLU School of Business Mission The PLU School of Business is a community of engaged faculty, staff & administrators who provide an excellent

. He earned a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering, but shifted gears and earned his master’s degree in higher education administration at the University of Kansas before arriving at PLU. “What sealed it for me to come work at PLU was, and still is, the students,” he said. “The students at PLU take the mission to heart and care for each other in a way that I never saw at the previous universities that I worked at or attended.” About 85 percent of first-year students live on campus — so there

opportunity. I liked the way the library search committee talked about the role, and I was really drawn to PLU’s mission — especially in the way it places leadership in the context of service, inquiry and care. Combine all this with the fact that I’m a Washingtonian, born and raised, and it seemed like a no-brainer. Why is the library special? For me, libraries are special because they are places of possibility, both physically and conceptually, and I think that Mortvedt Library is a great example of that

2020 Cohort Spotlight: Lorna Derro Posted by: Catherine Chan / June 22, 2020 Image: Lorna Derro (Photo courtesy: Lorna Derro) June 22, 2020 Lorna Derro joins the ELMSN program with a mission in serving underserved areas.She shares about what inspired her to change her career to nursing. What is one fun fact about yourself? I am a woman who wears many hats – a wife of a loving and supportive husband, a mom of two wonderful boys, a student, a health coach, a self-published author, but the most

Pacific Lutheran University in much the same way as we carry out our mission of Lutheran higher education. One of the wonderful gifts of the Lutheran Reformation that – like Solomon’s temple – people outside the Lutheran church are most impressed with is the Lutheran commitment to education and especially higher education, i.e., Lutheran colleges and universities like PLU. It’s funny because in my experience, it is outsiders who often appreciate this gift more than many Lutherans who either take it

international tours to China (by the Choir of the West and University Orchestra) and to Norway (by the Wind Ensemble and University Chorale), thereby affirming both our place on the Pacific Rim and our Scandinavian history. The times of change returned in the early 1990s as enrollment downturns of the previous decade finally hit PLU and the university entered uncertain economic times. PLU’s current president, Loren J. Anderson arrived and led the university through those turbulent times. The university

and to achieving ambitious and measurable results with students,” Buley said. Nicolette Paso – Research in Germany Paso will be moving to Leipzig, Germany, to complete her Fulbright Research Grant. Her hope is to apply her research toward a master’s degree, and eventually doctorate, in religion. Her research project is centered on the early Reformation church ordinances that created the first state-sponsored systems of social welfare. “I am primarily interested in how theological context of each