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confronted every obstacle that came up and has gone above and beyond to ensure that students are able to achieve their goals and excel academically. Mauricio Coitiño does research in Communication and Media, Public Policy and Human Rights. He is also a former representative of Uruguay for Amnesty International and an activist of Ovejas Negras, a Uruguayan collective that advocates for the defense of sexual diversity and rights of the LGBTQI community. Part of the educational work this social organization

taught research methods, statistics and capstone courses (e.g., senior research projects and theses) at Monmouth College and Pacific Lutheran University. During this time, he recognized that students could learn research methods and contribute to social science concurrently, with results disseminated beyond his classroom. Dr. Grahe’s desire to improve psychology students’ training and educational experiences, as well as the method in which social science data are collected, analyzed and discussed

and help with their day-to-day activities as well as their larger events, including Love Your Body Day and Woman Up! Being a part of a supportive and activist-centered space, I realized that I wanted to pursue a career similar to Jen Smith and Jennifer Warwick. Because of their leadership and example, I am now in my second year at San Diego State University getting my master’s degree in Women’s Studies. Overall, though, the Women’s Center was a fun place to be and grow. Every day I worked, I

ensuring their education, and for fostering leaders committed to service to others finds itself well represented in PLU’s mission statement: We seek to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership, and care—for other people, for their communities, and for the earth.  At PLU today, our distinctive expression of American higher education includes a superb liberal arts curriculum—with its stellar faculty and students in the sciences and social sciences, in the humanities, in music

for her to get into Environmental studies and why she felt like they didn’t fit in, especially as a student of color because of how the environmental field has unfortunately been perceived to be predominantly white folks, despite indigenous leadership through the years. I had a crash course on indigenous governments and the road to sovereignty as far as intergovernmental relations. We also had a public service fair where we went into breakouts so we could talk to individuals who are working in

is to create a companion program that supplements a student’s major — a bridge from academia to the professional world. “Let’s say you have an art degree and you are a person who’s working on graphic design,” Halvorson said. “But maybe you don’t regularly meet with business or computer science students, and you want to develop a broader range of entrepreneurial skills. The Innovation Studies program is meant to help you achieve the career and leadership goals that you want out of your art program

PLU’s Earth & Diversity Week. Steen Family Symposium Steen Family Symposium on Environmental Issues April 17-19 | Free and open to the public Established in 2022 through a gift from David ‘57 and Lorilie Steen ’58, the Steen Family Symposium brings informed speakers who challenge current thinking and propose healthy change to the PLU campus for the purpose of contributing to educate for “lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care — for other people, for their communities and for the

students can’t contribute. That’s an invaluable asset to have on campus.” Take Riley Relfe, a transfer from Green River Community College. At Green River, she had been extremely involved, working as the president of the local honor society and at the local radio station. When she came to PLU, there was never any question that she’d get involved – the only question was where. Then her advisor suggested that she might consider getting involved in student leadership with ASPLU. The next day, she was

changes: The team welcomed a new coach, Justin Eckstein, and raised membership to 22 debaters, many of whom are new to the activity. “PLU has a really long tradition of being successful at debate. That has happened under many different coaches,” said senior debater Pam Barker ’14. Barker and David Mooney ’14 are the only seniors on the team who have debated previously. A two-person team themselves, Barker and Mooney have moved into leadership positions in the PLU squad for their senior year. “It’s

. “The connections you make are invaluable,” says Moran, who counts the DNC internship as her third so far. “I can’t stress this enough. The mentors you make in these internships will help you succeed in the future.” Moran applied for the highly competitive DNC internship at the recommendation of a friend at a Girls State summer leadership and citizenship program. Finance major Simbarashe Change ’15 says he found out about his summer internship at Seattle-based Russell Investments by checking