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nonplussed by this wetness. The sun reflecting off of the water is warm, even if the water is not. You begin to tour the Sound, your progress rocky at first. The kayak glides low in the water as you and your partner discover a mutual rhythm–right, left, repeat, your arms like firing pistons. The glistening head of a seal periscopes out of the water a hundred yards off your port as you pass farther into the open. Cheerful banter floats like confetti above the miscellaneous student fleet of which you are a

perfectly, and it was a very memorable performance. I also remember fondly her stellar performance of Prokofiev’s wickedly difficult Sonata for Flute and Piano in her senior recital.” So while Rottle’s PLU plan might have been a little up in the air, one thing was certain: After earning a bachelor’s degree in Music, there was no question she was a musician. And she wanted even more. “Being a student, you need to get the credentials and skills,” Rottle said. “Especially being a performer, it is less

people are pursuers and both people are pursued. There is a mutual desire to engage in that activity. We as a society have a hard time understanding that. The program concluded with questions from the audience that addressed the process used by PLU to investigate reports of sexual assault, why a student would report a crime as serious as sexual assault to his or her university instead of just to the state, and why universities have been reluctant to report cases of sexual assault on their campuses

multifaceted. “We need people on the frontlines confronting police in riot gear and we need people doing a million other things,” she said. “No one person can do it all.” Read Previous PLU Choral Union concert an opportunity to move “Beyond Walls” Read Next PLU student recounts election-night experience in TV newsroom 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

Scandinavian Cultural Center Members, PLU community members, General Admission | Tickets available at the PLU Concierge (253-535-7411) Baby, it’s Crow Outside!  Dec. 13 | 7:30 | Black Box Theatre (Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts) PLU’s student improv group, the Clay Crows, presents an evening of holiday themed improvised performance. Nordic Christmas Fest (Nordic Jul Banquet)  Dec. 17 | 5 – 8pm | Scandinavian Cultural Center Join us for our annual celebration of the wonderful traditions

Erik Swartout says Dickerson’s team-first mentality has been ever-present throughout his five years as a student athlete at PLU. “He’s made a tremendous impact on me,” Swartout said. One way Dickerson has taken his mentorship beyond the paint is through Real Life Wednesday, a program that brings professionals to campus to talk with his team about vocation and keys to success after graduation. Dickerson acknowledges it’s not original (coaches at Ohio State and the University of Washington, to name a

the science team support the probe. The visualization tool is going to be an orbit plotter that will show the orbit for the probe. How did a sophomore student from the West Coast get an internship with NASA in Maryland? I wanted to apply for something NASA-related since my first year at PLU. My original plan in early high school was to do something business-related because I like math. I always had a soft spot for astronomy. I just didn’t know what I could do with it. I eventually took a physics

comprehensive tests. But Leah Sweeney ‘17, a Fast Track student working on her Master of Business Administration, faced additional challenges -- as a new mother who needed to get started on a career, continued education seemed out of reach. “I never really was set on going to graduate school, it was something that sort of happened by accident,” Sweeney said. “I saw a flyer (for the Fast Track program) and I was like, ‘I can’t go to grad school. The application process is very intimidating, you have to pay a

to stay, despite the less-than-welcome reception he’s experienced so far. He’s committed to turning Notes’ Coffee Company into the student hangout and community partner that he dreamed it could be — remember, if you don’t love it, you won’t last in it. “I want this place to be what it was designed to be,” Gore said. “I want this place to be the community center it has always been. That’s what I’m after. I’ve been disappointed (about the incidents), but I’m not a quitter. I’m not going nowhere

specialness of online academia and how to make it work for us! (And I have to remember to have the “Chat” function on and visible so that I notice and can respond to student questions as I present!) PLU: How have you adapted your traditional teaching methods for video and other online-only instruction? Youtz: I am adjusting and expanding some assignments, placing the learning more on the students’ activity than on my own delivery. This means I need to be very clear in my description of the activity, its