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was commended her skills as a teacher and for encouraging students to “claim their education, instead of being passive learners who are given their education.” Suarez has a candid, upfront approach in the classroom, allowing her to guide students through taboo topics and increase their depth of understanding. As the manager of the Wellness Clinic, Kohler serves those who are underprivileged and provides educational experiences for nursing students. Her vision and management of the center are

manager Falafel demonstration and tasting with Erick Swenson ’91, PLU culinary operations manager, and Tony McGinnis For more information, visit the Dining and Culinary Services Web site. Read Previous New dean of the School of Business named Read Next MESA Day tests math and science skills 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 Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place

which she’ll graduate this summer. Recently, the Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy named her the 2008 Student of the Year, an honor given to only one student in the state. “It’s pretty humbling,” Montgomery said. Selected by her peers and professors, the nomination letter hailed Montgomery’s academic excellence, clinical abilities, leadership skills and unique contributions to the program, including promoting multiracial issues, her compassion and her ability to make others feel

the national tournament for the first time ever. This August in Beijing, she’ll serve the field hockey team as a sport psychology consultant and mental skills coach. “This has that extra-special emotional component to it,” she said. “I really feel it on a personal level.” Hacker is an internationally recognized authority on the psychology of peak performance. At the Olympic level, there aren’t significant differences in the physical abilities of the athletes, she said. The difference is in an

in service to others,” he said. The name for that is vocation, Sepper said, and the concept is important. “One of the ways we find out what that place is, is by asking questions,” he said Those questions help in discovering skills and talents, which lead to finding meaning, purpose and joy in life, Sepper said. Freshman Matthew Trestor has been searching for what he’s passionate about. “I came because everybody I talked to who went to it (last year) said I needed to come to this,” he said. He

encourages everyone to go, whether you’re looking for an internship or job, or just trying to network. “Its just so important for your future,” Noble said. “It’s really good to get your people skills out there.” Employers, like Lauren Snyder, Human Resources Coordinator for Medical Consultants Network, agree. “I think it’s good to have the experience of actually talking with employers,” Snyder said. “They could even establish a relationship with a company so when they do graduate they can follow-up and

, it was at PLU where Patterson developed her skills to a professional level. She majored in journalism and earned a printmaking and publishing minor. “I am glad I landed at PLU,” Patterson said. “I feel incredibly lucky to have graduated from PLU.” Professor Cliff Rowe was one of Patterson’s inspirations; they had met earlier, and he encouraged her to attend the university. “When I met Cliff, I knew PLU was where I should be,” Patterson said. Patterson also connected with well-known Communication

, the annual spring dance production at PLU. “Designing and performance is my life, basically, in a nutshell,” Ragoonanan said. “This is what I had dreamt to do.” In his native country, Trinidad and Tobago, he is considered a professional designer for a theater company, and he has seven years of design experience. He develops his skills by being around other designers, and through online sources. “I consider myself as a YouTube Junkie,” he smiled. “If there is something that I find interesting and I

qualities,” he said. “My educational experience at PLU made me realize I had to work hard, but also have critical thinking on any issue or assignment,” he said. “You need to be able to analyze and think about how is this process going to come to a successful end. Work by itself is not enough; smart work is needed.” Burton said aspiring debaters should strive for “organization, structure and higher-level thinking skills,” but most of all, passion. “To really believe what they are arguing makes a

media members and advisors nationwide. For five days, we each got to delight in the two “conferencing” perks: education and adventure. Our PLU group attended conference sessions geared toward fine-tuning our skills and inspiring our creativity. Students, advisors and professionals from all over facilitated conversations on everything from copy editing and design to critical reporting and journalistic ethics.Mast MediaLearn more about student media at PLUOutside the sessions, each of us conversed