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calls me mama Nikki because I take care of everyone,”  Fast said. “These people are my best friends. I’ve known mostly all of them since I was a freshman. Steven is like my goofy older brother. This team is a family. We travel together; we go everywhere together. We all hangout together and we’re just a family.” Like Rystrom, Fast also joined the team as a first-year. She played volleyball in high school, but wanted to take a break from it during her first year of college. About a week later, Fast

Ministry on the side to go out and offer health care and sandwiches to people” in select neighborhoods. The organization, she says, at times also offered HIV testing. LVC’s volunteer programs provide lodging, transportation support, and stipends for food and other necessities to their volunteers, who are stationed throughout the country, usually in major cities, and housed with four to eight other LVC volunteers. These house-groups are then put in contact with other ancillary non-profits or aid

, Constantine, who was selected MESA’s 2013-14 Teacher of the Year, shares a little more of his backstory: Denner and his family lived in a garage for several months when they first came to Tacoma. From there, they moved to a trailer with no running water. Just two weeks ago the family moved into an apartment. “Denner’s very responsible,” Constantine says. “He takes care of his sister in the mornings and does homework with her in the afternoons while Mom’s at work. “These kids—the resiliency is amazing

. He turned onto South 112th Street, near his home. The last thing he remembered was concentrating on getting home. Kinney woke up in a hospital intensive-care room that day and was told that a red car had hit him from behind at 40 mph, destroying his bike and tossing him 24 feet. The driver never came forward and was never caught. Kinney spent a month in the hospital with a crushed ankle,  concussion, fractured shoulder and various torn ligaments. The Naval reservist had to drop out of classes at

now parents, guardians and grandparents, and the children they care for are sure to ask them the timeless question, “What was your favorite part about college?” And the answer, for many of us, will be Foss Hall. The author and his band, 10th & Commerce, perform for the first time for friends in the lobby of Foss Hall in 2007. Mt. Rainier and Foss Hall seen from Mary Baker Russell at PLU on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) Foss Hall Scheduled to Be DemolishedOriginally built in

exciting.” PCAT hopes to begin construction in spring 2017 for an opening July 1, 2018. *PLU textbooks are for sale online and a pop-up shop called Lute Locker is now open on the first floor of the Anderson University Center. Lute Locker carries Lute gear, supplies and a selection of PLU-themed gifts. Read Previous White House competition honors PLU health care efforts Read Next PLU alumna serves as interim director of Tacoma’s Rainbow Center COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments

community during this difficult time. He also challenges people to reflect on how we can take steps to reduce risks for law enforcement officers moving forward. “There is a tremendous and heart-felt outpouring of concern and condolences over the loss of Deputy McCartney,” he wrote on social media. “I appreciate and respect these expressions from throughout the community.” Read Previous Fast Track setting PLU graduate students on right path Read Next Student Care Network proactively supports students

Series care of the PLU Office of Advancement. Sincerely, Allan Belton Acting President Read Previous PLU adds Innovation Studies minor, helps students transition from college to career Read Next Inaugural Angela Meade Vocal Competition at PLU 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 in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7

students who are off campus or run out of dining dollars to get a balanced meal.” As awareness of the PLU Pantry grows, so do the number of students who access it. In her interactions with students who use the pantry, Bulski said that she hears nothing but gratitude. And for Cunningham, that gratitude flows both directions. “It’s a blessing to me personally to be spearheading this effort (and to) know that my work is making an impact in students’ lives,” Cunningham said. “This is what ‘care’ for

PLC and the service of our student tutors demonstrates PLU’s mission of care and how our students are living it out,” says Yaden.Camp Songs: PLU music majors produce free music camp for Parkland students It’s a warm summer morning and the scent of scrambled eggs drifts from the kitchen into an adjoining room where more than a dozen campers busily make beaded jewelry… Read Previous Beyond pedagogy: from Tacoma to Namibia, a partnership reframing teacher development practices Read Next Breana Downs