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nearly 12,000 Bantu immigrated in early 2003. Bantu refugees began arriving in the Pacific Northwest in 2004. While King and Snohomish counties are home to a large population of refugees, a small band of families have formed a tight-knit community in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood, said Brigitte Fisher, social services and employment coordinator for Tacoma Community House, which is where the tutoring sessions were held. Fisher’s organization is dedicated to helping immigrants and refugees, and donated

a mom who was a student, then a geographer. Weiss initially turned up her nose at Stanford, since it was too close to home. She opted for an elementary education degree from Lewis and Clark College in Portland. But the faces looking up at her from the desks had known another, less privileged life.  The recession and timber downturn in the 1970s and early 1980s had hit the families in Oregon City hard. “They were the kids from the projects, and I at first thought that was a gated community,” said

incredibly daunting prospect to advocate for one’s mental health and seek out help when you need it.”Striving for transformative care Mental health care has long been a topic of importance at PLU, even before the COVID-19 pandemic. PLU was one of the first universities to adopt telehealth and virtual services with Lute Telehealth in early 2020. The program helps PLU meet its diversity, equity and inclusion priorities by ensuring students have access to providers–mental health and health–who share their

across to a much larger audience. I understand the two of you came together to put on a musical called “Normalcy: The Climate Fiction Musical,” which Kenzie wrote. What is it about? Knapp: I was initially inspired by the wildfires happening more frequently now in late summer/early fall, referred to as “fire season.” I wondered, if “fire” was an actual season like summer, what would come after that? So, the musical is set in “New Seattle” in 2040. There are four seasons: smog season, acid rain season

see plants bloom that he’d helped put in last year. “Seeing that hard work pay off has been something special,” he said. Future goals: “My ultimate goal is to become a plant scientist, and work on trying to make more resilient plants,” he said. “As the population grows, there will be a greater need for food, and as weather patterns change, being able to breed more resilient plants will be really important.”Oni A.L. MayerMajor: Kinesiology (concentration in Exercise Science), with minors in Chinese

star Ben Bailey Smith says he ‘couldn’t give two s***s’ about film’s critics". The Independent. The film is aware (though perhaps imperfectly so) of gender discrimination in the Regency and its traces in the modern day. But is it aware of racial discrimination? Cracknell’s interview in the LA Times is telling: [Austen’s] time wasn’t about racial issues. Because, of course, there weren’t other races that were involved in the world that she was dealing with, so the idea of colorblind casting [worked

theatre as much or as little as you want. You don’t need to be a major or a minor to audition or participate backstage. You can easily just take a few classes or do a few shows, minor, take the BA and graduate early, double major, or earn a BFA. You can learn so many transferable skills without eventually making your primary income in theatre. If students are considering majoring only in theatre, I generally give a piece of advice I was given when I was 18: “If there is anything else you can do and be

early-career faculty members. That’s not something most institutions have, not even some of the other big name liberal arts schools that I was interviewed at. And those have been really helpful in my first few semesters here. What’s been your first impression of the PLU students you’ve had in class? I think PLU students are really well-rounded and they’re really thinking about their position in their communities and in the world. A lot of them have really amazing goals, beyond just, “Oh, I want to

of physical distancing in residence halls through various measures, including maximizing the availability of single rooms, reducing density in living spaces, and ensuring coverage by our residential staff with direct experience in managing public-health directives. Flexible dining services. Our campus restaurants are self-operated rather than outsourced, allowing us to swiftly respond to new scenarios while continuing to care for students’ needs. During our early response to COVID-19, we have

theatre as much or as little as you want. You don’t need to be a major or a minor to audition or participate backstage. You can easily just take a few classes or do a few shows, minor, take the BA and graduate early, double major, or earn a BFA. You can learn so many transferable skills without eventually making your primary income in theatre. If students are considering majoring only in theatre, I generally give a piece of advice I was given when I was 18: “If there is anything else you can do and be