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webcomic) based on the acclaimed short story by Nam Le of 16-year-old Mai, sent alone by her parents on a boat after the Fall of Saigon.—from http://www.matthuynh.com/theboat   Tran, Ham. (2007, March 23). Journey from the Fall [Video].YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKPPOLdDlNo April 30, 1975 marked the end of Vietnam’s two-decade-old civil war and the start of the exodus of hundreds of thousands of refugees. Despite his allegiance to the toppled South Vietnamese government, Long Nguyen

reason. [2] PLU students at work in 2012 Since Plato, the Beautiful, the True, and the Good—these words and the ideals they express—have been significant in humanistic study. Aristotle, Plato’s student, added searching logical analysis in the Politics, Ethics, and Poetics. In the medieval trivium of Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric, words reigned supreme. But these three are far from trivial! Out of the love of words, Erasmus produced the first printed Greek New Testament (1516). Based upon the

later, as the more you can relate your coursework to the business world, the more meaningful it will be.” I finished that internship excited about banking as a field based on financial acumen that, when done right, was really about relationships. During my senior year, I also had a chance to participate in an internship with the Seattle Supersonics NBA basketball team. Talk about a dream internship for a business major and basketball player! From my post in the marketing department, I saw a

training and practice. Through coursework, mentoring support, and an applied project, M.S. candidates develop the knowledge and skills they need to become effective evidence-based practitioners who can enhance their own career while positively impacting those they serve. Making a career change? Connect with us to learn about Pacific Lutheran University graduate programs.Regardless of your reason for switching careers, PLU graduate programs can help you gain the knowledge and experience you need to find

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), a college-readiness program, and are seeking extra guidance and support. The idea for a writing center that would serve the community surrounding the campus began in 2016, when co-director Scott Rogers and his colleague in the PLU English Department, Jason Skipper, wrote a plan to fund the center. Their concept was based on a successful program in Salt Lake City. “The goal was to provide writing and reading support for students in the community, and to

STAGE There’s a lot of prep behind the scenes. It takes months to write and develop scenarios. After tweaks, the scenario is programmed into the manikin’s operating system, which communicates through the computer in the control room. However, scenarios might be adjusted further based on student responses and reactions. “I’m constantly troubleshooting to make the scenarios better,” says Jodi Kushner, the simulation director for the Clinical Learning and Simulation Center. The current cast of

, and two collaborators from the University of Washington Bothell and Saint Louis University. Fostering institutional effectiveness: “An authentically innovative spirit”Associate Vice President Karen McConnell , Ph.D., recently stepped into a new role. It’s not only new for her, but also for PLU. She is the school’s first Chief Institutional Effectiveness Officer. McConnell explains that in this role she will help ensure that evidence-based decision-making is being used throughout the university

roasts them with his own roaster at home. Krise’s connection to the Caribbean began early. Born Thomas Warren Krise in San Antonio, Texas, the son and grandson of U.S. Army medical service officers, Krise spent his childhood on bases across the United States and in Germany. When his father, Edward Krise, retired from the army and academia, the family began sailing, racing and running a charter service based in the U.S. Virgin Islands. His mother, Elizabeth Bradt Krise, is an expert navigator and

share how Progress came to be, what it’s done and where the organization is going. Background: Andrew and I founded Progress the Spring of our Sophomore year (2008). We based the group on the idea that children should not be held responsible for their parent’s economic status, and therefore should be granted medical care regardless of their family’s means to pay for it. Something that was important in this process was realizing that this was a heavy issue and that college students weren’t the most

biggest fear that a parent has when they lose a child is that their life was for nothing."- Georgia Horton Panago’s Legacy Scholarship, which earned its inaugural funds through an online crowdfunding campaign that exceeded its $5,000 goal, aims to help two or three students each year. Georgia said she’s working with the Tacoma-based program, Ready to Rise, to identify scholarship recipients. The program is spearheaded by Degrees of Change, an organization that works to extend the reach of the Act Six