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focus and mission we have had for decades,” said PLU President Loren J. Anderson. “Our university is one that stresses how small a world we have become, and the necessity to see and engage the world in thoughtful scholarship and a passion for service and care.” Neal Sobania, executive director of the Wang Center for International Programs, agrees. “For me, it’s a significant validation of the work that people have been doing on campus for a long time,” he said. “And that’s to increasingly make PLU a

. Fulbright Student Fellowships are Eric Buley, Nicolette Paso and Kelly Ryan. Eric Buley – English Teaching Assistant in Venezuela Kelly Ryan was selected as a Fulbright recipient to conduct research in Macedonia. Buley will be placed in either one of Venezuela’s universities or at a Binational Center (learning centers affiliated with the U.S. Embassy) as an English teaching assistant. There he will lead language learning classes, facilitate conversation groups and present lectures and discussions on U.S

trade agreements at the time, Barlow noticed that water was listed as a tradable commodity. Odd, she thought at the time. And unfair. “I thought (water) should be free for all, and considered a resource,” she mused before she spoke this spring at the Wang Center Symposium, which focused on water – both its growing scarcity and value, as well as its impact on socioeconomic trends. “I guess since I wasn’t a lawyer or a scientists, I saw these issues with fresh eyes,” said Barlow, who has a degree in

looking over the documents at the time, Barlow noticed that water was listed as a tradable commodity. Odd, she thought. And unfair. “I thought (water) should be free for all, and considered a resource,” she mused as she prepared her remarks as the keynote speaker for the Wang Center Symposium on Feb. 23. The two-day symposium will focus on water – both its growing scarcity and value, as well as its impact on socioeconomic trends. “I guess since I wasn’t a lawyer or a scientist, I saw these issues with

, Baghirov was accepted into the Peace Corps and assigned to work in Azerbaijan. “You don’t get to pick where you’re going, but you get to put your regional preferences. The country requests you, not the other way around,” said Baghirov. “I was very open to going anywhere I was needed.”   She was assigned to work at the Ganja Education Information Center on a pilot youth development and study abroad program for two years. “My first year was incredibly difficult,” said Baghirov. “It was a pilot program

that children need an outlet to deal with loss, and this story can help with that.Charlotte's WebPresented by the PLU Theatre ProgramFebruary 13 at 7:30 February 14, at 2pm and 7:30pm Eastvold Auditorium in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing ArtsThis is the first Children’s Theatre production that PLU has done in a VERY long time. What went into putting all this together? PLU had a very strong children’s theatre program in the ’70s and early ’80s, and I wanted to revitalize it. I

New program, SaLUTE, matches veteran, ROTC students for dual mentorship opportunities Posted by: Kari Plog / February 7, 2018 Image: Michael Farnum, director of military outreach, talks with an ROTC cadet in the Center for Military Support at PLU. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) February 7, 2018 By Genny Boots '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 7, 2018)— Michael Farnum, director of military outreach at Pacific Lutheran University, is playing matchmaker.“It’s sort of like a

PLU student-media members to present at College Media Association’s national conference in New York Posted by: Kari Plog / March 5, 2018 Image: McKenna Morin ’19 (left), Courtney Miranda ’19 (center) and Natalie Mooney ’19 (right) are heading to New York City this week to present at a national conference for the College Media Association. (Photo by Molly Ivey ’20) March 5, 2018 By Helen Smith '19PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March 5, 2018) — Student journalists nationwide get to

company’s office hours in Arkansas, working on a team to develop an app to manage cargo and logistics. “I learned a lot doing an internship with a bigger company,” Holland says.   Internships are a great benefit to students, he says. Students often create projects from scratch in school, but you’re usually refining existing systems in the out-of-school world. “You’re just the little cog that keeps the machine going,” he says. The PLU career center connected Holland with the NatSci Mentoring program