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the award at the Spirit of Diversity Awards. PLU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Honored as Organization of the Year Pacific Lutheran University’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) was recognized as PLU’s Organization of the Year at this year’s Celebration of Leadership. SAAC is an organization comprised of representatives from each of PLU’s 19 varsity athletic teams, who volunteer their time to serve as a leader and voice of their respective team. This year, SAAC dedicated its

young men to experience leadership in meaningful ways,” Cushman said. “Their voices, concerns and stories (should) be shared and validated by the community.” Cushman says that cultural responsiveness is vital. Becoming culturally responsive, however, is a multi-step process that Cushman says “does not happen overnight.” People must check their belief systems and question the motives behind their own personal opinions and convictions. Next, they must validate and affirm through highlighting positive

Lutheran University MBA Program is founded on the cornerstones of leadership, creative innovation, global awareness and ethical responsibility.Art + Business As an MBA student, Wallace hopes to bridge gaps between artists and business, and help foster community fine arts appreciation, by combining marketing savvy with arts knowledge.   “The arts and entertainment connect the world on a larger level,” he says.  He enrolled in PLU’s MBA program because he understood some aspects of an acting career

going.”   “What you give, you will get, in a lot of instances,” Hernández says. “I found a lot of community and comfort at PLU because I gave so much to PLU, working in various jobs, doing the student leadership committee. As a result, I forged strong bonds with other people. It made my experience positive in the end.” Read Previous A message from President Belton Read Next Pastor Erika Bergh ’15 has found a new way to worship during the COVID-19 pandemic—through a Nintendo Switch and the hit

policy world; it also required that she learn MBA skills by using them — working with leadership, finance, and marketing on everything from cost structure and hiring strategy to market position and brand advantage. Juntunen eventually became vice president of operations, then president. Now, she is a thought leader in the field, with almost half of her time leading teams doing policy research, and the rest leading the firm’s strategy and growth. ECO remains rooted in the belief that place matters

initiatives that enrich the university’s efforts to become a more socially just and sustainable living, learning and working community.Throughout her PLU tenure, Hambrick has frequently been selected by PLU’s last three presidents to serve on leadership committees that delve into the most urgent and complex challenges facing the university. Last year President Belton appointed her to co-chair the newly reconstituted Retention and Progression Advisory Group (RPAG), a working committee focused on improving

that they can receive a quality education and then go on to be contributing members of society and culture. All of the players were respectful and mature. Finally, their routine of “assisting” the flight attendants during the preflight safety structure was highly entertaining. In any case, I understand that people in your position often receive emails and notes that are critical of you, your players or your program. That is leadership in today’s world. Every once in while, I feel that it is

representatives of the 581 congregations in Region 1 of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, who serve in a body called the PLU Corporation, which confirms the members of our governing body, the Board of Regents.  We assemble this distinguished company to welcome you to the serious and noble work of this University—and to pledge our commitment to your success. It is a rite of passage inviting you to subscribe to the mission and common values of this place:  Thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and

, PLU’s Classics program is a flagship for the liberal arts side of PLU’s mission and identity. When I talk to prospective students, I use the Classics as a key example of how we achieve our mission. PLU believes that we can best prepare students for thoughtful inquiry, leadership, service, and care by giving them a sense of the historical foundations from which our current world has come, by teaching them long-tested tools of critical thinking that will help them no matter what work they do and where

. (Photo by John Froschauer) She spoke last week at the Fifth Annual Powell and Heller Family Holocaust Conference where the focus looked at art theft by the Nazis and reparation to victims of the Holocaust. In his keynote speech at the Lemkin Lecture Thursday evening,  Peter Hayes, the Theodor Z. Weiss Holocaust Educational Foundation Professor at Northwestern University, said that billions have been paid in reparations since the end of the war, with most of the payments coming from Germany. However