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for the nonprofit are required to raise a certain amount of money). “I raised $850,” Hurtt said. “That felt really amazing. Before I didn’t feel like I was that important of a contributor, but then I felt the importance of my involvement.”Rachel Carson LectureThe George and Helen Long Science, Technology and Society Endowment funds the annual Rachel Carson Lecture. The inaugural event last March (featuring James Anderson, Ph.D., on global climate change) was “wildly successful,” Lauralee Hagen

. The film took three years to produce. With Swingler’s input, the world surrounding Jameson and Wolf gained a playfully dark atmosphere and a Dr. Seuss-like rhyme scheme. Petersen said telling the story through rhymes was one of the most strenuous aspects of writing the film: “Sometimes we would agonize over one line, but if we changed that, then we’d have to change the paragraph before that.” "There were all these various things in the theatre department that I had to work on that I realized

healthy.” Taiwo said the change was hard but brought her closer to who she really wanted to be. Hambrick said her personal background with body policing in the workplace also drew her to the topic. “I came from a place, being here at PLU, with people telling me that my hair had to look a certain way, my earrings had to be a certain size, I had to cover my tattoos, maybe I shouldn’t have a nose ring,” Hambrick said. “If that’s our experience, then what are the experiences of students at a predominantly

Rogers have earned Ph.Ds and are passionate about education and helping students on PLU’s campus and beyond. PLC accomplishes both at the same time. Currently four PLU students are serving as assistant directors at the center — learning as they assist younger students who, by the way, they do not refer to as “kids.”Want to change the world?Support Local Literacy!Volunteer an hour or two a week at the Parkland Literacy Center (right across from Perry G. Keithley Middle School.)“If they are looking at

labored. The nursing students work quickly but carefully — this is a dangerous situation. Outside the room, fellow students and an instructor watch behind a one-way mirror and on a livestream. The students miss a step and their instructor asks the simulation technician to increase the patient’s breathing. The technician dials in the corrective change and Jillian, a state-of-the-art manikin, begins to breathe easier. The exercise unfolds in one of the two simulation suites inside the PLU School of

and that are flexible enough for us to continue to walk with students in their wellbeing experiences as those may change,” said Royce-Davis.PLU Counseling, Health & Wellness ServicesPLU Counseling, Health & Wellness Services (CHWS) provides integrated medical, mental health, and wellness care to enable optimal student overall well-being.Making a connection After months of planning, the student organizers were finally ready to hand out their care packages inside the Anderson University Center on

not designed for theater. To know for what the building was intended – in precise order ¬– it is instructive to know the building’s original name: The Chapel-Music-Speech Building. “If you were in the balcony, you could hear a pin drop, but you couldn’t see anything,” Clapp said. “And if you were on the main floor, you could see wonderfully, but you couldn’t hear anything. “That place was designed for music, not the spoken word.” On October 12, 2013, all that will change. On the Saturday evening

, is not divine, it is not naturally like this. It has a story, a history. A reason. Once you understand that, then you can begin to change things, and hopefully make them better. HS: Why study language? RC: First of all, I think that one of the problems in the United States is that people don’t want to learn other languages. Most people don’t know other languages. I grew up in Mexico and you had to learn English. You just had to, for a variety of reasons, some good some not-so-good. And in other

hours, some of the girls never heard from their parents again. The sound of just over 200 girls, teachers, and nuns simultaneously screaming and crying still resonates in the back of my mind. The madness that ensued after 9/11 fueled my desire to serve and all of the people who gave their lives that day, they were the reason I volunteered. Ray Orr US Air Force, 2002 – Present, Civil Engineering Officer PLU Facilities Management, 2015 – Present Ray is on the left During military service there is an

individual medley (1:59.58). These outstanding feats earned Simmons another All-America honor. In the fall of 1998, PLU transitioned from NAIA to NCAA Division III, marking a stark change in the qualifying times for swimmers nationwide. Simmons qualified and placed in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke events at the Division III meet in 1999, making him the only PLU swimmer to date to compete in an NCAA Division III championships. With a 10th-place finish in the 100 breaststroke and a 16th-place finish in