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will be teaching English part-time and also working to engage the community through different activities, workshops and games. “Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to teach abroad,” Walton said. “Through the course of my time at PLU, this desire was refined. “Through the school of education, I realized my passion as a teacher extended beyond the classroom to a love of developing individuals. The Fulbright grant is focused on this idea of development, as it relates to individuals, relationships

, 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

esteemed 2024 Human Development Conference at the University of Notre Dame. While at PLU, Beeson has been involved in orchestra, dance, photography, art and ASPLU. She is also a Rieke Scholar, Harstad Founder’s Scholarship recipient and plans to study in Indonesia or conduct research in Taiwan.#LutesCenterCommunity Raphi Crenshaw ‘24 Called to Criminal JusticeCriminal justice major Raphi Crenshaw ‘24 developed an interest in family and immigration law early on at PLU. That curiosity led to an

1997 Nobel Peace Prize for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, and author of I Will Not Be Broken. such as this that we all carry around with us, he noted recently. It’s a date, a time when life changes, and it’s up to us to decide how to respond to the event and make critical choices that will shape our future. One individual, White noted, “can make changes that have ripple effects around the world,” if there is enough determination behind that passion to make a change for the better

critical reflection led by PLU staff and faculty to consider what it is like to live within a limited budget. The Poverty Simulation, which goes from 6-9 p.m., is designed to confront attitudes and stereotypes about people living in poverty. Friday, Nov. 14 Students are invited to participate in a Hunger and Homelessness Awareness event outside PLU: The March & Rally to End Youth Homelessness, sponsored by the Youth Coalition to End Homelessness, will take place in downtown Tacoma at Pugnetti Park. The

learning ($250). It was awarded to Frank Edwards ’16, who contributed more than 100 hours of service to Good Samaritan Hospital as a critical-care volunteer trainer. He also has received a 200+ hour Volunteer Service Award from Multicare.The Fossness Memorial Leadership Award is awarded to a Christian student from Washington who performs exceptional community service through leadership in his school, community or church ($1,000). It was awarded to Austin Beiermann ’17, who contributed to College Bound

. During this time, with this anxiety and students hearing on the news that people aren’t at work and companies may not be hiring, it’s really important that graduating seniors know that PLU truly cares about the internships, jobs and careers they pursue after their time on campus. Being able to take advantage of an office like ours, where we talk through each student’s story, the paths they’re taking and help them reach those destinations — I think those are some really key, critical parts of post

therapist might approach managing a large team, perhaps specifically through challenging moments? I think maintaining people’s humanity is a really important part of leadership. When you work in family therapy, when you’re working with partners or parents that are really frustrated, you’re often dealing with challenges that have attacked a person’s humanity. It’s critical for them to learn how to be frustrated while maintaining their partner’s humanity. And I think that goes along with what we have to

for granted or aren’t aware of it. But it is an incredible gift for which we should be grateful and which we should seek to use on behalf of a world in desperate need of it. Remember that the Lutheran Reformation began in a university. Martin Luther was a teacher committed to making sure people could read and write and study the Scriptures in their own language so that they could learn for themselves about the same steadfast and loving God that Solomon prayed to.  That commitment to critical study

. What for us is the prism? The literary imagination, spiritual quests through the ages, texts of the great philosophers, the power of language. Just as importantly, the humanities mold the critical eye, so that the flashes of brilliance, the paradoxes, the intellectual and aesthetic transformations, may be discerned and appreciated. Janet Rasmussen, Professor of Norwegian, served as Dean of Humanities from 1986-1991. Photo from University Archives, 1978. The “clear and wondrous vision” of humanistic