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participated in the Clinton Global Initiative where he officially founded and launched the Darfur action organization ‘Where Will We Be?’ Through WWWB, Cheek gathered an international coalition of champion athletes to join him on a trip to Darfur to continue to raise awareness and work toward a resolution of the crisis. Cheek has since folded in WWWB activities and Team Darfur, an organization which he helped launch, into the Save Darfur non-profit organization. Cheek is attending classes as a junior at

was also true for PLU student Ariel Madden ’13, who attended the event with her roommate. Both Tutu and Kielburger’s messages “witnessed to the power of individuals to make global changes,” she said after the event. “The event, its participants, message, supporter, made me so proud to be part of this city.” Read Previous PLU Fulbright recipients ready to engage the world Read Next In their own words COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad

for this center from her daughter. “Education is about the only way to get out of poverty,” Tarling said. “There’s a lot of need. There’s a lot of poverty.” Bryant hopes to address this need through her fundraising efforts and by going back to volunteer at BCC. “I’m really happy to help in whatever they need,” said Bryant. “It will be a place I continuously go back to teach.” Read Previous PLU prof named as “Highly Honored” photographer in global photo contest Read Next Get involved and lunch is

– ETA in Ibagué, Colombia Hylander – from Seattle – double majored in Hispanic studies and global studies. She has accepted a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) in Ibagué, Colombia, where she will be teaching part-time as an ETA at Universidad de Ibagué and doing part-time research in the community about U.S.–Colombia free trade policies. “To me, receiving a Fulbright grant means that I will help foster cross-cultural understanding between Colombians that I will meet and myself as a

I’ll get a wider sense of what the election means on a broader scale,” said political science and global studies double major JuliAnne Rose ’13. “It’s an election that everyone has a lot of stake in. Everybody has a lot of opinions and I have a lot of my own opinions, and so it’s going to up my anticipation level of what the results are going to be. It will kind of feel like I’m part of the history more than if I were to just cast my vote.” Read Previous The connection between the Sun and the

January 3, 2013 Editor’s Note: Dr. Michael Haglund gave the Distinguished Alumnus Lecture during the Homecoming 2013 festivities in October.  Neurosurgeon, alum follows his heart and passion to Africa By Heather Perry ’13 May 18, 1980 is the day Mt. St. Helens blew its top, but Dr. Michael Haglund remembers it as the day he graduated from Pacific Lutheran University. More than three decades and multiple degrees later, Haglund is now a professor of neurosurgery, neurobiology, and global health

is one actually in Vail, Colo., that I’d love to be a part of because I love that town. Ultimately,  I’d eventually like to be a professor somewhere, but that would be later on in life. What do you plan on doing immediately after you graduate from PLU this spring? I’m applying for a program called YAGM, which is Young Adults In Global Mission. It’s through the Evangelical Lutheran Church. It’s a year of service abroad. I’m hoping to be accepted into the program based out of Hungary. It would be a

communications for Sound Physicians Read Next Henri Coronado-Volta ’23 discusses his global studies major, studying away, and his plans to attend UW’s Public Health Epidemiology program COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24

and develop a relationship with professors, which can help you get potential research positions or referrals for companies,” Holland says. At a large university with packed lecture halls, it can be easy to miss out on these crucial breaks.   “PLU positions itself well for creating global citizens with a duty to learn about other people and be open-minded about new experiences,” he says. This resonated for Holland, whose mother is from Nepal. “It’s nice to be around people who want to experience

distinctive opportunities for global engagement, collaborative student-faculty research, and purposeful learning, PLU guides 2,700 students to discern their vocation through a challenging academic experience, a culture of service and leadership, and a community of care. PLU is also home to one of the top nursing schools in the Pacific Northwest and is among Washington State’s leading pre-health-science undergraduate institutions. Read Previous New partnership will bring expanded health care access to