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program will soon embark on a journey from the West Coast to West Africa.The three humanitarians — Madeline Wentz ’18, Haley Bridgewater ’18 and Margaret Chell ’18 — were just the second wave of students to enroll in and complete the program, which launched in March last year.   “I always knew I wanted to serve others,” Wentz said. “I think making a difference is what we are meant to do.” Wentz, Bridgewater and Chell are among this year’s newest recruits for the Peace Corps, a hands-on volunteer

learners come to class as “practice students” — Park helped that day’s teacher with the lesson. Students learned, all in Korean, how to make kimbap — a sort of Korean sushi roll. “She’s really been a leader in the program,” Yaden said.LEARN MORE AND APPLYVisit plu.edu/languages/startalk-teacher-program to learn more about the program or contact Bridget Yaden at byaden@plu.edu.  Read Previous For PLU’s Mary Moller, Nurse of the Year award was a career in the making Read Next PLU’s Diversity Center

expertise or making fun of medical science —the very thing that can actually save lives. Luther speaks directly to that. If your viewpoint is, “I’ll do what I want to do and not protect my family, friends, or neighbors,” that’s an incredibly selfish way of thinking about the world in which you live. Luther wrote a lot about being a good neighbor. What did he think made a good neighbor then, and how can we be good neighbors now? There are those who say, “it’s about my freedom to do anything I damn well

students.  We met with Yun recently to discuss the Global Medical Brigades Club and what it’s been like being a pre-med student at PLU.Can you share a bit about the Global Medical Brigades club you founded at PLU? I started what I describe as a hybrid Global Medical Brigade slash pre-med club.  The whole purpose is just to meet and build community with other pre-med students at PLU. We help each other out with opportunities, whether that’s making connections with physicians, MCAT prep, and, in general

that.What has your experience been like working for PLU’s tutoring program? I enjoy helping people figure things out. I think chemistry seems kind of intimidating and boring at first, and especially the homework can make people feel upset and demoralized. I really enjoy just chatting about chemistry and making stuff fun because I think it is really interesting. I love watching people figure things out and seeing chemistry click for them. Now, as the chemistry tutor for all levels, I get a range of

rich tapestry of global perspectives to campus and fostering an environment of cross-cultural learning and collaboration. As these “Trailblazers” embark on their journey at PLU, they bring with them a wide range of experiences and ambitions, united by a shared commitment to making a positive impact as Lutes, prepared to learn, lead, and serve their communities. New pathways to higher education: What goes into recruiting a trailblazing class? This incoming class represents more than just a

approaches to solutions and exhibit compassion for all sides. “It’s really about getting us together and making this society better,” she said. “These conversations have to happen. But they have to happen better, more thoughtfully.” *Note: All comments are moderated The Makerspace seats 30 people and offers opportunities for students to gather, collaborate and stretch their creativity. Politics and Government at PLUUnderrepresented by the numbersMaria Chavez cited U.S. Census data that show Latinos

understanding the contentious dynamics around updating Austen and Austen as always already up to date. The animating question he asks as he delves into Jane Austen: Secret Radical (2016), The Making of Jane Austen (2017), and Teenage Writings (2017) is: “Do we read Austen to flee modernity, or to see it clearly?” Two distinct answers present themselves in his telling. The first is to “read her as her contemporaries might have—to deprettify the novels and show her immersion in the world, with all its

administering growth hormone treatments to children of short stature. Erin McKenna, also a Philosophy professor, reflects on how collaboration with her students inform her writing, making scholarship and teaching “fluid aspects of one process.” For the Good of the World In 2003, Dean Barbara Temple Thurston emphasized that all the work we do in humanities is committed to “that project at the heart of liberal learning: the humanization of life on this earth.” She continued: Through wise and careful teaching

abduction but starvation due to a decline in Chinook salmon, their primary food source. Urgent action is needed, she says. A Family Affair Since age 12, Stafki has been making films with her sister Annie, 5 years her junior. The duo entered many of these into the Gig Harbor Film Festival, which they won three times. Her sister—now a high school freshman—acted as co-producer and creator of “Echos of the Sound.” Getting a great shot is challenging. “Orcas can be hard to spot and shoot, while [we’re] being