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less of a concern, I reacquainted myself with my busy life more successfully. It was really important to start school with the swim team’s built-in friend group, and worth the learned skill of managing sports and school work. What do you think sets PLU apart from other universities? The professors who are invested in your learning and those professors’ willingness to help you understand the material set PLU apart. The smaller community, class sizes and opportunity to know so many students make it

you’re are less civilized, and more in touch with the kinds of primal instincts one has to use to survive. I think in this over-civilized, over-developed world, some feel there is a cultural, existential crisis going on.  Ultrarunning in a natural setting is a way for people to connect in a meaningful way to not only each other, but to their primal past. It’s a way to reconnect with nature.” In her research, Dr. O’Brien is focusing on a group of five elite women from the ultrarunning community

bed feeling kind of terrible. So that was also weird. But then I spent the day being a lazy lump in bed reading and napping, so that was a nice little reward. The Minnesota Book Award was even weirder. I couldn’t believe a group of Midwestern librarians and book people would nominate, much less vote to win, a book called Sex & Violence. I’m really thankful that they did; these are the same people who stock this book in their Teen collections and face potential public scrutiny about such choices

sustainability of our university community, and our world beyond it.Spirited talk ensues about campus escapades, past awareness campaigns, and a list of priorities presented to the university by a group called The Collective, to which Maya belonged… all of which leads to further discussion about how relationships shape, define and strengthen D&I work at PLU. Jen: Yes, the relationships we build with students and that they create between themselves is key. Having students serve as teaching assistants for me

lecturer was Brad Tilden, the CEO of Alaska Airlines, and all the design students in the class were required to attend the event. Their assignment was to create a group of print and digital marketing materials that would advertise the event and capture in some way the spirit of Mr. Tilden’s talk. Obviously, the project was extremely practical and useful—just what a student would want to learn as they prepare to be on a team that is marketing a new product or idea. Keeping with the times, the students

Dead festivities, and visited the graves of their parents, ” he recalled of the traditional Nov. 1 All Saints Day holiday. “It shows how close some students can be with their host families.” Engh also reflects on the idea of community after they return to campus – having a group of students that have a common set of experiences. “That was the great thing about being with so many PLU students in Oaxaca,” recalled Engh. “When you come back to campus, you have that support from your peers because they

could be for the challenge. I have learned a few new tools this month that fit well with a regular semester 400-level course. For example, this is the first time I’ve used the Zoom Pro tools. I’ve appreciated the ability to move students into breakout rooms in Zoom, since I regularly have students work through problems and discussions in small group work. I also am using the recording option, where Zoom allows us to record to the cloud. After class, I can send a link to students of the video as well

. Radio is the most direct and accessible form of information for people who need it right here, right now.  We want to help people stay informed, without causing panic. PLU: How meaningful is it for you personally to be making a difference/part of a group making a difference in times such as these? Plog: As hard as we’re all working in journalism right now, it feels really good to have something important to wake up and do each day. I took a break from journalism for a few years, and when major news

is how I interact with my clients,” she says. “By giving them the same standard of high compassion and socially responsible care everyone deserves.” Study away during J-TermLearn more about 2024 J-Term opportunitiesStudying Away in Oaxaca (J-Term 2023) Surla (bottom right, black jacket), her follow PLU nursing students and faculty member Carrie Ann Matyac pose for a group photo at PROSA: Promotores de la Salud, a health services clinic in Oaxaca. Surla with Macrina Mateo Martinez, the founder and

as an institution within a number of sometimes overlapping circles of character and identity.  As we begin discussions about what we aim to be in the distant future, I would encourage us all to think about where PLU falls within these various groups—that is, when someone mentions a group of colleges and universities, at what point does PLU get mentioned? As everyone here knows well, PLU was one of six colleges established by Norwegian Lutheran pioneers—the others are Luther College, Concordia