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B.A. in Communication Studies. Upon graduation, she worked for IBM as a Client Representative, managing executive relationships and consulting on technology and business decisions with clients in the public sector in Tennessee.  Read Previous MediaLab receives three major recognitions for “Waste Not” film Read Next Communication faculty publish paper exploring the rhetoric of food LATEST POSTS Pacific Lutheran University Communication students help forgive nearly $1.9M in medical debt in

the principals and staff of the firm with her integrity, follow-through and dedication to quality; in the meantime, she discovered her passion for finance. After graduating with a PLU Business Administration degree, she was offered a position at Summit as a financial assistant and advanced quickly to become director of operations—and, in full-circle fashion— to assume responsibility for leading Summit’s internship program. Hill is life- and health-insurance-licensed in Washington and Montana, is a

one of the children chosen to come here,” he said. David Akuien ’10 admires a painting series in Mortvedt Library on world conflict. The painting is by Nick Butler. Life at PLU wasn’t automatically easy for Akuien. He felt different. He was different. He’d sit in a class and hear the problems his fellow students would talk about and realize how disconnected they were from the horrors of his past. “I didn’t identify with anybody,” he said, “That was the thing that frightened me.” But through the

sometimes change. When graduation comes I may be inclined to work for a year or two before going back to school. Thanks to this internship, I’m flirting with the idea of working as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife member during that time. Read Previous City of Tacoma environmental scientist Tom Chontofalsky ‘03 loves asking questions Read Next PLU biology professor Amy Siegesmund receives national teaching award LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world

Migratory Bird Refuge in Utah—how did you secure that internship? I wanted to be in my home state (Utah) for the summer, so I searched for opportunities to work out there–I found this internship online! I looked specifically for paid summer internships involving environmental science and conservation.  What was the application process like for this internship? Besides a thorough brushing-up on my knowledge of ecology and land management, the baseline application process involved an interview with people

vocalist Sommer Stockinger on Thursday, July 12. The university event is in its 14th year and has featured returning and new artists every summer. The concerts are free to the public and a perfect way to enjoy jazz in the setting of the Mary Baker Russell building’s outdoor amphitheater. Along with the series being free, refreshments are provided and star charts are passed out for those interested in viewing the night sky from the campus’ observatory. Keck Observatory nights are planned for Aug. 2, 9

. Sophomore Mark Rud unveils some of the mystery behind PLU’s performance of Streetcar. With the official titles of “running crew” and “supernumerary,” Rud is both the man who sets the stage, and a supporting, if not talking, actor. Along with some of the other running crew, Rud arrives an hour and a half before the curtain draws to prepare in a variety of ways for the ensuing show. He sets the legs (which hide the wings to the stage), then joins the prop master and another member of the running crew to

February 19, 2013 Sam Horn ’15, leads a traditional march for a Robbie Burns themed night at the Garfield Book Company. (Photo by John Froschauer) These pipes are playing By James Olson ’14 I exchanged a firm handshake with Samuel Horn ’15 outside the North Pacific Coffee Company, a characteristically cloudy Pacific Northwest sky overshadowing what would be a surprisingly loud morning. For those who have never heard the boisterous vibrations of the bagpipe, it is not a particularly quiet affair