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pool,” St. Clair said. “But the students who do this are ready for it.” Award amounts vary. The highest so far has been $3,500. The lowest hovered around $700. Sometimes three awards are given, other times only one. The work is often done abroad, but domestic opportunities are acceptable so long as they have an international scope. Applications may be accepted as early as the fall, but all are due by March 10. “It’s good for students to start planning early,” St. Clair said. A primary goal of the

doing this year before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Anderson: Before the pandemic, I was working on building out professional development for our 85 instructional coaches, getting ready to start a hiring round, and planning for the design and launch of new certification courses for our coaches. I was also working on finishing up my dissertation for a Ph.D. in Education and TA-ing masters courses for MSU-Bozeman. PLU: As schools began closing to keep communities safe, how did your job transition

actually kind of a miracle because we had no technical glitches, everybody knew where to be and what they were doing, but it required an amazing amount of planning in the month or two before the actual residency. It was a very successful residency online, but once again, it was disappointing that we could not be on campus to be together. But we still had a really great experience.“The Galleons” explores some historical themes which seem to have been new for your work. Was that something that came

love for this biologically diverse and culturally unique southern state of Mexico. It isn’t just the unique location or the wonderful food – though they certainly loved that. Not even the salsa dancing, which is an optional one-credit course and a seemingly weekly evening event. It was the community that they talk about, both during their time in Oaxaca, and again when they return to campus. For Engh, the idea of community is made clear when he talks of his host family. (The Oaxaca program is the

was training when I was in China,” Klauder said. After three weeks of intensive class and clinical work, and a one-week tour of China’s capital, Beijing, Klauder returned to campus. In her first meet back, swimming against rival University of Puget Sound, Klauder won two events and registered one of her best collegiate times in the 200-yard freestyle, her signature event. “I was very surprised,” Klauder said of her performance. “I felt really good the whole (practice) week in the water, but taking

a faculty involvement event. Chrissy Cooley, PLU’s sustainability manager, directed Tegels’ attention to the solar panel installed above a light post on lower campus. He was immediately intrigued, and started looking into where panels like those could be installed. Tegels was then introduced to Brad Burkhartzmeyer, the founder and owner of Sun’s Eye Solar Power, who helped him with the formal application process to move forward with the net metering process. Although Burkhartzmeyer had gone

newspaper as a bullet storm. Shumaker retired from the military in 2013 and says that during his 12 years of service, each deployment was an experience of its own. “Those are significant life events,” Shumaker said. “When you are saying goodbyes to your family for a year or more, it really sticks in your head.” First Deployment: Afghanistan, April 2004 (Duration: 12 months) The most memorable event of this deployment, Shumaker recalled, was an assignment on the day Afghanistan held its very first

terms of depth instead of just volume. (So) that was a great expression of partnership.” Since then, PLU’s CCES has partnered with Habitat to continue developments within the Woods and beyond.  The Commonhouse is the most recent project. Habitat intends for the Commonhouse to be a community clubhouse at the center of the development that will serve as a place to hold meetings and host programs for residents. A group of Lutes will help with construction there as part of an Alumni Day of Service event

proximity of the television market in nearby Seattle provided Souza with her first professional job after graduation at KOMO-TV. She thrived in the high-energy environment. Unfortunately, following September 11, 2001, Souza and others in the media industry were impacted by mass layoffs due to the economic impacts of the terrorist attacks. But the unfortunate event offered an unforeseen opportunity. While grocery shopping, Souza saw a familiar face from her PLU days — Edward Inch, then dean of PLU’s

we need policy that leads to change. In campaigning, we tell people stories about how policies can affect everyday life, a skill I developed in theater. “Normalcy” [our climate-themed musical] used all three of my majors. Knapp: When I tell people those are my majors, they get confused if they’re not involved in the fields. “Why those two?” I wasn’t planning on integrating environmental studies into my college experience until the summer after high school graduation. Climate change was one of the