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, all of the hardships he’s endured and the long hours he’s spent in gyms on dark Alaska nights are worth it. “It’s an honor to play college basketball,” he said. Even if he doesn’t achieve basketball stardom at PLU, Zach has already proven that while it might be hard to get to Naknek from here, it’s not hard to get to PLU from Naknek. -Nick Dawson, University Athletics Read Previous Making choices Read Next High schoolers shine at business week COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the

with business leaders and students from around the world. “Students are stretched in ways no other academic setting can,” Brown said. He calls simulations like these “the real world with a safety net.” The culmination of this year’s competition will take place April 18-20. But much of the work will be done long prior to that. For about six months, PLU Business students will have been at work making decisions as a corporate executive team. Students selected to participate in the competition need to

Parrot Trust—didn’t seem at all interested in making an appearance. With the pull of a rope, Goodall released the enclosure’s trap door, offering the birds the freedom they had been denied for three years. For the love of birds “Let’s face it; she (Goodall) attracts a crowd,” Bergman chuckles as he reviews photos from the month-long trip he and PLU English major Nevis Granum ’14 took to Africa this summer, thanks to funding from Wang Center and Kelmer Roe research grants. http://www.youtube.com/watch

celebrated. Leaving this event, I felt empowered to take steps in my state to make sure all teachers feel appreciated and to continue to spread the positive in Montana classrooms. Jessica Anderson '07 (middle) with students at Powell County High School in Deer Lodge, Montana.× Which came first, your passion for teaching or your passion for science? When did you decide to combine the two? When I started at PLU I knew my major would be teaching. I’d been passionate about making teaching a career from a

to apply in Tacoma for special education positions — making her the first Teach 253 graduate on track to return to Tacoma Public Schools. What advice would Bowen offer students thinking of exploring careers in education? “Go for it,” she said. “Whereas it may be hard and challenging at times, there are so many more days that make it all worth it. Teaching provides you with an opportunity to really help raise the adults of the future.” Read Previous Sen. Patty Murray tours PLU campus, gets glimpse

landlords and property managers to get them approved for apartments. What goes into that work? A lot of it is done before the refugees arrive in the country. There is a lot of coordination with volunteers. We work with what we call U.S. ties of the family, so either a close friend or a family member, to determine the best place that we can settle them in. Then it’s about making sure their transition goes pretty smoothly during their first days here – helping them settle into a place and getting them

From foster care to doctoral degree: Lizbett Benge’s educational journey Posted by: bennetrr / July 29, 2020 July 29, 2020 By Kolby Harvey '08Guest Writer for PLU Marketing and CommunicationsLizbett Benge ’11 describes her educational journey as “a long and winding road.” It began with her immersion into foster care and deeply influenced her time at PLU, where she grappled with a set of life experiences few of her peers could understand.Benge felt socially isolated, making few significant

about mathematics’ beauty and power, as well as its theory and applications.Art in the Making In January 2020, Sklar attended the Joint Mathematics Meetings, an annual gathering of the major national mathematical professional organizations. While there, she sat in on a session on mathematics and art. In the session, Ingrid Daubechies, a Duke University mathematician, and Dominique Ehrmann, a fiber artist, proposed the math-art installation and called for collaborators. Sklar rushed to sign up. Sklar

to explore their potential, and connect classroom learning with real-life application, complex dialogue, and meaning-making. Providing leadership opportunities where students explore potential, are given the tools to try, sometimes fail and learn it’s okay to fall, then to get back up again. And sometimes succeed, and learn new passions and ways they are capable and competent, and can build a bridge to the future they imagine, or newly imagine. And by connecting students to each other, affinity

.  JOB HUNT BUFFERING Ronquillo grew up in Ketchikan, Alaska in a close Filipino family. He grew up playing music and initially thought he would pursue it as a career. It was his love of music that brought him to Pacific Lutheran University.  “I saw that PLU had an awesome music program, so I was like ‘Yeah, I think I’m going to PLU,’ ” he said. “But then I decided to change my major to computer science because I just realized that I like making games and websites. For some reason, sitting down at