Search

completion date of mid-October. Located on the northeast corner of Garfield Street South and C Street South, Garfield Station will house: •    PLU Marriage and Family Therapy, Human Resources and classroom space; •    7,500 square feet of retail space along Garfield Street; •    104 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment homes; •    the residential leasing office and amenities for the Garfield Station Apartments; and •    a secured parking lot for residents and employees. The $20 million project

other people.” Gleaning, a centuries-old method of collecting excess produce after harvest, is one example of how food can be distributed and donated to those in need. Local organizations such as Harvest Pierce County conduct gleaning operations aimed at reducing food waste and building community. Since 2009, Harvest Pierce County’s Gleaning Project has harvested more than 300,000 pounds of food to help the community. In addition to gleaning, food-recovery organizations across the country, such as

NCAT-supported centers are designed to be life changing. “(Our goals) go beyond equipping students with specific skills, to empowering each participant to effect the change they want to see in their own lives,” Schouten said. Nguyen, who has 20 years of experience in Pierce County workforce development, agrees. “We can make our community better by providing access to arts and education,” she said. “It’s the key to rising out of poverty and having a better life — and that’s why this project is so

low-resource countries, and the ethics of changing dosing schedules for the human papillomavirus vaccine. The transition from her graduate studies to her current project work has been quite challenging, but it is a challenge she enjoys. “I think it’s going to be pretty similar when I make the transition from postdoc to faculty,” she said. “But I feel like I was exposed to enough at PLU, at Hopkins, through nursing, all of it, to where I have the skills and background to make my way on any new path

explained. Shortly thereafter, Vice President of Student Affairs Joanna Royce-Davis asked Campus Ministry to create an on-campus food pantry. Rude asked Melannie Cunningham, PLU Director of Multicultural Outreach and Engagement, to spearhead the project. Cunningham founded the pantry, originally known  as the Blessing Corner, in Spring 2018. Since then, she’s done everything from strategizing around national food insecurity trends to making grocery store runs in order to keep the pantry stocked

whether you’re doing something wrong, and figuring out why it’s wrong is rewarding,” Holland says. “The whole experience is continuous learning.” For his capstone, Holland and two other students created an analytics platform for a competitive online game called Rocket League. Players can review stats, key moments, and playback with this platform. “We’re trying to bring order to the chaos,” he says.Internships and MentorshipsHe delves into any project with equal enthusiasm. Even as he refines the

classes—especially economics—and how my professors taught me if I can survive complex economic concepts, I can survive a complex project. I’m forever thankful for them giving me a bar to strive for. Do you have any plans for after commencement? There are several opportunities I am entertaining for post-commencement. However, first and foremost, I will be taking a short break and solo traveling to somewhere sunny with good food. A recharge is needed before I pursue my next goals in life. Read Previous

the School of Education’s Uukumwe Project, an educational partnership between Pacific Lutheran University and Namibian educators. And at N/a’an ku sê, Delos Reyes had a unique opportunity: to teach Western music concepts to students who wouldn’t otherwise have access to music education. It was a life-changing experience. “I have never had so much fun teaching in my life,” Delos Reyes says. She loves her current practicum at a small K-8 school outside of Olympia but says the connection that

connection here. I decided to come back to the CGE because I was an intern in the space. I worked in collaboration with the center to launch a really cool project with Keithley Middle School. I am truly grateful to be a part of this community, and I am so excited to partner with different departments across campus. Read Previous The Department of Social Work congratulates alum Patricia Sattier (2002) for receiving NIF Fellowship! Read Next Karen Marquez ’22 aspires to help her community through her

talked a lot about the technical aspects of camera work relating to dance films and dancing for the camera. I used the information I gained from the master class and applied it to my classwork, especially the dance film final project for Composition and Choreography. It helped me think about how to both choreograph and dance for a camera and how this is different than dancing on a stage. —Brooke Nelson ’23, Dance minor Though the circumstances of the year are not what any of us would have chosen, I