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, Kiana, it’s me! Well, actually it’s you,” Norman wrote in a column about her diagnosis published on the website The Mighty, dedicated to documenting personal stories about people’s experiences with disabilities, disease and mental illness. She submitted the piece for consideration as part of the site’s bipolar disorder section after the writing assignment rose to the level of “class favorite” in her upper-level communication class at PLU.Resources for mental illness PLU Counseling Center Suicide

youth clubs or college scouts), but this is a camp about people, values, and positivity,” Hacker tells me. “I feel like so often we coach the fun out of kids,” Hacker continues. “We put this insane focus on winning, outcomes, and making it to the next level. “I want them (campers) to challenge themselves to enjoy the process, I want them to love the game and to enjoy watching other people succeed.” For Hacker, who serves on the National Advisory Board for the Positive Coaching Alliance and on the

qualities,” he said. “My educational experience at PLU made me realize I had to work hard, but also have critical thinking on any issue or assignment,” he said. “You need to be able to analyze and think about how is this process going to come to a successful end. Work by itself is not enough; smart work is needed.” Burton said aspiring debaters should strive for “organization, structure and higher-level thinking skills,” but most of all, passion. “To really believe what they are arguing makes a

. During Summer 2018, she also worked on a Benson Summer Research Fellowship in Business and Economic History with Professor Mark Mulder of the School of Business. You will find her this Fall in the new Makerspace @ Hinderlie. Read Previous How Innovative was the Apple II? Read Next Alice Steinglass Visits October 9 for Workshop and Lecture LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Junichi Tsuneoka August 15, 2024 Heven Ambachew ’24 combines her passions and experiences to design major in innovation studies June 7

lot of hard work to get there. She has been rejected six times from the national team. At one point, she worked a part-time job to give herself the time needed for intense training. Then a pivotal moment took McCarthy’s dedication to the next level — just 0.2 seconds separated her from the 2012 Paralympic games in London. “I was chasing that top-notch success,” she said. “I was going to go until I didn’t love it anymore.” So, she quit her job, left her family behind and moved to Oklahoma City to

my students walk away excited about how this can help their students be engaged and excited in school,” he said. “It takes learning away from being able to pass standardized tests to being able to use skills in a practical way.” School-based makerspaces also level the playing field for use of technology by students, he said, making expensive equipment more accessible. Some Tacoma schools are already partnering with FabLab, a local makerspace in downtown Tacoma, to expose local K-12 students to

Lutheran University MBA Program is founded on the cornerstones of leadership, creative innovation, global awareness and ethical responsibility.Art + Business As an MBA student, Wallace hopes to bridge gaps between artists and business, and help foster community fine arts appreciation, by combining marketing savvy with arts knowledge.   “The arts and entertainment connect the world on a larger level,” he says.  He enrolled in PLU’s MBA program because he understood some aspects of an acting career

Summer 2021 Benson Research Fellows Announced Three student-faculty research teams investigate business and economic history Posted by: halvormj / May 2, 2021 May 2, 2021 By Michael Halvorson, ’85. The Benson Program in Business and Economic History is pleased to announce the selection of three student-faculty research teams for Summer 2021. The fellowships are selected by the Innovation Studies steering committee and funded through the generous support of Dale E. Benson and the Benson Family

to a NCAA Division II program right after high school before realizing that it was not the right fit. “I was looking around for something with my major, sociology, and PLU was a good program for that and then soccer was an added piece,” Hoagland said. As senior captain of the men’s soccer team, Hoagland ended his years with Lute athletics helping his team tie the record for wins in a single season. “I really like the program, it’s great. I’ve got to meet all these great guys out of it,” Hoagland

. “It’s really special,” she said. “I love that we can be successful in the sport and do it the right way…do it at a high level, but know the difference between right and wrong.” That attitude is deeply rooted in her core values, Cohen said, and was reaffirmed during her time at PLU. Cohen, who has worked at UW for 18 years, says Hall-of-Fame UW football coach Don James “planted the seed” that motivated her to go into sports administration, thanks to his response to a letter she wrote him in fifth