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helped me grow into the person I am today, so I wanted to be able to give back to a community that drove me to thoughtfully care and serve others above myself. You are a coach first, but your academic expertise is a great fit for your role. How does are your football experience and academic background complimentary? If you want to be the best YOU, you can be, performing optimally requires focusing on more than just the physical side of performance. Enhancing and deliberately practicing mental skills

dovetailed with what Leavens describes as the “warm embrace” that is the Chief Leschi environment. “We are a close-knit school, and we treat each other with care,” she says. At a school devoted to teaching Native American children, it’s important that students feel connected to each other as well as to their culture. The school library is full of books written by Indigenous people about Indigenous people. Students are invited to drum or dance during twice-weekly circle times. Tribal elders visit to tell

contribute – my topic was environmental conservation, but there were other interns studying anything from geology to health care and culture. Walk us through your internship experience from start to finish.  AS: The internship had three phases: pre-research, field research and publication. The first phase was pre-research in the spring. We would meet in groups of interns and one-on-one with our research directors to focus on our goals and create an outline for the on-site phase. The second phase was ten

purchase of deadly weapons. A Lutheran university, inspired by the non-violent life and inclusive love of Jesus Christ, stands with the victims and invites all Lutes to live out our ethic of ‘care for others and their communities.'” Dr. Samuel Torvend, Professor of Religion, PLU Endowed Chair in Lutheran Studies The horrific hatred and violence at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando marked the 133rd mass shooting in America in 2016. So, in just 164 days thus far this year, our nation has witnessed 133 mass

and sharper understanding of your unique and precious self, the    longings of your heart, and capacity of your voice! And these hopes for you brings us full circle back to PLU’s mission of to educating every student for a life of “thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care — . . .because the wellspring of service and care is gratitude, inquiry and learning is the natural response to wonder, and authentic and effective leadership has its grounding in courage. The final word for today comes

Service, a sustainability technician with the Sustainability Department, a Women’s Center Intern, Rieke Scholar & Diversity Advocate in the Diversity Center, and a Resident and Community Assistant with Residential Life for three years. I have remained engaged with the Hilltop, Tacoma, community from which I was born and raised. I continue to be supported by the care and support of Peace Community Center and New Direction Church of God by Faith, the Campus Action Project Grant from the American

of homecoming weekend, the PLU community will celebrate the completion of one of the university’s more ambitious projects, the complete remodel of Eastvold Chapel, renamed the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The 45,900-square-foot center takes the name of Karen Hille Phillips ’55, a nursing graduate and former PLU regent who, upon her death, bequeathed more than $10 million to alma mater which was used for the completion of the project. All told, Phillips left nearly $25

weekend, the PLU community will celebrate the completion of one of the university’s more ambitious projects, the complete remodel of Eastvold Chapel, renamed the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The 45,900-square-foot center takes the name of Karen Hille Phillips ’55, a nursing graduate and former PLU regent who, upon her death, bequeathed more than $10 million to alma mater which was used for the completion of the project. All told, Phillips left nearly $25 million to PLU, making

of homecoming weekend, the PLU community will celebrate the completion of one of the university’s more ambitious projects, the complete remodel of Eastvold Chapel, renamed the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The 45,900-square-foot center takes the name of Karen Hille Phillips ’55, a nursing graduate and former PLU regent who, upon her death, bequeathed more than $10 million to alma mater which was used for the completion of the project. All told, Phillips left nearly $25

lives, choose where they go to school or work and have access to water and food. You can’t help but care about hearing people talk about their hopes and dreams after seeing them denied on a first-hand basis. What type of work do you perform as PLU’s Vet Corps Navigator? I help provide our military-affiliated students (veterans, spouses or dependents) with peer-to-peer mentorship. In their transition to academic life, they have different barriers or obstacles than traditional students do. They have a