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Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it Posted by: mhines / June 24, 2024 Image: Rhiannon Leach ’25, elementary education major, reads to her class. “I want to create a safe space for students to feel comfortable talking about anything.” (Photo provided by Leach) June 24, 2024 By Britt BoardUniversity Relations During the 2023-2024 academic year, 2,345 students received PLU-funded aid, with the average PLU student
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is infectious, and I am grateful for their time and the relationships they’ve built with me.” Read Previous Victory! Student-Athletes Notch 125 Wins for PLU’s 125th Year Read Next PLU’s Black Student Union Holds ‘Die-In’ To Show Solidarity COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS A family with a “Bjug” legacy of giving and service September 27, 2024 PLU hosts the
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as the strengthening of my own compositional craft. Every day I needed to produce. There was no time to wait for inspiration to hit or to get stuck by writer’s block. I developed a set of tools that helped me generate ideas and materials from a variety of sources. I am able now to share these with students as they come against a wall, getting to a point but not knowing how to move forward. It is gratifying to see them take these same tools and develop their own voices as we meet together.But
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Films and plans to move back to Tacoma soon. Finally, Steve Wolbrecht, ‘99, works as an engineer for Honeywell and helps decode black boxes on airplanes (a job he insists is not as sexy as it sounds.) The group now makes films (ten so far) that are regularly rated on Netflix and still more popular than ever among the gaming community and national events, such as Comic-Con in LA and Seattle. To wanna-be filmmakers, they have this advice – persistence and passion. “It’s not going to be easy,” said
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November. “That is simply not true. There is nothing about poverty that is pre-ordained. It is the rules we set up.” And society – with few hits to lifestyle – can change those rules, stressed Foege, who in the 1970s led the fight to successfully eradicate smallpox. For his efforts, Foege was awarded the Medal of Freedom in 2012 by President Obama, who called him a leader in “one of medicine’s greatest success stories.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOlM4pK6tCc Foege said he truly supports the $15
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Holocaust (co-edited with Franklin Littell, 1974), The Church Confronts the Nazis: Barmen Then and Now (1984), Learning from History: A Black Christian’s Perspective on the Holocaust (2000), and Searching for God in God-forsaken Times and Places: Reflections on the Holocaust, Racism, and Death (2003). Read Previous Extending a hand to veterans Read Next Rock on! COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in
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cosmopolitanism,” Director David Deacon-Joyner remarked. “His musical and verbal language was both elegant and earthy. His countenance was regal and fetching. He bridges the gap between the language of entertainment and religious expression. His style has often been compared to visual artists, with his orchestra being his sonic palette.” Ellington’s 1935 Reminiscing In Tempo, an elegy for his mother, gave us a glimpse of his faith expression through his music, as did a portion of his Symphony in Black from
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and uncle sang and performed as a group in the 1940s and were well known in the Hartford, Connecticut area, where she was born, as “The Musical Browns.” Her musical roots come from them. She went on to champion the work of African American composer, Florence Price, and helped lead the way in Black music history studies as a professor in music for decades. Her penchant for service to others was established early, as she was both a loyal Brownie and a Girl Scout. Rae Linda leaves behind a devoted
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: Hispanic Heritage Month LATEST POSTS On Exhibit: LGBTQ+ Authors and their Works October 5, 2022 On Exhibit: Graphic Novels January 6, 2022 Black History Month: Seeking (a Supreme Court) Justice February 2, 2022 Mortvedt Library materials for HEALING: PATHWAYS FOR RESTORATION AND RENEWAL symposium February 16, 2022
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March 9, 2009 Sludge from the grill to be recycled The gooey mess which sloughs from the grill at the UC may look like something that you’d rather just toss and forget about. But to Wendy Robins and Colin Clifford, it’s pure gold. Or more specifically, the yellow smelly gunk means that PLU will be paid $100 a year to sell its grease to the Arlington-based Standard Biodiesel, rather than pay a rendering plant $300 a year to get rid of the mess, said Robins, day operations manager for dining
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