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‘How was your summer?’ Posted by: Thomas Krise / September 10, 2014 September 10, 2014 When I ask our students what they did over summer break, I am consistently impressed by their motivation. This summer, Nellie Moran ’15, an Economics and French major, worked for the Democratic National Committee in Washington D.C., during which time she met President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. During her internship, Moran learned the ins and outs of voter registration and working on voter

Library Association.   Other Hispanic Heritage Month EventsPLU’s Visiting Writers Series will host author and activist Stephanie Elizondo Griest (Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines) on Sept. 24, and PLU’s Office of Admission will hold a Latinos Unidos @ PLU event on Oct. 3 in collaboration with Amigos Unidos and the Hispanic Studies program. On a related note, Associate Director of Admission Emily McCann said Davidson also is teaching a new Spanish language class series (HISP 251-252) for

trying to figure what in the world this teaching thing is all about, and Dr. Lisosky was sitting next to me, and said ‘I have an idea. We should create some sort of agency and students would do all the work, the writing and photography for clients in the community,’” Wells recounted. “And then she turned to me and said, ‘and you should run it.’” That was 10 years ago. Now, the student group has produced five Emmy-nominated documentaries (with one Emmy win), along with 32 other national and

March 18, 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCBwlijVuw4 “PLU’s location close to Mt. Rainier is a huge resource for me and for students. For me, as a glacial geologist and as a professor, it’s really an easy place for me to go and convince students how geology affects our everyday lives, how natural resources are involved in our everyday lives and how the natural systems are inevitably going to be part of our backdrop as we move through our day-to-day lives,” said Claire Todd, assistant

July 27, 2011 Wild Hope Project finds a permanent home in the Center for Vocation at PLU Wild Hope Project finds a permanent home in the Center for Vocation.  At the end of this year, the Lilly Endowment’s $2.5 million, eight-year funding of the Wild Hope Project came to an end. Does that mean the Wild Hope Project is ending? Absolutely not. University funding of this innovative program continues. Lynn Hunnicutt, associate professor of economics and director of the Center for Vocation. (Photo

cycle progressed, he began attending monthly dinners hosted by the Pierce County Democratic Central Committee (PCD), a countywide organization that recruits and supports democratic candidates seeking local, state and federal offices. The gatherings on the first Monday of every month allow community members to engage with elected officials. Beiermann, an economics major, remembers feeling hesitant to participate at the dinners in the beginning. He says the PCD focuses on bridging the gap between the

advertising agency, Blue Rocket Creative.   “It all comes back to what people wrote the most often in my high school yearbook: ‘You’re a creative guy,’” he said. “So, I always tried to tap into my creativity. And as a result, I don’t really feel like I’ve worked a day in my life. I’ve always had fun doing what I’m doing.” Ken Morrison making music with Mark Reiman, associate professor of economics at PLU, in Germany during a class trip in 2004. (Photo by Emily Sinn, courtesy of Zayas) Morrison’s career