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the cells. By my third week, I was participating in the lab’s multi-panel mouse experiment and expanding my cell cycling experiments. By the end of my time there, I had participated in multiple large-scale experiments, developed many assays for investigating cell cycles, and realized my love for lab work. What was one of your favorite projects you worked on during your time at the lab? MM: It is very difficult to choose just one project that stood out to me, as they were all incredibly important

saying this place is perfect, but the one thing I can promise is that this place has so much to offer. By coming to PLU, you have opened a door to a world of choices. You have found an entrance of opportunity toward success. Your life will never be the same: the people you meet, the choices you make and the concepts you will learn. You will never be the same. You’re going to become familiar with something called the Wild Hope project that encourages students to explore their vocation. The name comes

if we could do a real exchange.” And thus, a “real” exchange was implemented. The Trinidadian students would live with the PLU students, take courses alongside them, be immersed in the cultural life of the islands and complete a service-learning project. At the semester’s conclusion, the most promising student would receive a four-year scholarship to PLU, funded jointly by PLU and Trinidad’s Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Gender Affairs. Hughes jumped at the chance. “I learned

fulfill a core mission: Building Lives of Service. And now, one project—along with one family and one innovative coming-together—is interpreting that “building” concept quite literally. In a first-time initiative that combines philanthropy, direct service and advocacy of Pierce County housing issues, PLU is partnering with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity to build a home in The Woods at Golden Given, a sustainable-design community about a mile and a half

student-athletes were embracing inclusion within their teams and across our university. We strive to make sure everyone feels welcomed and comfortable among our department.” Recently, SAAC joined the You Can Play movement with the release of a video featuring PLU student-athletes and their positive stance on inclusion regardless of race, religion or sexual orientation. The You Can Play project is a nationwide initiative dedicated to ensuring equality and respect for all athletes without regard to

are going to have a real leg up. They will already have a connection with this university that is going to anchor them and keep them here for all four years."- Galen Ciscell Reinmuth said he knew very little about sociology when he registered for Sociology of Education, which included a collaborative project with nearby Keithley Middle School, but he’s thankful he did. “Sociology actually became one of my favorite classes and I’m now really good friends with the professor,” he said. University as

breakfast, story time, a craft project and picture with Santa (sent as a digital file after the event).  Breakfast will be served starting at 9 a.m. with Santa slated to arrive around 9:30 a.m.  Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children. In Sweet Rejoicing!  Dec. 3, 4, 5, 9 and 10 |  Lagerquist Concert Hall  (ALL ON CAMPUS CHRISTMAS CONCERTS SOLD OUT. TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR PERFORMANCE IN SEATTLE.) Ring in the season with a Christmas celebration that will warm the heart. Choir of the West, University

to experience so as to ask big questions about power, supremacy, agency and collective liberation.” Samantha, an inmate at Washington Corrections Center for Women, reads a copy of The Matrix during a meeting with PLU students on Friday, April 21, 2017. (Photo by John Froschauer) Smith has taught at WCCW for two years as part of the Freedom Education Project of Puget Sound, which offers high-level college courses for inmates. She teaches two courses at the jail: an introduction to gender studies

type of capstone project and some ideas, taking it from those ideas and actually implementing them, a masters degree can help them make that jump. It gives the students a little bit more flexibility to really choose their path, choose their vocation — and then we can help them make that translation into industry.” Sweeney is taking advantage of that chance to chase her passions. Part of the accelerated nine-month program she’s participating in has a ten-day international business study away built

at the coffee house with classmates to work on a school project and appreciated what Gore’s cultivating in the space. “We enjoyed playing chess and looking through various books we could rent out, and sinking into a comfy couch,” she said. “We were able to sit down and chat over soup, pastries, freshly made sandwiches and coffee.” Gore has a entrepreneurial background, building businesses from the ground up. He’s an eclectic man who’s successfully tried his hand at newspapers, computers and ice