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of this trip: Ten PLU students—in conjunction with Assistant Marketing Professor Mark Mulder—set out to bring clean water to a community that did not have a reliable source of this precious commodity. But the trip also was about building relationships, some immediately and some cautiously, but all connections that ended up changing these Lutes forever. Meet the Team Click on the photos to hear each Lute’s story.   Day One: El Limonal, Nicaragua Church Courtyard Drill Depth: 90 Feet T he journey

four was confined to the maid’s room and had to cook and clean for the soldiers.Agi’s mother tried on numerous occasions to find someone who would help them escape from Belgrade. After a failed attempt, the family was finally able to leave on foot, walking many miles north toward Hungary. Agi’s mother carried her in case of bombings, willing to sacrifice her own life for her daughter’s. At one point, the family found a village of mostly Jews and stayed there for a couple nights. Although encouraged

could relate to her student in that moment, harkening back to her own brush with failure in college. She underperformed in a couple classes, as a result of her personal anxieties, and risked not graduating. “I struggled hard with being disciplined and being interested in the work,” she said of the courses, “I failed two exams and ended up having to schedule blocks of time in a study room in the library for hours at a time to force myself to do the work.” “It was almost a shame thing. I didn’t want

and I saw the movie The Big Chill, which is about eight University of Michigan alums 15 years after graduation who gather for the funeral of a friend from college — and after the funeral they spend a weekend together reminiscing about how much they all meant to each other at Michigan. The movie stuck with Marcia and me for the next couple of years, and when we were both turning 40, we decided to give ourselves a birthday party a la The Big Chill — and invite several PLU classmates including Tom

, meaningful mentoring relationships with faculty members. [video: Return to Prof. Yakelis in the lab.] Prof. Yakelis: Here at PLU, your opportunity to work with the Pre-Health Sciences Advising Team doesn’t expire upon graduation. We work with alumni all the time in order to help them pursue their professional and post-graduate programs. [video: Return to Prof. Auman in the classroom.] Prof. Auman: We still provide these services to our alumni so that students don’t need to feel like they have to apply

nursing, critical analysis of nursing practice, nursing theories and epistemology, ethics, nursing care provided to marginalized populations, power relationships between healthcare professionals and patients, and finally, gender issues in nursing.Overview of Publications Conference ScheduleCarli SnyderPresentation Title: “Memories of Gusen: U.S Army Nurses’ Reflections on Witnessing the Liberation of a Concentration Camp” Who: Ms. Carli Snyder, doctoral student in the History Ph.D. program at the City

meetings (every Monday at noon) will expand to a dozen or more Lutes—with only a couple concerned on any given Monday that the meetings are at lunchtime. At this initial gathering, we glean a tentative concept of the king’s time on campus, and we learn that PLU is establishing a special endowed scholarship in honor of His Majesty’s visit (benefiting PLU students who study in Norway and those who participate in the Peace Studies program at PLU). Just a few of the to-dos on the inaugural agenda: Get

couple named Bach owned a delicatessen. Their business and apartment were two doors up the street from Taunus Strasse 23, our rented flat. Mr. Bach had been an officer in World War I. Mrs. Bach told my Dad that she would hide him in the cellar, and although food was rationed, he would have plenty to eat and my mother could come to the store and get verbal signals on any changes in conditions. So my Dad went into hiding in the basement of the deli.” The group observed and took a few pictures of the

couple named Bach owned a delicatessen. Their business and apartment were two doors up the street from Taunus Strasse 23, our rented flat. Mr. Bach had been an officer in World War I. Mrs. Bach told my Dad that she would hide him in the cellar, and although food was rationed, he would have plenty to eat and my mother could come to the store and get verbal signals on any changes in conditions. So my Dad went into hiding in the basement of the deli.” The group observed and took a few pictures of the

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