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set of premises, and find out what you can build from it, or what patterns you can find and connections you can make. When did you decide on environmental studies? My Writing 101 course was “Evolutionary Biology and Taxonomy.” The purpose of the class was to learn scientific technical writing, but I was surprised at how arbitrary taxonomy is. That got me interested in animal studies and a critical lens of the sciences, which is why I added environmental studies. "The first thing I noticed on the

September 15, 2008 Student rounds up a few abandoned bikes and voila, a co-op. PLU’s bike co-op gets rolling BY Barbara Clements It is not just PLU employees who are seeking better, more sustainable and less expensive ways of getting to and from campus. Students are thinking about this too. And one student, with a few abandoned bikes, is doing something about it. Senior Eric Pfaff will open PLU’s first bike co-op this fall, an opportunity for students to run errands, commute to work or school

contribution relies on decades of experience in intersections of religion, disability, health, and healing. An associate professor of early and medieval Christian history at PLU, Llewellyn Ihssen is the program director of IHON-Oxford. Llewellyn Ihssen uses critical disability theory in her work on ancient, late antique, and medieval religious texts.  After earning an undergraduate degree in English literature and secondary education, Llewellyn Ihssen worked in special-education classrooms. Yearning to

since the Industrial Revolution. Of course, I loved this class because I was able to look at history from an economic and technical perspective. We studied textile looms, clocks, weapons, automobiles, computers, iPhones, and the Internet. I have found that studying how people have used new technology is both compelling and relevant to our times. More abstractly, Innovation Studies encourages general critical thinking skills and the ability to spot new patterns and trends. We look at subjects from

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literature blossomed. She saw promise in me and helped me through the process. PM: The professor who helped me come [to the United States] taught Africana Literatures. It was the first time that I heard my professor say the stuff I was thinking about, but couldn’t really conceptualize. When I first met him, right away, I knew one way or another, my life would be tied to this person. We still are in touch today. JRO: It’s funny how those ‘eureka moments’ direct our lives.AG: How has teaching languages

experience going to the barber shop instead of a beauty parlor for hair care, and how that choice influenced their hair journey and gender identity. A different participant discussed being called a boy by her family members after cutting her hair short and embracing her femininity in a new way through that experience. The third theme concerned hair and body health and the return to identity. “For a lot (of the women), it was a personal health choice,” Taiwo said. “Both thinking about the strength of hair

, communicate and use information and data,” she explains. “We can also bring new or innovative approaches to the way we do our work by bringing people together across traditionally unconventional lines and supplying them with quality data and information so that new ideas, new approaches, and new programs can emerge, and informed decisions can be made.” For McConnell, it makes a lot of sense that a place like PLU would be home to such a creative and forward-thinking role. “PLU has always been a place with

the technology work. At the same time, I’m always working with our business leaders to identify opportunities to accomplish more with technology. I think both sides of that equation are tremendously rewarding for me. I like getting into the weeds of something like network security and thinking about how we are securing the network using the tools we have, and also thinking about what new pieces of technology could help us be more efficient in that work. When you were a PLU student, what drew you

to nurse training is similar to how commercial pilots train on flight simulators — with opportunities to learn, test and master skills. The manikin experience offers a safe, less-threatening environment that allows students to assess the patient, prioritize care and apply critical thinking skills. "The experience provided some safety but still triggered strong emotions. With this physical presence in front of you and the clock ticking, someone’s life is in your hands."- Nursing major Rion James