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a year, geared toward all students – those who live and breath sports to those who’ve never played before, but want to try. For PLU intramural sports, all are welcome. Unless there isn’t enough field space to accommodate everyone – a problem that sometimes Jud Keim ’86, director of intramural programs at PLU, encounters. “The thing with intramurals, we could only get so big,” he said. “This will allow us to meet the demand, and allows us to expand what we can offer to the students.” And that, in

pictured with Hilary Knight, the U.S. women's hockey player who scored the game-winning goal to defeat Canada for the world championship. (Photo courtesy of Hacker) The women’s hockey team decided to boycott the 2017 world championship after negotiations stalled with USA Hockey over equitable pay and treatment by the organization, including more funding during non-Olympic years, an advisory board to grow female participation and developmental programs to advance the sport. “I’ve never seen anything

and education benefits everyone.”Chavez said her speech at the conference will focus on the findings of her most recent book project. It explores how first-generation Latinos became professionals, their experiences as professionals amid the country’s institutional racism, and the policies and programs this group believes would help increase their presence in the professional world. Chavez says Latinos are the largest ethnic group in the U.S., yet they significantly lack representation in

over to Washington, and we’ve been here ever since. I attended Lakes High School and swam varsity. Once I became a junior, I did Running Start, so that knocked off two years of college, and I was able to transfer all of my credits over to PLU. I chose to attend PLU because I heard it has an outstanding nursing school and just excellent faculty for teaching science classes. When I was applying to colleges, I knew I wanted to be a biology major, so I looked for local schools with strong STEM programs

center will cross-breed those traits into disease-resistant varieties adapted for growth in India or Africa,” she says. The research exemplifies how the PLU sciences strive to offer novel research opportunities to any biology minor or major. Laurie-Berry says that summer research programs often present students with the only chance to do hands-on, original research—which means participants need 10 summer weeks free to be in the lab. This isn’t easy for those with summer jobs or other commitments

. There were group projects and presentations in both her education classes and in other classes. As an educator, she draws upon collaboration skills often. “We’re working with our stakeholders, with our colleagues, to ensure that we’re creating programs that support kids,” she says. During her administrative credential program at PLU, Helle also learned the importance of self-reflection in developing her leadership style. It’s something she has embraced as part of her practice as an educator. “It’s

. Mikhiela Sherrod, the director of US domestic programs for hunger relief organization Oxfam America, was both the conference’s keynote speaker and the moderator for Beeson’s panel. The panel on female empowerment in organizations brought Beeson together with students who compared modern women’s cooperatives and researched girls’ education in Kenya. “It was rewarding to be part of this conference,” Beeson says. “I had the opportunity for my research to be acknowledged on this scale.” Beeson’s research

. Professor Barot’s book of poetry, The Galleons, was published in 2020 and was longlisted for the National Book Award, a prestigious national recognition.The Rainier Writing Workshop is one of nine graduate programs offered at PLU. The MFA has a low-residency set-up, with mentors and students gathering on campus for a ten-day residency during the summer, and engaging in one-on-one mentorships during the rest of the academic year. Professor Barot acts as both Director and a mentor, guiding students in

opted to stay remote. At school, longer class periods and week-on, week-off block scheduling was introduced, to reduce classroom and hallway congestion. “As a science teacher who focuses on the outdoors and hands-on activities, I loved this transition to longer class periods,” says Lord. Overall, there was a commitment from parents, teachers and school administration to do what was necessary to have in-person learning again. “We understood how much better off we would be if we had in-person learning

. But I won’t discredit myself that much because I think my cover letter, resume, and experiences matched up with the internship very well. Tell me about your internship; what is it you are doing with Taproot? I got offered the teaching internship, and what I’m doing for that is helping Taproot’s resident teaching artists run their summer camp programs. I’m basically a camp counselor, but it’s a little more fun because I’m teaching something I’m really passionate about. A lot of the kids I’ve had so