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recognizable men in the world and helping run his son’s $30 billion foundation. But the questions Gates fielded during an hour-long talk with three PLU student moderators didn’t focus on his famous son, but more on his views on education, involvement in the world, as well as what Gates feels is important for college students to focus on now. Time and time again, Gates urged PLU students to get involved with issues, either local or abroad and devote time and passion to a cause. In other words, “Show up. “I

students the keys to guide their college experience and avoid looking back on it after graduation and wondering, “What if?” Students are able to learn what PLU has to offer early in their college careers and begin figuring out what they want to achieve in their time here. It also aims to help students begin the process of discovering their vocation, identity and purpose. The first years are just beginning to understand what the vocation of a student is, how that fits with what they are studying and how

hours of college credit on their academic record. This “Residency Rule” will most often affect first-year students who would be joining us directly out of high school or running start. Students who are younger than twenty and won’t be waiving the requirement with transfer credits or have children to care for, may choose to live at home with their parents or spouse by filling out the Confirmation of Living at Home form that is available on our Residence Life homepage. Students who want to live with

PowersResoLute EditorI had two internships during my time at PLU. One led to a full-time offer and I stayed there for almost seven years. Getting that second internship was about my talent and also about the right place, right time, right skill set, right newsletter subscription. Not the picture of efficiency. At Seed, we built a better model.We put as many college students as we can through professional interviews (180 last year) with direct and immediate feedback. We connect students to interns and

my brain shift gears, thanks in part to the book discussions we did during orientation,” Helm continued. “I relaxed, and soon the class wasn’t nearly as scary and intimidating.” That is exactly the point, said Amber Baillon, associate director of student involvement and leadership, and co-director of the Common Reading Program. She sees the program as a great – and fun – way for students to encounter college expectations, even before school starts. “I kind of think of it as a sneak-peek of what

for new college and university presidents at Harvard University this summer, the presidents asked for and received a session on environmental sustainability. Anderson was one of the 12 founding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9RlIo7PyNM signatories of the agreement. Since then, 661 universities have signed, while PLU’s reputation in this area as grown. “Many of them knew of PLU’s commitment to sustainability; our reputation precedes us,” Krise said. Sustainability, and a commitment to the

injustices surrounding access to clean water, according to The H2O Project Team’s memorandum. While the project works at raising awareness about water issues, they also aim to raise money to donate toward the Bellefonte Community College in Shillong, India. The college is ran by Sister Helen Puwein, who was a presenter during the Wang International Symposium – Our Thirsty Planet, this past February. One-hundred percent of the money raised will go directly to helping construct the college where members of

sense. Did your time there impact you socially or academically at all? Socially, it actually impacted me more than anything else. Because I’m happily married now to a woman and I have a beautiful four year old child, which I would have never imagined possible if it hadn’t been for this self identity searching and developing that I did while I was away in college. It wasn’t until being exposed to this very diverse community of different identities that I was like, ‘hey, I can do that, too.’ And I can

benefits different Tacoma charities. Initially, college was supposed to be just something for Thoburn to do between tours with his band. “I didn’t plan on going to college all that much, but I got a good education at PLU,” he said. Having grown up in Tacoma—he went to the School of the Arts – Thoburn wanted to stay in the area after college, so his buddies’ brewery suggestion struck just the right note. “If you stop doing things for fun, you might as well be dead,” Thoburn said. Read Previous Capstone

NSF REU at the University of Alabama Posted by: nicolacs / March 8, 2019 March 8, 2019 Interdisciplinary Application of Advanced Polymers for Engineering InnovationThis new ten-week REU Site supported by NSF will be held May 20th – July 26th, 2019. Participants will be engaged in fundamental research projects that incorporate polymer synthesis and processing, including through biological methods. Projects also focus on applications of polymers in tissue culturing, electronics, sensors, additive