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the opportunity to direct university productions. She was finally a director as teacher – exactly what she wanted to be. During her final year at CU she began applying for jobs as a professor. She applied all over the country at several different types of universities. Lori Lee works with student actors as the Director of “How I Learned to Drive.” “I remember thinking how extraordinary it would be if I found such a job in the Northwest, as my entire family lives in Portland,” Wallace says. “When I

national park to understand more about how people and land use practices impact the ecology of small mammals. “It is a great opportunity to do research and get to know another culture,” Ojala-Barbour said of why he applied for a Fulbright Fellowship. The Northfield, Minn. native graduates this spring with a degree in environmental studies and Hispanic studies. He’s not sure how the experience will shape him or what he’ll do once his fellowship is complete. It may lead him to graduate school to study

said PLU’s program seemed just familiar enough, and more in-depth. “I applied, I got in and that’s why we’re still in Washington,” Sullivan said. “So much has come full circle: PLU sponsoring the house, me being here, the PLU community helping.” And that help is substantial. PLU committed to raising $10,000 and to offering at least 1,200 hours of service for the Habitat house this year. So far, Lutes from all walks of life—Sociology classes, faculty, alumni, the women’s basketball team and

lot, I’m already a senior and I have a 2-year-old daughter. I need to start working.’ I didn’t really think that there was a chance I would get to go to grad school.” But after giving the idea a few days’ thought, Sweeney reached out to Juanita Reed, PLU’s director of MBA and undergraduate business programs. They scheduled a 30-minute consultation to discuss Fast Track and what the program could do for Sweeney, and by the end of the meeting her mind was made up. “So I applied, which was very easy

and I applied for the show just for the experience of doing it. I honestly never thought about what it would be like once it aired. How have you enjoyed living abroad? Was it a challenging adjustment for yourself or your children? I love living in Australia. I wish we had moved sooner. The work-life balance is completely in line with our lifestyle. Paul and I have always been up for an adventure and seeking out new life experiences together — we have moved 12 times in the last 10 years between

the company. The internship was so successful, McDaneld was invited to continue the partnership through the end of the year.  How did you come across this internship? I wanted to get into finance to get that financial industry experience, so I applied to a lot of internships, probably 30 plus. On top of that, my econ mentor, Igor Strupinskiy, felt Russell Investments would be a good fit for me because he had worked there previously. His working there had nothing to do with me getting the

school at the moment. The program expanded to Tacoma-Pierce County in 2020, where Pierce-Ngo lives with her six-month-old baby, husband, and two dogs — and where she grew up. “It was exciting to officially expand and offer services here, to create buzz and awareness around the opportunity youth population,” she says. “I was 17 when I applied to PLU, and college is such a big life decision,” she says. “You can’t vote, can’t drink at 17 — but you’re still making such a big life decision.” She hopes to

type of policy work does Senator Dhingra and your office work with? She has a very wide variety of policy that she works with. A lot of her policy work right now has to do with mental and behavioral health, and sponsoring a bill from high school students on banning the pink tax (a term used for gender-based price differences applied to identical products). She’s also working on mental health competency, or forensic competency, so finding ways to improve our criminal justice system for people who

PLU Professor Charlie Katica.This lengthy resume also impressed the admission office at Duke University, where Iverson applied to graduate school in hopes of continuing her dream of becoming a physical therapist.“Duke has a great reputation for its academics, connections, and research. Their whole medical program is super renowned, so it was at the top of my list. When I found out I was accepted, I canceled my other interviews and declined the other schools I had been accepted to. I knew this was