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bankrupt for the third time before making it big, and it surely was about choices for Clint Eastwood when an executive from Universal Pictures told him that “his future wasn’t very promising because of a chip in his tooth and because his Adam’s Apple stuck out too much.” What about you? What choices have you made in your life that will allow you to successfully contribute to society? What are you going to do now that you are on your own, away from home, that is going to make you successful? Well, let

Firmly Committed: In Response to DACA decision Posted by: Lace M. Smith / September 6, 2017 Image: In the spring of 2016, students, staff and faculty joined in on the PLU4US: For and With Undocumented Students crowd funding campaign to raise over $30,000 for undocumented PLU students (Photo: PLU/Hansel Doan) September 6, 2017 Dear Campus Community: This morning, the White House announced a plan to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in six months. I want to affirm

July 24, 2014 In the Business of Making Connections Dan Rosales, left, and Daniel Smith, both ’07, are on the board of PLU’s Business Network Alumni Association. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Marketing graduates’ paths bring them together—again— on the board of PLU’s Business Network Alumni Association By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications It’s not surprising that Dan Rosales ’07 and Daniel Smith ’07 discovered their life paths at Pacific Lutheran University—that’s just what

Senior Fulbright Lectureships in Japan. There he taught American history, comparative business history and American studies at Hiroshima University and two other universities in Fukuoka. In 2003, OSU named Blackford the Exemplary Faculty Member for the College of Humanities in recognition of his distinguished and sustained achievements in teaching, research and service. Mansel G. Blackford, Emeritus Professor of History at the Ohio State University, will speak about “Making Seafood Sustainable

March 5, 2010 Olympic medalist encourages symposium crowd to make a difference By Barbara Clements Joey Cheek was sprawled out on a couch in 2005, wondering what he was going to do with a free afternoon after training all morning in an Austrian skating facility, when a BBC  program caught his eye. Wang Center Symposium keynote speaker Joey Cheek addresses the crowd about making a difference in the world. Women and children were running and screaming out of a village being set afire by rebels in

April 24, 2014 Making Fitness Fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW0Q7W7mDaw&feature=youtu.be There’s so much more to P.E. at PLU than chin-ups (although those are healthy, too!) Editor’s note: This package was conceived and produced entirely by PLU Marketing & Communications student workers. Story by James Olson ’14; video by John Struzenberg ’15; interviews by Katie Baumann ’14 and Valery Jorgensen ’15. By James Olson ’14 Pacific Lutheran University requires students to take at least four

Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities Posted by: alex.reed / May 26, 2022 May 26, 2022 By Charles BergmanOriginally published in 2005For two weeks of March, 2000, in the vast jungle along Mexico’s southern border with Belize, I joined a team of biologists and hounds in chasing and capturing a wild jaguar. I was in Mexico as a Fulbright Scholar. It took us nearly two weeks of hard work and unflagging persistence to locate, track, and finally tree this jaguar in the

National Science Foundation (NSF). The program provides: $6000 for food and incidentals Housing for free (provided by hosting site) $1000 travel allowance Up to $1000 are provided to travel to the National Meeting of the ACS in Spring 2025 Eligibility: Must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident (DACA students can apply for the AgroParis and Reims sites). Must have previous research experience. Students with appropriate research interests in Chemistry, Biochemistry or other STEM areas are encouraged to

October 4, 2010 The Women’s Center is joining in the state-wide effort to raise awareness about how to get involved with creating safer communities through the Green Dot campaign. (Photo by John Froschauer) Making the community safer By Kari Plog ’11 Pacific Lutheran University’s Women’s Center has been the cornerstone of advocating against domestic and intimate partner violence in the community. Now, a renewed $250,000 grant will help the Women’s Center continue to educate, inform and advocate

this developer website for a peak at what resources are available and a few of the really interesting projects that are now underway. Alexa is a major opportunity for innovators who want to create add-on products and experiences, because the installed base of Alexa devices is now in the tens of millions. Fueling a Passion for Artificial Intelligence Research My own interests in artificial intelligence research began in the 1980s, when I met Marvin Minsky while I was an employee at Microsoft. From