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  • September 11, 2009 Students work to restore habitat of struggling salmon stream Last week, Scott Hansen, ecologist and vice president of the Puget Creek board, was just ticking off the list of creatures that call this canopied gulch, sandwiched between suburbia and a main Tacoma arterial their home. Bats, coyotes, eagles, hawks, snakes, toads…and salamanders. “Hey I think we just found one,” said a PLU student working with Hansen, and 12 other volunteers on a rainy Saturday in September, as she

  • budding underground hip hop scene and young women who are attending college. She was even present during the last Iranian Presidential elections. “When I was in Iran, people would say ‘when you go back to America let them know we’re not their enemy,’” Sarmast said. “After traveling all over the world and all over the middle east, I can say for sure the Iranian people are friends of the American people.” The Diversity Center, Student Involvement & Leadership, and the Common Reading Program presented

  • December 14, 2009 Risk & Reward By Chris Albert The board of directors is listening intently to a fellow member about a decision they need to make. At risk are thousands of dollars, if not tens of thousands. They might lose it all. Or, they could reap great rewards. PLU students ride the economic roller coaster and find out what it’s like to invest real money in the market and what it takes to show gains. This isn’t Wall Street – it is PLU. But the decisions the student members of the

  • a diversity of people. It aligns with our values. Everybody counts and everybody has a place. And we’ll just see if it gets used. That’ll be the real test. Our hope is that it will.” Read Previous Community fuels actor’s work Read Next Student perspective: The Iditarod COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS PLU Welcomes the Class of 2028: Trailblazers September

  • tradition in a “21st century context.” “I see the professorship as a way of promoting the intellectual gifts of Lutheran higher education among a diverse faculty and student body who may or may not have a connection to the Lutheran tradition,” he said. “That is part of the challenge of being a Lutheran center of learning in the Pacific Northwest.” Read Previous New ’employer relations’ position connects students with employers Read Next Light Fantastic COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the

  • Mayer Student Fellowship. More than anything, my research has challenged my understanding of my role as an individual combating genocide and other human rights’ violations. Cambodia is a distant country, with seemingly no ties to the United States. But genocide is defined as a crime against humanity. Trapped by the borders of their own country, Cambodians had no one to turn to. We may be Americans by nationality, but our common humanity makes the difference between Americans and Cambodians obsolete

  • all we can do as humans is tell each other our stories.” Read Previous Learning about the next step Read Next Student sings way to the Seattle Opera COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS PLU Welcomes the Class of 2028: Trailblazers September 11, 2024 Ethos in Action September 11, 2024 Present & Future Providers September 10, 2024 Humanization is Vocation: Angie

  • Winstead, a master sergeant and senior military instructor of the MSIIIs. In his eyes, Velásquez, “is a very self-motivated cadet.” “Physically, [he’s] very fit. Academically, he’s probably into the top 10 percent of his class. He’s been a solid student in every aspect,” Winstead said. When he graduates next year, Velásquez will commission as a second lieutenant, but his exact assignment won’t come until sometime during his senior year. This summer, Velásquez and other MSIIIs from around the country

  • October 1, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq3lW0AVSJo A Veteran Soccer Player By Valery Jorgensen ’15 PLU’s men’s soccer team gained a veteran player this season—in every sense of the word. Jeremy Dornbusch ’15, a transfer student with sophomore standing, is a war veteran and a seasoned soccer player. In his eight year active-duty career with the U.S. Army, he has been deployed three times: once for 13 months in Iraq, and again for 15-and 12-month stints in Afghanistan. Dornbusch recently

  • Atlanta, Gupta said the team will use feedback from the regional judges to enhance and present the same idea but with updated activities. Which could only make those best practices even better. Read Previous Celebrating Student-Athletes Read Next Things That Go Boom on Purpose! COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS PLU Welcomes the Class of 2028: Trailblazers