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a perfect start. I replied to the email and passed it on to my adviser, Rob M. Wells, who agreed to let Media Lab take on the project, where I filmed and edited. How did this project enrich your academic experience? True Grit was a project that confirmed my vocation for doing advocacy work. Every student should get involved in a project bigger than themselves to challenge perspectives and seek out their vocation. How did these stories make you feel? The stories shared with me were not tear

to professionals. Student directors Britt McCracken ‘19 and Isaiah Scheel ‘19 are running OR this year, coordinating a crew of 13 trip leaders and organizing at least one different trip each weekend. Rob Thompson, PLU’s  assistant athletic director for recreation over the past five years, works with the student directors and manages the finances but maintains a hands-off approach when it comes to day-to-day running of the program. “My exact role is more of a club advisor,” Thompson said. “My role

story and was determined to find out more. Within six months she and her brother, co-director Rob Fruchtman, were on a plane to Rwanda for their first shoot. “We filmed the emergence of the women as budding entrepreneurs, their struggles to build their cooperative, their delight as they learn to make and taste ice cream for the first time,” said Lisa Fruchtman, who won an Academy Award for The Right Stuff. As a result, in following these remarkable Rwandan women as they emerge from the devastation

sign up will receive free swag! Contact Rob Thompson with questions: thompsrw@plu.edu.   Into the Woods May 7, 8, 9, 15, 16 at 7:30p.m. / May 17 at 2p.m. Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts The Brothers Grimm meets Broadway in this fresh perspective on age-old fairytales. The story follows a baker and his wife, who want to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King’s Festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would give milk. When the baker and his wife learn of a witch’s

book that we used to kickoff the launch. I can’t say I wasn’t a bit scared when I sent that original email, but the old saying “nothing tried, nothing gained” is true.  Don’t rob yourself of great opportunities by giving in to your fears or insecurities. Q: What are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced and how did you overcome them? A: One of my biggest challenges, especially as a self-taught artist, was just believing in myself. For a long time I felt like I didn’t belong because I didn’t

semester and that led me to a student-faculty research organization called MediaLab, for which Professor Wells, or Rob, as we call him, is the advisor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0VFDf2QJs4 I joined MediaLab in January 2010, and, in October of that year, I was paired with two other students to create a documentary. We chose compassion as our topic, which led us to the issue of compassion fatigue and in June 2011 we started on a three-week trip across North America. Our stop in Joplin was unplanned