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Parkland. Work began on renovating the former campus bookstore in early 2020 to be transformed to the Clinical Learning and Simulation Center. This building is located nearby on Garfield Street housing two simulation areas, a 16-bed skill laboratory, two classrooms and student lounge areas. The building opened September, 2020.

statement and strategic plan, efforts to support institutional accreditation, the work of the campaign task force, and our efforts to reclaim our Lutheran higher education narrative. The importance and complexity of these efforts is daunting, but it is also a clear reflection of our shared commitment to ensuring the future of this amazing institution.  Your voices have been loud and impassioned. From the very early days of my acting presidency, I have observed a common, clarion call from faculty, staff

the Guatemalan Genocide. In the early 1980’s, the lives of Indigenous Mayans in Guatemala were at risk. Many died when the government conducted a scorched-earth counterinsurgency tactic that included the genocide of five Indigenous Mayan groups. Such a brief summary cannot capture the impact of the genocide. Although it has been more than 36 years since the genocide, Guatemala still feels its effects today. When Riley applied for an internship at a U.S embassy program, he was able to get his first

. What did being awarded Western Washington’s “New Journalist of the Year” mean to you? In my young career, I’ve been so fortunate to have opportunities come up that I didn’t expect would present themselves until much later. I grew up reading The News Tribune and worked really hard to eventually land a beat covering the area I grew up in. I was humbled and honored to get recognition so early in my career, and it makes me even more excited for the future. What do you cover for The News Tribune and

, giving students a chance to recognize early signs and symptoms of deteriorating patient health. “It will give students an opportunity to safely practice and master needed skills before doing them in a hospital setting,” Kushner said. “As students learn more, the simulation scenarios can become more complex and involve more skills. That builds their clinical judgment.” Experience at other institutions shows that combining the hands-on experience of the simulation lab with expert faculty instruction

early childhood illness. To this day, I think about the different lives these brothers have likely lived due only to unfortunate circumstances compounded by inadequate healthcare. It also makes me reflect on the loss to the community due to the potential missed contributions by this boy, as well as the macro-economic missed opportunities due to the global burden of disease. +Enlarge Photo Malloy attended Seattle University Law School, studied intellectual property law and took a position at the

Lutheran University’s longstanding educational partnership with Chengdu, China, is more important than ever. PLU was among the first institutions to begin a study away program there. It started small in the early 1980s, just as the United States and China were beginning a new era of diplomatic relations after decades of Cold War enmity. Eventually, it grew into the healthy cultural exchange it is today. “China is so fundamentally important to where things are going,” said Manfredi, the program director