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to feel the effects of losing financial aid,” Dolan said. “I received other scholarships to make up for that, but a lot of people aren’t that lucky and that means that they don’t get to continue their education and I think that’s terrible.” As far as Dolan’s continuing education, Carnegie Mellon has that covered. Upon successfully completing the summer program, Riley will be offered admission to Carnegie Mellon’s graduate school of public policy with a full-ride scholarship. “It was hard enough
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services in the United States. The awards program is an initiative within Edison Universe, a 501(c)(3) organization that strives to recognize business leaders and product teams for their breakthrough products and ideas. Unsurprisingly, the awards are named after Thomas Edison, who, along with his Menlo Park inventing team was able to create an unprecedented number of machines, devices, and technologies for American industry. Edison’s success helped to establish at least four different industries that
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than individual therapy. According to the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT): “Almost 90% of clients report an improvement in their emotional health, and nearly two-thirds report an improvement in their overall physical health. A majority of clients report an improvement in their functioning at work, and over three-fourths of those receiving marital/couples or family therapy report an improvement in the couple relationship. When a child is the identified patient, parents
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professional conferences. This spring, a group of student chemists will travel with their mentors to San Francisco to present their work at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society – perhaps the premier chemistry conference in the world. It’s always good to meet up with your fellow “goggle-wearers” from around the world to see what problems they’ve been looking at. Once students begin to see things through their own goggles, we encourage them to share their new knowledge and unique view of the
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two-year grant through the Murdoch College Research Program for Life Sciences that covers work by the students and professor from June 2011 through May 2013. As part of the grant agreement, PLU supported sending the group this past summer to a meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists in Austin, Texas. At the ASPB meeting the students were able to present their research to Washington State University scientist Bryan Thines, who has done groundbreaking research in jasmonic acid signaling
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Communication. “In this new partnership with PLU on board, we have a new energy that gets college kids and alumni involved.” Speaking of good connections: If all goes according to schedule, one PLU graduate student and her family will inhabit that Habitat home by Christmas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxgAGDT2nw4 It’s the American dream come true—and a family legacy fulfilled—for Dianna Sullivan ’13, who’s pursuing her master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. Sullivan and her family—husband David
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accompany the release of PLU’s You Can Play video and its message, SAAC hosted Hudson Taylor, the executive director and founder of Athlete Ally, in February. Taylor, a three-time All-American wrestler out of the University of Maryland, spoke on becoming a champion for inclusion on campus. This topic is part of Athlete Ally’s overall mission, which involves working toward ending homophobia and transphobia in sports by educating allies in the athletic community and empowering them to take a stand
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surface. “There are stacks taller than me,” she says. “I’ve had kids as young as 3 years old up to 92-year-old blind woman tying blankets,” she says. Her Lutheran church creates piles of blankets during a post-Christmas service. Even a local Acura and Honda dealership’s employees tied blankets, which were then delivered to a women and children’s shelter. Career-Volunteer Balance At first, Garabedian thought she might work for an American business in China — she graduated from PLU with a triple major
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as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing 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 Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in Oxford June 12, 2024 PLU welcomes new Chief Operating Officer and
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monetary means. What is the unique perspective that you bring to the internship? I am an Asian American woman who grew up in Montana, which is a Republican state. I definitely think there are unique experiences there. I am the only daughter in a household with three brothers. There is a lot that can be derived from that experience. Coming out here to Washington, and meeting, speaking, and connecting with people who hold many different beliefs than I do, my thought processes have shifted a number of
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