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of becoming a writer, but quickly got the message that such ideas were impractical. I majored in biology, instead. A decade after college, inspired by the words of Angela Davis, Joan Didion, Eduardo Galeano, bell hooks, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Leo Tolstoy (among many others), I decided to give that writer-dream another try.” Wendy Call; photo by Kathy Colwell Nancy Simpson-Younger We are also excited to welcome Nancy Simpson- Younger to the PLU community as our new specialist in Early Modern

her. “There’s a lot of energy in this [album],” Aikin told Black Entertainment Television . “I feel like I was actually able to put my voice, my words and my thoughts into this one.” Aikin has won awards with her powerhouse voice, including two Stellar Awards for her previous release, a self-titled album from January 2009. While a student at PLU, Aikin performed in University Chorale and the Choral Union under Director Richard Nance. Aiken graduated in 1997 with a degree in Biology and Psychology

study abroad experience in Panama and Costa Rica, she realized she wanted to make a difference on a larger scale. Rebekah Blakney '12Collects adult mosquitoes from catch basins in an Atlanta park to identify and test for West Nile Virus (Photo courtesy of Blakney). “It made me realize I’m more interested in medicine on a population level,” said Blakney, a former cross-country athlete who studied chemistry and biology at PLU. She eventually went on to earn a master’s degree at the University of

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