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of it, and I learned so much about myself and can bring so much back going forward. Trust yourself and trust the process and take advantage of the opportunities and scholarship and faculty support that PLU offers.Riley Dolan Senior (Class of 2019). Hometown: Onalaska, WA Political Science & Hispanic Studies majors Non-profit Leadership minor & Peace Corps Prep program Involvement: ASPLU Civic Engagement Director, PLU’s Late Knight TV show, Residence Hall Association, Wild Hope Center, Humanities

two statements stood out for me: “Destiny is just an excuse for bad management,” Foege said in deploring those who believe the world’s current state of affairs is simply the consequence of some natural order. And after celebrating those who share in the excitement and optimism reflected in the new push for global health and development progress, he added a precautionary: “We had better know where we are going.” Tom Paulson ’81 has been a science and medical reporter at the Seattle Post

in England, where she earned a master’s of science after blending her PLU degrees—and her life experience—into the emerging field of paleopathology: the study of disease, health, trauma and diet in human biology in ancient societies. “I want to look at evidence of cancer in archaeological remains, and add to a dataset that’s virtually nonexistent,” Hunt said. “At that point I wouldn’t have even called it a field—now it is, but a very, very small field.” A small field, maybe—but one with

PLU Associate Professor of Anthropology Bradford Andrews. One of those is an invaluable painting illustration that artistically has brought to life a market scene in the city of Calixtlahuaca, an important archaeological site for studying Mesoamerican urbanism in the Postclassic period (A.D. 1100-1520). Research at this archeology site has been conducted by the Calixtlahuaca Archaeological Project—supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and sponsored by Arizona State University—in

College of Medicine announced plans to place medical students throughout Central Pierce County who will provide care to the community, have opportunities to live on the PLU campus and have access to PLU and MultiCare instructional and clinical facilities, including the recently renovated Rieke Science Center. “We are deeply committed to expanding medical education and health care access in communities across Washington,” said Dr. Jim Record, dean of the WSU College of Medicine. “Launching this new

that decision came from the Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering, with unanimous support of the Faculty Assembly. I could see movement toward more multi- or inter-disciplinary programs (e.g., “pre-approved” double or triple majors, like Philosophy, Politics & Economics, or dual degree programs like DNP-MBA), which might or might not involve changing our current majors. These kinds of curricular decisions need to be undertaken by the faculty committees and deliberated and voted on

month without the phone, and it’s really nice.” Creating an app appealed to Mbugua, a computer science major, because it required little startup cash and offered an opportunity to fund his education — while the app is free, he is able to make money off Procrasti Mate through Google AdMob, a revenue-generating ad model for apps. But watching his peers staring into their phones instead of paying attention in class convinced him to think bigger. “(Smartphones are) a great tool, but also at the same

financial analysts; Lauren as an accountant at Moss Adams.  Master’s graduate Chris will be teaching science at Washington High School; Melanie will be in elementary special education in Clover Park.  Sean is off to teach life skills through soccer in Uganda, while Nikki will be working to save lives in the ICU at Seattle’s Children’s Hospital. Yes, the Pacific Lutheran University Class of 2012 is ready for launch, and while the trails you have traveled make us proud; the paths lying ahead stretch our

cook for themselves. Some, like applied physics and computer science double major Tim Hurd ’13, who has lived off campus for more than a year, find themselves reinventing the meaning of cooking. Hurd draws his food-spiration from a book his grandma and mom bought him in high school. The book, “A Man, a Can, a Plan,” epitomizes a man’s approach to cooking, with dense laminated cardboard pages and recipes that require a large number of canned and pre-prepared food items – but for Hurd it’s perfect

the liberal arts—A basic understanding of history, language, art, religion, culture, ethics, philosophy and science is a foundation for all more specialized knowledge, c.f., PLU’s ROTC program. Learning and research within community—Nobody pursues an education alone. We were meant to collaborate with each other. It’s built into our DNA. Even an online course assumes there’s someone on the other end helping to lead and guide us while we study in front of our laptop. The intrinsic value of the whole