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  • Aaron Bell ’04: A Philosopher in Finance Aaron Bell applies philosophy and psychology principles to wealth management Posted by: Zach Powers / September 8, 2023 Image: Aaron Bell ’04 double majored in psychology and individualized studies at PLU. He is now a partner and wealth advisor at Cannataro Family Capital Partners. (photo by Sy Bean/PLU) September 8, 2023 By Lisa Patterson '98Resolute Guest WriterPLU graduate Aaron Bell ’04 learned early on that life is full of pathways — and that it was

  • left free for campus events and activities. “My main job here is to support Tom in his role, to help in any way possible. And to reach out to students,” Krise said. She is currently working as a project manager for Ford Motor Credit. Her team looks for process improvements in Ford properties in the U.S., Canada and India. She is the early-bird of the team, often rising in the early morning to send work emails across the globe. Patricia Krise was immediately impressed by the warmth and dedication to

  • most recently the National Endowment for the Arts. Prof. Call ties her passion for writing to her experiences as a reader: “I was an early reader, so I have only a few memories of my life before books. In the strongest memory—no doubt reinforced by a family snapshot of me holding a newspaper upside down, with stuffed animals lined up beside me—I am looking at the columns of words on the enormous pages that so fascinated my father, wishing desperately that I could decode them. As a child I dreamed

  • , intersectionality, and how to help break down those barriers and make a sensitive, affirming, and welcoming space for the gender-diverse community. This workshop will be facilitated by Charlie Best, Education Manager at the Rainbow Center. Charlie is a proud queer, transgender man who has been having difficult discussions about gender, sexuality, and intersectional identity for most of his life. At the Rainbow Center, Charlie develops and delivers trainings to organizations and businesses around Washington

  • Nature and Number Faculty Handbook Faculty Philosophy Family Education Rights and Privacy Act Fees: Alternative Transportation Subsidy Fees: Courses Fees: Graduation Processing Fees: Health Center Charges Fees: Late Registration Fees: LuteCard Fees: Orientation Program Fees: Parking and Vehicle Registration Fees: Private Music Lesson Fees: Special Course Fees: Transcript Fees: Unpaid Fines Fees: Wellness Access Plan, PLU Financial Aid: Application Procedure Financial Aid: Gift Funding Financial Aid

  • March 29, 2012 Photo by John Froschauer Dr. Nathaniel Schlicher ’00 The need to ‘care for the whole patient’ By Chris Albert To say Nathaniel Schlicher ’00 was born to be a doctor is not much of an over statement. “I got the bug early,” he said. “It really started in the early single digits.” His mother, Carol (Martin ’75) Schlicher was a nursing graduate from PLU, and his father was a hospital administrator. So talking about health care was common around the dinner table. Schlicher also got

  • concerned about those missing from classrooms. She wrote a paper on why students of color might leave school and college. Pierce-Ngo assisted in coordinating the Students of Color Retreat and encouraged more peer support. "I’m proud of the work we have done in supporting students, long-term. Data shows that the program works, too. Thanks to the unique one-on-one support model, the students were three times more likely to pursue post-secondary education."- Angela Pierce-Ngo '12 But she found her true

  • Course Descriptions ANTH 101 : Introduction to Human Biological Diversity - NW Introduction to biological anthropology with a special focus on human evolution, the fossil evidence for human development, the role of culture in human evolution, and a comparison with the development and social life of the nonhuman primates. (4) ANTH 102 : Introduction to Human Cultural Diversity - ES, GE Introduction to social-cultural anthropology, concentrating on the exploration of the infinite variety of human

  • : “We began to give money to Lute Club after graduation and were contacted by Jim Kittilsby in the early ’80s about Q Club. Our four years at PLU were very meaningful in both education and spiritual growth. You just can’t out-give God and we feel blessed to be a blessing to the university. A college education is important, but very expensive. The future leaders of tomorrow need our financial help today to cope with rising costs. My company matches a large part of our annual giving to PLU, which

  • with diverse voices Direct engagement with primary texts, rather than textbooks presenting summaries or simplifications. Creative assignments (i.e. the emphasis in our courses is not on tests or testing “acquired knowledge,” but rather how one uses what one learns in order to think through particular issues or problems).  Some recent assignments include podcasts, blogs, taking on the personas of authors, philosophers, and thinkers from the course, and making a special issue of an academic journal