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of Terri Card ’83, COO of outpatient operations for MultiCare Behavioral Health.Sign up for LuteLinkDriving powerful connections between PLU alumni and students. Create your account in less than 2-minutes and instantly connect with your community. Read Previous PLU Launching Accelerated Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing Read Next Musician turned math major is excited about teaching in his community COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad

leaders, they will also serve on the Provost’s academic council.While retaining many current school, departmental and program formats, colleges may evaluate and perhaps modify their internal operations to best serve students and support faculty.Academic ProgramsBrowse PLU’s academic programs by college, level and type.“With the four newly designed colleges and their subdivisions, we will continue our purposeful integration of liberal arts, professional studies, and civic engagement with contributions

despite the fact that he was dealing with so many grave medical issues.” The three-year MFA program includes four summer residencies in which students spend 10 days on campus. The rest of the year is spent working with individual mentors. Drews’ concentration was nonfiction writing, and his work focuses a lot on his life and struggles with cancer. His current project — an essay about his life — is on pause due to his fundraising campaign for the clinical trial. Still, he uses Facebook posts as an

, community-based, locally-owned health system in the state of Washington. Hundreds of PLU alumni serve in critical roles throughout MultiCare Health System — the vast majority of them as nurses. For this “Lute Powered” feature, we featured three PLU alumni who serve behind the scenes. Leading with careTerri Card ’83 doesn’t just care about people. She cares about caring for people when they need it most. Card is the chief operating officer of outpatient operations for MultiCare Behavioral Health, but

environmentally friendly innovations.” Sheri Tonn, PLU’s vice president for finance and operations, said she was not surprised by PLU’s high ranking and very pleased with the outcome. “We are very, very pleased to attain this mark, and want to keep the caliber of sustainability to a high level on campus,” she said. She credited the work of the PLU community for the high rating, as well as an initial sustainability water grant by the Russell Family Foundation in 2001. Christine Cooley, PLU’s newly-hired

, known as “alfombras.” Created by the families or businesses who reside street-side, these carpets fill the street and are created by taking sawdust and dye made of palm plants, pine needles and produce. In 2005,  Sheri Tonn, vice president for finance and operations, and university ministers,  Rev. Nancy Conner and Rev. Dennis Sepper, led the first trip to Guatemala, excited to volunteer their time at Common Hope and experience some of the world’s largest Holy Week festivities in Antigua. This year

fresh for the next pour. “I think it’s a great concept,” McGinnis said. “It makes better wine more accessible too.” PLU took over operations of the coffee shop this year, opening the doors to the café this August and adding beer and wine this November.  All of the wine and beer are from Washington and Oregon vintners and brew houses, including drinks from five wineries owned and operated by PLU alumni. Under PLU’s alcohol policy, alcohol is only allowed to be served at the Faculty House, Gonyea

just took it to a deeper level. Not just the Hilltop, but my own stereotypes and hierarchy of what’s important in my life. “I like to think that what we’ve learned the most is to be present,” McCracken said. “Before I think we overlooked people.” The past of the Hilltop is riddled with violence, drugs and the worst that comes from poverty.  Ten years ago, Catholic Community Services took over operations of the Hospitality Kitchen. It, along with the surrounding streets and alleys, had become a

chief for Black Hawk helicopter mechanics. He now works at Pacific Lutheran University as the Vet Corps Navigator, connecting military-affiliated students with on- and off-campus military resources.During his time in the military, Shumaker was deployed four times: twice to Afghanistan and twice to Iraq. He flew 1,800 hours in combat and received two distinguished combat medals: the U.S. Army Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded when one distinguishes himself in support of operations by “heroism or

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