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December 1, 2009 Freedoms “When I’m in a press conference at the U.N., I feel like the world is literally at my fingertips. I find it is impossible to be apathetic when I have the awesome opportunity to be a first witness to history.”While at PLU, Jennifer Henrichsen ’07 studied away four separate times. To say that was influential would be an understatement – the experiences changed her life. She traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, where she worked as a freelance journalist at the United Nations
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December 1, 2009 Human Rights “I don’t care where you live or what your government is or what your religious beliefs are. You’re a human being, and that means, at a minimum, you need food, water, shelter, health care, freedom.”The end of the world is a place Ingrid Ford ’97 knows well. A graduate of PLU’s School of Nursing, she went on to work for Doctors Without Borders for six years, providing medicine to remote villages in Sudan, HIV/AIDS awareness to children in Kenya, even sanitation and
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December 1, 2009 Outreach “I left the country feeling as if we had actually created good out of an inherently oppressive situation.”Sports can be comforting, even therapeutic. Matt Kennedy ’07 worked with some of the 50,000 people who reside in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Most would rather live there than face the violence in the northern part of the country. Kennedy helped create and implement a sport outreach project designed to teach life skills through principles learned through sport
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Jessica Wheeler, DNP, ARNP, PMHCNS-BC, FNP-C Clinical Instructor of Nursing Phone: 253-535-8422 Email: guptilje@plu.edu Office Location:Ramstad Hall - Room 313 Professional Education DNP, Nursing, Pacific Lutheran University, 2018 M.S.N., Nursing, Pacific Lutheran University, 2009 BA/BS, Psychology/Biology, Evergreen State University, 2002 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Psychiatric/Mental Health Books Alcohol and drug addiction. Chapters In T. Woo & M.V. Robinson (Eds.), Pharmacotherapeutics
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Revised October 2009 Many of the benefits of employment are determined at least in part by an employee’s length of service. Therefore, the computation of “continuous service” must be accomplished in a fair, consistent, and impartial manner. Continuous service begins with a person’s date of employment in a benefits eligible position and is not broken by leaves of absence so long as an employee returns to work before the expiration of such leaves. Continuous service is also not broken by entry
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left, attended the Education Career Fair and then signed a letter of intent with her top choice, Tacoma Public Schools. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Undergraduate Elementary Education major Danay Jones ’15 recently signed a letter of intent with her top choice, Tacoma Public Schools. She is in the process of interviewing for a position as a kindergarten teacher. “It [the Education Career Fair] helps us narrow down what districts we want to apply for,” she said. “ I witnessed several of my
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soil, their bottles contains only a tiny, nearly undetectable drop. “It’s so little, right?” Aung says to a puzzled girl. Grants fuel innovation at PLUGrant funding from the National Science Foundation and Puget Sound Energy support projects in science and business education at PLU. The lesson Aung and Escobar are teaching is part of a pilot project launched this year by PLU’s Division of Natural Sciences and the School of Education and Kinesiology. Funded by a $71,000 Robert Noyce Teacher
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whole-child education and to help emerging leaders grow professionally. The 2015 Emerging Leader class is diverse both professionally and regionally. The class includes educators from 21 states, Indonesia and Pakistan who hold a variety of roles, including principal, teacher, consultant, curriculum director and administrator. Griek is excited about the new opportunity and says several opportunities he took advantage of while a student at PLU shaped his passion for education. What does it mean to you
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Gina Gillie Professor of Music - French Horn Phone: 253-535-7607 Email: gilliegc@plu.edu Office Location:Mary Baker Russell Music Center - Room 339 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Website: https://sites.google.com/a/plu.edu/gina-gillie---hornist-composer-vocalist/ Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Ear-training I/II/III/IV Education D.M.A., Horn Performance, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2009 M.M., Horn Performance, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006 B.M
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Gai-Hoai Nguyen Hoai at a UWCHR event held in support of the 6th annual International Restorative Justice Tribunal in El Salvador PLU Class of 2009 Hispanic Studies and Global Studies Double Major Studied away in Oaxaca, Mexico and Oviedo, Spain Current: Assistant Director for the Henry M. Jackson School’s Latin American & Caribbean Studies program and Assistant Director at the UW Center for Human Rights My name is Gai-Hoai T. Nguyen and I graduated from PLU in 2009 with a double major in
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