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activities outside the classroom. As an Outdoor Rec trip leader and Ultimate Frisbee coach for elementary and middle school kids, Jackie has been able to appreciate a wilderness very different from that of Rhode Island, where she grew up, and to focus on improving accessibility in the outdoors. “Ultimate Frisbee is self-officiated, which is really cool,” Jackie added. “So it teaches good lessons on how to stand up for yourself.” Jackie is still contemplating her next steps after graduation. PLU’s medical

After his PLU talk on Nov. 21, Foege will sign copies of his book, House on Fire, which explains how smallpox, a disease that killed, blinded and scarred millions of people, was completely eradicated in a spectacular triumph of medicine and public health. Part autobiography, part mystery, the book describes Dr. Foege’s experiences in public health and details the remarkable program that involved people from countries around the world in pursuit of a single objective: eliminating smallpox forever

in the short time Wauters has been in Ecuador, some of his long-term goals have changed. He’s still passionate about medicine, but now that he’s seeing the world from a different perspective, he wonders if another person on the traditional medical-school path is really what the world needs. “Practicing medicine (is) a vocation I am passionate about. Yet the longer I am here the more I realize merely practicing medicine will never be enough,” he said. “As I start to comprehend the magnitude of the

technology into what we do.” Mariani has worked at MultiCare for 16 years. For the first decade, his role was largely as a medical doctor specializing in sports medicine. During that time he also began stepping into leadership, serving as MultiCare’s service chief for sports medicine and then as the medical director of the musculoskeletal division. “I didn’t plan to go into the business side of things,” Mariani says. “I love seeing patients as a sports medicine physician, but I kept finding myself in

and camaraderie, but also ensure that students will fulfill both their Christian Traditions and their Global Religious Traditions requirements through this thematically unified pair of courses. Priority will be given to students who have declared or intend to pursue careers in medicine, counseling, hospital chaplaincy, or other healing traditions.Llewellyn Ihssen’s course (RELI 227) will explore the ways in which illness and healing have been understood within the Christian religion, from the

PLU alumna Shelby Hatton ’17 discusses her PNWU medical school experience (thus far!) Posted by: nicolacs / November 28, 2023 Image: Image: Shelby Hatton ’17 is a third-year Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) student at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences. November 28, 2023 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsShelby Hatton (Murdock) ’17 always knew she wanted to become a doctor, but now that she's in osteopathic medical school she's still deciding on what kind of doctor

PLU alumna Shelby Hatton ’17 discusses her PNWU medical school experience (thus far!) Posted by: Zach Powers / November 28, 2023 Image: Shelby Hatton ’17 is a third-year Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) student at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences. November 28, 2023 By Zach Powers ’10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsShelby Hatton (Murdock) ’17 always knew she wanted to become a doctor, but now that she's in osteopathic medical school she's still deciding on what kind of doctor