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Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in Oxford Posted by: tpotts / July 8, 2024 July 8, 2024 For the graduating class of 2024, freshman year was online and confined. So by the time fall came around for sophomore year, they embraced in-person classes, study groups, lunches, dinners, and more. That’s true at least for political science major Kaden Bolton ’24, who graduated summa cum laude in May. Read More Read Previous Quan Huynh ’25 Discusses her
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and Princeton, and will study women’s health at Vanderbilt, Kelsey will study social work at Smith. Anna is off to seek a Ph.D. in neuroscience at UC-Davis, Ashley in nanoscience at Colorado, and Joe in plasma physics at Wisconsin. Angela is headed to the New School for Drama in New York, while Jordan will join a theatre company in Washington DC, and Abagail in Philadelphia. The “I’ve got a new job stories” are also exciting. Shannon and Annie will be working at Bank of New York Mellon as
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, care and empowerment for generations to come!” Lindsey Paxton ’07: Alumna “I was never able to take an official Women’s Studies class because of my class schedules. Through the Women’s Center, I connected with other students and staff who were interested in making life better for women and men. I always think of my time at the Women’s Center as the place where I earned my extracurricular minor in Women’s Studies by osmosis. I met so many great people while hanging out in the cozy little house, and
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. Since all colleges and universities spend most of their revenue on personnel costs (salaries and benefits for faculty and staff members), it’s worth noting that the cost of highly trained personal services —like education, medical care, dental care, legal advice, therapy services, etc.—tends to rise at a rate faster than the increase in consumer prices for all goods and services. This tendency is called the “Cost Disease” by economists. There’s an excellent 2012 book by that title by William J
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GSRS and the Office of DJS Statement on Dobbs v. Jackson Ruling Dear Community, On June 24, 2022, we woke up to a different world: a world in which a majority of sitting U.S. Supreme Court justices had turned their backs on more than fifty years of legal precedent to dismantle the constitutional right to privacy and bodily autonomy. The SCOTUS ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has created a frightening new reproductive landscape. Abortion care is now illegal in nine states
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large to small urban hospitals; private, state-run as well as military hospitals; and both urban and rural clinics and long-term care facilities. Some of these partners include: Access Urgent & Family Healthcare Capital Medical Center, Olympia, WA Care Plus Home Health Care Cascade Mental Health Circ Living (SHAG) Child Study and Treatment Center CHI Franciscan Health System St. Clare Hospital St. Francis Hospital St. Joseph Medical Center Eliseo EvergreenHealth FamilyCare of Kent Franke Tobey
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Theresa Power-DrutisTheresa Power-Drutis is the director of New Connections, an organization dedicated to helping people successfully re-enter the community after prison. She is co-facilitator of the Community Partnership for Transitional Services (Pierce County) and of the Hilltop Village non-violent communication practice group. Ms. Power-Drutis co-founded Guadalupe House, a transitional house for people experiencing homelessness. She also co-founded The Lesotho Connection (TLC), an
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had faced obstacles to participation in sports. “I played softball all through high school and was skilled enough to be able to play in college, but money became the issue. I had to take care of my younger siblings while my parents worked supporting me and my siblings,” read one card, attributed to an 18-year-old U.S. athlete named Stacy. On the cloth walls of the SAAC exhibit were facts displayed as quotes and infographics that pointed out socioeconomic privileges: Head coaches of NCAA Division I
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creating more opportunities for people to walk, bike and take public transit, Austin’s work focuses on policy development, lobbying and statewide coalition building. “Transportation is an issue that a lot of people care about, but it’s not very many people’s number-one issue.” Austin explains. “As transit advocates, our power is based in our relationships with our closest friends. We have to build pro-transit coalitions at the state and local level to have success.” Austin’s professional career in
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Why Study Health Sciences?The pre-professional program at PLU is a course of study (not a major) that prepares you for admission into a professional school or training program following your undergraduate study. Except for pre-physical therapy, there are no specific pre-professional majors at PLU. You would not major in pre-medicine or dentistry or the like. Rather you should select a major which best matches your interests and talents, and which best prepares you for your career choices
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