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national security interests of the United States. The region includes China, which is rapidly assuming prominence on the global stage. Rare are the days that go by without at least one news story on China. Given PLU’s Chinese language studies, its China summer Service Learning program, as well as other international programs sponsored by the Wang center, I thought I would devote a few minutes to this most fascinating country. For the past 20 years, China’s GDP has grown by an average of 9.0% per year

,” he said. “I wanted to care for the whole patient.” So, he applied to law school, earning his J.D. before getting his M.D. The two degrees have allowed him to work not only clinically, but on an administrative level helping to shape patient care policies. “It’s been a great way to mix the two,” Schlicher said. The ER isn’t for everyone. “You have to enjoy the day-to-day practice of caring,” he said. “You have to bring that Christian ethos to it that at times is challenging.”   Read how Dr

of it as having a larger role in how society can be better,” Barot said. “I’m trying to make them think about the world differently through poetry.” Recently, he was one of 16 recipients of the 2009 Artist Trust Fellowship Awards, which recognizes an artist’s creative excellence and accomplishments, professional achievement and continuing dedication to their artistic discipline. It comes with a $7,500 cash award. In 2009, more 380 applicants in a variety of disciplines applied for the fellowship

during Fall Semester once a week to learn everything from how to edit video to ethical behavior and actions in Uganda. We double and triple checked regulations for the airlines and distributed video recording gear that we recently received from a grant our professor applied for. The energy was palpable while interested students were crammed in the back room of Ingram Hall office space. I am really excited to learn and explore a country that I know only from intensely reading this summer and several