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November 1, 2010 19-year Air Force vet challenges ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ By Steve Hansen When Major Margaret Witt graduated with a nursing degree from PLU in 1986, she began a highly successful career as a flight nurse with the U.S. Air Force. She served in the Persian Gulf, including during Operation Enduring Freedom, earning many medals and commendations. She even received a medal from President Bush for her “outstanding medical care.” That career lasted 19 years, yet it ended prematurely

games; not a lot of people can tell you why games are fun or how good games are made,” Grande says. Read our full profile of Jon Grande. The Rising RecruiterApril Rose Nguyen ’19, ’21 has a plan. A political science and communication double major who recently earned an MBA at PLU, Nguyen followed the advice of a career adviser into a series of contract jobs in human resources. Not because she has career aspirations in HR — though she does find the work endlessly interesting — but because she wants

How Museums Make Meaning: Study Away J-term 2020 Posted by: Reesa Nelson / December 4, 2019 December 4, 2019 Museums collect and interpret objects, and the stories they tell with their collections articulate cultural identity and values. Based in the historic university city of Oxford, this J-term 2020 class will explore how museums make meaning. Students will study numerous examples of contemporary museum theory and practice, engage with local professionals, and participate in museum-based

– cared about these diseases. They afflicted the billions of invisible poor in Africa, Asia and the rest of the developing world. What finally made the health of the developing world appear on our radar screen was not some new political movement or mass enlightenment. What happened, very simply, is that some powerful, high-profile people took an interest in these neglected diseases. In the mid-to-late 1990s, Bill Gates, at the time the richest man in the world, his wife Melinda and his father Bill

Ed Hrivnak ‘96: Firefighter, Flight Nurse, Veteran Posted by: Zach Powers / January 20, 2016 January 20, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsEd Hrivnak graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.  His decorated career as a public servant included 20 years in the armed forces where he served as the Crew Director of a medical-evacuation team. A veteran of the first Gulf War and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Hrivnak, who retired as a

. Finally, my students are free. The asceticism of teaching entails respecting their freedom.While respecting the freedom of my students is prior to all else in teaching humanities, there still is much that I do to invite them into the space where the power of the humanities resides. I introduce them to the field of American religious history in the most engaging way possible, letting them see my own fascination with it. l show them issues; require them to translate material from one frame of reference

Parrot Trust—didn’t seem at all interested in making an appearance. With the pull of a rope, Goodall released the enclosure’s trap door, offering the birds the freedom they had been denied for three years. For the love of birds “Let’s face it; she (Goodall) attracts a crowd,” Bergman chuckles as he reviews photos from the month-long trip he and PLU English major Nevis Granum ’14 took to Africa this summer, thanks to funding from Wang Center and Kelmer Roe research grants. http://www.youtube.com/watch

, Kristin S. (2017). Abandoned families: Social isolation in the twenty-first century. Russell Sage Foundation. (PLU Library link) Stauffer, Jill. (2015). Ethical loneliness: The injustice of not being heard. Columbia University Press. (PLU Library link) Political/partisan divide Abramowitz, Alan. (2018). The great alignment: Race, party transformation, and the rise of Donald Trump. Yale University Press. (PLU Library link) Whippman, Ruth. (2016). America the anxious: How our pursuit of happiness is

. Dolan, a double major in philosophy and economics, is in the midst of a prestigious summer internship at the Analysis Group’s headquarters in Boston. A leading economic consulting firm with offices around the world, Analysis Group’s internship positions are highly coveted and the application process is highly competitive. One thing that helped Dolan stand out from the crowd was his connection with a PLU mentor, Bruce Deal. “Mentoring is one of the most interesting and fun ways to engage as alums

Instrumental Music Education Students my first year at PLU. I am tremendously proud of him.” All 25 Grammy semifinalists have the chance to earn $6,000 for their music departments. Haven said he would use the winning to buy instruments for students who can’t afford them. Haven, left, with Edwin Powell, PLU AssociateProfessor of Music, during Haven’s time at PLU. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) “Money should never hold back a student from music,” Haven said. Haven’s teaching philosophy extends beyond the band