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majors and interested in applying to graduate school. Despite graduate school being so competitive, everyone is supportive and works together. I never got this feeling where people try to sabotage each other or hurt each other. We’re all really supportive and help each other on the assignments or the labs. 4. What are your future plans after graduation? After I graduate, I plan to work in the hospital as a scribe and get more clinical experience to see what it’s like being in their emergency

July 7, 2008 Alumna aids medical work abroad The dirt landscape of southern Sudan stretches for miles, and roads are few and far between. Villages dot the landscape. One of these villages, over the last decade, has grown particularly large. Located hundreds of miles from any road, this village is anchored by a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) health care center. It provides care to the hundreds of people suffering from hunger, disease and the conflict of Sudan’s 30-year

coursework will focus on helping RISE Summer Academy students be better prepared to enter medical school. The coursework will be taught by College of Medicine faculty. Cultural Engagement and Community Building: This will include meetings with the WSU Health Sciences Spokane Native American Health Office, AIAN clinical faculty, and visit(s) to an area tribal clinic. Medical Student Mentors: RISE Summer Academy students will have medical student mentors to help guide them through the program, answer their

Refresher: This coursework will focus on helping RISE Summer Academy students be better prepared to enter medical school. The coursework will be taught by College of Medicine faculty. Cultural Engagement and Community Building: This will include meetings with the WSU Health Sciences Spokane Native American Health Office, AIAN clinical faculty, and visit(s) to an area tribal clinic. Medical Student Mentors: RISE Summer Academy students will have medical student mentors to help guide them through the

of Arts in Medical Sciences (MAMS).“This partnership between PNWU and PLU focuses on uplifting our shared commitments to service, leadership, and care for the community, making this an ideal partnership and opportunity for our students,” said PLU Dean of Natural Sciences Ann Auman. Located in Yakima, PNWU educates and trains health care professionals emphasizing service among rural and medically underserved communities throughout the Northwest. PNWU ranks in the top 10 in the nation for

Clinical Learning and Simulation Center, and the second floor Open Lab, used for both chemistry and physics lab instruction, in the Rieke Science Center. “These renovations will have a significant impact on learning and research,” says Auman. “They will allow for more mobility and interaction between students and faculty, as well as more hands-on learning for students that will set them up for being better prepared for their careers in science and healthcare.” To date, approximately $4 million has been

Medical Sciences (MAMS).“This partnership between PNWU and PLU focuses on uplifting our shared commitments to service, leadership, and care for the community, making this an ideal partnership and opportunity for our students,” said PLU Dean of Natural Sciences Ann Auman. Located in Yakima, PNWU educates and trains health care professionals emphasizing service among rural and medically underserved communities throughout the Northwest. PNWU ranks in the top 10 in the nation for revolutionizing community

student nurse Kelsey Carlson 25 (R), talks with patient Elaine Streich 63, (L) at a local coffee shop as part of Carlson home care assignment. (Photo by Gilbert Arenas) The School of Nursing is in the process of securing a total of  $3 million fund to support, in perpetuity, the initiative which would include scholarships in geriatric care, and expand the program to improve the health of kinship caregivers who often are raising foster children, grandchildren or infants. The donation this year is in

Social Sciences, and Division of Natural Sciences.Supporting Students in Finding Pathways for College and BeyondSpecial Guest: Dr. Rihana Shiri MasonMay 3, 6:30 p.m. Nursing Clinical Learning and Simulation Center 208 Garfield Street S, Room 200 There is no charge to attend and the first 75 attendees will receive a free copy of Mason’s book. Read Previous U.S. News ranks PLU MBA Program second best in Washington, best among private universities Read Next Pacific Lutheran University To Launch

they love, and the moment they knew that this was their calling. Stories by Chris Albert and Barbara Clements Dr. Jennifer Aviles ’97 ER Physician, Highline Medical Center, Wash. “I realized that medicine is an opportunity to care about people different from ourselves.” MORE >> Dr. Nathaniel Schlicher ’00 ER Physician, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Tacoma “I didn’t want to work in a lab. I wanted to care for the whole patient.” MORE >> Dr. Jennifer Specht ’94 Oncologist, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance