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May 6, 2011 Nobel Prize laureate Edmond Fischer talks to PLU chemistry and biology students about the joys and frustrations of research work last Friday, May 6. (Photo by John Froschauer) Nobel laureate talks about the unpredictability of biochemistry…and it’s just plain fun. By Barbara Clements For Nobel Laureate Edmond Fischer, the most exciting part about research is that you’re never sure quite where you’re going to end up. The 91-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Washington
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December 7, 2012 PLU grad continues to give back to his community and greater Tacoma area By Igor Strupinskiy ’14 President of Korsmo Construction, John Korsmo ’84 is building more than just academic halls. His company, founded by his father, John Korsmo Sr., is focused on sustaining community, both at PLU and in the greater Tacoma area. “We want to be of help where we can,” Korsmo said. John Korsmo (far right) with Martin J. Neeb and their wives, Lisa Korsmo and Barbara Neeb, in front of the
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Program at Bennington College. Stan Sanvel Rubin. Rubin is the founding director of the Rainier Writing Workshop at PLU who also served for more than 20 years as Director of the Brockport Writers Forum and Videotape Library (SUNY), a multifaceted literary arts program. He holds the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. His most recent book of poetry is Here. Other books include The Post-Confessionals, a collection of his interviews with contemporary American poets; Hidden Sequel, winner
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left his post as CEO of the United Way of New York City to assume a full time teaching position at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. During a long career that includes senior positions in the Koch, Dinkins and Giuliani administrations in New York City, Campbell counts two turning points that changed his life. In the mid-1980s, Campbell was charged with developing a social service response to the AIDS crisis in the city, which at that time was one of the
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daily lives.” 4 ASPLU Presidents Laurie Soine ’88 lives in Shoreline, Wash. She is an adult and acute care nurse practitioner in nuclear cardiology at the University of Washington Medical Center and is a teaching associate in the Department of Radiology at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Martha (Miller) Ward ’77 lives in Seattle. She is a senior vice president in the financial services industry. David C. Wold ’56 lives in Tacoma. He is a retired Bishop of the Southwestern Washington
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wandered a long way from our original point of departure – history books, plagues, and zombie apocalypses! Though in a way, we found we had actually been answering our own question in a roundabout (typically historical) way, by following the thought-trail of why we are drawn to the topics we find ourselves researching and teaching about. I guess I’ll just have to ask my Early Modern Europe students why they think the Bubonic Plague of the 14th century still has relevance for them today. Read Previous
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design in America isn’t the same in London. Magazine layouts in Europe have more of a “funky” feel to them, she said. “There’s just a different style,” Walker said. Learning what worked in Europe gave Walker a broader understanding of graphic design. And she knows that type of international work experience will be the type of thing that makes her portfolio stand out from the others when she begins her career as a graphic designer. That’s a big deal for someone who thought she’d be the coffee-and-tea
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to them, and also working out in the community. I connect a lot of different levels of government to each other. That sounds like it must take a lot of communication chops. Yes, that’s a big part of it. Often it feels a lot like translating. I work with staff, agency partners and elected officials with high-level skills and expertise in finance, engineering, communications, and the environment. So I do a lot of work on my end to understand and evaluate things from those different perspectives
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service and essential resources to campus and the neighborhood with a committed team of 15 professional staff members and 35–40 student staff members. As director, Curiel Morelos will provide accountable and transparent leadership to the department and will help ensure the PLU community continues to enjoy a safe campus environment for learning, living and working. Curiel Morelos will serve on the Student Life divisional leadership team, as a key advisor to the PLU community on campus safety issues
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?The People’s Gathering: A Revolution of Consciousness conference is a professional and personal development learning experience that provides a supportive space where participants can engage in frank and open dialogue about race and racial disparities systemically present in work, school, and everyday life. A host of local and national social justice scholars and leaders from Indigenous, Asian, Black, Latino, Multiracial, Pacific Islander and, white communities will lead small group discussions
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