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me more lessons on leadership, determination, and teamwork than I ever could have imagined before I arrived. Being a part of the cross country and track and field teams is something I will never forget, and has given me the knowledge and confidence to approach any situation.  Bridget: Lessons in hard work, commitment, teamwork, and resilience will be the most important things I take with me as I leave PLU. Let's keep the conversation going! Read the additional Bjug Day Q&A's Bjug Day Q&A

monumental task that lies ahead. I want to be able to educate my community, make steps in creating a change, and be a part of it instead of doing the easy thing like dreading the continual destruction.” The Tacoma Tree Foundation is a nonprofit with a community-based approach to growing the urban forest. Their mission is to “educate, empower, and support community members in neighborhood-based greening.” “I enjoy going door to door asking if people want free trees. It’s really sweet to see someone’s face

university counseling services, empowering students to thrive. Artime and her collaborators are implementing and evaluating an approach to providing therapy to trauma-exposed young people that is new to college campuses. Although their project has just begun, they believe it has the potential to dramatically improve student well-being on college campuses.  Funded by a $2.5M award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the three-year project will integrate an evidence-based cognitive

of students in our group feel a lot better. What are your plans for next year? I’m going to be taking a gap year and, after talking with some different physicians, I’ve narrowed my options down to a couple of different possible plans. I’ve been saving up money so that this summer I purely just focus on the MCAT because it’s such a long and rigorous exam that I want to approach studying for it like a job. Then once I take that exam, I hope to do a lot of clinical work with Puget Sound orthopedics

Tacoma Tree Foundation is a nonprofit with a community-based approach to growing the urban forest. Their mission is to “educate, empower, and support community members in neighborhood-based greening.” “I enjoy going door to door asking if people want free trees. It’s really sweet to see someone’s face light up to not only get something for free but also something that will benefit them down the line,” Todorov said. “This service we are providing is really important for environmental equity and

monumental task that lies ahead. I want to be able to educate my community, make steps in creating a change, and be a part of it instead of doing the easy thing like dreading the continual destruction.” The Tacoma Tree Foundation is a nonprofit with a community-based approach to growing the urban forest. Their mission is to “educate, empower, and support community members in neighborhood-based greening.”  “I enjoy going door to door asking if people want free trees. It’s really sweet to see someone’s

Festival at Marylhurst University.What were some of your biggest challenges and successes in your position at Marylhurst?While Marylhurst had a tradition of a strong music program, it was struggling when I arrived with low enrollment and low standards. The university had just established a music therapy program, and so we needed to get our musical standards up to a professionally high level. Much of this work was done with part-time faculty, getting them to think beyond the status quo and to envision a