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Growing into her own: how Sarah Davis ’23 discovered her passion for plant biology Posted by: shortea / May 11, 2023 May 11, 2023 By Lisa PattersonPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Sarah Davis, a biology major and Hispanic studies minor, began her PLU journey with the idea that medicine and health care would be the ultimate goal, but then a couple of classes focused on plant development and global agriculture grew a new passion. “I have a family history of agriculture, my grandfather

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Business Finance, Marketing, and International Studies! He enjoys listening to music, playing video games, and cooking! Fun fact: Viet is a dog person. “I am excited to expand my knowledge in the data analysis area and to be able to do it in 9 months is a challenge I am looking forward to completing.”Guanming QuGuanming graduated from University of California – Davis with a degree in Managerial Economics. Fun facts, Guanming goes by Johnny and is originally from China!Yingwen RobertsonYingwen graduated

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Growing into her own: Sarah Davis ’23 discovers her passion for plant biology at PLU Posted by: nicolacs / April 26, 2023 Image: Sarah Davis ’23, a biology major and Hispanic studies minor, was drawn to PLU for several reasons — both her parents are alumni, the study-away opportunities were exciting and the community was welcoming. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) April 26, 2023 By Lisa PattersonPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterSarah Davis began her PLU journey with the idea that medicine and

Gombe Stream National Park, where renowned primatologist Jane Goodall began her work studying chimpanzee social and family life in 1960. While in the country, Webb’s independent research project looked at the conservation program run by the Jane Goodall Institute in Kigoma. It focuses on community development and education as the backbone of environmental conservation. “For someone who is interested in chimpanzee conservation, it’s a place you have to go,” Webb explained. Webb visited the national

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

challenges. Bellah’s topic was that of his next book, the namesake of the lecture, in which he explores the advancement of modern society in relation to the rises and falls of past societies. Those societies have experienced a hard ceiling, said Bellah, produced by “the paradox of development – the very success of pre-modern societies leads to overpopulation, famine, plague and war.” Bellah explained the tendencies for societies to rise and fall using the social development index developed by historian

and [doing] more in-depth research on the impacts of bilingual integrated education on social contact,” Ryan said explaining his thesis project for his Master’s program. “I always knew that I wanted to go back…it’s, I’d say, my third home.” Read Previous One step at a time Read Next Cambodia: A reflection on the genocide by Khmer Rouge COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window