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Three years ago, Katie Blanchard ‘13 was set on fire and nearly killed by a colleague at a military health center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Since then, Blanchard has undergone over 100 recovery-related surgeries, filed a personal injury claim against the Army and enrolled in…
-related surgeries, filed a personal injury claim against the Army and enrolled in a Ph.D. in nursing science program. Blanchard, a recently retired Army captain and mother to three young boys, has also become an outspoken advocate for workplace safety. She’s forthright with her story, bold in her critiques of power and encouraging in her message of change. Her advocacy has led her to speaking engagements all over the country, with a wide variety of audiences including military personnel, human
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The Community Health Fellowship is a unique “gap year” opportunity for top recent college graduates from across the country. Since 2009, more than 112 graduates have served as Fellows, and the program continues to grow. This is an opportunity offering high levels of responsibility and…
Project Horseshoe Farm Second Deadline is Approaching! Posted by: alemanem / February 3, 2021 February 3, 2021 The Community Health Fellowship is a unique “gap year” opportunity for top recent college graduates from across the country. Since 2009, more than 112 graduates have served as Fellows, and the program continues to grow. This is an opportunity offering high levels of responsibility and hands-on experience in community health, education, organizational management, and leadership. The
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MediaLab, the applied research and media services program at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU), received a total of six awards on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, from the Accolade Global Film Competition of Southern California for the new documentary “Changing Currents: Protecting North America’s Rivers.” “Changing Currents,”…
Square in mid-November, investigates the multiple challenges to U.S. and Canadian waterways, more than 50 percent of which are threatened by overpopulation, urban and rural water pollution, climate change and more. Produced by a team of seven PLU undergraduate students, “Changing Currents” received five Accolade Awards of Merit in the Documentary Short, Use of Film / Video for Social Change, Original Score, Editing and Title/Credit Design categories. “Changing Currents” was also recognized with an
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Georjina Soliai ‘23 of Lakewood, Washington grew up less than a 15-minute drive from Pacific Lutheran University. The Clover Park High School graduate was always aware of the university, but she never really considered it an option for herself. Soliai’s family moved to the United…
, Soliai decided to apply and was accepted into the program. This helped pave the way for her to go to PLU. “A lot of my friends who are in Act Six, like me, they wouldn’t be able to afford a private university like PLU,” Soliai said. “Private schools are dream schools for some kids.”Invest in Change-MakersThis spring, members of the community and PLU alumni, family and friends are invited to boldly invest in students like this through the expansion of the Act Six scholarship program. Learn more at
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About two and a half hours east of Tacoma sits the farming community of Yakima, Washington. The Central Washington county has about 243,000 residents and is probably most notable for producing the majority of the nation’s apples and hops. But it’s also where Henry Temple…
—so my family was happy.” Making the decision to attend PLU was easy. The difficult part came when it was time to leave her close-knit family. Gutierrez found Western Washington a major change from where she grew up in Central Washington. “It was hard with the change of literal environment,” she said. “It’s rainy over here, there’s more population, more diversity. It’s a real city.” Gutierrez enjoyed her new school and making new friends but she admits she was homesick for her community back in
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When it came time to find a college, Andre Jones ‘22 had options. He considered attending a historically black college or university, like Howard University or Morehouse College. Fortunately for PLU, the Tukwila, Washington native found himself pulled closer to home. His choice of schools…
to pursue, it was far enough away from Tukwila to feel like he was going off to college, but close enough to home that he could easily return for visits. Founded and run by the Tacoma-based nonprofit Degrees of Change, the Act Six program identifies and rewards scholars who are passionate about learning, eager to foster intercultural relationships, willing to step out of their comfort zones, committed to serving those around them, and want to use their college education to make a difference on
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Serving undergraduate and graduate students from various science and engineering departments, the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds is a lab focused on transitioning scientific breakthroughs into innovative products. The instrumentation and tool sets used are focused on enabling successful and efficient cleantech product prototyping and scale-up.…
worked with users from across the University to enable advances in photovoltaics, batteries, grid management, functional device fabrication, and scaled additive manufacturing. Lab tours will be led by current graduate students from Chemical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering at 3:45, 4:45 and 5:45. Please RSVP to ensure your spot on a tour. Chat with some of their most active researchers, tour the facility, and learn more about what you can achieve by working with them! Read more and
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After you’ve logged into Sakai , your Sakai courses will be listed as tabs across the top of the Sakai window. If you are enrolled in more courses than fit across the page, the right-most tab will be called ‘My Active Sites’. This tab contains…
username will be added into a Sakai course. Check with your professor if you are unsure of whether a Sakai site is available for their course. Professors may have created a Sakai site for your course, but it also must be published for students to view it. More questions? Contact the Sakai Support Team via sakai@plu.edu or 253-535-7509. You can also create a Help Desk Ticket at http://helpdesk.plu.edu. Use the Request Type “Sakai Learning Management System”. Read Previous Xavier 150 and Ramstad 206
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Outreach “I left the country feeling as if we had actually created good out of an inherently oppressive situation.”Sports can be comforting, even therapeutic. Matt Kennedy ’07 worked with some of the 50,000 people who reside in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Most would rather…
psychology and motor learning. Kennedy was able to implement two sports tournaments, free of charge to the community, as well as regularly teach classes on the virtues of goal setting, effective communication and time management. Meet other PLU graduates who are leading a life of service Read Previous A ‘Twilight’ experience Read Next LEED Gold for Neeb 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
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While Mortvedt Library’s building is closed during the COVID-19 pandemic our exhibits continue–we are highlighting PLU students’ work online. Follow this link to the virtual exhibit of the Wang Center’s photo and video contest winners. The Annual Wang Center Photo & Video Contest is an…
& Date: Utah, March 2019. Read Previous On Exhibit – Pandemics: History & Responses Read Next Archives & Special Collections Launches New Collection Management System LATEST POSTS Black History Month: Black Art Matters Exhibit January 31, 2023 Mortvedt Library materials for HEALING: PATHWAYS FOR RESTORATION AND RENEWAL symposium February 16, 2022 On Exhibit: Women’s History Month March 9, 2022 Wang Center Photo & Video Contest Winners 2022 March 30, 2022
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