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Global health leader and human rights advocate to visit PLU and discuss the impact of COVID-19 on LGBTIQ+ communities globally Posted by: bennetrr / February 4, 2021 February 4, 2021 By Rosemary Bennett '21PLU Marketing and CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University’s biennial Ambassador Chris Stevens Celebration of Service will be held virtually at 7 p.m. on March 9. Amie Bishop, a global health leader and human rights advocate will deliver the keynote lecture titled “Vulnerabilities Amplified

support students to become nurses and to pursue advanced nursing practice roles,” said Haley. “I am grateful to join PLU’s mission to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership, and care. What a perfect description of the work nurses strive to do daily with patients, families, and communities. PLU nursing faculty, staff, students, and alumni make a difference in the world, and I am honored to join them in this work.” Haley is a leader in the nursing education field. She

situation where your resources, both mental and fiscal, are stretched to their limit. His second? Consider public service, even if it’s not your primary vocation, at least volunteer for a cause you believe in. Campbell was the Meant to Live speaker at Friday’s Homecoming event. It was definitely a homecoming for Campbell as well – as his New Yorker accent attests. He has spent most of his career in the Big Apple, dealing with everything from homelessness, the AIDS crisis to the aftermath of 9-11 in his

weeks to get a first appointment or further treatment.That’s why Pacific Lutheran University is exploring ways to meet increased mental health service demands in a way that responds to how and when students access resources.  This semester, PLU is launching a new service called Lute Telehealth, which will allow students to access no-cost, on-demand medical and mental health care by phone or video chat. With telehealth services, students can get help quickly — no waiting for an appointment or for the

registered, though! Prepping for your NSR appointment: Take the Math Placement Evaluation (on Banner Self Service). ALL students must take this evaluation! Complete the Language Placement Survey (on Banner Self Service) if you’re planning on studying a language while at PLU. Do this spring or summer (but probably more summer): Check your PLU email consistently Complete your Medical History Record Purchase and read the Common Reading book Send final high school (and college) transcripts to: Registrar

registered, though! Prepping for your NSR appointment: Take the Math Placement Evaluation (on Banner Self Service). ALL students must take this evaluation! Complete the Language Placement Survey (on Banner Self Service) if you’re planning on studying a language while at PLU. Do this spring or summer (but probably more summer): Check your PLU email consistently Complete your Medical History Record Purchase and read the Common Reading book Send final high school (and college) transcripts to: Registrar

capital projects will be fully funded, including the Karen Hille Phillips Center for Performing Arts and lower-campus athletic fields.   The Andersons, who came to PLU in 1992, say they are not retiring but are completing 20 years of service to the university and then moving on to new areas of professional focus and service. MaryAnn Anderson, 52, calls their decision, “a Wild Hope moment.” “We are living true to Mary Oliver’s line of poetry: ‘Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and

–a domestic Peace Corps comparative. As soon as she saw the invitation, she says, she signed on. Out of the nine participants, eight are ex-LVC volunteers, and one is working for the program currently. “Generally LVC alumnae help offer service to current volunteers,” says Stephens, who explains that that this involves things “like getting houses ready for them.” Stephens attributes her continued connection with LVC to her church in Seattle, which she says is very supportive of LVC and its mission

diversity and other backgrounds.”   She also relishes the Lutheran higher education commitment to service. “That’s one thing I am passionate about,” she said. And her definition of service has changed over the last four years. She’s realized it’s not so much what she gives, but the give and take Laura Rudquist ’12 found a new home and her vocation at PLU. (Photo by John Froschauer) that occurs when she’s involved in a cause she cares about. It’s about “the interaction and working together to solve

service in Congress in 1977 and served continuously until 2013. He now serves as a senior policy advisor in Ness Van Feldman, a law firm with offices in Washington, D.C., and Seattle. PLU was in Dicks’ Congressional district for a good share of the time he was in office, but even when the district boundaries were remapped and the university was not in his district, he and his office were always helpful to the university. Throughout his career, Dicks led the way in key educational and environmental