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Lutes.CheckFive calls for PLU community members to reach out to five people and check in, specifically those who’ve gone quiet during the recent upheaval. Human interaction has never been more important — and someone out there might really need that phone call, text, email or social media message. “It’s on all of us to care for our communities in times like this,” said Lace Smith, PLU’s associate vice president of marketing and communications. “CheckFive is about connecting with a fellow student you haven’t

company established an endowed scholarship. Applicants must be a junior or senior at an ICW college as of Fall 2019, have a minimum GPA of 3.25, and be majoring in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), a health care field, or be preparing to teach in a STEM field. Not automatically renewable. Boeing Application checklist: 1) Junior or senior as of fall 2019 who is majoring in science, technology, engineering, math, or health care; 2) 3.25+ GPA; 3) One-page resume that indicates

of pharmacy as a retail-oriented practice that is focused solely on dispensing medication and that could be headed for  possible obsolescence in an increasingly automated world.  In reality, modern pharmacy practice relies on the pharmacist as the medication expert to provide pharmaceutical care with increasingly complex medicines and therapies.  As a matter of fact, most NEOMED Pharm.D. graduates are now pursuing optional post-graduate training programs in clinical settings en route to

-management firm that specializes in enhanced passive strategies and the recipient of several National Science Foundation grants on financial modeling of seismic mitigation investments. His scholarship focuses on financial risk management, real options and valuation of seismic retrofit investments, and his recent publications appeared in Managerial Finance, Journal of Economics and Finance, Journal of Derivatives and Hedge Funds, and Corporate Finance Review. Launched in 2011, the Master of Science in

websites and databases. New Archives and Special Collections Interface What’s Changed? The Archives and Special Collections has launched a collections management system and discovery platform.  Why did we do it? Improved user experience and more effective searching of Archives and Special Collections holdings. A single platform for accessing archival descriptions, digitized collections, and born digital content. More accurate and improved descriptions and metadata. What do I need to do? Check it out

implement opportunities to train health care workers. Plans also focus on increasing the knowledge of Chinese health care workers and developing sustainable training curriculum to spread the knowledge base within and among various Chinese institutions that care for children. “Peace building is not just about diplomacy and bringing warring sides together,” Sobania said. “Health is the foundation of civil society. Improved health not only enhances the quality of peoples’ lives and supports economic

caps melting and I’m going to point out that Christians have a very good reason to care,” he said. “God made polar bears, and what God created is very good. It’s not enough to say that they are in trouble. We need to do the hard work to understand what is happening and figure out what can be done to help them. We can’t just say ‘We care.’” Since we are the dominant species on the planet, it is our responsibility to take of the animals, environments and plants in our care, he said. In researching

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

) program at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences. She’s now a third-year student in PNWU’s Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) program. After two years of classes at PNWU’s Yakima campus, Hatton is now back in the Tacoma area doing clinical rotations with a doctor who works at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital, Tacoma General Hospital and St. Joseph Medical Center. She recently met with PLU News to discuss her path into the medical field. What inspired you to pursue a career in health care? Going

debate, to make society uncomfortable, to seek knowledge wherever it might lead. The protection and promotion of academic freedom—the freedom to question, to teach, to learn, to publish and to broadcast—is a sacred trust. The Scandinavian pioneers in the Pacific Northwest founded not only universities and schools, but also hospitals, libraries, and mutual benefit associations to carry out Luther’s call for the care of all aspects of the human condition. This tradition of caring for others, for