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school,” he said, herding the students into the locker room. “But once I got here, I didn’t want to leave.” 1:20 p.m. – Cascade Middle School courtyard, next to the gym Isaiah Johnson is watching Dan McNeese take his last class out on the field. The courtyard is clear,  and most of the school is on a field trip to the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. It is a rare moment of quiet at Cascade Middle School. Johnson is tired, but it’s a contented tired. He talks about his goal of building a school

. Depending on the success of fund-raising for the projects, site preparation will begin in the fall, leading to the installation of one synthetic turf field and possibly one natural turf field in 2012. Construction will be completed in seven to nine months. Until the October closing date, the nine-hole, par-35 course will remain open to the public. The 2,732-yard course is great for families, and even better for the budget. PLU students and staff can play nine holes for $5, and 18 holes for $8. Rental

university, and are from our home area at any college or university and they are Native American or Alaskan Native Criteria considered by the Selection Committee (not necessarily in order of importance) include academic performance, contributions to research, publications and presentations, demonstrated experience with and/or knowledge of field of study, essay content and writing quality, commitment to the field including inspiring, supporting and educating others, and service. Students who have won

contributing to work that aims to educate and inform people about infectious diseases.   The third-generation Pacific Lutheran University graduate conducts backyard surveillance of mosquitoes in Atlanta, where she works as a field manager at Emory University. Her team collects and identifies the insects, working in and outside the lab studying the spread of West Nile virus. Blakney said it was PLU’s commitment to global citizenship, social justice and environmental conservation that helped her discover her

MA in psychological counseling from PLU in 1983, began her career on the ‘in-patient’ side of behavioral health as a mental health tech and then counselor. She then moved to adult crisis response, working on a team that would dispatch all over the community. “I was working at night, walking into dangerous situations that we would never allow anybody into these days,” she remembers. Card didn’t enter the field with aspirations of going into management, but she was identified by her peers and

in a competitive setting. This year’s competition saw Caitlyn Babcock ’25 take home the first prize, followed by Emily Morse ’26 in second and Dominic Walker ’25 in third. Angela Meade ’01, PLU alumna and renowned operatic soprano, originally established an endowment at PLU to fund a scholarship. In recent years, however, she shifted the focus toward supporting this vocal competition. When asked what inspired this change, Meade explained, “I think it’s important in a performance field to hone

have really helped me and encouraged me to apply and put myself out there. How has this internship helped improve your computer science skills? In all kinds of ways. I’ve learned all kinds of different languages, operations, new ways to think about things and new ways to solve problems. It’s really been a great experience that’ll help me in the future, not just in computer science, but physics as well. How has your experience as an intern impacted your future career goals? I love the science field

burgeoning field that go to root principles. And if the basic concept itself is fuzzy, the core principles are also up for debate. Just a decade ago, a precise definition of “global health” was perhaps not so critical. In the late 1990s, global health was largely defined, by default, as whatever was being done by the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the few other organizations working internationally on matters of public health. Global health was about getting kids in poor countries vaccinated

, who opposes the proposition (in favor of meat consumption). These experts will be paired with two PLU debate students to help craft arguments. Dr. Karen S. Emmerman, has a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Washington with a specialization in ecofeminist animal theory. Karen is also a co-organizer of the University of Washington Critical Animal Studies Working Group, which aims to expand, enrich, and create new spaces for the public discussion over the place of non-human animals in

October 17, 2014 3 Free Events at PLU Celebrate the Legacy of Thor Heyerdahl PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 17, 2014)—The Scandinavian Cultural Center at Pacific Lutheran University honors the 100-year anniversary of Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl’s birth with three events that celebrate the impact he made on PLU, environmental scholarship, anthropological theory and Norwegians around the world. Heyerdahl, who first came to the world’s attention in 1947 for his