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take years to become widespread clinical practice. This PCORI-funded project will cut that lag time and smooth the path by implementing STAIR in 31 UCCs across the United States. These STAIR programs will offer structured trauma treatment that is responsive to the patient-, provider-, and system-level factors associated with the delivery of trauma-focused mental health challenges for college students. “This project is part of a portfolio of PCORI-funded projects that aim to improve the awareness

have posted photographs of their travels, and visitors can post comments to blog entries. To learn more about the study away opportunities at PLU, visit the Wang Center for International Programs’ Web site, or contact the center at ext. 7577 or wangctr@plu.edu. University Communications staff writer Megan Haley compiled this report. Comments, questions, ideas? Please contact her at ext. 8691 or at haleymk@plu.edu. Photo by Mark Mulder. Read Previous APO, Vpstart Crow support student directors Read

January 25, 2008 Activist fights against poverty and disease Stephen Lewis, a humanitarian, diplomat and human rights activist, will visit Tacoma for the Wang Center for International Programs’ symposium “Advances in Global Health by Non-Governmental Organizations,” slated for Feb. 21 and 22.Lewis is the former United Nations Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. He will deliver the keynote address, “Time to Deliver: Winning the Battle Against Poverty and Disease in the Developing World,” on

February 7, 2008 Area leaders discuss fighting disease worldwide The Wang Center for International Programs tackled the issue of global health at the symposium, “Advances in Global Health by Non-Governmental Organizations,” in February 2008. As the name suggests, the two-day event highlighted the work of non-governmental organizations currently searching for global solutions to control disease in developing nations. These organizations, many from the Pacific Northwest, are stepping up to meet a

credited with securing funding and providing a high standard of care to patients. Kohler has co-managed the East Campus Christmas party, providing 300 families with a happier holiday, and helps connect patients to services in the community. Schaps was identified as a person who lives PLU’s mission of service to others in her interactions with students, co-workers and the greater Tacoma community. Along with working on programs for the admission office, Schaps serves on the environmental coalition for

University-Chicago. In addition to teaching classes in the graduate and undergraduate theology programs, she also teaches in the Women’s Studies Program, the Institute of Pastoral Studies and the Catholic Studies Program. “I’ll be talking about the ways that beauty has been understood as a way to find God, how traditional ways of seeing beauty have objectified women and made beauty something ‘above’ the world, and how women’s practices of beauty – in the past and present – suggest ways of linking beauty

September 22, 2008 Prof appears on Discovery Channel this week Classics professor Eric Nelson will once again be featured in prime time, this time talking about torture, animals and the environment, all in the time of the Caesars. Nelson will be featured this week on a Discovery Channel program, “Machines of Malice,” which will first air Tuesday, Sept. 23. He will also be travelling to Vancouver today (Monday) to work on an Animal Planet program, Animal Gladiators. Both programs will look at

. “The momentum has been very nice.” Previous Lemkin Essay winners at PLU already have been accepted or are working in top notch Holocaust Studies graduate programs throughout the country. Read Previous Newspapers get SOAC’ed Read Next New endowed chair created 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. LATEST POSTS A family with a “Bjug” legacy of giving and service September 27

accompany Banraku puppetry in Japan. The three, one-act plays will be performed from March 10-20 at the Eastvold Auditorium. Read Previous Programs that engage the world Read Next University Symphony Orchestra showcases students 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. LATEST POSTS A family with a “Bjug” legacy of giving and service September 27, 2024 PLU hosts the 14th Annual

position, Flenniken is working to introduce elementary school children in grades 3-5 to poetry in areas of the state without strong art programs. “Kids at this age are really starting to develop their metaphorical minds,” said Julie Zeigler, executive director of Humanities Washington. “It’s a really terrific time to be working with them.” Although she is flattered to have received this award, Flenniken never imagined herself a poet until attending PLU. “I’m a slightly offbeat PLU alum,” said Flenniken