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degree in nursing. After graduation, Wilson began her nursing career at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. It was at that job she realized the two most important skills her PLU professors taught her: how to problem solve and how to think logically. “I remember when I got my first job at Sacred Heart and thinking, ‘I don’t know how to do anything,’” Wilson said. “Lo and behold, I discovered I knew how to think.” Wilson met her husband, Lewis, in 1969. The couple married two years later and

Therapy program in 2005 and continued in a tenured position after earning his Ph.D. at Texas Tech University in 2006, where he also began his career as a therapist. In 2009, he became the chair of the MFT program. He’s received many accolades for his teaching and counseling, including being named educator of the year by the Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy in 2009, and receiving a faculty excellence award for mentoring from PLU in 2012. In July 2022, Ward became the inaugural

and care for the environment is a genuine embodiment of the PLU mission statement,” Davidson said.Event DetailsDo you know your U.S. Latino history? As partners in the prestigious Latino Americans: 500 Years of History* grant, PLU will join universities and community organizations across the nation in the effort to celebrate and promote the untold stories of Latino/as in the United States. Please join us Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 6 p.m. in Chris Knutson Hall for the 1st Annual César Chávez and Dolores

claim or reclaim their roles as public agents and citizens. She is the author of the book Profits, Pundits and Gurus: Rhetorical Styles and Public Engagement and recently has submitted the manuscript of her second book, Teacher, School, Mother: Re-envisioning Motherhood in the Academy.Maria ChavezAssociate Professor of Political ScienceChavez’s areas of teaching and research interest include public policy, American government, Latino politics and race/ethnic politics. She is the co-author of the

Back in the lab: an unexpected path led Angela Rodriguez Hinojosa ’24 to organic chemistry Posted by: nicolacs / March 7, 2024 Image: Angela Rodriguez Hinojosa ’24 is a chemistry major who plans to attend graduate school following Spring Commencement. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) March 7, 2024 By Emily Holt, MFA '16PLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer “It’s like clicking Legos together,” she says. Except that the Legos are chemical compounds contained in an 1H NMR tube. Chemistry major Angela

organizations I am part of, I am constantly surrounded by hardworking and committed students who have given me new perspectives and approaches to life. I have also cultivated many lab skills through my job and my lab courses, ones that I know will be beneficial for many careers such as research based or health care based ones.” – Sidney “I am planning on going into medical research in the future, and PLU has so many ways to prepare me for this. One thing that has supported me in this goal is my job as a lab

scientists. Experimenting, analyzing, and observing at Fred Hutch Cancer Center, they were able to assist in making scientific breakthroughs for healthier lives in every community. For Murdoch, the Fred Hutch Cancer Center Internship provided a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gain lab experience. Read more about their experience below! Murdoch working with the Acute Myeloid Leukemia cells in a biohazard hood. Fred Hutch Cancer Center Summer Internship ScholarshipAre you interested in gaining hands-on

to Washington, and we’ve been here ever since. I attended Lakes High School and swam varsity. Once I became a junior, I did Running Start, so that knocked off two years of college, and I was able to transfer all of my credits over to PLU. I chose to attend PLU because I heard it has an outstanding nursing school and just excellent faculty for teaching science classes. When I was applying to colleges, I knew I wanted to be a biology major, so I looked for local schools with strong STEM programs

Family Therapy program in 2005 and continued in a tenured position after earning his Ph.D. at Texas Tech University in 2006, where he also began his career as a therapist. In 2009, he became the chair of the MFT program. He’s received many accolades for his teaching and counseling, including being named educator of the year by the Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy in 2009, and receiving a faculty excellence award for mentoring from PLU in 2012. In July 2022, Ward became the

diversity, justice and sustainability in action—both within an academic context and within activism,” says Jennifer Smith, director of the Women’s Center. “He demonstrates how to put thought and theory into action. Additionally, his work is explicitly intersectional, focusing on race, class, sexuality and gender simultaneously.” Before joining the faculty of Seattle University, Spade was a Williams Institute Law Teaching Fellow at UCLA Law School and Harvard Law School, teaching classes related to