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with other alumni, staff, family and friends,” said Angie Hambrick, PLU’s associate vice president of diversity, justice and sustainability. “The trip aligned perfectly with the values of the Diversity Center — perspective taking, critical reflection, community, and care — and allowed us to fully and authentically engage with the people and culture of T&T and with each other.” The group began the trip by ranging all across Trinidad — touring the capital city of Port of Spain; learning the history

lots of questions.” He was an active member of the Tacoma community, volunteering with the Hispanic Affairs Commission of Washington, Community Health Care, and Central Latino. He was also selected as a fellow with the American Leadership Forum, a community he remained involved with over the years. Upon his retirement, he completed a year-long research project on “communities of love,” focused on Bellarmine Preparatory School. Kathy Russell Professor Emeritus Dr. Kathy Russell died at the age of 68

. How does your work at PLU impact the PLU community? Our office helps facilitate faculty jobs and makes sure their needs are taken care of. It is contributing to the well-being of the people I work with. How do you think you are currently still exploring your calling? I’m at a spot where I’m self-reflecting on my skills and, through that, trying to best utilize them. I’m also working on self-exploration. How do you see yourself applying information from these seminars into your daily life? I think

populations while females have bigger brains in others. Brain size has been linked to offspring care — the larger the brain, the more likely that particular sex is to care for the offspring. Schutz and her students, on the other hand, are looking for patterns in the dimorphism of the skeletons of sticklebacks. They are using both two- and three-dimensional CT scans of the fish to measure the anatomy of their fin and spinal structures, mapping different points throughout the body with digital landmarks

, care and empowerment for generations to come!” Lindsey Paxton ’07: Alumna “I was never able to take an official Women’s Studies class because of my class schedules. Through the Women’s Center, I connected with other students and staff who were interested in making life better for women and men. I always think of my time at the Women’s Center as the place where I earned my extracurricular minor in Women’s Studies by osmosis. I met so many great people while hanging out in the cozy little house, and

, Department of Psychiatry, where he was Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Social Work. As the Clinic and Research Coordinator for the Pediatric Stress and Anxiety Disorders Clinic, using a cognitive behavioral strategies framework, he treated individuals across the life-span with anxiety disorders, including Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for more than 15 years. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Simpson remains a Co-Primary Investigator of a

an exceptional disease and the recognition and care that this takes away from other diseases and public health challenges in poor countries. Her current research is on surgical care in poor countries, focusing on the preconceptions about experience, expense and availability. She is also researching the challenges and opportunities of resilience-based public health policies. Benton is an avid blogger and tweeter about many pressing issues, such as biopolitics, race and gender.Grete BrochmannTitle

passions, and her community – she looks for connections outside of the obvious. Jenny is a member of the Black and Gold Chapter of Mortar Board – the National Honor Society, is active in service projects, and is the student director of Impact. She is a world traveler, a scholar of the highest rank, multilingual (in Latin!), and is dedicated to a life of inquiry, service, and care. Sarah Martin: BME – K-12 instrumental & Orchestra Sarah is a musician of the highest caliber. As a French Hornist, she

problems and breaking them down to understand them better and ultimately to help solve them,” he says. Economics Major Presents at National Conference Nellie Moran’s capstone research project examines how political candidates’ expenditures affect the outcome of their campaigns. Learn More “Students who are drawn to Economics ask questions for which the answers aren’t easy—poverty, health care, education, unemployment, development, environmental degradation, international relations—but for which they

had faced obstacles to participation in sports. “I played softball all through high school and was skilled enough to be able to play in college, but money became the issue. I had to take care of my younger siblings while my parents worked supporting me and my siblings,” read one card, attributed to an 18-year-old U.S. athlete named Stacy. On the cloth walls of the SAAC exhibit were facts displayed as quotes and infographics that pointed out socioeconomic privileges: Head coaches of NCAA Division I