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TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 8, 2016)- Gabri Joy Kirkendall ’09 studied political science and French languages and literature at Pacific Lutheran University. Now, she’s a published author and artist. Below is an edited discussion about her vocational journey and her experience creating hand-lettering books. Question: How…
science and French while working with the nonprofit World Vision on its malaria program. When I graduated, I was deep into the world of public health and applying to graduate schools. But then the unthinkable happened; I was diagnosed with cancer and my whole life seemed to spin off the rails. It took two years of surgeries and treatments to come out on the other side, and by that time my life was unrecognizable. I could no longer physically work a normal 9-to-5 job and grad school seemed out of the
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Two years before he founded the only local peace prize in the nation, Thomas Heavey ’74 was in the middle of a war.
the world and more. This year’s laureate focuses her work on clean water and sanitation projects in rural Bolivia. Pennye Nixon is founder and director of operations for Etta Projects, an organization created in memory of her daughter, who died when she was 16 in a bus crash in Bolivia just three months into her Rotary International exchange program. Nixon believes that quality health care and sanitation create peaceful conditions, in which stable communities can progress and grow. “Peace is the
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TACOMA, WASH. (May 20, 2016)- It’s the season for awards, banquets, recognition and a whole lot of celebrating for Pacific Lutheran University students as they approach Commencement 2016. The ceremony will mark the culmination of several years of hard work, community involvement and the pursuit…
State Department of Social and Health Services, where he helped social workers provide case management and crisis intervention services. He also worked with children and families in Tacoma to create action plans and goals. Adding to his long list of community service and leadership endeavors, Adams also served as president and Rieke Fellow in the Diversity Center, led the PLU step team as captain, spoke at the state’s annual governor’s breakfast and served as a youth outreach coordinator at Fab Five
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**New Curriculum Beginning Summer 2024** Year 1 SummerGNUR 701 Foundations of Scholarly Writing & Communication (2) GNUR 702 Advanced Practice Roles & Collaboration (1)2 Credits 1 Credit FallGNUR 703 Theoretical Foundations & Evidence-based Practice (3) GNUR 710 Advanced Patho (3) GNUR 711 Advanced Pharm (3) GNUR 712 Advanced Pharm Discussion (1)3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 1 Credit J-TermGNUR 704 Pop Health, Policy, & Politics (2) Study Away option (Mexico/DC/Oly/Tacoma)2 Credits SpringGNUR
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**New Curriculum Beginning Summer 2024***Note: Individual part-time progressions may vary. Refer to Academic Program Contract (APC) for further information. Year 1 SummerGNUR 701 Foundations of Scholarly Writing & Communication (2) GNUR 702 Advanced Practice Roles & Collaboration (1)2 Credits 1 Credit FallGNUR 703 Theoretical Foundations & Evidence-based Practice (3)3 Credits J-TermGNUR 704 Pop Health, Policy, & Politics (2) 2 Credits SpringGNUR 705 Information Systems & Patient Care
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PLU students visit Oaxaca, Mexico, to learn about health care 🇲🇽 Posted by: mhines / January 17, 2024 January 17, 2024 January Term (J-Term for short), PLU’s month-long term between fall and spring semester, is when many of our students take advantage of our incredible study away options in multiple places around the world. Planned and coordinated by professors and PLU’s study away center, J-Term study away class options range from Marine Biology in the Bahamas to a Political Science course
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Amy Spieker ’09 on community health advocacy, service and building relationships Posted by: Marcom Web Team / February 25, 2020 February 25, 2020 By Lisa Patterson '98Marketing & Communications Guest Writer TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 18, 2020) — If you’ve ever wondered whether leaders are born or made, the answer is both. At least it is when you’re referring to Pacific Lutheran University graduate Amy Spieker ’09. Growing up in a Navy family, Spieker moved her fair share of times, and in doing so was
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Confronting Mental Health: How the PLU community is demonstrating transformative care Posted by: nicolacs / February 11, 2022 February 11, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsWalk across campus and you can see the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic everywhere. Masks on faces, signs reminding you to wash your hands, restrictions on classrooms and more. But the pandemic hasn’t just caused physical changes, but also unexpected mental challenges. And that is harder to identify and
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Recent PLU Graduates on their Careers, Convictions & Passion for Health Care Posted by: Zach Powers / December 18, 2014 Image: Candis LeBaron, Tacoma General Hospital, Dec. 18, 2014. [Photo: Zach Powers/PLU] December 18, 2014 By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Dec. 21, 2014)—All over the world, Pacific Lutheran University alumni are serving in a wide variety of roles in hospitals, clinics, research centers and public-health agencies, sharing a steadfast commitment of
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Amy Spieker ’09 on community health advocacy, service and building relationships Posted by: Marcom Web Team / February 18, 2020 Image: Former PLU basketball student-athlete Amy Spieker ’09 is now the director of Community Health and Analysis at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center’s Institute for Population Health in Wyoming. (Photo courtesy Amy Spieker/Janelle Rose Photography) February 18, 2020 By Lisa Patterson ‘98Marketing & Communications Guest WriterTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 18, 2020) — If you’ve
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