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  • governor. At one point, Reagan threatened to remove patients from state hospitals and expected religious institutions to care for them. Torvend’s father drove to the capital to protest. “The discussions around the family dinner table about the responsibility of government to the most vulnerable citizens stuck,” Torvend said. After the November election, Torvend and a group of ecumenical clergy from Pierce County issued a public statement of support for minority groups such as LGBT people, African

  • Dr. Rae Linda Brown Undergraduate Research and Creative Projects Showcase May 10, 2024 Save the date also for: Scholarship of Nursing Conference May 10, 2024 RLB URS Schedule Nursing Conference ScheduleAbout Dr. Rae Linda Brown Dr. Rae Linda Brown PLU’s annual celebration of undergraduate student work is named in honor of Dr. Rae Linda Brown, PLU Professor of Music and former Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. During her brief tenure as PLU’s provost, Dr. Brown launched the

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  • Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community Ash Bechtel has always wanted to be in healthcare, but she wasn’t sure which direction to take — nursing or medical school. So, Ash counseled with family and academic advisors before deciding to pursue a biology major that would lead her to becoming a doctor.… June 13, 2024 AcademicsBiologyGender Sexuality and Race StudiesGlobal EducationPre-HealthSciencesStudent LifeStudy Away

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  • certainty, to leave for Pacific Lutheran University. “For over 30 years, religious oppression and harassment have been a part of my family’s life,” she said. Sabet-Kazilas, a member of Baha’i faith, faced marginalization in her home country dating back to kindergarten. Baha’i followers there experience pervasive persecution at the hands of their own government. They are denied employment and access to education, and they endure ransacking of their homes and wrongful imprisonment, among other

  • In Praise of the Nativity Choir of the West, University Chorale, Singers, & Men’s Chorus, Trinity Handbell Ensemble – Richard Sparks, Richard Nance, James Holloway, Conductors This, our first Christmas CD, was recorded over the 1995 and 1996 Christmas seasons. Enjoy the beauty and pageantry of these concerts in this digital recording captured in the wonderful acoustics of Lagerquist Concert Hall in the Mary Baker Russell Music Center at Pacific Lutheran University. This music has been carefully

  • , her decision was cemented by books she read in middle school classrooms, biology classes she took in high school, and eventually, the teachers and mentors she met at Pacific Lutheran University. Now, the Bonney Lake, Washington native has graduated and earned the prestigious Fulbright research grant — a national award that only 20 percent of applicants receive after a rigorous, year-long application process. In January, she will leave for Namibia, where she will spend nine months studying

  • building and their seeing what happens when you make an effort and care about being stewards of hope. “One student started the year telling me ‘I don’t like school, I don’t like anything here,'” Hasse said. “And now she’s telling me how much she likes science.” “It’s working toward making a community connection,” Castor said. “We’re here for four years – how can I reach out? What’s my impact going to be? We’re really getting out there and starting to live that.” Club Keithley is about making that

  • Trinidad and Tobago is, they know somebody from it or they know something about the culture. It’s remarkable.” The line of faculty has remained unbroken throughout the 25 years of the program, attracting scholars across the university that include JoDee Keller, professor of social work and former J-term faculty lead, and Greg Youtz, professor of music and composer, who took over the reins as director of the T&T study away Gateway program in 2015. Jessica Hanson, the current program manager, heads up

  • raised in the Inland Northwest of Washington State. After crossing the Cascades, she began working toward a double major in studio art and English literature at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA, with the intent of becoming a secondary educator in the field of art or English. While not attending to her own education, she spent her summers away from college teaching preschool and elementary school aged children ne arts at the Corbin Art Center in Spokane, WA. Like the children she taught, art