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wasteful since there are benefits for the planet, and for students’ wallets. “Every time you recycle, you are essentially lowering your tuition,” said Lorax. “Our recycling at PLU costs less money per ton than landfill.” (It costs $383 per ton for landfill waste and only $35 per ton for recycling.) “That’s a significant amount,” Lorax said. He also added that last year the university saved $104,000 by implementing waste-diversion efforts. To check to learn more about Recyclemania visit

delves deeper into the wage gap, strategies for negotiation, budgeting and building confidence to ask for more money,” she said. Moran said the workshop will help participants understand how the gender gap affects them and learn how to: develop a personal budget to determine salary needs; ensure you are receiving equal pay for equal work from the beginning of your career all the way to retirement; negotiate a first salary out of college; and benchmark salary and benefits. “It’s critical to know your

discovered that Meade was trying to pay his $300 medication bill out of his own pocket. Ross helped Meade and his wife navigate the VA benefits labyrinth and also discovered that he wasn’t getting the disability benefits he should have been receiving for the last three decades. “Took a couple of visits to figure out what was going on,” Ross says modestly. “As a nurse, you don’t’ just take care of the patient, but the whole family.” It’s this sort of attitude and the changes in the lives of the patients

more aware of how many areas and careers the concept of sport psychology can be applied to. The variety of interests in the cohort really exemplified how applicable these concepts that we were learning about (performance enhancement, resilience, effects of social interaction, equity, etc.) to many different career fields (education, military, coaching, recreation, medical, etc.)Achieving long-term career goalsThis program prepared me to achieve my long-term career goals by helping me to understand

exactly what I want to do,” Malloy said about his new job. And, in a way, Malloy even juggles all three of his degrees in his current career. “The intersection of science and public health and law has really been valuable in terms of opening up doors and demystifying what is going on—be it activities in the laboratory, in the clinic or in licensing global health technology to commercialization partners,” Malloy said. Malloy grew up globally, since his dad worked in the military, but moved to Puyallup

registered nurse, adult nurse practitioner and advanced practice nurse prescriber, she also holds a certification in senior emergency management and a senior patrol certification with the National Ski Patrol. Needless to say, when she’s not at work, Smith loves to be in the outdoors, preferably on skis or hiking. “The outdoors is my personal place,” she said. “It’s a place of peace and recovery for me.” Read Previous Pacific Lutheran University Again Named a 2015 Military Friendly School Read Next Going

civilization that, through trade and military conquest, stretches across several modern day African countries, Wonderly said. Now back at school and looking toward graduation, Wonderly plans on becoming an archaeological field technician after she graduates and to eventually join the Peace Corps in Ethiopia to get closer to the cultures she finds intriguing. Ultimately, she wants to continue doing field work and learn more about the ancient civilizations people know so little about. For now, Wonderly is

$10 for general admission; $5 for senior citizens (60+), military and alumni; and free for the PLU community, students and those 18 and under. Tickets are available through the PLU Concierge Desk (253 535-7411) or can be purchased online. The concert will be livestreamed via the following link. Dec. 3: Sankta Lucia For more than 60 years Pacific Lutheran University has been celebrating Sankta Lucia. The tradition, most strongly celebrated in Sweden, honors a young woman who stood up for her

always dreamed about. I’ve realized that maybe a lot of people can be influenced by what I’ve done, and mentoring the next generation is something I’d like to do.” Read Previous PLU announces Top Ten Military Friendly Spouse School designation Read Next Mathematics major Lindsey Clark ’24 is a Noyce scholar and future teacher 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

medicine, where I’d have the opportunity to help people. I joined the military because I wanted to help the greater good."- Melissa Wollan FrancisWollan Francis spent eight years in the Air Force before moving to Portland, Oregon where she became the medical director of the women’s clinic at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. In this role she split her time between working with patients and leading a team of 80 health care professionals."I make sure that I treat folks with respect, whether they’re