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most critical issues we could tackle, so I had to commit myself to this work. But I also grew up in the community and high school theater scenes. Storytelling is such an important aspect of the human experience. I was encouraged to connect the two and have realized that environmentalism, activism and art have historically been interconnected. Climate change involves a lot of data. Numbers and statistics are a lot for folks to digest, but art, theater, visual and music can help get information
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high school graduation. Climate change was one of the most critical issues we could tackle, so I had to commit myself to this work. But I also grew up in the community and high school theatre scenes. Storytelling is such an important aspect of the human experience. I was encouraged to connect the two and have realized that environmentalism, activism and art have historically been interconnected. Climate change involves a lot of data. Numbers and statistics are a lot for folks to digest, but art
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up clinically, including high risk-scenarios that you want a student to be educated in how to handle,” says School of Nursing Dean Barbara Habermann. Research indicates that more higher-level decision-making happens in simulation than in a clinical setting, Kushner says. In a clinical setting, students are often involved in care but are accompanied by a nurse who makes most decisions. In a simulation lab, the students are assessing the situation, interpreting data, and making decisions. Thanks to
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most critical issues we could tackle, so I had to commit myself to this work. But I also grew up in the community and high school theatre scenes. Storytelling is such an important aspect of the human experience. I was encouraged to connect the two and have realized that environmentalism, activism and art have historically been interconnected. Climate change involves a lot of data. Numbers and statistics are a lot for folks to digest, but art, theater, visual and music can help get information
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time of her presentation she was waiting nervously to hear whether she would get a job as a data analyst at Seattle-based Horizon Air. She credited this physics capstone – she had to do two others to complete her triple major – with catching the attention of the human resources department at the airline. Every spring, hundreds of PLU students go through the drill of final projects, called capstones. But these research projects, works of art, or music compositions are much more than a final box to
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day of classes Sept. 5, O’Brien was reminded of the impressive students who attend PLU and the faculty members who teach them to ask tough questions, engage in complexity and exhibit great care for others and the world. “All of that makes me committed to making sure this works out as best it can,” he said. Several weeks ago the Faculty Joint Committee, which convened late last year to review data and propose cutbacks to programs and faculty positions, released its provisional recommendations. The
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After graduating from PLU in 2007, Schwartz held a collection of jobs including working in janitorial services, data entry at a nonprofit, and environmental remediation work on houses. In 2010, he entered Union Theological Seminary, in New York City. He thought he’d become a Lutheran pastor. But by the second week, he wasn’t sure he wanted to stay on. Faculty members encouraged him to stay, advocating for the philosophical and life experiences resulting from seminary school. In 2012, Schwartz was
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before a school parent. It’s very compassionate and student-centered, focused on the families’ needs, versus data-driven. Kids are more than a number on a page,” she says.Lord says PLU’s mission around educating for “a life of service” shaped her perspective during the pandemic. “I think it helped me see where students are coming from before making assumptions,” she says. She can understand and empathize if a student struggles to complete a biology assignment when also experiencing food or housing
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Hometown: El Centro, CA Selected accomplishments: Graduation Honors (cum laude); Plant Genome Research Program summer research internship, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University; student worker, Quigg Greenhouse Post-graduation plans: Attending an interdisciplinary PhD program in plant science and data science at the University of Arizona’s School of Plant Sciences Emmanuel Gonzalez may be an accomplished young scientist on track for an impressive research career, but as a high school student, he
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plant science and data science at the University of Arizona’s School of Plant Sciences Emmanuel Gonzalez may be an accomplished young scientist on track for an impressive research career, but as a high school student, he struggled. After attending Mt. San Jacinto College and Tacoma Community College, he arrived at PLU still feeling “a little bit lost.” “It was at PLU that I decided that college was for me, and that I’d give it my all,” he said, citing the guidance of “inspirational and motivational
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