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$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

trained to provide routine treatment for patients dealing with mental illness and behavioral health issues. Jessica Wheeler experienced the issue firsthand at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, and decided to focus her research on doing something about it.She examined the benefits of hiring a mental health consultant to support nurses and hospital staff tasked with admitting and treating patients on medical units who require support for behavioral and mental health issues. “There’s a lot of

history, and the benefits (and shortcomings) that innovative products and ideas have brought. For these reasons, I’ve taken the plunge into the new Innovation Studies minor. Innovation Studies is a new interdisciplinary program at PLU that focuses on innovation (surprise!) and entrepreneurial thinking. The goal of this minor is to encourage creative thinking and adding value to companies and virtually any endeavor. The program hopes to nurture and push students to come up with big ideas that will

procedure was also changed. Diners are now encouraged to leave their trash on their tray when they send it to the dishwasher. This enables the dishwashers, who are well-versed on what can and cannot be composted, to properly sort the contents of each tray. In many ways, these efforts could be seen as relatively esoteric. But aside from the very real, earth-friendly benefits the program has, there is a financial component, too. In the 2006-07 academic year, the cost of emptying the compactor was $14,481

find a good fitting internship at Alaska Airlines. The benefits that go along with these internships were one of Dussell’s selling points. He told of a trip to Europe and back that cost just over $200. The other selling point was the people that work there. Tilden asked several employees why they like working there, and most of them said, “The people.” Alaska Airlines is offering 38 internships this summer and is accepting applications online for the first few weeks of March, depending on each

salvageable goods were delivered to Goodwill thrift stores, the Trinity Food Pantry, commingled recycling, and e-waste — just to name a few. Each residence hall will have donation bins for reusable items, non-perishable foods, any toiletries (including partially used) and a bin to collect dishes from The Commons. Utilizing these bins during move-out week helps to both save the earth and benefits the surrounding community by keeping waste out of landfills. Leigh Ann Myhre, Director of Donor Serves for

benefits and pitfalls of Proposition 1, an initiative being posed to Tacoma voters that, if approved, would raise the city’s minimum wage to $15.Speaking in favor of Proposition 1 will be policy research analyst Vince Kueter and PLU Chinese Studies and History double major Angie Tinker ‘16. Speaking in opposition will be Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Pierson and Communications major Matt Aust ’17. PLU Director of Forensics Justin Eckstein hopes that Tacoma voters who have yet to come

Belonging at diversity.medicine@wsu.edu. Benefits: Cost to attend: FREE Coursework including the Kaplan MCAT Prep course and Science Enhancements are covered by the program Travel to/from the WSU Health Sciences campus in Spokane Room and board during in-person days of the program Access to and exposure with medical school faculty, leadership, and students Development of Native Cultural identity in medicine and network of Native Physicians Coursework and exposure to become a more competitive applicant

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