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in the process. Ideas about racial purity and the will to power have been behind some very destructive actions. So, should we all just stop thinking? No. Learning to think clearly and carefully gives us the ability to form and shape our own lives. Without it, we are left following the thought of others. When we don’t think for ourselves we are most likely to follow other people’s ideas without seeing where they lead and without taking responsibility for our beliefs and actions. Bottom line

environment created by the interaction of committed basic scientists, research-oriented physicians, and postdoctoral fellows. Depending on their special interests, trainees will spend their rotations in a clinical research or a laboratory research setting. Trainees will be matched with a faculty mentor who shares their research interests and will participate in the mentor’s ongoing research projects. Trainees attend a daily Lunch & Learn series designed specifically for them, as well as other clinical and

the parents, the coaches, “blah, blah, blah,” Cheek recalled. Cheek instead talked about Darfur, and the fact he was donating the $40,000 he’d just won for his Olympic Medals to the “Right to Play,” which was helping refugees and children in Chad and other war torn areas of the world. The donation brought Cheek full circle with his mentor, former Olympic skater Johann Olav Koss, and four-time gold medalist in speed skating for Norway. When Cheek was 14 years old, he saw Koss skate during the 1994

January 14, 2013 Artifact Day gives the community a chance to learn about their hidden treasures Jesse Major ’14 The Parkland community is invited to learn more about artifacts they have inherited, collected from their property, or acquired in any other way on the first Artifact Day. Artifact Day, hosted by the students of Anthropology 487, will take place on Jan. 25 in Xavier Hall 201 at Pacific Lutheran University from 5:30-8:30 pm. This event is meant to reach out to the public and allow

ACS Bridge Program (ACS-BP) Posted by: nicolacs / January 19, 2021 January 19, 2021 The American Chemical Society is now accepting applications for 2021-2022 ACS Bridge Fellows. The ACS Bridge Program (ACS-BP) was developed to increase the number of students from underrepresented (UR) racial and ethnic groups obtaining a Ph.D. in the chemical sciences. ACS-BP assists UR students with getting into and succeeding in graduate school. As an ACS Bridge Fellow, students enroll in a one- to two-year

You Ask, We Answer: Is campus welcoming to the LGBTQIA+ community? Posted by: shortea / September 8, 2023 September 8, 2023 “PLU seeks to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care – for other people, for their communities and for the Earth.” Within that mission statement, the highlight here is “for their communities.” We recognize and value the differences and diversity of our students, who they are and what they bring to the campus community. With care in

Schools in 2019, first as dean of students and then moving into her current position as elementary assistant principal, where she oversees between 250 and 300 students in preschool through grade five. The school is operated for Native American students by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians. She sees her primary role at Chief Leschi as building connections and helping students flourish in a school environment. That’s important, especially when you consider that most of this year’s third graders are

by the American Library Association and a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. Her poems have appeared in The Iowa Review, Prairie Schooner, Poetry, The Writer’s Almanac, Poetry Daily, American Life in Poetry, and many other journals and anthologies. Her second collection, Plume, was selected by Linda Bierds for the Pacific Northwest Poetry Series and will be published in Spring 2012 by University of Washington Press. Flenniken’s honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for

PLU Introduces New Maritime Management Certificate Posted by: Zach Powers / November 3, 2015 November 3, 2015 TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 2, 2015)- Pacific Lutheran University is expanding its Continuing Education programming by offering business professionals a non-credit Certificate in Maritime Management starting January 2016.The program is a result of recent growth in shipping and logistics, as well as the maritime industry’s high demand for trained management professionals and the need for leaders

through the hardships of life has been very fulfilling. In many ways he’s learned as much if not more from them. And so another chapter in his life begins as he returns home. “He brought with him a true passion for helping others and I am very excited to see that passion be taken to Saudi Arabia,” Ward said. “There is no doubt that Najib will change the way mental health is viewed and offered there.” In this part of the world, MFT is a new field. “I’m going back to an interesting journey now,” Abbas