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  • mountaineering course. That Reidel had never done this before didn’t matter. She wanted to challenge herself. The basic mountaineering class, taught by university fellow and archeologist Don Ryan, familiarized students with knots and carabineers, climbing techniques and how to survive in the wild. He uses these skills while shimmying up and down ropes into Egyptian tombs on his research trips. The half-semester class included an overnight trip nearby into the Cascade Mountains to test skills outside the gym

  • working on a summer research project with his physics prof, getting a good work-study job, even co-captaining the nationally ranked ultimate Frisbee team. “When else would I have an opportunity like this?” he asks. Studying away wasn’t necessarily Andy’s intent when he arrived from Arvada, Colo., to study math and engineering. But he quickly learned PLU makes it easy for students to immerse themselves in another culture. There is a campus office dedicated solely for that purpose. There are

  • resonance spectrometer. As a retired professor of chemistry at the University of Nevada at Reno, Gene knows the value of top tier equipment. “It allows students to do more research in the frontiers of science,” Gene said. “It teaches students how to use state-of-the- art equipment. And for students that breeds confidence – they know they can do good things.” The LeMays talk about how they benefited from the high quality equipment and the facilities they had access to when they were students. They want

  • and China to Trinidad and Tobago, or shorter January Term and summer programs from a diverse rotating list of countries that include Italy, Namibia and New Zealand. For those looking to explore other parts of Washington or the United States, domestic options include Neah Bay, Washington, and Honolulu, Hawaii. Internships, research, language immersion and cultural exploration are foundational elements of study away experiences, and vary from program to program. Whereas many of PLU’s peer

  • for national certification through the ANCC and AANP certifying body. Licensure in each state is managed through each state’s legislation. Students should research any state they wish to become licensed in to determine the requirements and restrictions on practice. Graduate Students Switching Specialty Concentrations At times graduate nursing students may request a change in concentration from the concentration they originally were admitted to in the School of Nursing. This may occur when new

  • , 2007 Fulbright Award for research in Norway 2002-2003 Professional Memberships/Organizations Modern Language Association NORTANA: Norwegian Teachers and Researchers Association of North America Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study Biography Why do you serve on the Peace Scholars Committee? Our global society needs young adults who not only want to make the world a better place, but are educated to contribute with knowledge, skills and insight gained from experience. The Peace Scholars

  • Engineering✔ Industrial Engineering✔ Materials Science and Engineering✔ Mechanical Engineering✔✔ Operations Research✔ Systems Science and Engineering✔ Columbia UniversityWashington University in St. LouisFor more information, contact the PLU Dual-Degree Program Director: Dr. Bogomil Gerganov Associate Professor of Physics and Director of Dual-Degree Engineering beg@plu.edu

  • Balanced Lifestyle: Dentistry offers flexibility to balance professional and personal life Empower Your Patients: Give patients smiles they are proud to wear Technology and Research: Be involved with the scientific advancement of dentistry Be a Leader: Earn respect from your family, friends and community Prevention/Education: Be an educator on the importance of oral health Detect Disease: Treat oral health and detect disease – including cancer and cardiovascular Be Creative: Use your artistic and

  • Balanced Lifestyle: Dentistry offers flexibility to balance professional and personal life Empower Your Patients: Give patients smiles they are proud to wear Technology and Research: Be involved with the scientific advancement of dentistry Be a Leader: Earn respect from your family, friends and community Prevention/Education: Be an educator on the importance of oral health Detect Disease: Treat oral health and detect disease – including cancer and cardiovascular Be Creative: Use your artistic and

  • , the unity of all body parts, the body’s ability to heal itself and preventive medicine.” For more information on allopathic medicine, visit the Association of American Medical Colleges website at: www.aamc.org. For osteopathic medicine, visit the Association of American Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine at: www.aacom.org. If you enjoy science and are particularly interested in making research discoveries, you might consider obtaining a joint MD-PhD. *Adopted from literature of the AAMC.Read about