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September 22, 2008 Dean says travel broadens perspectives At a time with the United State is no longer the 800-pound gorilla, it’s time for future leaders graduating from college and universities to take stock of what they can offer the world, according to PLU’s new business dean. At least that’s what James Brock, the dean of PLU’s School of Business, plans to talk about Wednesday night when he kicks off the State Farm MBA Executive Leadership Series in the Morken Center, Room 103 at 6 p.m
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February 1, 2013 Bryce Manso ’10 Bryce Manso ’10 with colleagues Tisha Graham ’09 and Julie Williams ’09 at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Wash. Bryce Manso ’10 Major: Biology Employer: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center PLU Connection: Everyone! His boss, his profs, his colleagues Five weeks after Bryce Manso graduated with his biology degree from PLU, he got his first job as a lab technician at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. He remembers his
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Poster Presentations Posted by: priggekl / May 10, 2016 May 10, 2016 Spring Poster PresentationsOn Monday May 2nd, our graduating Seniors presented their research to peers and faculty and staff on a variety of topics. Congratulations on a job well done! Read Previous PLU Alumni Named Pierce County Nurse of the Year Read Next Two Nursing Students to National Championship with Women’s Rowing Team LATEST POSTS Dr. Mary Moller – 2018 APNA Psychiatric Nurse of the Year April 30, 2019 Isabella Zubrod
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host, and Eagan, who covers the Seahawks and sports features for KING TV, agreed. They said that PLU gave them a chance to get involved in all aspects of sports reporting as freshmen, an opportunity they might not get at other schools. For Thiel, sports reporting gives him the great satisfaction that comes from finding complete resolution in an event that has a clear beginning, middle and end. “It’s something that is not always part of other life experiences,” he said. “I agree with Art,” Glasgow
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, air travel contributes 19.4 percent of the university’s total carbon footprint. The goal of the groundbreaking pilot program, then, is to mitigate those air-mile carbon emissions—eventually helping PLU reach its goal of carbon neutrality by 2020. To do that, PLU has partnered with Earth Deeds, a developing organization that is redefining the concept of offsetting one’s carbon footprint by reframing it as “onsetting.” “Aiming for carbon neutrality is important, but it is the bare minimum,” said PLU
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manipulated the city to portray an image of what Germany “should be.” While at PLU, Loberg worked with Holocaust historian and Professor Christopher Browning, studying the roots of the Third Reich. She cites his influence on her current work and success, along with that of History Professor Beth Kraig and former History Professor Phillip Nordquist. “Christopher Browning’s Holocaust course was truly life-changing,” Loberg said. “It determined my career path. Furthermore, his course taught all of us the
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July 30, 2011 Forty years of of serving and caring By Hailey Rile ’13 Marilynne (Buddrius ’68) Wilson Marilynne (Buddrius ’68) Wilson came to PLU planning to study social work. But a simple conversation with her parents one day led to a different career path. “I called home and told my parents I was in something I didn’t think I wanted,” Wilson said. “They called the minister. He called me and said, ‘what about a nurse?’ I said ‘okay.’”The Almira, Wash., native subsequently earned a bachelor’s
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assignments from the base’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company—leaving them, in a sense, “homeless” for the holiday. “Invariably around this time of year, about 100 soldiers, most or all of them brand new and right out of basic training, don’t make it through in-processing and are therefore stuck in the barracks with people they don’t know during the four-day weekend,” said Michael Farnum, PLU’s Director of Military Outreach. “They’re away from home for the first time and lonely. The Association of the
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this March in St. Louis, Missouri. At an intimate gathering of no more than 30 PKD members, surrounded by photos and memorabilia of a long-lived, well-loved organization, Bartanen was inducted into the centennial hall of fame. With humor and humility he addressed the closest members of his PKD family, thanking them for the honor and sharing the story of his first experience with forensics. “[After my first debate] I understood my vocation, I understood the life lessons of what we do in this
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teach in any other discipline. He gets to know – really know – the 11 students assigned to his class each year. They range from an autistic young boy who won’t utter a sound to a girl who will probably be mainstreamed into the regular classroom soon. At first the pay was tough, he admits. He was pulling in about $2,200 a month, if that. But now that he’s up the pay scale, it’s better.“My friends might be making more money than I, but they are not happy with their jobs,” he says. As the students come
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