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I am where I am today is because I did a lot of listening to [my] inner voice. Looking back, what was the most impactful thing you did with ASPLU? I think the most impactful thing was working on the RAD Care campaign advocating for student faculty conversations about wellness. It is not really confirmed, but our campaign probably influenced a faculty workshop. Even though I could not see the impact, I got to hear about what it seems to have led to. What are your professional aspirations? I’m
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. Since all colleges and universities spend most of their revenue on personnel costs (salaries and benefits for faculty and staff members), it’s worth noting that the cost of highly trained personal services —like education, medical care, dental care, legal advice, therapy services, etc.—tends to rise at a rate faster than the increase in consumer prices for all goods and services. This tendency is called the “Cost Disease” by economists. There’s an excellent 2012 book by that title by William J
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there’s need, such as the emergency department, ICU or inpatient care. College Days Chrissy grew up on Vashon Island and played basketball at PLU — where she met Sean, who grew up in Longview. Both majored in biology while at PLU, and Sean took a virology class that’s been popping up in his mind lately. After graduating from PLU, both went to Denver, where Sean attended medical school at Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Chrissy received her Masters in Public Health from the
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something to protect wildlife. For the whole month of August, I was also given the opportunity to be the lead position on Saturdays! Being in a lead position involved managing all of the volunteers and interns for the day. I would also be in charge of animal intakes and their triage exams. I’d be the first person in the door in the morning and the last one out. On the days that I was lead, it was my responsibility to make sure that all patients were cared for sufficiently and that care was accurately
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mere enhancements of appearance on the other (elective cosmetic surgery, for example), we have long ago stepped beyond diseases in our conception of the legitimate scope of basic medicine. Pregnancy, for example, is certainly a condition we should cover in public and private insurance, but it is only a condition that needs to be monitored, not a disease. We could, of course, call everything that we thought deserved medical treatment a “disease” just to save the belief that the only care we provide
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contact with each Synod in Region 1–to be a resource and connection for all that PLU has to offer as an institution rooted in Lutheran Higher Education, and as a partner in connecting together ministries that parallel PLU’s commitment to prepare students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership, and care–for other people, for their communities, and for the Earth. Kendall Jeske '08 Our Director of Congregational Engagement is one of our many connections points, along with the office of
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much of my life is happily, 100 percent spent relational,” she said. For Hacker, she doesn’t care if her students end up running a marathon or climbing a mountain. It’s not about what or where – but the why, how and who with. “The medium doesn’t matter as much as the meaning,” she said. “I believe there is something for everyone,” she said. “I think there is joy in moving. “We were made to move.” Read Previous Gates Sr. urges students to ‘Show up’ Read Next Rising Star COMMENTS*Note: All comments
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March 6, 2012 PLU named a 2011 Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation The Arbor Day Foundation has named PLU a 2011 Tree Campus USA in honor of its commitment to effective community forestry management. This is the second year that PLU has been recognized. PLU achieved the designation by meeting the required five core standards for sustainable campus forestry: a tree advisory committee, a campus tree-care plan, dedicated annual expenditures for its campus tree program, an Arbor Day
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, McKenna. Read Previous PLU alumna spreads joy as Spokanasaurus Rex Read Next PLU secures $1.4 million to treat state’s health care shortages 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 A family with a “Bjug” legacy of giving and service September 27, 2024 PLU hosts the 14th Annual Lutheran Studies Conference: Celebrating Cecelia Svinth Carpenter, Indigenous education and
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an international honors student with a double major in business and economics and a double minor in data science and statistics. Outside the classroom, he’s served as DECA Club president, a resident assistant, and an intern at Russell Investments. We recently met with the busy senior to discuss academic experience at PLU. What sets PLU apart from other universities? I think PLU is unique because the professors really care about you. I thought I was this weird Chinese immigrant coming here from
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