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students for international volunteer opportunities in Peace Corps and other similar service organizations. It also builds connections between students interested in pursuing volunteer opportunities abroad and alumni who have completed that work. Jedd Chang '05 served in Jamaica Colton Heath '13 served in The Republic of Georgia Jihan Grettenberger '12 served in Panama “I think it fits so well with the mission and PLU’s focus on care and creating a community of care for others,” said Katherine Wiley

Human Rights, leading anti-racist systems transformation efforts at the city level. The path to the position started at PLU. After three years of college in Texas, Woods married and moved to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, only a semester shy of graduation. Soon, she heard great things about PLU’s care for students and career placement program. “I remember the care and concern of the professors and the administration,” Woods says. “I felt like they cared about me as a person and were invested in helping

demonstrating transformative care LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 The Passing of Bryan Dorner June 4, 2024 Student athlete Vinny D’Onofrio ’24 excelled in biology and chemistry at PLU June 4, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community May 22, 2024

and still opt in to this life, I will pull out a chair for you at the table and teach you the resilience you will need to make it. Most importantly, I will be there to support you if you change your mind. I care about you as a human being, not just as a major on my spreadsheet. Does PLU feel different than other universities that you’ve studied or taught at? Yes. I chose to go to a conservatory for undergrad because I was filled with conviction and I wanted to get the most intensive training in

and still opt in to this life, I will pull out a chair for you at the table and teach you the resilience you will need to make it. Most importantly, I will be there to support you if you change your mind. I care about you as a human being, not just as a major on my spreadsheet. Does PLU feel different than other universities that you’ve studied or taught at? Yes. I chose to go to a conservatory for undergrad because I was filled with conviction and I wanted to get the most intensive training in

chemistry. “I got my first chemistry set when I was 9 years old,” Long said. “It was an opportunity for me to carry that learning further, because I also enjoyed math and science as a whole.”Degree in hand, she began working for Texaco Refining and Marketing in 1988 — beginning a more than 30-year career in the industry. Long has had roles of increasing responsibility in areas of manufacturing and processes improvement. This led to her developing expertise in supply chain management for alternative

graduated in 2022 with a degree in biology. At first, Ambachew thought she’d go into computer programming and user experience design by majoring in computer science. In her first year at PLU, a Microsoft internship taught her about software engineering and product management. Ambachew dove into the field, working part-time during the school year and full-time one summer with Geeking Out Kids of Color (GOKiC). GOKiC is a Seattle-area after-school and summer program offering multicultural STEM education

by that? Cary Nelson: I have always spoken what I think to be the truth and not everyone loves me for it. But anger is for me a valid response to injustice. You should feel fueled by injustice and want to do something about it. It was about 20 years ago that I started interviewing part-time faculty around the country. I met a lot of part-time faculty, especially in the big cities on the East Coast, who had been teaching at under $1,000 a course with no health care, no vestment in a retirement

of her church, but very private, almost ascetic, in her expression of faith. She was single for most of her life, but had a decades-long relationship with J.W. Phillips. They married only after retiring from long careers in medicine and health care. She was a PLC nursing graduate, trained in hands-on care, but came to establish and manage outpatient clinics for heart, cancer, Alzheimer’s and AIDS during her 30 years at the University of Washington Medical Center. She was raised on her family’s

Froschauer) Tegels, university organist and music professor, humbly underscores his efforts of sustainable living, saying he doesn’t have to go out of his way to do the right thing. “I don’t live far from campus, so it’s not that much of an effort,” he said. “It seems like the right thing to do that you take care of the Earth.” A native of the Netherlands, Tegels hails from a small town in the southeastern part of the region, called Ottersum. He developed an affinity for music early in life, learning the