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PLU President Allan Belton is a morning person. He’s frequently among the first employees to arrive at the Hauge Administration Building, but not before his morning cup of joe. His favorite coffee stand is on South Tacoma Way, the seven-mile arterial that is the economic…
mental health services is limited, with few providers and resources available for those dealing with mental health issues. In a 2021 assessment, The Blue Zones Project — an initiative to improve health and quality of life in Parkland and nearby Spanaway — found that both communities have some of the most disparate health outcomes in Pierce County, including more rampant heart disease than anywhere else in the county.Shared RootsPLU’s connection with Parkland is about more than just geography; the two
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By Michael Halvorson ’85, Professor of History. When Dwight D. Eisenhower was a young officer in the U.S. Army, he was responsible for protecting his troops during the 1918 Pandemic that threatened military bases in the U.S. This is one of the fascinating stories about…
Colt, the Army’s highest peacetime decoration usually given to generals and colonels but not to those who had served temporarily as lieutenant colonels. A half century later in his memoir At Ease, Stories I Tell to Friends, former President Eisenhower vividly recalled his harrowing fight against disease and death during the Second Battle of Gettysburg. To date, there is no monument on the Gettysburg Battlefield commemorating Eisenhower’s extraordinary stand against the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
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PLU’s Master of Science in Nursing Ranked as one of the top 150 graduate nursing programs in the US by US News and World Report, the PLU MSN program is designed to equip nurses with the knowledge
front of me, it’s almost immediate all the time.” And that feeling was precisely what Larsen was after when he made a midlife career change more than a decade ago.Larsen, who studied evolution and avian ecology at The Evergreen State College, worked as a biologist for the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. As he rose through the ranks, his tasks became more and more sequestered. “The idea of working for the sake of working has never been appealing to me,” Larsen said. “I came to a realization
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How did studying at PLU help prepare you to be an effective teacher? The Education professors at PLU hold you to a very high standard.
and structure. Be patient, give it time. Make sure you’re writing the best thing you’re capable of writing. Find trusted critics. And finally, believe in yourself, and your dreams.Division of Social Sciences Katie Hunt, Class of 2011, Transfer Student Degree: Anthropology/Classical Studies Hometown: Anchorage, AK These days: Hunt, who contracted and recovered from ovarian cancer at PLU, is a trailblazer in the emerging field of paleopathology, the study of disease, health, trauma and diet in human
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TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 22, 2016)- It’s been 25 years since David Akuien ’10 was separated from his mother at age 5, 16 years since he came to the United States as an orphan. An estimated two million people died as a result of war, famine…
of war, famine and disease caused by the Second Sudanese Civil War — including five of David’s siblings and his father. At one time, four million people were displaced. David, now 29, remains one of them. That will change Dec. 30, at least temporarily, when he travels to South Sudan for a four-week reunion with his mother, sister and other loved ones. The trip follows what David describes as a lifetime of isolation. “Most of what has happened to me is not good,” he says. “Pain is something that I
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It’s been 25 years since David Akuien ’10 was separated from his mother at age 5, 16 years since he came to the United States as an orphan.
two million people died as a result of war, famine and disease caused by the Second Sudanese Civil War — including five of David’s siblings and his father. At one time, four million people were displaced. David, now 29, remains one of them. That will change Dec. 30, at least temporarily, when he travels to South Sudan for a four-week reunion with his mother, sister and other loved ones. The trip follows what David describes as a lifetime of isolation. “Most of what has happened to me is not good
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The PLU Psychology colloquium series aims to provide PLU students, faculty and staff rich, meaningful exposure to the state of the art in research in psychology.
Associates March 6, 2009Rich Furman, MSW, Ph.D."Transnational social work: Practice in the new global context"Social Work Program, University of Washington, Tacoma February 20, 2009Christine Moon, Ph.D."Newborn infants and vowel movements: Learning language in the womb"Pacific Lutheran University November 21, 2008Leigh McGraw, RN, NP-C, Ph.D., LTC, AN"Psychological Stress and Cardiovascular Disease"Nursing Research Service, Madigan Army Medical Center October 17, 2008David Ward, Ph.D."Making Hope Happen
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Carson J. Bergstrom, Senior Capstone Seminar A molecular library consisting of triazoles and benzotriazoles, functionalized with amides and nitriles in various substitutions was synthesized.
above 120 °C. Isolation and identification of these intermediates may lead to new insights of nanorod growth. Evaluation Of a Novel Small Molecule to Improve Gene Editing Out-come Kenson Jean, Senior Capstone Seminar Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects about 90,000 people in the US, and millions worldwide, most of them of African, Middle Eastern, or East Indian descent. The average life span of a SCD patient is 30 years less than healthy individuals. Patients in the US have a median life span of 42 or
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Below, you will find a selection of activities and assignments that address some aspect of the research process.
write their own imaginary response based on available evidence. This last component can come from other interviews created by other students in the class.Investigation of a disease and prescribed treatmentType of activity: Group activity; Individual activity Goal: Investigate and learn about the treatment of an ailment. Brief overview: Select or assign a diagnosis or ailment for students to research. Students will then act as the patient by investigating the diagnosis and the prescribed treatment
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bfe90PTrXY Pacific Lutheran University Inaugural Address By President Thomas W. Krise Before we get started, I’d like to have a word with the brand new freshmen and transfer students. You are, after all, MY class. We all become Lutes together today. I have proof that…
Library. Or prepare yourself to literally change the world just like William Foege, M.D., Class of 1956, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom this May for devising the global strategy for the eradication of smallpox when he served as Director of the Centers for Disease Control. And among your own near contemporaries, four members of the Class of 2012 showed great promise for the future by winning Fulbright Scholarships, bringing to 91 the number of Fulbrights won by Lutes. These awards
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