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November 3, 2008 Election could bring health care reform As an estimated 47 million in the United States remain uninsured and health care costs continue to rise, Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about access to affordable, quality health care. Presidential candidates are talking about reforming the health care system, although few details are forthcoming. For the first time since the early 1990s, the U.S. political environment offers the real possibility of fundamental health

Makaela Whalen ’23 pursues newly launched pre-law minor Posted by: vcraker / June 7, 2022 Image: Image: (From left to right) Honorable Philip K. Sorensen, Connor Lemma ’22, Makaela Whalen ’23, Calissa Hagen ’24, Honorable Clarence Henderson, Jr. (photo courtesy of Judge Sorensen) June 7, 2022 Makaela Whalen ’23 has a passion for the environment and animals. Her desire to find a meaningful vocation that feeds those passions resulted in her pursuing a degree in either environmental or animal law

Latino student and spent most of his life in Lakewood and then Spanaway, about 10 minutes from PLU, and he knew he wanted to come here for college, so he could remain close to his family.From an early age, he also knew he wanted to be a doctor. “Before my freshman year, I did a multicare nursing camp, and I was already working in a pharmacy, about to receive training to be a pharmacy technician,” Gavidia says. Gavidia knew he wanted to take a non-traditional path to medical school. “I wanted to

tuberculosis in New York City. “My mentor was a physician/epidemiologist, and aside from our work on TB, he developed a fascination with the 10 plagues of Egypt as described in the book of Exodus,” Malloy said. Malloy took this photo in Volcán Siete Orejas, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, during a vaccination campaign and says it still inspires him. Writes Malloy: These two boys appear of similar age, but one was two years older than his brother. The elder boy’s growth was stunted due to early childhood illness

internship with NASA. How did you first become interested in computer science? I originally came to PLU as a business major, and to play football. I had to quit football because of an injury, and I discovered that being a business major was not for me. I spent some time exploring other things and found that I have a passion for computer science. One of my friends who was taking a computer science class at the time recommended I try out an introductory course. After taking that first course, I was hooked

children and adults were killed during this time period. Not only did 70,000 adults and approximately 5,000 children die, but Hitler used these early mass killings as training for how he’d be able to commit mass genocide during WWII in an efficient manner. Hitler, his top physicians, and a vast array of doctors, nurses, and technicians, would put into motion a systematic program to murder defenseless children and adults within Germany’s boundaries. Even though it is a somber lecture topic, Griech

same, but they all need the same amount of encouragement and support,” she says. “They all need to be valued and understood. Children know if you don’t love them.” As assistant superintendent for early learning at ESD 113, she puts her principles to work helping kids from economically disadvantaged families get off to a good start in more than a dozen state- and federally-funded preschool programs that the ESD supports. In addition to providing professional learning for preschool staff, the ESD