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  • Photo by John Froschauer Dr. Nathaniel Schlicher ’00 The need to ‘care for the whole patient’ By Chris Albert To say Nathaniel Schlicher ’00 was born to be a doctor is not much of an over statement. “I got the bug early,” he said. “It…

    March 29, 2012 Photo by John Froschauer Dr. Nathaniel Schlicher ’00 The need to ‘care for the whole patient’ By Chris Albert To say Nathaniel Schlicher ’00 was born to be a doctor is not much of an over statement. “I got the bug early,” he said. “It really started in the early single digits.” His mother, Carol (Martin ’75) Schlicher was a nursing graduate from PLU, and his father was a hospital administrator. So talking about health care was common around the dinner table. Schlicher also got

  • If you’re in the middle of applying to colleges, chances are you’ve heard about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Filling out the FAFSA is one of the best ways to make sure colleges, including PLU, can put together a financial aid package…

    just for you. This year, the FAFSA is scheduled to open on or around December 1. But don’t worry! There are a few things you can do right now to make sure you’re ready to hit the ground running once the FAFSA opens up. Here are our top recommendations:1. Set Up Your Federal Student Aid (FSA) AccountBefore you can fill out the FAFSA, you’ll need to create your FSA ID—your personal Student Aid account. This ID is how you’ll access the application and submit your information. And heads up: your parent

  • PLU ROTC awarded prestigious MacArthur Award By Chris Albert The PLU ROTC program was recently named a recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Award. The nation has recognized the program at PLU as one of the top nationally,” said Lt. Col. Jason K. Shrader, professor of…

    for General Douglas MacArthur and is handed out each year by the U.S. Army Cadet Command – the parent organization of Army ROTC – in conjunction with the Norfolk, Virginia-based General Douglas MacArthur Foundation. Each year, one ROTC program representing each of the eight U.S. Army Brigades is named a recipient of the award and represents the cream of the crop of 273 ROTC programs nationwide. Since 1989, the award has been given annually to individual units in the Army ROTC program. The award

  • Willie Stewart , who earned a Masters in Education from PLU in 1969, became the first black principal in Tacoma School District history when he was appointed principal of East Tacoma’s Lincoln High School in 1970. After decades of leading Lincoln, in 1999 Stewart was elected…

    School District as it renamed the Reengagement Center the Willie Stewart Academy in recognition of his decades of service. Stewart is one of 11 notable alumni currently featured in a billboard campaign that asks “what can you do with a PLU degree?” Others featured in the campaign include Android co-founder Nick Sears ’87, ’95,  Alaska Airlines CEO Brad Tilden ’83 and Metropolitan Opera superstar Angela Meade ’01. Read all about the campaign and browse all 11 billboard designs in the latest online

  • Join us for the Virtual Admissions Application Symposium via Zoom on March 4, 2023. The symposium is a great resource for current undergraduate or beyond students who are interested in applying or reapplying to our medical school. Please register by February 27, 2023 Topics Covered…

    WSU College of Medicine Virtual Admissions Application Symposium Posted by: nicolacs / February 1, 2023 February 1, 2023 Join us for the Virtual Admissions Application Symposium via Zoom on March 4, 2023. The symposium is a great resource for current undergraduate or beyond students who are interested in applying or reapplying to our medical school. Please register by February 27, 2023 Topics Covered Choosing a school, the application process/timeline, application dos and don’ts Developing a

  • Welcome New Phi Kappa Phi Members! We are pleased to congratulate School of Nursing students initiated into Phi Kappa Phi. On May 13, 2016, PLU welcomed the first inductees to Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 333 during an inaugural Initiation Ceremony. Please join us in celebrating…

    Congratulations Phi Kappa Phi Inductees! Posted by: priggekl / September 22, 2016 September 22, 2016 Welcome New Phi Kappa Phi Members!We are pleased to congratulate School of Nursing students initiated into Phi Kappa Phi. On May 13, 2016, PLU welcomed the first inductees to Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 333 during an inaugural Initiation Ceremony. Please join us in celebrating the following students for their remarkable achievement and recognition by the nation’s oldest, largest, and most selective

  • TACOMA WA – Congratulations to Robert Gallagher (Sociology Junior) for his acceptance into the prestigious American Sociological Association’s Honors Program! According to the ASA “the Honors Program provides undergraduate sociology students a rich introduction to the professional life of the discipline. Once admitted, these exceptional students…

    exceptional students come together for four days and experience all facets of the ASA Annual Meeting. By participating, Honors Program students develop long-lasting networks with other sociologists while their sponsoring departments get to ‘showcase’ their most outstanding majors.” To learn more about ASA Honors, visit this link. Read Previous Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting Read Next Palmer Scholars Builds Hope and Opportunity Through Education LATEST POSTS J-Term 2020 – Study Away in

  • Andrew Whitney ’12 says the things he learned in his business classes that have been backed-up by his time at Bank of New York Mellon. “Everything has popped up once or twice while I’ve been here.” Andrew Whitney’s cool internship: Bank of New York Mellon…

    said ‘numbers like that you just don’t get anywhere else.’” His prof, Assistant Professor of Business Kevin Boeh, would know. Boeh is a former Wall Street investment banker whose accounts totaled in the billions of dollars. Like he does for all of his students, Boeh helped Whitney identify a good match for his skills, and helped him prepare for the interview. The result? Whitney took a summer internship with Bank of New York Mellon, working 40 hours a week. After the summer, Whitney was given the

  • 7 a.m. Principal Johnson’s office. 45 minutes until first period Isaiah Johnson ’96 is at his desk, weeding through e-mails that have grown exponentially since the 37-year old walked out the school doors at 7 p.m. the night before.“There are just never enough hours in…

    September 1, 2009 7 a.m. Principal Johnson’s office. 45 minutes until first period Isaiah Johnson ’96 is at his desk, weeding through e-mails that have grown exponentially since the 37-year old walked out the school doors at 7 p.m. the night before.“There are just never enough hours in the day,” he says, as the first sounds of students arriving can be heard. Behind Johnson on the wall is a poster of President Barack Obama with his familiar campaign slogan, “Yes We Can.” The image and the

  • The Chemistry Department, at the University of North Texas, invites applications for their Summer 2017 NSF-REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) Program.  The ten-week program will tentatively begin the last week of May or the first week of June. Also, participants will be given a $5,000…

    to and from the REU site, which is located in the northern outskirts of the Dallas-Ft. Worth area.  If you are interested, please submit your application, personal statement, transcripts and two letters of recommendation by Wednesday, March 1, 2017.  Application forms and additional information can be found on the following webpage: http://chemistry.unt.edu/nsf-reu-program. Read Previous Immunology Graduate Program Opportunity – Dallas, TX Read Next Chemistry Jan/Spring 2017 Course Enrollment