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researchers at other institutions across the nation and world. This type of 21st-century lab technology and learning experience is increasingly important for students, according to faculty members and professionals in the field. “Technology is transforming the way scientific research and healthcare are delivered and received,” says Curt Malloy ’88, who is the Chief Operating Officer at Cancer Research And Biostatistics. “Experience with these types of interdisciplinary learning environments and

research in the field. There are long hours collecting data – in this case, of the crossbills and the lodgepole pine cones on which they feed. And then there are times when everybody is sitting around the campground, unwinding, talking about whatever comes to mind. After all, there is little pretense when everybody knows exactly the last time everybody else took a shower. “I enjoy the relationships you can’t get otherwise,” said Smith. “When I was doing my fieldwork [as a doctoral candidate], I was

PLU Dedicates New Baseball Press Box to Jim Kittilsby ’60 on May 3 Posted by: Sandy Dunham / April 28, 2015 Image: PLU will dedicate its new baseball-field press box to Jim Kittilsby ’60 on May 3. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) April 28, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (April 7, 2015)—Jim Kittilsby ’60 is the first to admit he probably wasn’t the premier baseball player of his era—or the winningest baseball coach once he returned to his alma mater in 1970

. The intensive, primarily field-based program within the School of Education and Kinesiology offers individuals a high-quality, accelerated route to certification in high-needs educational areas, specifically special education.    Through the yearlong program, candidates gain hands-on classroom experience while simultaneously taking flexible classes that work around professional and family life. “PLU does a fantastic job fast-tracking good, qualified teachers,” Wade said, adding that school

average tournament I play three to four games a day, run something like 5 miles a game, jump, dive, block and throw my body around. According to Ultimate Impact, a nonprofit for the sport, “Ultimate combines the nonstop movement, field spacing, sprinting, and athletic endurance of soccer with the aerial passing skills of football — all in a non-contact format.” I play on a college team, but there are middle school, high school, club and professional teams across the country. And yet, sometimes

University associate professor was honored with the American Psychiatric Nurses Association’s Psychiatric Nurse of the Year award last month, a well-earned achievement that sums up a career of pushing boundaries and innovative work in the nursing field. “I have some really great colleagues around the country who respect me and my work over the years,” Moller said. “To be selected is really rewarding and humbling, it’s still a bit overwhelming to me.”The award is given annually to a nominated APNA member

researchers at other institutions across the nation and world.  This type of 21st-century lab technology and learning experience is increasingly important for students, according to faculty members and professionals in the field. “Technology is transforming the way scientific research and healthcare are delivered and received,” says Curt Malloy ’88, who is the Chief Operating Officer at Cancer Research And Biostatistics. “Experience with these types of interdisciplinary learning environments and

percentage of today’s students will spend the majority of their careers doing jobs that currently don’t exist. We also know that a mere 27 percent of bachelor degree holders serve in positions related to the field they studied and that 26 percent of college graduates change careers within five years of graduating. For those to whom job preparation is paramount, there should be no greater realization than the importance of illustrating the value of widely transferable knowledge and interdisciplinary

capital projects funded during the campaign serve the athletic, recreational, physical education and wellness needs of the campus. Wilson Construction and the Don ’74 and Kim ’76 Wilson family made the lead gift to fund the construction of an all-weather, multipurpose athletic field on lower campus. Construction on the field and an adjacent new grass field will be complete in the fall. The gymnasium floor in Olson Auditorium was resurfaced. Olson upgrades also include new bleachers, remodeled locker

pursue avenues in fashion production at Nordstrom, something that I didn’t know existed until the internship. Has this internship challenged any of your perceptions of the field of Retail Management or of what you’d like to do for your career? I am interested in pursuing a creative career with Nordstrom and, man, has the retail management experience opened my eyes to a lot of considerations and perspectives that I may have been oblivious to without this internship. Although I am involved with