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rituals it is believed that spirits will depart and, hopefully, bring protection, power and strength to those who have taken part in rituals. The objects used in these rituals are usually only used once and then are placed in a personal shrine to represent the blessings and protections given from the edjo that was being honored in the ritual. The Urhobo are a complex, fascinating people whose history and culture deserve further research and more attention within the context of West African and

having such interests are encouraged to obtain a Pre-Health Sciences Team advisor early in their program. Summarized below are general pre-professional requirements for many health science areas; however, students should research the exact prerequisites for each specific program in which they are interested. Additional information is also available through the Pre-Health Sciences Advising Team. Pre-Medicine There is no pre-professional major for medicine at PLU; rather students each should select the

honored and so humbled to receive this award,” Deines said. “I burst into tears when I found out.” Master of Science in FinanceLearn more about Pacific Lutheran University's program. Deines was busy during her accelerated 10-month MSF program at PLU. She worked part time at Avier Wealth Advisors in Bellevue. She also participated in various student competitions throughout the region, in which she had the opportunity to practice managing a six-figure investment fund as part of a research challenge with

company that does research for the U.S. Postal Service. The email asked if the image would be available for licensing on a stamp and sought verification that it was pure, void of any major manipulation. “A couple days later, there was a mockup of the stamp,” Ebi said, adding that the mockup came along with a 12-page contract and a vow of secrecy. The stamp licensing process is very secretive, he noted; Ebi couldn’t talk about the achievement until April of this year — nine months after he was

and six other partners. The idea started one night in 2012, with three little words over cocktails: “Let’s do this.” And they did. “Nightside distillery is the definition of a microdistillery,” Bunk said. “We want the customers who come into this distillery to be part of our family.” Raymond Bunk '06 Serving that extended family has been a labor of love. Bunk says he spent a lot of time poring over research on the distilling process: learning about the different methods and techniques for

at Harrah’s in Las Vegas. “I’ve dedicated my life to the arts and giving artists, entertainers and performers a voice, and an opportunity to do their work,” Hobson said. “It’s been a crazy wild ride and I’ve racked up hundreds of thousands of airline miles.” Hobson’s days are filled with endless emails and phone calls as he works to develop shows for certain markets and audience venues. “We research what the audience is going to love,” he said. Despite his busy schedule running a production

established pathways to distinction, purposeful learning and global education — and will expand upon student-faculty research to be restated as faculty-student mentoring. Faculty-student mentoring includes direct mentoring, project work and experiential learning in addition to faculty-student research. Undergraduate programs We will actively work to stabilize undergraduate enrollment as called for in the strategic enrollment management plan while remaining fully committed to education excellence. Through

rituals it is believed that spirits will depart and, hopefully, bring protection, power and strength to those who have taken part in rituals. The objects used in these rituals are usually only used once and then are placed in a personal shrine to represent the blessings and protections given from the edjo that was being honored in the ritual. The Urhobo are a complex, fascinating people whose history and culture deserve further research and more attention within the context of West African and

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 that there wasn’t a whole lot of making a difference, it was a whole lot of trying.” While he hesitates to say he hit the cliché midlife crisis, “I was at midlife and it was a crisis,” he said, chuckling. After a lot of research and exhausting career

Tacoma Public Schools. She joined PLU in 2019. Reach her at dcafazzo@plu.edu. Thomas Kyle-Milward, Assistant Director of Media and Content Thomas has worked at both The Oregonian and Tacoma’s The News Tribune over the past five years, specializing in copy editing, design, research, proofing and the occasional spot of writing. A journalism graduate of the University of Oregon, he also ran The Daily Emerald copy desk and was recognized as a 2012 Dow Jones News Fund intern. Josh Wiersma, videographer