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the state, at several Seattle Mariners home games, and provided a jazz ensemble to play at the Seattle Seahawks Armed Forces Appreciation Day game. “One of the jobs of military musicians is to connect the people to their government,” said Chief Warrant Officer 4, Russell Houser, the band’s director, after one such event last year. ”We have a great musical product, and we will inspire.” The concert hall has approximately 500 seats, so those wanting to attend are encouraged to arrive early. Read

serve as a keynote speaker at major conferences and workshops. Underwood’s exceptional problem-solving skills and humble and patient approach have substantially modified our understanding of early Universe dynamics and garnered him an international reputation. The nomination packet for Underwood included letters from PLU colleagues and research scientists worldwide offering their enthusiastic support. One colleague observed that Underwood has “made advances in cosmology research worthy of an R-1

who start looking for career opportunities early in their academic career typically make better networking connections and have more confidence when they do need to find a job, said Aubree Robinson, academic and career advisor. The fair is not only for those seeking jobs, internships or information on graduate school. For example, during the fall fair, several first year students attended the fair as a course requirement and ended up finding a host of volunteer opportunities in the area, Clark

sound of our mother talking,” Moon said in 2012. “This is the first study that shows we learn about the particular speech sounds of our mother’s language before we are born.” That insight earned international attention—and a very prestigious ranking: Science News picked Moon’s research on language learning in infants before birth as the No. 8 science story of 2013. This fall, Moon is starting another study on the very early perception of speech sounds with the help of two PLU psychology majors. Moon

transitioned to distance learning in early March, the channel began publishing its programs April 6 and will continue through the end of the spring semester. Mindful Mondays, hosted by Counseling, Health & Wellness Services’ Tammara Bode, is focused on centering the mind with course- and vocation-related exercises from the PLU Counseling Center. PLU Reads, hosted by Assistant Professor of Education Wendy Gardiner, is for the younger members of our Lute community while families are home together for “Stay

employers in and outside of their discipline — better to get exposure to all the different career opportunities at MultiCare or BCRA than just one. At Seed, we connect students with early- and mid-career professionals to get a sense of what a given job is like day-to-day, and an understanding that the path from college to career is anything but a straight line. We open doors to internships at as many employers as we can and show students not just how to land the internship, but also how to stick around

,” Brown said. “They are now going to walk out of PLU not only with their degree, but an understanding of all dimensions, not just the one they’re trained in.” Iren Atemad, one of this year’s participants, agrees. “One of the lessons learned in these early stages of the competition is that everything depends on everything else,” she said. “This has made me understand the complexity of the business environment and how a team of executives truly manages a business.” Finance faculty member Kevin Boeh led

Disease Control and Prevention and the man who developed the public health strategy that led to the global eradication of smallpox (and, it must be noted here, a PLU grad), had been an early adviser to the Gates family. One of the things Foege did was give to them a 1993 report by the World Bank that described the social and economic impact of disease in poor countries. When Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates digested the numbers in that report, he was stunned. Among the many things going wrong, the

 POE home page contains links to the program application. The deadline for receipt of all 2022 application materials is February 1, 2022. Early application is highly recommended, since completed applications may be reviewed on a rolling basis. Members of under-represented ethnic minority groups and women are particularly encouraged to apply, since one of the major long-term program goals is to increase the diversity of persons engaged in oncology research and practice. Read Previous Caltech WAVE

now.” Katie always saw herself working in the field of social work, but she knew that if she were going to work with diverse people in the future she was going to have to understand complex topics from the perspective of the people who experienced them. This access to the knowledge and the experience of others is something she has a great appreciation for when reminiscing about her involvement with the Diversity Center. For Katie, attention to equality and justice was instilled early on. She