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sidelines during the COVID-19 global health crisis if she could help it.“I just always wanted to be a nurse,” she said. “I like taking care of people, so it’s something I’ve always wanted to do as far back as I can remember, back to sixth grade.”Krogstad, a registered nurse at Providence Hospital in Torrance, California, graduated from PLU with her nursing degree and promptly headed south, working in the Providence intensive care unit for almost 30 years before transitioning to cardiac rehab — where

make the patient experience a little bit better, a little less harsh. Nursing ranks high as one of the most trusted professions, and I am motivated to contribute to that. Henry Tieu, Registered Nurse, St. Joseph Medical Center Cardiac ICU Graduation Year: 2014 Degree: B.S. Nursing Hometown: Soc Trang, Vietnam Current Residence: Tacoma, Wash. What specifically does your work in the St. Joseph’s Cardiac ICU entail? I take care of critically ill patients, most of whom require total care since they

the natural shape of land. She depicts water and the local marine environments showing the interconnectedness of nature. “All of my painting processes act as models of environmental systems and states of flux,” Elise Richman says in her artist statement.  “The poured paint dries into forms that evoke the contours of islands, water bodies, and/or fluid dynamics.” Richman is Associate Professor of Art at the University of Puget Sound. She has exhibited at the Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle

examines the dynamics of the seven 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates, placing them in historical context and explaining the complicated issue of slavery in the territories. He explains the candidates’ arguments, analyzes their rhetorical strategies and shows how public sentiment is transformed. “Dr. Zarefksy’s fascinating account of the Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas debates around slavery draws into relief how even the most obvious moral solutions were at one time controversial,” Justin Eckstein