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type of policy work does Senator Dhingra and your office work with? She has a very wide variety of policy that she works with. A lot of her policy work right now has to do with mental and behavioral health, and sponsoring a bill from high school students on banning the pink tax (a term used for gender-based price differences applied to identical products). She’s also working on mental health competency, or forensic competency, so finding ways to improve our criminal justice system for people who

. Jenifer Leavens ’18 is the third and final Lutes we will be highlighting from Chief Leschi Schools, following Jenifer Leavens ’18 and Melanie Helle ’97. Previous Lute Powered series include Amazon,  MultiCare Health System, City of Tacoma, Port of Tacoma, and Educational Service District 113.About Chief Leschi SchoolsChief Leschi is one of nearly 200 tribal schools in the United States. Operated by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, it enrolls 670 students in preschool through high school.  Visual

near Tacoma/Parkland with considerable resources. However, they also have a lot of diversity within their population and significant health care challenges.” Michael: “Can you tell us what part of the system you chose to research?” Marc: “I began my research with how court legislation changed the way that health care was delivered to many of the tribes in the U.S. in the 1970s. I then focused in on the Puyallup Tribe specifically, and how they created a new model for health care that became the

seven awards in total, three for first place. The awards honor the best of collegiate journalism. The 2012 competition received more than 4,600 entries. After receiving first at the Region 10 level, The Mooring Mast went on to nationals receiving first place yet again for its coverage of the PLU student conduct system. [1] [2] [3] National Mark of Excellence Award winners are chosen from the first-place category winners in each of SPJ’s 12 regions. PLU is part of Region 10, which comprises Alaska

landed a coveted internship at T-Mobile and more. You’re a few months into your new role at Rainway. How is it going? Since joining Rainway and having “Senior” prepended to my title, my day to day has changed a bit. At my previous job with Wiser Solutions, I would regularly be head down coding on a distributed backend system and sometimes find myself in the center of planning discussions. Now, at Rainway, I often find myself reviewing code, answering questions, and occasionally driving the planning

2016 Washington state legislative session.While the governor and state legislators direct the proceedings, they are supported and informed by a dedicated legion of staffers, interns and advocates. During the legislative session, attorneys, speechwriters, policy analysts and administrators burn the midnight oil just as low as the elected officials, dutifully serving the citizens of Washington state. PLU students and alumni serve on both sides of the political aisle and at every level of the system

system is structured around typical student schedules and needs, a convenient way to seek and receive help.  Students can even schedule up to 14 counseling appointments in the academic year — ongoing sessions that are much like traditional counseling appointments, for no additional cost. Yes, even if the best time is 2 a.m. every Thursday.  The virtual tool complements those offered in the real world. For example, Bingay points out that PLU’s counseling center has hired more people, and an athletic

like it is my “job.” I want to be able to get up every morning and say, “I am a musician, and that is what gives me life.” As long as I am happy and my music makes others happy, that’s all I care about. Read Previous Lute Powered: MultiCare Health System Read Next Sophia Barro ’22 is following her passion for faith, literacy and diversity into elementary education COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently

passions and make them outward facing, so that they can creatively address local needs and global opportunities. You mentioned earlier that innovation can have negative consequences. What’s an example? An example would be the long history of automobiles in the U.S. We tend to associate automobiles with freedom and economic progress in America. Consider the technical efficiency of Henry Ford’s assembly line or the government’s forward-looking investment in our national highway system. However, we also

. Martínez Pessi’s documentary expands the conversation about the past by incorporating other voices to the puzzle that is any project that engages with the creation of a national discourse on violence and its legacy. The subjects of Martínez Pessi’s documentary, are children of activists who are now adults.  Even when agreeing ideologically with their parents’ condemnation of the past system of repression, they have another story to tell that complicates the narration of exile as an always negative