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Growing into her own: how Sarah Davis ’23 discovered her passion for plant biology Sarah Davis, a biology major and Hispanic studies minor, began her PLU journey with the idea that medicine and health care would be the ultimate goal, but then a couple of classes focused on plant development and global agriculture grew a new passion. “I have… May 11, 2023 AcademicsBiologyHispanic StudiesResearchStudy AbroadStudy Away
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2021-2022 Executive CommitteeSeth Dowland, Associate Professor of Religion Ph.D., Duke University, 2007 Contact at dowland@plu.edu Angie Hambrick, Assistant Vice President for Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability Ph.D., Azusa Pacific U, 2016 Contact at hambriaz@plu.edu Jennifer James, Chair of Women’s and Gender Studies and Associate Professor of English Ph.D., Columbia University, 2012 Contact at jamesja@plu.edu Lathiena Nervo, Assistant Professor of Biology Ph.D., University of Maryland
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Seanna HewittI graduated from PLU in the spring of 2014 with majors in Biology and Hispanic Studies. A semester away in Oaxaca, Mexico led me to recognize my interest in promoting food security, and greatly influenced the avenue I took for my graduate career. I am now beginning my fourth year in the Molecular Plant Sciences PhD program at Washington State University, where I am studying the genetics and physiology of fruit ripening. As part of my thesis project, I am developing a set of
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Teagan Haden- Namibia Biology- Class of 2019 A piece of advice to future study away students: Go meet new people! Fellow PLU travelers are helpful during the transition abroad, but avoid sticking with the Lute Group throughout the whole experience. If the opportunity presents itself, spend time with others and form lasting friendships What surprised her about studying away: I was surprised at how much I learned about myself while studying away. I realized being away from family (and the
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areas: biology, chemistry, computer science, environmental studies, geosciences, marriage and family therapy, mathematics, music, nursing, physics. Library instruction, reference, online resource management. Selected Presentations 2021 ALD/ACRL-WA and ACRL-OR Joint Fall Summit, Re-contextualizing the Antelope: What a Year in Nature Taught Me about Documentation (November 5, 2021) Interests hiking camping martial arts Hardanger fiddle science fiction
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my job is being able to really make a difference in people’s connections with wildlife, which then in turn will make a difference for conservation and the environment and the impact can end up being really huge,” Akerman says. “I also really like the challenge and the variety, there’s always something new, there’s always something different.” Read Previous Alumni Profile: What makes an American an American? Read Next PLUS 100 helps PLU student-athletes with college transition LATEST POSTS Stuart
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Morals and Changing Societal Expectations Across Race and Class, 1830-1870” 2:15-2:35 p.m. - Abigail E. Welch “The Acts and Monumentalizing of John Foxe: The Literal, Literary, and Legendary Travels of a Marian Exile, 1517-2019” 2:40-3:00 p.m. - Jack Malte “Tupaia: The Polynesian Navigator and his World During the Age of Exploration of the late 1800’s” 3:05-3:25 p.m. - Molly Ivey “Mount Rainier National Park” A History of Recreation and Conservation” 3:30-3:50 p.m. - Selah Elmquist “Building
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Colleges.“PLU has long been recognized as a leader in defining the work of sustainability in higher education,” said PLU Sustainability Lead Nick Lorax. “It is our privilege and our challenge to discern how we translate our leadership into action on campus and beyond.” Tree Campus USA is a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals. PLU achieved this
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students like her for medical school. Over the years, she took advantage of all the opportunities available to her by engaging in whatever she could do to become the most desirable medical school candidate. “I wanted to be one of those people that could do good in the world.” “I did a lot in the medical field,” Thiele said. “I did a lot of things to put myself on that path.” She did well in her physics, chemistry and biology classes. She volunteered in a local emergency room for 100 hours. She studied
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lives, now and in the future.” She is able to empathize with the challenges facing her patients with cerebral palsy as she too has the disorder. “Dr. Jan,” as her patients call her, has established several adapted sports programs and founded the Pediatric Neurology Cerebral Palsy Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and 1 CP Place in Plano, Texas, where she currently practices. How did studying Biology at PLU help prepare you for medical school? The Biology and other science curriculum at PLU
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