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wayside and say everything was okay once they returned, he said. Out of that, he was asked to interview returning service men and women on how the military deals with returning soldiers. He reported his findings to the Department of Defense and is pleased to have seen some training changes take place. “I actually saw some positive outcomes,” Hrivnak said. He still gets emails now and again from people who served in Iraq. One stands out in his mind. A Belgium medic who was embedded with a unit told him

of all I wanted be an astronomer. Dad was a physicist. I grew up with telescopes and I still read Scientific American every month. I still follow that stuff avidly,” Youtz says. “I wanted to be a philosopher, I wanted be a historian, I love anthropology, of course I have no formal training in any of these. “Music just kept pulling me back.” “My music is essentially dramatic, it’s story telling. Because I’ve spent so much time doing so many different things, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about

. He played a handful of games as a freshman, said PLU head coach John Yorke, and came back his sophomore year to start 18 out of 19 games, including five shutouts. Croft giftedly guarded the goal his junior year, too—but up and quit five games into the season. “During the summer I decide to partake in other activities,” Croft said. “I got lazy and content, and I didn’t want to grow as an athlete, which will hurt you. I came into training camp out of shape, and instead of working myself back into

. Asked what he was thinking during that mission, Shumaker said, “To be honest, my intent was to rescue those soldiers or die trying. I don’t know how to say this without sounding like I am bragging for myself; I only did my job.” When Shumaker returned from his fourth deployment, his back injuries, the result of a training accident in 2003, became a burden. In September 2010, he switched to a desk job, mainly doing inspections for aircraft safety, until his medical condition forced him to retire

folks to vote. It was awesome. From there, I spent a year in AmeriCorps through a Tacoma-based program called Urban Leaders in Training. I also worked with Graduate Tacoma on a lot of cool projects, including translating a lot of their materials into Spanish. Then, after a couple of years in Oakland, California working in environmental organizing with Clean Water Action, I came home to Tacoma and got connected with Lutheran Community Services.  It’s been a lot of learning and hopping around, but in

about our daily tasks including feeding, cleaning, training, and leading encounters with some of our animals,” Meyer says. “I also have the opportunity to cross-train with other departments including with the veterinarians so I am getting a first-hand look at what a zoo vet does! I am absolutely loving my time here and am so thankful for this scholarship helping me to pursue my dreams.” Data is still being collected on the results of the program. The COVID-19 pandemic created unique challenges to

experiments. Each day, I would either write up a new lab protocol, attempt to replicate a previous experiment’s results, or analyze data. I usually stayed until around 7 p.m., then collected my things, and biked home. When I started, I did one day of online lab safety training and then moved into shadowing for a few days. By the end of my first week, I had been given multiple lines of MOLM-13 acute myeloid leukemia cells. During my second week, I was preparing and running an assay to measure senescence in

open mind and represents PLU well in everything he does. From training new staff to dressing up as Lancelute, Seth always steps up when needed. As Seth responds to incidents around campus, he can clearly and calmly talk students, staff and faculty through challenging situations. He creates an environment of genuine care by making you feel seen, heard and cared for no matter your situation. Seth is frequently seen at campus events, providing a presence of safety and truly embodies what it means to

back to the Pacific Northwest at 18, and before coming to PLU, I went to Pierce College to earn my associate’s degree.The years 2015 and 2016 were hard for me. I almost gave up on music. Anxiety and depression affected me a lot. I felt like I had lost my craft as a composer. In the Spring of 2017, I was looking for degree plans outside of music. I went to PLU’s Choral Union concert because my sister had a coworker in the choir. Choral Union is a community choir. After seeing their performance, I