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March 30, 2012 Caring at the Core Four young doctors describe the moment they found their passion in medicine At PLU, we talk a lot about finding one’s passion. That has been at the core of the university – and those who have studied here – since its inception. With this in mind, we decided to ask a few alums from a single profession how they came to find their passion. We asked four young physicians – those who graduated PLU in the ’90s or later – to describe how they came to the profession

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the PLU Summer Scholars program. (She didn’t know she’d also meet her husband there, Erik Brannfors ’95.)Once she arrived on campus, the biology major met now-retired biology professor Art Gee, who ignited her passion for research. Gee encouraged her to apply to medical school, which she did, graduating from the University of Washington in 1999. “Gee was one person at PLU who made a big impact in my life,” she said. And she’s so glad she took the plunge into med school and into research. After

. Pandemic instruction was a learning process for everyone in San Antonio, Zwang, who majored in elementary education and Spanish at PLU, said. “April was a disaster, but by May, we started getting back on track,” she says. Her STEM-centered school already had laptops for each child. The district bought hotspots for some families and hotspot-equipped school buses parked in large sports arenas for others. She loosened expectations for her kindergarteners, many of whom had parents working essential jobs as

Join the University of Arizona for a Virtual Information Session On Chemical and Environmental Engineering Graduate Programs Posted by: alemanem / October 21, 2021 October 21, 2021 Attention seniors!  Interested in pursuing graduate studies in either Chemical or Environmental Engineering?  Your are invited to an upcoming virtual information session (via Zoom) regarding five graduate programs at the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Arizona. The 2021 Univ

133 AND COUNTING: The tragic shooting in Orlando and the need for new gun control measures Posted by: Thomas Krise / June 15, 2016 Image: Flags fly at half-staff on campus and at the Gonyea House honoring the victims of the attack in the LGBTQ nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida. June 13, 2016. (PLU/John Froschauer) June 15, 2016 “The massacre of innocents in Orlando prompts us to pray for those who grieve, to resist homophobia and Islamophobia, and to work diligently for an end to the easy

more inclusive campus and bridge the gap between athletics and the student body. Taylor also highlighted the positive impact that a student-athlete’s actions and words can have on his or her teammates to ultimately foster a safe space within the locker room and on the playing field. “Many of my teammates have said that they would not have a problem if a teammate were gay, but that speaking out against others that were opposed would be harder to do,” PLU football student-athlete Blake Petersen said