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treatment techniques and therefore improving the quality of the lives of children with cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular disorders living in underserved regions of China.  “Dr. Mott’s work with CPN addresses an urgent global health need,” Belton said. “There are at least 15 million children diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy in China who receive minimum or no treatment and suffer from neglect. Under the direction of Dr. Mott, CPN has enabled millions of children in China to receive care that otherwise

important social impact. Social innovation At PLU, we’ve been studying social innovation all year in our new Innovation Studies program. As part of our work, we invited Alice Steinglass to share her organization’s strategy during this year’s Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. Steinglass participated in a workshop on teaching computer science in local schools (with Heavenly Cole and Laurie Murphy), and she delivered an exciting evening talk for about 180-students, faculty, and alumni

Center. “Trust your instinct to follow what inspires you.” When Anderson was finishing his degree in religion at PLU he wondered what he should next. He was advised to work with old people. Anderson wasn’t sure how to make that a vocation, but his advisor told him, “It’s alright. Ill teach you what to do.” When it was time for Alexander to choose his major, it came down to the study of people for him. Anthropology was a chance to explore how people function and work within society. He applied to work

studied and interned with the Instituto Cultural Oaxaca, the nonprofit aligned with EnVia. Mulder originally met with EnVia’s director, Carlos Topete, during a PLU trip to Oaxaca last fall and has been in touch ever since regarding marketing ideas for the women’s products. And now, said Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education Executive Director Tamara Williams, a Business student will join the Oaxaca program in Fall 2015 to intern at EnVia and continue the work. The prize money from the

be on campus to meet with PLU students and alum interested in their program offerings. For more information, contact prehealth@plu.edu. Read Previous PLU launches new Master of Social Work (MSW) degree LATEST POSTS PLU launches new Master of Social Work (MSW) degree September 20, 2023 Therapeutic Leadership: David Ward discusses his approach to leading PLU’s College of Health Professions September 20, 2023

sexuality studies. I took the PLUS Year to get it all done. Knapp: I have two majors, in environmental studies and theatre, and a minor in Hispanic studies. I’m also taking a PLUS Year. How do your majors interact with each other? Ruggeri: PLU’s liberal arts program really encourages us to connect our studies. You see great examples of political theatre with “Hamilton,” for example. My political science and environmental studies inform how I create active political and social change with theatre. The

theater productions in his early years, as well as establishing and nurturing children’s theater productions. The children’s theater productions brought hundreds of local elementary school children to then, Eastvold Auditorium to have their first live theater experience. Because Eastvold held around 1100 people, and the children productions ran for several performances, the number of students impacted by Nordie’s work annually and over the years was huge. I personally had the privilege and honor to

theater productions in his early years, as well as establishing and nurturing children’s theater productions. The children’s theater productions brought hundreds of local elementary school children to then, Eastvold Auditorium to have their first live theater experience. Because Eastvold held around 1100 people, and the children productions ran for several performances, the number of students impacted by Nordie’s work annually and over the years was huge. I personally had the privilege and honor to

Cutting Medicine Down to Size Posted by: alex.reed / May 20, 2022 May 20, 2022 By Paul T. MenzelOriginally Published in 1992I thought I was used to medicine’s ever-expanding horizons, but I wasn’t prepared for this one. “We’ve got a dilemma we want some philosophers to help with,” said a pediatric endocrinologist on the other end of the line. As I quickly found out, for a long time now they have been treating very short children who have growth hormone deficiencies with injections of growth

to summarize the features on Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram, and what cultures and behaviors are established through these features. This media literacy tool functions as a guide, a brief ‘social media 101’ for people with little to no knowledge of anything of these social media publications. This doesn’t explain every feature, rather it highlights utilities that may or may not have any convenient explanation published anywhere… After reviewing this media literacy tool, people should understand