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Health and Community Medicine More information about the speakers is available here. Prior to the two-day event, the Wang Center hosted a film series about global health. The films included “A Closer Walk” and highlights from the six-hour “Rx for Survival” series. This is the third in a series of symposia sponsored by the Wang Center and PLU. It follows “China: Bridges for a New Century” in 2003, and “Pathways to Peace: Norway’s Approach to Democracy and Development” in 2005. For more information

. “So we decided to eat her,” he said. The cow had been raised on grass alone, without the supplements and fillers typically found at feedlots. The meat was less greasy and tasted great, prompting the family to give organic and sustainable ranching a go. While the ranch has been certified organic for the last six years, the century-old farm was always about stewardship of the animals, the soil and the general environment, the family says. It can take up to three years to raise beef on organic cattle

six years after graduating from PLU. But he said he is enjoying his new reality, and attributes much of his success to PLU. “The relationships you make with people are astounding and valuable,” he said. “Some of my closest friends are from PLU.” Rupprecht taught in the Clover Park School District for five years after graduating. His next stop was at the University of Washington-Tacoma, where he earned a master’s in education. Soon thereafter, he received a call from Forks, and the rest is history

works full time on the business, which he soon hopes to take a national platform in October, while Pogue continues his job as a sergeant in the Fort Lewis Army base. Currently, the Puyallup, Lakewood, Bonney Lake and Fife Chamber of Commerces have taken part in the Crown in Town Web site. About 33 cities in six states are represented on the site in total. Both Hart and Pogue credit the connections they made during their two years in the MBA program as key to the successful launch of the business

. Current students and alumni discuss issues of vocation as part of Homecoming’s ‘Meant to Live.’ One person, for example, sought to build world peace and global understanding though a non-profit called “Companion Flag International.” Another chased tornados. Their stories were as diverse as they were compelling. But the theme was always the same: Live Your Passion. Or, to put it a different way: to get students to think about what they can do with their one wild a precious life. Now, six years later

break from her busy day as senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Virginia Mason Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle. “It was amazing on campus, and it was wonderful,” she said. On campus “it just felt like home, it was friendly, people smiled…it wasn’t what I had experienced my last six years in junior high and high school.”  Her time at PLU, Tachibana adds, was simply a time to grow up. PLU’s nursing program was largely self-paced then, and taught her discipline and focus. “That is

after she graduated from PLU, Patterson went back to The News Tribune as a paid intern, but funding for her job lasted only six months. “It was a blessing in disguise that they didn’t keep me,” Patterson said. From Tacoma, Patterson joined the Aberdeen Daily World and reported on crime and courts. “It was one of the best experiences of my life,” Patterson said. Patterson switched to magazine writing after finding a South Sound magazine on her desk at the newspaper. Although she always considered

November 9, 2014 Psychology Department’s Colloquium Series Brings Prominent Scholars to PLU Dr. Anthony Greenwald to Speak on Nov. 14 By Brenna Sussman ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Nov. 11, 2014)— As part of its prestigious Colloquium Series, PLU’s Department of Psychology hosts about six guest speakers a year—and each allows audiences to learn about different parts of the field and build important collaborations. “The Colloquium series provides opportunities

when the EMT arrived and took over. While Volk and Endicott both described this as feeling like a “lifetime,” the entire event took place in a matter of five minutes or so. Neary does not remember the day—or the five to six days afterward—but is now up, walking and fully recovered. He said his physicians have called him a “miracle man.” Neary knows his recovery is miraculous but doesn’t take credit himself. “I’m not really a miracle man, but I know someone who is,” he said. “The Lord really

Link light-rail trains.We made such a big impression, in fact, we’re doing it again. PLU’s first outdoor campaign launched in September with a paid, eight-week campaign along the I-5 corridor from Olympia to Seattle featuring Six Word Stories submitted by students, alumni, faculty and staff, and pro bono public-service billboards featuring the Diversity Center’s My Language, My Choice posters. “The pro bono campaign included 112 additional billboards at no cost to PLU that have been in the market