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 www.plu.edu/political-science/pre-law. Read Previous Confronting Mental Health: How the PLU community is demonstrating transformative care Read Next PLU awarded $15,000 from NSF for COVID-19 DEI Challenge LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 The Passing of Bryan Dorner June 4, 2024 Student athlete Vinny D’Onofrio ’24 excelled in biology and chemistry at PLU June 4, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines

stewarding and learning from data. Past partners who have donated and supported the competition include TicketMaster, Expedia, eHarmony, the microlending organization Kiva, and several organizations related to mental health and social justice. In 2021, there wasn’t a single university in the Pacific Northwest hosting a DataFest competition. PLU hosted its first DataFest in April of this year. Organizers welcomed 30 students to participate. They encouraged event organizers to put more funding into the

thought my pediatrician was the nicest person in the world and cared so much about me and my health. That is something I want to do, help out and do whatever I can to make sure that people are healthy. Did anyone in your family influence this? My grandpa is a dentist and my mom is a dental hygienist. They work together. They showed me how to be professional and be someone who can take care of patients. Is there a story that stands out?  It happens every six months. My little sister and I get our teeth

suffering, the injustice, and the pain in our world, I can’t just blink and make it all go away. “I don’t really know what this continuing revelation means for my future, I only know I cannot be a bystander. Perhaps working with an organization such as Médecins Sans Frontières or Partners In Health, maybe blazing my own path,” Wauters continued. “And each time these thoughts cross my mind I wonder, can I really go through with this? Do I have what it takes to serve to this degree? And more and more the

accepted. Free conference programs will be available on beginning Feb. 12 at 9 a.m. in the University Center Foyer. A complete schedule is available online. For more information on the conference, contact Torvend at ext. 8106. University Communications staff writer Megan Haley compiled this report. Comments, questions, ideas? Please contact her at ext. 8691 or at haleymk@plu.edu. Photo of Robin Jensen. Read Previous Alum to address changing face of global health Read Next Regents discuss accreditation

College, Tacoma Community College, University of Puget Sound and the University of Washington Tacoma. University Communications staff writer Megan Haley compiled this report. Comments, questions, ideas? Please contact her at ext. 8691 or at haleymk@plu.edu. Read Previous PLU Idol crowned Read Next Alum to address changing face of global health COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private

the task of writing has become increasingly difficult. “I’ve fallen in love with this difficulty,” she said. “This is the profound, seasoned love of shared hardship, of enduring and prevailing.” Read Previous Global health: Why does it matter? Read Next Dealing in historical coins is rare gift COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how

when we looked at a belching smokestack from a pulp producer, or at a burning river, and blamed Big Business. The biggest threat to the health of Puget Sound now, she said, is surface runoff—from drains, dairies, roadways and lawns—and from the 4.5 million people who live around the Sound. Tangible effects of the runoff include the closures of shellfish beds and dead fish blanketing the surface of Hood Canal.“These shellfish are the canary in the coal mine for us,” she said. “You look at the

PLU graduates’ tremendous performance on the nursing national licensure exam. Smith came to PLU from the College of Nursing at East Tennessee State University, where she was the Associate Dean for Academic Programs and a Professor of Nursing. Previously, she served as a department chair and assistant dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where she led the department’s pre-licensure programs, evaluation efforts and strategic initiatives. Her

activist Vandana Shiva. Other notable speakers include Shane Lopez, a Gallup Senior Scientist and advocate for psychological reform of America’s education system; Juan Villoro, arguably Mexico’s most important living author and political commentator; Enrique Lomnitz, an internationally-recognized leader in water management and sustainability; and Adia Benton, a medical anthropologist and global health researcher who examines resilience in post-epidemic contexts. Symposium speakers will be traveling to