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to make it clear that there is more.” Hoagland will spend the summer at home with his family before heading to Seattle for a busy two-year graduate program, during which time he will intern at either the U.S. Postal Inspector Office or the Social Security Administration. Priya McBride, biology major Priya McBride '16. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) By Brooke Thames ’18 Priya McBride collected a long list of titles in her four years as a Lute. Her repertoire includes Dean’s List student, resident

athlete who studied chemistry and biology at PLU. She eventually went on to earn a master’s degree at the University of Wisconsin. It was abroad that Blakney learned about the problems facing developing nations. She saw Panamanians with parasitic infections, primarily a result of poor water quality and sanitation. She saw how simple yet inaccessible preventive treatment was for the locals and decided she wanted to dedicate her life’s work to similar issues. Blakney’s recent field of study is new

military science, said Thapa’s accomplishment shows the rest of the nation what PLU students are capable of. “We (at PLU ROTC) are really good at what we do,” Dye said. “Three out of the last five years, we’ve won the regional MacArthur Award. Thapa beat out people from Stanford, people from Berkeley, MIT (for this honor). It’s good for the nation and the Army to see that little PLU has great students, too.” Thapa studies biology and anthropology and plans to earn a master’s degree in public health

Marissa Meyer ’04, Best-Selling Author Read Next Women’s Center Director, Biology Professor and Communication Professor Discuss “Gender” (Podcast) 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 scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on

Yakelis, chemistry department chair “I think that PLU has a lot of professors who are here because they get excited about the things their students are doing,” she said. “And as a student it’s really empowering to have professors who do get so excited.” Smith came to PLU not intending to major in chemistry. She knew she was interested in environmental science, but thought biology would be her path. After taking organic chemistry, Smith found her passions and talent with chemistry. “Here, the

from numerous disciplines such as geology, biology, art, and psychology.PLU Support At some institutions, publishing in journals is the only critical component of faculty work. But PLU also recognizes expert witness testimony as another form of applied scholarship, or using anthropological research to solve practical, real-world problems. As another example, some of Levy’s colleagues in archaeology have been consulted by the National Park Service. “As an engaged anthropologist who takes a position