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, Armenian, Cambodian, Rwandan and Native American genocides. Each genocide is its own unit with its own texts, explored both individually and comparatively, through a combination of historical texts, films, memoirs, and first-person testimonies. This fall, Marcus and Griech-Polelle had funding to invite survivors and/or descendants of survivors from each genocide studied in the course, thus giving students a more personal and immediate way to think about each genocide and its legacy in the present
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, research, and theory, while DNP graduates serve as leaders in the health profession and implement the best, most recent research into the practice of nursing to improve health outcomes. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), a majority of nursing schools are advocating for the DNP degree to be required for all nurses who are interested in taking on one of the four APRN roles. Increasingly, nurses who want to lead or teach across the profession are choosing to pursue
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than individual therapy. According to the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT): “Almost 90% of clients report an improvement in their emotional health, and nearly two-thirds report an improvement in their overall physical health. A majority of clients report an improvement in their functioning at work, and over three-fourths of those receiving marital/couples or family therapy report an improvement in the couple relationship. When a child is the identified patient, parents
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listenable standards. Keith Henson OctetLearn MoreJULY 21: Olympia Jazz TentetteSix horns and four rhythms combine to create OJT “Olympia Jazz Tentette,” with all the energy and pizzazz of a big band with the subtlety of a small combo. Under the expert guidance of trumpeter Syd Potter, OJT offers an eclectic mix of music from great jazz composers and the Great American Songbook.JULY 28: Wendy GillesWashington native and PLU alumna Wendy Gilles has spent the last ten years in New York, carving out a niche
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professional conferences. This spring, a group of student chemists will travel with their mentors to San Francisco to present their work at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society – perhaps the premier chemistry conference in the world. It’s always good to meet up with your fellow “goggle-wearers” from around the world to see what problems they’ve been looking at. Once students begin to see things through their own goggles, we encourage them to share their new knowledge and unique view of the
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accompany the release of PLU’s You Can Play video and its message, SAAC hosted Hudson Taylor, the executive director and founder of Athlete Ally, in February. Taylor, a three-time All-American wrestler out of the University of Maryland, spoke on becoming a champion for inclusion on campus. This topic is part of Athlete Ally’s overall mission, which involves working toward ending homophobia and transphobia in sports by educating allies in the athletic community and empowering them to take a stand
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years, is likely to sing the program’s praises. She’s happy she took the risk of trusting strangers. “To know our work is being published, that’s awesome,” she said. “Sometimes, we aren’t always heard.” Read Previous Local and international film critics lose their marbles — in a good way — over Lute’s live-action short film Read Next For PLU grad, American citizenship is personal COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are
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University associate professor was honored with the American Psychiatric Nurses Association’s Psychiatric Nurse of the Year award last month, a well-earned achievement that sums up a career of pushing boundaries and innovative work in the nursing field. “I have some really great colleagues around the country who respect me and my work over the years,” Moller said. “To be selected is really rewarding and humbling, it’s still a bit overwhelming to me.”The award is given annually to a nominated APNA member
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surface. “There are stacks taller than me,” she says. “I’ve had kids as young as 3 years old up to 92-year-old blind woman tying blankets,” she says. Her Lutheran church creates piles of blankets during a post-Christmas service. Even a local Acura and Honda dealership’s employees tied blankets, which were then delivered to a women and children’s shelter. Career-Volunteer Balance At first, Garabedian thought she might work for an American business in China — she graduated from PLU with a triple major
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helped me a lot because some of my closest coworkers have either been in Europe or from Europe, also South America. Having this experience behind me I think helped with connecting and not being “that American” as much. In our field it is becoming increasingly common to not just have teams in different countries, but to have a single team composed of people in different countries. Is there anything unique or especially great at PLU you’d like to shine a light on? Working backward: Great professors
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