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November 2016 when he dedicated his presidential electoral vote to Faith Spotted Eagle from South Dakota. “We see this event as being part of PLU’s mission to ‘educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care,’” said Saiyare Refaei, who serves as coordinator for sustainability integration at the PLU Diversity Center. “This is a platform for local indigenous peoples to come together around Standing Rock and share with future PLU graduates and our campus community about
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community safety measures,” Belton wrote. “We’ll be proceeding with caution, and reserving the ability to change course as the situation requires. We’re continuing to consult with the Tacoma–Pierce County Health Department and other public-health resources, and following their guidance to ensure that our return to campus continues to prioritize safety above all.” “The university’s Pandemic Recovery Planning Team has taken great care to put risk-mitigation strategies in place at PLU that will continue to
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, Julie’s career embodies PLU’s mission of thoughtful inquiry, leadership, service and care,” said Colleen Hacker, Ph.D., a PLU kinesiology professor who served as a performance psychology specialist and assistant coach for the U.S Women’s National team. Commencement will be held at the Tacoma Dome on Saturday, May 28th at 2:30 pm. Additional details are available at plu.edu/commencement.PODCAST: Laughter Permitted with Julie FoudyPLU Professor Colleen Hacker, Ph.D., joins podcast host Julie Foudy to
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to be a PLU faculty member? Hope, courage and care. This past fall, my husband learned he had a fast-moving leukemia, which he recently died from. I try to teach and model that we are in community. I teach my students the need to be intentional communicators, and sometimes if you don’t tell others around you what’s going on, you don’t give them the opportunity to step up. I shared, and my students stepped up. My faculty peers, Pastor Jen and the SOAC staff stepped up and supported me. They showed
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available to him. One of those applications included a position at Netflix, the popular streaming service based out of Los Gatos, California. “I was like ‘I’m definitely not going to get this,’ but I was doing the shotgun approach, so I really didn’t care,” Ronquillo said. About a week later he received a notification that his resume had been processed and he was invited to take a technical assessment. One application and many hoops later, Ronquillo was hired at Netflix as a user experience developer
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will leave for Namibia, where she will spend nine months studying infection rates in the neonatal intensive care unit of the country’s largest hospital, Windhoek Central Hospital. And while the research isn’t directly tied to neurosurgery, her work in this area has the potential to affect multiple aspects of the medical field. “I’ve narrowed my research down to whether hand hygiene and infection control interventions reduce hospital-associated central line infections,” Larios says. “There’s only
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research, as the speaker for Pacific Lutheran University’s 41st Annual Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture, part of PLU’s Spring Spotlight Series, “… and Justice for All?” Jacobs’ presentation at PLU will recount both the trauma and resilience of indigenous women and families as they struggled to reclaim the care of their children, leading to the Indian Child Welfare Act in the United States and to national investigations, landmark apologies and redress in Australia and Canada. “I first became
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service and care. DACA recipients play a vital role locally, regionally and nationally — innovating, serving and improving the world around them in the face of immense uncertainty. What they can be certain of is our continued support, compassion and commitment to their success. We will do all in our power to provide an inclusive and respectful environment for all community members. Consistent with our mission and our stated values, we commit to the following: PLU will not voluntarily enter into
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now, in the face of an international health crisis? Plog: Health care workers and first responders are on the front lines of treating patients. Grocery stores and food suppliers are on the front lines of feeding people. And journalists are on the front lines of making sure everyone is informed about what it all means and how it’s all working. Especially because we are isolated in our homes, media are vital resources. And radio is the original medium in times of crisis — wartimes or otherwise
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ski resort, serving in hospice care, and as a backup medic before starting medical school at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine in July.While visiting PLU before his medical school journey, Dean of Natural Sciences Ann Auman introduced him to the Dr. George and Emma T. Torrison Scholarship, for which he became one of three national recipients. The endowed scholarship, managed by the Foundation of the ELCA, recognizes Banken’s passion for medicine, ELCA affiliation, and Lutheran
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