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Growing into her own: how Sarah Davis ’23 discovered her passion for plant biology Posted by: shortea / May 11, 2023 May 11, 2023 By Lisa PattersonPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Sarah Davis, a biology major and Hispanic studies minor, began her PLU journey with the idea that medicine and health care would be the ultimate goal, but then a couple of classes focused on plant development and global agriculture grew a new passion. “I have a family history of agriculture, my grandfather

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have been identified.” “A comprehensive approach to solving social issues,” Mulder suggested, “can look different depending on the community.  Solutions always vary, but what remains consistent are the needs of the community and how important it is to honor the people and allow them to flourish through solutions that are designed, mapped, and executed by the community.” To date, Dr. Mulder has led six global service projects around this theme, working collaboratively to support almost 2,000

expect? Is your care team meeting the needs of every customer? By managing the growing volume of social data, brands can provide personalized experiences, improve their products, transform customer care and create relevant storytelling that is powered by real-time audience insights. Additionally, data security is always a priority but in 2019 it will become increasingly important for marketers to have the right governance structures in place to manage data in compliance with global regulations. 2

health care would be the ultimate goal, but then a couple of classes focused on plant development and global agriculture grew a new passion“I have a family history of agriculture, my grandfather used to have apple orchards in Eastern Washington,” she said, explaining why her PLU biology classes resonated with her. “From that point forward, I began to pursue plant biology, as I had both personal and academic passion in the subject.” On her way to her degree, Davis completed a capstone project on plant

from Parkinson’s disease, an elderly Ali’s hands shook as he lit the Olympic flame in front of a world audience. “It took real guts to reveal that vulnerability to the global community,” Jhally said. Titled “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: Men’s Role in Ending Violence Against Women,” the conference attracted an international pool of approximately 250 registrants, including nearly 100 PLU students. Friday’s workshops and presentations focused on what men can do and highlighted innovative approaches

significance of Lute athletics from the media perspective. Global Health Panel Sponsored by the Nursing Alumni Association: Also at the University Center, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. you’ll have a chance to listen to nurses talk about their experience overseas. Speakers include Dr. Kathleen Flarity ’97 on flight nursing in Afghanistan, Helen Holt ’97 on setting up clinics in postwar Vietnam, Karen Fagerstrom ’97 on serving Inuit communities in Alaska and Mary Barber ’02, on working in Liberia. Saturday: Coffee

February 28, 2011 Caring course work Anna McCracken ’14 is preparing to hand out prepackaged salad in the bottom level of Food Connections – one of the services housed in the Catholic Community Services building by St. Leo’s Catholic Church in Hilltop Tacoma. Beside her other volunteers are distributing canned food, produce, bread and other items. As a line of people coming for food file through, a man stops at McCracken’s spot. He asks, “What’s this?” “It’s salad,” McCracken says, a global

all this less than one year after acceptance into the CFA Institutes University Recognized Program. The CFA Institute Research Challenge is an annual global competition—the “investment Olympics” for university students—that provides university students with hands-on mentoring and intensive training in financial analysis. Students gain real-world experience as they assume the role of a research analyst and are judged on their ability to value a stock, write an initiation-of-coverage report and

indoors, working at internships or simply working, six geosciences majors spent June through August taking several hikes up to Mount Rainier to study climate change, the possible impacts of global warming and glacial runoff. For Isaac Moening-Swanson ’15, this summer’s research is a precursor to a research trip he will take this fall to Antarctica. Once there, Moening-Swanson and Geosciences Professor Claire Todd will study the Tucker Glacier for possible signs of glacial retreat and the impacts of