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alumna Leslye Walton has been nominated for the prestigious William C. Morris YA Debut Award for her novel The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender . First awarded in 2009, the accolade “honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrates impressive new voices in young adult literature.” Walton, who graduated from PLU in 2004 with a B.A. in Education, says the nomination means the world to her. “I think one of the things I’ve ever wanted in life was to

Post-Graduate Service OpportunitiesIf you are interested in a term of service after graduation, there are many host organizations. Alumni & Student Connections can help in narrowing down which service experience may be right for you. To learn more, set up an appointment with an advisor. AmeriCorps AmeriCorps engages more than 75,000 Americans in intensive service each year at nonprofits, schools, public agencies, and community and faith-based groups across the country. AmeriCorps programs move

Scott Rogers, PhDDepartment of EnglishWordPress for Blogs and Portfolios Scott Rogers at desk in office. (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) WordPress Product Website: wordpress.com Cost:  FreeScott Rogers is an assistant professor in the English Department and primarily teaches courses related to writing, research, and professional communication. Because Composition Studies is so closely tied to the classroom, he spends a lot of time thinking about pedagogy, especially the unique challenges presented

Saving For the FutureThe PLU endowment provides the university with income to fund student scholarships, and technological and classroom innovation through gifts from PLU friends. Policies are in place to guide the endowment investing and spending. Please click on the following link to view these policies in more detail: PLU Endowment Investment and Spending PolicyQuick Links Office of AdvancementCurrent EndowmentValue of Endowment as of May 31, 2022: $123.1 million As of 9/30/2022, an

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Photo by Claire Todd Dear Pierce County Officials, As the clouds and cold go away, the lawn chemicals come out to play. To the general public, they are thought of as a means to an end, rather than a harmful chemical such as alcohol and tobacco. If the lawn chemicals are going to be thought of in this way, implementing disclaimer labels of which lawn chemicals do the most amount of damage may help change public perception and encourage more thoughtful buying, without risking the economic impact

DNP Scholarly ProjectsClass of 2018 Anna Marie Kennedy, BSN, RN Oakland: Creation of a Clinic. Carrie Ann Matyac, ARNP, MN, BSN, BA Alternatives to opioids in chronic pain management: A pilot patient education program Sylvia May, BSN, RN Addressing the Opioid Epidemic in Washington State Kathleen Louise Overly, BSN, RN Comparing Outcomes of Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treated within the Functional Medicine Model verses a Standard Primary Care Setting. Hiedi Sutton, BSN, RN

Rachmaninoff's Vespers Choir of the West – Richard Sparks, Director Vespers is a masterpiece that combines Sergei Rachmaninoff’s own deep faith, his talents as a composer and centuries-old traditions from the Russian Orthodox church. Experience this wonderful master work, not just for its purely musical virtues, but for its expression of the spiritual life of one of the world’s great traditions. It was recorded in the richly reverberant acoustics of Lagerquist Concert Hall in the Mary Baker