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 their skills and career such as online training and professional development events. We encourage interns to take advantage of these resources and activities so that we can continue to serve our communities together with excellence. Our hope is that you answer the call to our mission-inspired work today and into the future! Please apply through the Handshake platform at: (1) Providence St. Joseph Health Remote Internship -Shared Services | Providence | Handshake (joinhandshake.com) Read Previous

he came to PLU, where he now instructs students and performs on the famous Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ, the largest one west of the Mississippi River. Taking care of the Earth is something that Tegels prioritizes, and feels it is something that many people lack the motivation to do. “We don’t treat humans badly, we don’t treat animals badly and we shouldn’t treat the Earth badly,” he said. “When you get involved more, you start thinking about it more.” Tegels recently invested in an effort

, 10 were injured. This wasn’t going to be in and out, like his last tour in Iraq, he remembers thinking. This is going to take 6 to 10 years. “And my worse fears have come true,” Hrivnak said recently. “Are we going to be able to say we were successful in Iraq? I don’t know.” But that doesn’t take away from the sacrifice he saw from men and women in the armed forces. It is part of why he was drawn to writing about his experiences. He needed to show those sacrifices, beyond a news ticker. “That was

English and plans to use his passion for wildlife photography to bring awareness to the plight of our world’s animals. “When I looked into the eyes of a parrot, it was quickly apparent that a highly intelligent, thinking, charismatic being was looking back,” he says. After his experience in Africa, Granum feels strongly that parrots should not live in cages, but in their own wild environment. Granum recently wrote about his experiences in The News Tribune. “Imagine a creature this intelligent, this

. Asked what he was thinking during that mission, Shumaker said, “To be honest, my intent was to rescue those soldiers or die trying. I don’t know how to say this without sounding like I am bragging for myself; I only did my job.” When Shumaker returned from his fourth deployment, his back injuries, the result of a training accident in 2003, became a burden. In September 2010, he switched to a desk job, mainly doing inspections for aircraft safety, until his medical condition forced him to retire

a lot of creative conversations this year, thinking about how programs can join together to offer more integrated curricula, where we can collaborate on senior capstone projects, and how we can make it more possible for students to double-major. Many of our degrees complement work that students are doing elsewhere, and we want to do what we can to make that holistic, integrative learning a possibility. How has the pandemic and social unrest impacted our academic programs?  The most immediate

I had at PLU were influential in that their passion for their field fostered my curiosity. I bounced back and forth between majoring in biology and math and considered chemistry as well because my instructors’ excitement was very contagious. If I had to highlight three people, Dr. Auman, Dr. Nervo, and Dave Harvey, my rowing coach, were the most influential in my development. Dr. Auman taught my Intro BIO 225 course and was very patient with my weekly office hour visits. She helped advise me

growth and development. One way growth is promoted at PLU is via study abroad. This semester I also added to the statistics as I journeyed off to explore Botswana, Africa. Yes Mom, Africa. I have seen the face of poverty and heard the cries of AIDS. I have looked into hungry eyes and better understand the dynamics of food distribution. I have been enlightened about a different way of life and an interestingly new diet. I have learned the click language of the San people and moved to the steps of the

Kitsap Pumas. The Pumas came this close to the national PDL (Premier Development League) Championship title in August against the Michigan Bucks. •    Derek Johnson ’14, who led the PLU team in goals his senior year, is just starting his pro career, Yorke said, as a forward with the Sounders U-23. He jetted off to Sweden in August to finish the rest of the season there. Croft is now a goalkeeper for the professional Seattle Impact FC,  a member of the brand-new 24-team Major Arena Soccer League. He’s

Hispanic cultures from many perspectives.How do you think PLU has prepared you for the next steps in your life/career? Having the opportunity to travel to another country and engage in summer undergraduate research were fantastic personal- and professional-development experiences that will certainly help me succeed in the future.How has this combination been beneficial? This combination of degrees has opened many doors for me. I was accepted to a chemistry REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates