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Elijah Paez ’24 developed passions for environmental justice, mathematics and bird watching during his PLU years Posted by: mhines / March 27, 2024 Image: Inspired by his study away experience in Oxford, England, Elijah Paez ’24 founded the Birders of PLU club. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) March 27, 2024 By Fulton Bryant-Anderson ’23PLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Elijah Paez ’24 is a double major in environmental studies and mathematics. While at PLU, he founded Birders of PLU, served as
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Heven Ambachew ’24 combines her passions and experiences to design major in innovation studies Posted by: Jeffrey Roberts / June 4, 2024 Image: PLU’s first Innovation Studies major Heven Ambachew poses for her Senior Spotlight portrait, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at PLU. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) June 4, 2024 By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Like many students, Heven Ambachew ’24 wasn’t yet sure of her major when embarking on her PLU journey. Four years later, thanks to PLU’s
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Dance Team Winter Showcase features student choreography on the highs and lows of life Posted by: Kate Williams / October 15, 2018 Image: PLU Dance Team Winter Showcase in Karen Hille Phillips Center Friday December 1st, 2017. October 15, 2018 By Kate Williams '16Outreach ManagerThe PLU Dance team opens with their upcoming show on Saturday, November 10th in the Eastvold Auditorium. The winter show will center around original works created by members of the PLU Dance Team that portray various
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by that? Cary Nelson: I have always spoken what I think to be the truth and not everyone loves me for it. But anger is for me a valid response to injustice. You should feel fueled by injustice and want to do something about it. It was about 20 years ago that I started interviewing part-time faculty around the country. I met a lot of part-time faculty, especially in the big cities on the East Coast, who had been teaching at under $1,000 a course with no health care, no vestment in a retirement
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-per-hour minimum wage in SeaTac, and feels that a $20-an-hour minimum wage should be considered. Poverty is not only the key indicator of health, or lack thereof, in the U.S. but also one of the greatest killers, over and above the diseases one hears about in the news, he said. “We have a better society when we minimize the gaps between the rich and the poor,” he said. During his talk at PLU, and in a private lunch with science majors on Nov. 21, Foege urged students to find their passion, and
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baseball for the Lutes. What does it mean to be an athlete at PLU? Being an athlete at PLU means being able to participate in a sport that we love, while at the same time finding out who we are outside of our sport. What are you proud of in how the athletic teams -and your team -engages with the community at large? I’m proud of PLU’s commitment to care and how that informs every aspect of campus activities. This is the same for athletics. How has PLU shaped you? PLU has shaped me into the best version
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August 5, 2010 BIOL 125/126: Molecules, Cells and Organisms/ Genes, Diversity and Ecology Name: Sean Boaglio Hometown: Longview, Wash. Major: Undeclared, leaning Biology Professor: Jacob Egge, assistant professor of biology Sean’s advice to first-year students: “Study with someone. It is a great way to meet people in your class. And when you explain something to someone else, it also helps you understand it better.” For students who want to enter PLU’s rigorous Health Sciences track, the first
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!”, said LollaPLUza PR Director, Grace Takehara ’17. BELOW: Photos from LollaPLUza 2015 by Campus Photographer John Froschauer. Full Event Preview by Mast Media Read Previous Hands-on conservation program launched by PLU’s military outreach director helps connect students to the earth Read Next PLU alumna, first black woman to serve as state senator, dedicated 20 years in politics to health care, social justice COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might
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the audience to consider the need to go beyond traditional civil rights reform to protect the rights of trans and gender-nonconforming people. UC Berkeley-based physician and medical anthropologist Seth Holmes examines social hierarchies, health inequities and the ways in which such asymmetries are naturalized, normalized and resisted in the context of transnational im/migration, agro-food systems and health care. “Polarization not only drives people apart, it also discourages the kind of
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there’s need, such as the emergency department, ICU or inpatient care. College Days Chrissy grew up on Vashon Island and played basketball at PLU — where she met Sean, who grew up in Longview. Both majored in biology while at PLU, and Sean took a virology class that’s been popping up in his mind lately. After graduating from PLU, both went to Denver, where Sean attended medical school at Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Chrissy received her Masters in Public Health from the
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