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PLU LATEST POSTS Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024 Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024 Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market May
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June 4, 2024 Student athlete Vinny D’Onofrio ’24 excelled in biology and chemistry at PLU June 4, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community May 22, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ‘24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County May 22, 2024
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it is and how it’s an everyday thing that we take for granted in this country.” Hulings stressed that many people in the world do not enjoy the rights taken for granted by United States citizens. “One of the main reasons we want to do something like this is not just to inform everyone about the First Amendment, but it is something they should care about,” he said. “It’s a great exercise to show what a country would be like if you don’t have these rights.” This is the second time SPJ has held
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partner with Palmer Scholars,” PLU President Allan Belton said. “We share the organization’s vision for breaking down barriers for students and equipping them to become change-makers in the community.” Palmer Scholars’ mission to assist local students of color to pursue a higher education aligns with PLU’s own goal to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care. Initially launched in 1983, Palmer Scholars has served more than 600 young adults throughout Pierce
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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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. PLU provided an environment that allowed me to acknowledge and embrace the challenges of college. The school is small and its foundation lies in the Lutheran tradition––thus there is a culture of care for the individuals and the community. If you were only here you would have surely come to visit. The classes are not overcrowded, so you get one-on-one attention with your professors. Everyone knows you by name and truly shows concern for your progress. The number of things I have been able to get
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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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drive every day to the office to be a part of the department,” she said. “The fund also helped with gas money to drive to work in person with children and their parents.” The scholarship is an extension of the Student Ambassador Program, an initiative devised in 2019 by an innovation studies class led by PLU professor Mike Halvorson. The challenge from Halvorson was simple. Find something on campus you care about and improve it. This simple assignment grew into a partnership of students, donors
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you take care of yourself! I found it difficult to pull myself away from my work from time to time since I enjoyed it so much, but taking the time to care for myself outside of work better ensured my ability to perform well in the long run. Read Previous A day in the life as a cancer research center intern Read Next PLU researchers shine light on RNA activities COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently
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