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Margaret Murdoch ’24: Contributing to a cure at Fred Hutch Cancer Center Posted by: nicolacs / October 18, 2023 Image: Margaret Murdoch ’24 spent the summer at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center researching acute myeloid leukemia cells. (All photos provided by Murdoch.) October 18, 2023 By Ava EdmondsMarketing and CommunicationsMargaret Murdoch ’24, a biology and religious studies major with a minor in gender and sexuality studies, spent their summer in Seattle alongside some of the nation’s best

initiative focused on the theme that everyone is a welcome member of the athletics department and teams, regardless of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity. It previously had earned a Quigg Award for Excellence and Innovation from PLU. In May, SAAC’s scene in PLU’s Tunnel of Oppression, which, in partnership with Special Olympics, focused on the derogatory use of the word “retard(ed),” was selected as the Outstanding Tunnel of Oppression Scene by PLU’s Diversity Center and received

said. “It’s disappointing to lose, but we’re not upset that we rose to the challenge. Because no one expected anything from us.” On Sunday, we were rained out and spent the first three hours of the day inside avoiding lightning. Ah, the Midwest. While waiting, the team attended a small group discussion on gender equity in Ultimate, watched a frisbee game and stretched. Finally, after the long wait, we were given our field assignments: we were playing inside. And again, we fell to Georgia College

Nicole Hargreaves ‘09 documents her move overseas on HGTV’s House Hunters International Posted by: bennetrr / October 20, 2020 October 20, 2020 By Rosemary BennettMarketing & CommunicationsNicole (Hughes) Hargreaves graduated from PLU in 2009 with a degree in communication and a minor in women’s and gender studies. Originally from Kirkland, Wash., she went on to begin her career here in the Pacific Northwest. However, after her husband Paul was struck with a sudden illness they decided to

type of policy work does Senator Dhingra and your office work with? She has a very wide variety of policy that she works with. A lot of her policy work right now has to do with mental and behavioral health, and sponsoring a bill from high school students on banning the pink tax (a term used for gender-based price differences applied to identical products). She’s also working on mental health competency, or forensic competency, so finding ways to improve our criminal justice system for people who

Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom May 26, 2022 Introduction May 26, 2022

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about 20 years ago, when the country won its independence. Many of the teachers with whom she worked had experienced what it was to live under Apartheid. As the interaction with the country and its people has changed her, it also changes the many PLU students who go to Namibia for J-Term or a semester. PLU Professor Jan Weiss in Namibia. “It is rewarding – and I know, this word is trite – to watch my students develop into global citizens as their focus shifts from being excited to be in an exotic

Two Nursing Students to National Championship with Women’s Rowing Team Posted by: priggekl / May 1

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