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Migratory Bird Refuge in Utah—how did you secure that internship? I wanted to be in my home state (Utah) for the summer, so I searched for opportunities to work out there–I found this internship online! I looked specifically for paid summer internships involving environmental science and conservation. What was the application process like for this internship? Besides a thorough brushing-up on my knowledge of ecology and land management, the baseline application process involved an interview with people

Migratory Bird Refuge in Utah—how did you secure that internship? I wanted to be in my home state (Utah) for the summer, so I searched for opportunities to work out there–I found this internship online! I looked specifically for paid summer internships involving environmental science and conservation.  What was the application process like for this internship? Besides a thorough brushing-up on my knowledge of ecology and land management, the baseline application process involved an interview with people

spoken out about the racism she experienced as a Black bobsledding athlete and advocated for institutional change in her sport. In 2018, she announced she would donate her brain to concussion research as a way to help and empower future female athletes.  Meyers Taylor is a graduate of George Washington University, where she was a decorated softball athlete and earned a bachelor’s in exercise science and a master’s in sports management. Commencement will be held at the Tacoma Dome on Saturday, May 27

practice” for being in school, and you won’t need to relearn the time management skills that are so imperative to succeeding in a graduate program.Ready to enjoy the benefits of graduate school? Connect with PLU!If you’re considering choosing graduate school in the near future, you should know that there really is no better time to obtain an advanced degree. You have the valuable opportunity to hone your skills, challenge the status quo, and make a name for yourself in your chosen field. At Pacific

providers lacked simplified information for treating gender-variant populations. The resources available were a cumbersome set of guidelines amounting to about 40 pages. She says transgender patients and others who identify outside the male-female gender binary face many challenges: fear of discrimination and harassment, providers’ lack of understanding of their health care needs, from hormone management to appropriate screenings, and a general distrust of doctors that sometimes keeps them from being

Marketing Analytics for Metabolic Research Center. It’s a weight loss company that focuses on a long-term lifestyle change (rather than quick or temporary weight loss). We have over 100 locations across the United States. I support and maintain our national Facebook page. I also work very heavily managing Facebook advertising for about 6 of our regions across the US. I’m responsible for looking at the analytics of who our leads are, what ads are bringing in the most leads, what are the quality of our

matched my own,” she says. “This job is my vocation, and I haven’t had any reason to move on to another organization.” After starting work at Virginia Mason in 1977, she rose through the ranks until she reached her current position in July 2007. As the chief nursing officer, Tachibana oversees 1,000 nurses, providing support so they can do their jobs. Tachibana has taken several trips to Japan to study their management techniques, and has returned to Virginia Mason more energized than ever. “Those

development has gone up quite a bit in terms of what it means to work in a professional setting, and how to hold myself to a certain standard in a working way rather than an academic way. I definitely think that has been a bit of a struggle – shifting from being a student to “this is your job.” I’ve been trying to work on my time management skills, but it is a little rough.What 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

where I can, and I think that is all I can ask for. What skills are you gaining from this experience? I definitely feel like my professional development has gone up quite a bit in terms of what it means to work in a professional setting, and how to hold myself to a certain standard in a working way rather than an academic way. I definitely think that has been a bit of a struggle – shifting from being a student to “this is your job.” I’ve been trying to work on my time management skills, but it is a

elsewhere. Specifically, the research team traveled across North America – from the Puget Sound region to the Rocky Mountains, Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, the East Coast and the Great Lakes – to study areas adversely affected by drought, population growth and questionable management practices. See Tapped Out “Tapped Out” premieres at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Seattle Central Public Library, 1000 Fourth Ave. Find out more about Tapped Out. Kortney Scroger ‘14, a PLU senior communication major who