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)Looking for more resources on social impact?SDG Index Understand key indicators and find nonprofit partners working to address critical aspects of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in each US state.Looking for careers in social impact innovation?Tech for Good Directory Get inspired by over 2,500 companies making an impact. PLU Nursing students prepare to support community health-care initiatives. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU)
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Locals embrace Lutes as they meet living legends, learn about vibrant events such as Carnival and Panorama, and develop valuable racial consciousness within a multicultural society that celebrates
,” she said. “It’s not segregated at all. Everybody knows everybody. There’s tolerance of everybody’s difference. And they’re proud of it.” That attitude inspired Temple-Thurston to start the study away program, which she coordinated for most of the 25 years she taught at PLU. It’s one of the oldest semester-long Gateways, programs rooted in long-term partnerships between the university and regions around the world. While people in the United States often experience acute segregation, apprehension to
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up to two faculty scholars who have made significant contributions to their disciplines through disseminating research findings related to the discovery, integration, or application of knowledge. Chair of the Physics Department Bret Underwood was one of the recipients of the K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award in Research.The university sponsors the Faculty Excellence Awards to recognize outstanding accomplishments of the faculty in five areas of faculty work: teaching, advising, mentoring
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Ann Auman, professor of biology and program director for the study away program in Namibia, is bringing a research component to her students’ semester away in spring 2017 thanks to Wang Center
funding. Auman, a microbiologist, is guiding her students in an experiment studying so-called “gut biology.” Students will swab stool samples (yes, science can be dirty work) and mail them to a lab for testing before and during their time in Namibia to compare how microbes in their bodies change, due to shifts in diet, environmental conditions and more. Microbes share a lot of information about human health, Auman says. Imbalances may be affected by diseases, such as diabetes. They also may affect a
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Additionally, all entering students are required by state law to undergo criminal history screening at both the state and national level. All Washington schools of nursing are required to have clearance verification on students prior to participation in clinical experiences. The state and/or national criminal history background check must be repeated every year. Students will be alerted to these requirements as they become due. A criminal history may necessitate withdrawal from nursing classes
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infection control measures. I understand that a faculty member who is a registered nurse must be in attendance during any SoN lab sessions in which these procedures are practiced. I will not perform, nor allow to be performed on me, any of these procedures unless a nursing program faculty member is present. I understand that receiving injections or venipuncture or fingersticks administered by other nursing students is strictly voluntary, and non-participation will not impact my grade. I understand that
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When Jordan Levy first visited Honduras in high school, he had no idea that someday he’d be serving as an expert witness on Honduras in the U.S. court system. He first visited the Central American nation to perform volunteer work, and then returned annually throughout…
of a young man of Lencan indigenous and Honduran backgrounds, who was awarded asylum under US law after enduring and escaping gang-related violence. Expert witness testimony is a way that sociocultural anthropology scholars are applying research for real-world results. Levy’s concern and care for Honduran people is rooted in both academic research and personal experience. “I fell in love with the people and the country, even before I met my partner,” he says. “People were friendly, welcoming
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Paul Menzel Philosophy Department Email: menzelpt@plu.edu Biography Biography Taught philosophy at Pacific Lutheran University from 1971 to 2012, having been educated at Wooster, Yale, and Vanderbilt. Teaching widely in philosophy and cross-disciplinary curricula, he has also published specialized scholarly work in health care ethics, including two books on moral questions in health care economics, numerous articles on health system structure and health care reform, and a recently co-edited
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your area, placing a video on your website to explain a complex subject, or to have a short clip to recruit students to your department, this introductory workshop is for you. Presenter: Tommy Skaggs, Instructional Technologies Room: Library Design Lab Maximum Capacity: 182:15-3:15PM | Halfway There: A Retirement CheckupHalfway There: A Retirement CheckupJoin us for a mid-career financial checkup to evaluate your current savings, formulate a plan to reach your savings goals, and learn how to manage
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clinical courses. Entry-Level MSN students are required to pass the NCLEX-RN exam by December 1 of the second year of their program; the Fall they start the MSN level coursework. Failure to pass the NCLEX-RN exam by December 1st will prevent the student from progressing in the MSN program, as RN licensure is required for J-term clinical courses. Students are to provide proof of licensure to the School of Nursing by December 1st. If a student in the Entry-Level MSN program is approved to take a leave of
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