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someday. She still finds time to embrace her circus side, teaching aerial silks twice a week as part of the same program at the Community Center of Mendocino. “There is a really high demand for young kids to do circus,” she said, “so CircusMecca does quite a few children’s classes at the community center and at the main gym in Mendocino.” She is continuing training at CircusMecca, working on lyra (aerial hoop), silks and Spanish web. “I’m trying to see how far I want to get into performing, so I’m

rights advocacy, government, NGOs, or law school. “In all my classes, I aim to show how anthropological research can have real-world effects,” he says. Levy also raises awareness about ongoing Central American social justice struggles, including organizing events to educate the public on land tenure rights in post-coup Honduras, and the local relevance of migrants seeking political asylum in the US. With other PLU faculty, he supports students impacted by current US immigration policies. His current

between classes, traveling during winter break, or up all night after a cram session. A licensed, board-certified physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant reviews symptoms, makes a diagnosis and then recommends treatments. They can provide relief for issues ranging from the flu to a UTI to allergies, in addition to the alleviation of traveler’s concerns such as malaria and motion sickness. Severe or complicated problems are referred to another care provider. Depending on the concern

. (Andrew) Billig — are really caring people. They are fighting really hard for (bills) and making sure that we can pass legislation that actually helps people. PLU: How has your internship complimented what you’ve learned at PLU? Knapp: One of the things that we’ve talked about in a lot of political science classes is different theories on messaging and things like that. I feel like a lot of (lessons) end up reflecting what it’s like at the legislature. PLU: What made you want to study political

at whatever I do.”  Dolan said his PLU classroom experiences have helped him in his internship, too.  “Many of the basic concepts that we learn in our undergraduate economics classes are used in the work that we do at Analysis Group. In many ways, my experience at AG has bridged the gap between theory and practice; we consistently apply economic concepts to real-world problems,” Dolan said.  His philosophy courses also have come into play.  “All the reading and writing that I’ve done in my

employ fewer people, but so that we can put those human hands on a more important task. Getting firsthand experience, seeing those manual processes get automated  – that’s really huge.  Why did you want to major in economics and minor in data science? I liked the major because it taught me about the world around me. I’ve taken classes like psychology and sociology, and those definitely teach you a lot, but I feel like economics as a social science is incredibly applicable to day-to-day interactions

soon realized research was like a turtle — very slow. “You sit with one question for years, and I was like, ‘Dude, I got a lot of questions.’” He started taking more philosophy classes, “so I could ask those questions and scratch that itch.” Stumbling into philosophy at PLU and falling in love with it led to graduate school at the University of Oregon, where he earned a master’s degree in behavioral philosophy in 2007. In that program, he combined both his interests — psychology and philosophy

performers. “‘Umah Lumba’ means ‘dolphin house’ in Balinese,” Stafki says.  Emma and Annie Stafki travelled to Florida to interview environmental activist Ric O’Barry. PLU and BeyondStafki transferred to PLU after finishing two years of Running Start in high school. “When I visited the campus, I loved how welcoming everyone was,” she says.  Although she loved all of her classes and instructors, she particularly appreciated Marnie Ritchie’s multimedia production class, which launched her documentary. And

Partnership for Health Innovation. I’m interested in doing research in the field of spiritual care, particularly the intersection with Buddhism. I’m also inspired by religion professors like Suzanne Crawford O’Brien and Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen in the Department of Religion who have developed classes with health care majors in mind and teach about religion, religious diversity, healing history, the confluence of religion and health care.  This article is part of the Fall 2024 issue of Resolute Magazine

he felt sitting in his first few classes.“Professors were encouraging students to expand our worldviews, take all sorts of different prospectives into account, and challenge what we previously held to be true,” he says. “I was into it from the start.” Wright has successfully embarked on a career at the nexus of the two driving interests with which he arrived at PLU. After graduating magnum cum laude six years ago, he’s worked for an education foundation and an environmental advocacy organization