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PLU students visit Oaxaca, Mexico, to learn about health care 🇲🇽
January Term (J-Term for short), PLU’s month-long term between fall and spring semester, is when many of our students take advantage of our incredible study away options in multiple places around the world. Planned and coordinated by professors and PLU’s study away center, J-Term study…
The A&P lab gets renovated
Check out the newly renovated anatomy & physiology lab in our Rieke Science Center!
![Rylie Wada is in her black and white softball jersey. She is swinging her bat with a catcher behind her.](https://www.plu.edu/admission/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2022/11/wada-725x408.jpeg)
Student-athlete finds a community more than 2,600 miles from home
Rylie Wada ’25, a nursing major from Honolulu, Hawaii, shares her experience finding community on the mainland. The softball player says she’s fortunate to have found a home at PLU in the classroom and field. Why did you choose to attend PLU? I really wanted…
![Parker Simpson stands in front of a yellow PLU sign on the university campus. He is smiling at the camera in a dark suit.](https://www.plu.edu/admission/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2022/08/05698d43-3ab8-4934-b280-50eac800aa05-725x408.jpeg)
Summer Job Spotlight: Nursing
Parker Simpson ’24 is spending his summer working at an assisted living facility in his hometown of Spokane, Washington. He comes from a family of healthcare professionals and has always wanted to help people. We sat down with him to discuss his experience taking classes…
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Despite pandemic challenges, transfer student finds community at PLU
Monya-Dawn Wilson ’22 is a DJS Fellow and Rieke Scholar who came to PLU as a transfer student. Wilson is a Biology major, and dreams of becoming a pediatrician. “I’ve always liked science and learning,” said Wilson. “I like learning about the body, learning about…
![Yaquelin Rarmirez stands in a lab holding dropper over a jar. She is wearing a white lab coat and safety goggles.](https://www.plu.edu/admission/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2022/05/yaquelin-ramirez-ferrer-4-18-22-043-725x408.jpg)
Yaquelin Ramirez’s ’22 passion for helping others leads to a future in healthcare
As a child, chemistry major Yaquelin Ramirez ’22 often went to work with her mother at a Federal Way nursing home. The time spent watching her mom help the residents sparked something inside of her — a desire to pursue a career where she helps…
![Baily Hamilton (far left) stands alongside three women swimming teammates. The four women are smiling at the camera and holding up their medals.](https://www.plu.edu/admission/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2022/05/baily-hamilton-web-725x408.png)
Find out how Bailey Hamilton ’22 balances athletic involvement with academic excellence
Bailey Hamilton is a senior nursing student at PLU. She is also a member of PLU’s swim team. Recently, she was a member of the winning four-member relay team at this year’s Northwest Conference Championships —one of which set a new PLU record for the…
![Justin Freeyman loads boxes of Thanksgiving meals onto a truck while wearing a mask.](https://www.plu.edu/admission/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2022/04/freeman-featured-725x408.jpeg)
National Guard member and nursing major prioritizes service to his community
Before attending Pacific Lutheran University, Justyn Freeman ’23 served in the Air Force for six years. Now, he is a senior nursing major and will soon begin his residency at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma. Justyn is a current member of the Washington Air…
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