Eboo Patel, author of "Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim"
A member of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Patel speaks on Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 6:30 p.m. in Schneebeck Concert Hall.
President Thomas signs off on the Center for Health Sciences
President Thomas signs the top beam of the new Center for Health Sciences before it swings into place. The new center with classroom, labs, and community clinics will open in 2011.
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August 14, 2010
Rose Thompson '11: Life in the Southern Hemisph...
I have a group of adventurous extranjeros (in this case, American) friends from my program, and though we haven’t strayed that far from our city, we’ve come to know a bit of Chile’s strikingly exotic landscape. Highlights have been the sand dunes, where it’s popular to sand board and stay late for drinks and the sunset, and La Campana, a beautiful national park in the nearby city of Olmué, only an hour...
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August 9, 2010
Lisa Griswold '11: A reflection of 3 years...
Coming to Puget Sound, I was clad in a puffy fleece jacket under the assumption that the Northwest couldn’t possibly reach any temperature above the 50 degree mark in August. Little did I know the day my family and I arrived to move in, it would be blazing hot outside. Shuffled in to take my I.D. picture right off the bat, I have a lovely reminder of my first Pacific Northwest culture shock moment ...
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August 27, 2010
CES: Help wanted
One day I walked to the grocery store to stock up on ramen noodles, and I admit I was dragging my feet. It’s a good thing I was taking my time because when I paid attention to my surroundings I noticed something – little orange and black signs that said “help-wanted”. Along my short walk, maybe a mile, I spotted three small businesses that were looking for help.
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July 30, 2010
Mary Krauszer '12: Stephen and Mary go to the c...
Two college students, six days, 250 sea stars, and one Garmin GPS. Over the week of July 9-15, my research partner, Stephen, and I made a tour of beaches conducting sea star surveys... At Observatory Point, we were first discouraged by the lack of sea stars... But as we moved toward the point, rocks were covered with huge californianis mussels, and what comes with huge mussels? Huge sea stars.
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