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,” Thorleifsson said. “It’s one small ocean up there and we are sharing it.” Saether echoed his words. “We find it crucial to protect the climate conditions,” Saether said. “We need a great innovation, great entrepreneurship and a great will.” Retired physical oceanographer Carol Helene Pease and her husband, Bruce Rummel, both of Seattle, were among those who turned out for the lecture Friday afternoon. “We’re sailors, so we enjoyed the talk about the actual sailing,” Pease said. “Sailing in those large
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TACOMA, WASH. (July 28, 2015)- It’s safe to say Forrest Griek ‘00, ’02 loves being at school. Currently the principal of Tacoma’s Browns Point Elementary, Griek has spent his career serving in a variety of positions at schools throughout the South Sound, including Todd Beamer…
better serve, students, staff and parents/guardians. I strongly believe that if you want to be a great leader you have to reflect, admit your mistakes and continue to learn to do better for/by your students. Fortunately, I work with a district that believes this too and a staff committed to learning and supporting each other. Simply put, it has really hit home for me to be selected as an ASCD emerging leader. You spent nearly a decade serving at the high-school level prior to transitioning to an
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—that we all refrain from these personal expressions and instead celebrate our communal achievements by honoring our academic traditions. Education, like democracy, is a privilege—one inherent with responsibility. Please share a comment, and let me know your thoughts. *Note: All comments are moderated Read Previous Blog Post: Why Do Tuition Fees Increase, and Where Does the Money Go? Read Next Blog Post: A Great Day to Be a Lute! #PLUGrads LATEST POSTS President Krise’s open letter of support for
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. Brian Galante, Music Professor and Department of Music Chair, shares why it’s a great time to study music and why PLU is a great place to do so! Read Previous Matthew Conover ’19 explains how PLU helped prepare him for a career in software engineering Read Next PLU Clubs: Cubing Club LATEST POSTS Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to
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in her senior year and majoring in social work. She’s preparing to do great things—after already accomplishing significant wins—and wrapping up a fascinating capstone. “As a single parent, first-generation college student, I’m out here defying the odds,” she says. Lucas lives in Tacoma with her 6-year-old daughter and is preparing to attend graduate school this fall for social work, with the University of Washington and Seattle University already extending offers. Lucas hopes to found and lead a
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. The camper runs to her mother and delivers a beaded bracelet with the words “I Love You, Mom” spelled out in white beads. After sweeping her daughter up in a hug of thanks, Montgomery says she was excited to find a program like the AMP Camp. “I think this is a terrific idea,” Montgomery says. “It gives the kids something to do, you know, interact with their peers, keeps them busy during summer, and it’s a great opportunity for them to express themselves.” The PLU students hope the camp can
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in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024 Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024 Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market May 20, 2024
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good at one-on-one talks and working with individual students, was just great,” he said. Kop’s interest in science grew when he took science courses through the Running Start program while he was a student at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma. As part of Running Start, Kop attended Tacoma Community College, where he majored in astronomy and took courses that interested him. But by the time he got to PLU as a transfer junior, Kop was ready to take on a challenging schedule as an upper-division
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10,000 acres of palm oil plantations claimed by the country’s largest landowner, and a key player in the coup. Filmed over four years beginning with the coup itself, Resistencia follows three key members of the farmers’ resistance effort as they convert the plantations into a workers co-op and agitate for a more democratic state, all while trying to survive the violent reaction of the landlord and the coup regime. Freeston is a seasoned investigative documentarian and journalist. While serving as a
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Intersections: Called and Empowered (and Assessed) Posted by: abryant / April 29, 2022 April 29, 2022 Cover art If we were all eyes, could we see each other? by Vickie R. Phipps Intersections, Number 54, Fall 2021Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning, and teaching within Lutheran higher education. It
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