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Innovate Scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year, which includes first ($5000) and second ($2500) place graduate and undergraduate scholarships. The mission of scholarship program is to: Award scholarships to LGBTQ+ students currently enrolled in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) or STEM-related teaching fields. Honor students who support a creative educational community that increases the visibility and the accomplishments of LGBTQ+ and supportive students Encourage students

, for investment in technology for mental health counselors to provide care to students virtually.  Prior to the pandemic, 30 percent of PLU students sought mental health services. Now that we’re 11 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Washington Department of Health is predicting an increased risk of depression and hopelessness for the remainder of 2020 and into early 2021. In September, PLU received its second Pierce County Connected grant, this time for assistance with its mental health

problem,” he said of how our species functions with the world. We are now facing not only an environmental crisis, but a “civilization crisis,” he said. Destruction is not a sustainable way of life, he said. Religion has and can play a big role in how the species views itself within the context of the natural world. To sustain and re-vitalize, there must be a religious and a moral transition for the care of a healthy Earth, Rasmussen said. God and the ecosphere must be viewed as a whole. It is the

care – for other people, for their communities and for the Earth.  The values that have shaped this university – and this region – are vitally present in PLU today.  I hope you will reflect on these values in the months ahead and incorporate their principles into your learning—and your actions.   I’d like to delve a bit deeper into what we mean by “care for other people and for their communities.”  I expect that all of you have left a community of love and support.  But you will come to realize

center many of the concepts she learned at PLU. “The programs, students and staff on campus put an emphasis on service and care,” she says. “That’s what drew me to PLU, what kept met at PLU and what has sustained me.” At PLU, she majored in both communications and Hispanic studies.  “I took my first Spanish language class in 10th grade, and I fell in love with the language from the start,” she says. Following graduation from PLU, she earned a master’s degree in translation from Kent State University

PLU Football: Behind the Scenes Posted by: Zach Powers / September 20, 2022 September 20, 2022 The PLU football team has begun its 2022 season. Join us at Sparks Stadium for home games in September, October and November. Full schedule available at: golutes.com/sports/football Read Previous PLU biology professor Amy Siegesmund receives national teaching award Read Next Professor Maria Chávez quoted in article about women of color in the workplace COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the

San Diego State University Physics Graduate Program Posted by: nicolacs / November 18, 2021 November 18, 2021 The Department of Physics at San Diego State University (SDSU) is inviting all Senior Physics undergraduates  considering graduate school next year to explore the Masters in Physics, the Masters in Medical Physics, or the Joint PhD (through the Computational Science Research Center) programs at SDSU.  Financial support is available to most of our qualified Master’s students as Teaching

longer abduction but starvation due to a decline in Chinook salmon, their primary food source. Urgent action is needed, she says. Southern Resident orcas photographed near Vaughn bay by Emma Stafki ’24.  A Family AffairSince age 12, Stafki has been making films with her sister Annie, 5 years her junior. The duo entered many of these into the Gig Harbor Film Festival, which they won three times. Her sister—now a high school freshman—acted as co-producer and creator of “Echos of the Sound.” Getting a

the customer of the house I was painting explained to me that she was a life coach and had many inquiring questions about my goals upon graduating. She advised that to supplement a science degree I would need a business degree. She explained this is beneficial for clients of hers in this field to organize projects, for managing lab processes, and business needs as promotion opportunities materialize. Secondly, I had an opportunity to be a participant for a focus group from a previous student in

applications for Fulbright faculty teaching and research appointments to Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Russia. This year they reviewed more than 90 applications, about the same number as the year before. The applications come to her electronically in late August, then she combs through them looking for applicants that are a good fit for the country and assignment. “It’s really a blast reviewing the work of my fellow Fulbright hopefuls,” Lisosky says.  “I’ve picked up a slew of