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  • Alexa and Innovation Research at Amazon By Michael Halvorson, Benson Chair in Business and Economic History. On Monday, February 19, 2018 (President’s Day), students at Pacific Lutheran University are invited for a special tour of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters (HQ). The event is being sponsored by Amazon and PLU’s office of Career… January 31, 2018 AlexaAmazonArtificial IntelligenceBusiness and Economic HistoryEchoInnovation StudiesMarvin MinskyMichael Halvorson

  • History and literature senior aspires to be a lifelong learner Kathryn Einan ’22 is a self-proclaimed “book nerd.” She is a triple major in Literature, History and Nordic Studies with a minor in Chinese. She has a deep love of learning and hopes to become a teacher one day. “There are so many interesting things… May 10, 2022 AcademicsCurrent StudentsEnglishHistoryLiterature

  • Congratulations Alum Natalie Bisceglia! Recently Natalie (’13), who works at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital and Health Center, received a Daisy Award for her “amazing, informational, and caring service” while caring for an infant who was admitted for monitoring. The family said she went “over and beyond for us… April 30, 2019 alumni

  • continuing that tradition by delving into indigenous studies research and education — a field that’s gaining ground at the university.Kaja Gjelde-Bennett ‘17 and English faculty member Wendy Call were both awarded 2018 Fulbright grants to pursue research trips abroad. Gjelde-Bennett is working toward a master’s degree in Norway by exploring her heritage — the Sámi people’s language and history. Call will be translating indigenous women’s written work into English and teaching a course in Colombia. With

  • Sakai 2.9: A Look-Ahead to New Features Posted by: Jenna S / April 22, 2014 April 22, 2014 by Layne Nordgren and Sean Horner  New in Sakai 2.9 In a previous blog post and a corresponding email sent to all PLU employees last month about the Sakai upgrade to version 2.9 on Fri., June 6, we had alluded to forthcoming details about the new Lessons tool and other new features to expect from Sakai 2.9. Those details are now available. You can refer to them in the Sakai support site on a new page: New

  • Peace Corps in countries around the world.Katherine Wiley, PLU’s Peace Corps Prep Program Coordinator and anthropology professor, credits the institution’s commitment to global studies and public service for its high numbers of recent Peace Corps volunteers. “It demonstrates how our students are interested in the Peace Corps and how deeply committed they are to service,” Wiley said. “While the ranking focuses on Peace Corps, it also suggests how in general so many of our students choose to pursue

  • Careers In Chemistry! Posted by: alemanem / April 28, 2021 April 28, 2021 Would you like to hear real-life stories from real-life chemical scientists? The Royal Society of Chemistry Education recently released an entire page of job profile videos.  “A Future In Chemistry” includes interviews of secondary educators, museum & medicinal chemists, forensic toxicologists, chief technology officers and more! Find out what jobs in chemistry can involve and the qualifications that will get you there on

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  • Congratulations to Dr. Woo and Dr. Robinson! This text has become a widely adopted standard for advanced pharmacology in schools of nursing all across the nation. Drs. Lorena Guerrero and Ruth Shaffler are among the text’s many contributors. Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurse Prescribers 4th Edition May 3, 2016 facultynursingpharmacologytextbooks

  • Sustainability in Monastic Communities Posted by: alex.reed / May 22, 2022 May 22, 2022 By Joy Edwards, ‘21 (Religion and English Major)Originally published in 2021Dr. Samuel Torvend spent his sabbatical during the 2019-20 school year researching environmental consciousness and sustainability in early medieval monastic communities. Early medieval monasteries were built to last, he emphasizes. “When these monastic communities were established, they did not think they were going to be there for a