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patience, critical thinking, and problem-solving. I was glad to learn from Dr. Yakelis and be a part of his team!” "This research experience was like a bridge connecting my academic journey," explained del Toro. Fani del Toro ’24 | Chemistry major Preparing for the future “Doing summer research with Dr. Yakelis has played a vital role in shaping my post-graduation plans, particularly in pursuing a Ph.D. in organic chemistry,” said del Toro. “It helped me gain practical skills in creating new synthetic

. “It was the saddest thing, that same damaging and devaluing feeling,” Chan said. Film Reflections Chan’s passion for social justice has primarily focused on education and the experiences of people of color. As a high school student, she created a documentary, “For the Culture,” focused on the importance and need of ethnic studies. Using a Canon camera to shoot the documentary and a laptop to edit the film, Chan taught herself necessary skills. “I really enjoyed using film as a cool way to tell my

for History and Philosophy students, and those interested in Innovation Studies. After sitting down with Professor Michael Halvorson, one of the instructors, I think that the new course will be a fascinating introduction to very tangible skills–with a few surprises. Two Classes in One Michael Halvorson, Director of Innovation Studies An important aspect of Hist/Phil 248 is that it is really two classes built into one. Students register for the History 248 section (led by Michael Halvorson) or the

-computer science courses I took at PLU. Physics, for instance, is an amazing way to learn problem solving. I find myself using many of the soft skills from the humanities courses as I am regularly trying to persuade people of my position’s correctness or trying to better communicate the intricacies of my solutions. While at PLU, you had the opportunity to study away. How was that experience? I spent the fall term of my fourth year at King’s College London. I also spent J-Term my second year in

discrimination because you haven’t been there very long. It’s a very healthy working environment. More practically, though, I get to use the skills I’ve built over my time in school in an atmosphere surrounded by finance, which is close to what I major in and love. That’s an amazing opportunity to get to do before I’m even out of college. How did your internship differ from the work you do in the classroom? Often in school, when you’re working with data, it’s very small data sets, but these are really large

far want to be there, and they want to do theatre, and they want to have fun and play and use their imaginations. It’s really fun to see. The other aspect of the internship is that I teach a different topic every week. So, in my first week, I taught imagination, teamwork, and collaboration skills to kindergarten through third graders. And then last week, I was teaching improv to fourth through sixth graders. Then this week, I’m working with 13 through 16-year-olds, just giving them a feast, a

the acceptable communicative behaviors on these apps. They should also come to an understanding that these are all sources meant for forms of social interaction. As long as people approach social media with a basic understanding and critical thinking skills, social media will generate more educated and healthy online communities.Read full project briefLovely McKay: 8 Things to Look For: Identifying Reliable News Artist Statement: I created an infographic for people to consider while they’re