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course on conservation and natural resources. In the course, students completed a lifestyle project, tracking their use of resources, such as electricity, food, water, transportation and garbage production. “I knew I was failing,” Pfaff said. “But it motivated me to do something and change my lifestyle.” This year, he served as the Residence Hall Association’s environment, justice and diversity (EJD) director, creating programming to increase awareness about issues related to the environment, justice
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in a word or a bond angle can change the meaning of the chemistry, is incredibly demanding, but Fryhle obviously enjoys the task. The book is published about every three years, with the 11th edition due out at the end of 2012. Solomons first started writing the book in 1976. The book is currently published in seven languages, and is comprised of a fact-chocked 1,163 pages. Fryhle doesn’t do the translations, of course, but has had to advise about translating the proper meaning of passages. It’s
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empower youth. “We are scholars before steppers and all have goals as individuals that empower us as a team using STEP as a vehicle for change in the world,” Howard said. She has dance and choreographed with the PLU ensemble for three years. THE DIRECTOR Maureen McGill is an associate professor of theatre/dance in the School of Arts and Communication at Pacific Lutheran University. She has a BFA in Dance from the University of Utah and an MA in Theatre from Western Washington University. She recently
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Hrivnak’s experiences being published in Operation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front in the Words of U.S Troops and Their Families (Random House, 2006). His entries were included in a documentary which was nominated, but didn’t win, an Academy Award in 2008. Hrivnak intended to publish his own book long before now, but life got in the way – children, a wife who returned to grad school, a career change – Hrivnak works now as a firefighter for Central Pierce County Fire and Rescue. But
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Seattle into the Sound, you would be shocked at what you see,” she said. “We have to look in the mirror and make some fundamental changes to our habits.” That said, Gregoire said it is actually harder to get several million people to change their habits than to bring pressure to bear on a few very visible industries. Puget Sound residents need to realize that, “You are part of the problem; you need to be part of the solution.” Aside from her leadership in pushing for the cleanup of Puget Sound
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what many in the PLU community are feeling this week? It speaks to the fact that all of us must make our own contribution to this effort of listening and understanding if anything is ever to change. All voices have to be heard. Another of the texts in this concert is “A Drop in the Ocean” by Mother Theresa. She wrote: “My work is but a drop in the ocean, but if I did not put that drop, the ocean would be one drop the less.” We all must do our part, this horribly divisive election — no matter the
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demonstrate the most potential for affecting positive change and leadership in academic and co-curricular life on campus. It began with Director of Military Outreach Michael Farnum, an Army veteran who set up the endowment to honor the wishes of his late father-in-law, Sgt. 1st Class Eugene C. Price. Dean is a member of the Snohomish tribe, which is a small tribe associated with the Tulalip Tribes of Washington, a Native American community in the mid-Puget Sound area. She is the first recipient of the
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in his hometown of Phoenix. He just needed a partner, an innovative concept and a little serendipity to rekindle his passion for entrepreneurship. Duncan worked for the Lennar Corporation in Tempe after graduation, a job that left him burnt out and craving change. He then moved back to Phoenix, where he got acquainted with Hartley Rodie, an aspiring bar owner who asked him for a tour of the downtown scene.“I showed him all over,” Duncan said, “and I told him about a little idea that I had for a
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to work on reconvening and being a part of the University Sustainability Committee. That’s part of that long-lasting change a lot of us are hoping to continue for years to come. Read Previous Community First: PLU alum supports local sellers and town with 3 Sisters Market Read Next PLU Professor Greg Youtz composes new opera that exposes the “Tacoma Method” COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing
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-making. They created and studied nanocrystals using special chemistry techniques with high-tech tools like UV-vis spectroscopy, NMR, FTIR, XRD, TEM, and SAXS. Each test revealed something new. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) August 11, 2023 In the world of science, significant discoveries can come in tiny packages. Picture being able to make and change things so small they’re nearly invisible. That’s where colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals shine. These super small wonders are made in solution and grown to
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