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with winter’s chill—other than personal space heaters!—include: • wearing layered clothing; • keeping a sweater or coat handy (October’s Sweater Swap was designed to make sure everyone had a snuggly sweater); and • for students who live on campus, adding another cozy comforter to the bed (but not an electric blanket). Bell said for larger-scale issues, Facilities Management can investigate an area where the temperature is under 68 degrees. (There’s a work order at www.plu.edu/facilities-management

, feeling like I can make the world a better place,” he says. “Maybe the world is in tough shape, but if we can make it one percent better it’s easy for me to get excited about that.  “I get excited about the small things. I think seeing other people get excited too, taking pride in tiny accomplishments that are selfless and self-fulfilling – that’s what sells it for me.”Why Environmental Studies?Learning about the environment offers opportunities to integrate studies of nature and natural systems with

Uncomfortable Truths: Introduction to Holocaust and Genocide Studies class examines the past to change the future Posted by: Zach Powers / January 17, 2023 Image: Holocaust survivor Peter Metzelaar speaks with PLU students in a course titled “Introduction to Holocaust & Genocide Studies.” (Photo courtesy of Professor Lisa Marcus) January 17, 2023 By Anneli HaralsonMarketing & Communications Guest Writer“There is nothing comfortable about studying genocide,” Beth Griech-Polelle, a Pacific

Margaret Murdoch ’24: Contributing to a cure at Fred Hutch Cancer Center Posted by: nicolacs / October 18, 2023 Image: Margaret Murdoch ’24 spent the summer at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center researching acute myeloid leukemia cells. (All photos provided by Murdoch.) October 18, 2023 By Ava EdmondsMarketing and CommunicationsMargaret Murdoch ’24, a biology and religious studies major with a minor in gender and sexuality studies, spent their summer in Seattle alongside some of the nation’s best

Einan about her impressive triple major. Einan came to PLU with the intent of being a history major and possibly an English minor. Still, she loved her English classes so much that her English minor quickly became a second major. Einan’s love of books made literature a natural fit.  “I’ve always been a book nerd. I read multiple books in a week,” says Einan. “I have piles of books at home. I go to the used bookstore all the time.”  Einan loves many books, making it impossible for her to choose a

. The research exemplifies how the PLU sciences strive to offer novel research opportunities to any biology minor or major. Laurie-Berry says that summer research programs often present students with the only chance to do hands-on, original research—which means participants need 10 summer weeks free to be in the lab. This isn’t easy for those with summer jobs or other commitments. “Offering student-faculty research opportunities to a broader range of students is important to me and our department

Masters in Education (MAE) program upon graduation and for students entering the PLU MAE program. Students who enter the PLU MAE program may have earned their Bachelor’s degree at PLU or at another institution.“This program reflects PLU’s values of diversity, justice, and sustainability,” Gardiner said. “The program also reflects commitments to collaboration and leveraging collective expertise through the ongoing work between the Colleges of Professional Studies (education) and Natural Sciences

Colleges of Professional Studies (education) and Natural Sciences (chemistry and mathematics).”  In 2021-22, Gardiner said that seven students were recruited to the NSF-funded Pathways to Culturally Sustaining STEM Teaching Program and awarded roughly $140,000 in forgivable loans.  Anderson feels like the program’s anti-racist, equity-focused, and student-focused instruction is essential. She hopes these conversations become the norm in classes beyond her program and she’s proud that PLU is leading the

the letter to The New York Times below from the President of Manhattan College (a fellow NAC&U school) which will carry my signature and the signature of the President of Wagner (both an ELCA and NAC&U school, like PLU): To the Editor: In “College Rankings Fail to Measure the Influence of the Institution” (October 2, 2015), James B. Stewart ends with a list of 10 schools that emerge as leaders in adding value regardless of the major of graduates, based on a formula developed by the Brookings

this is in the context of studying natural history and conservation issues. BRAZIL, ARGENTINA Cosmopolitanism: Citizenship in a Globalizing World Students and faculty together conducted an investigation of the impact of globalization upon two major world cities, Sao Paolo, Brazil, the largest city in Latin America, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, arguably the most cosmopolitan city in South America. And, they investigated the concept of cosmopolitanism from a philosophical perspective and its