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through,” she said. Going to college is a life-changing experience and understanding a new stage in life is no easy task, Dehne said. Finding the people and places to make life’s stages connect and grow is part of EXPLORE!. “I think more and more, PLU is able to show that is a core part of the university,” she said. Read Previous Former ASPLU VP tagged as Rising Star Read Next Present for historical moment COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have

environmental engineering, Columbia University – 2002 B.A. in geology, Claremont McKenna College – 2000 “There’s really, as you can imagine, nothing that can substitute for seeing continent-sized glaciers and mountains,” Todd said. “We spent a month living out of a tent and researching the glacial deposits. We climbed up the mountains around our camp and collected rock samples and we’re in the process of analyzing those rocks samples and using them to tell us how big the glaciers were in the past, when they

Can I Get a Master’s Degree Unrelated to My Undergraduate Major? Posted by: chaconac / April 8, 2022 April 8, 2022 Maybe you’re a recent college graduate — you’re discovering that your bachelor’s degree actually isn’t going to prepare you for the career you want.Or maybe you’ve been in the workforce for several years — and you’ve decided that you either want to move in a slightly different direction in your current career or you want to change careers altogether. Whatever your specific

create art, transforming audience perspectives on climate change. Where did you grow up, and why did you choose PLU for undergraduate studies? Ruggeri: I grew up in South Florida and wanted to go out of state for college, specifically a liberal arts college offering a theater program with a directing focus. I hoped to find a smaller community and had summer camp friends who had gone to PLU. And PLU gave me a good scholarship! Knapp: I grew up in Bellingham. I loved growing up there but wanted to

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), a college-readiness program, and are seeking extra guidance and support. The idea for a writing center that would serve the community surrounding the campus began in 2016, when co-director Scott Rogers and his colleague in the PLU English Department, Jason Skipper, wrote a plan to fund the center. Their concept was based on a successful program in Salt Lake City. “The goal was to provide writing and reading support for students in the community, and to

premiered at the 2017 WASBE International Conference), the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition, The Sydney Conservatorium Wind Symphony, the Composers Conference at Wellesley College, Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, Transient Canvas, and the Purchase Percussion Ensemble, among others. His compositions have been performed across the United States and abroad, by acclaimed musicians and ensembles such as the Cleveland Orchestra, the Lydian String Quartet, International Contemporary Ensemble, Triton Brass

Paid Green Chemistry & Engineering Summer Internship – Minnesota Posted by: alemanem / March 27, 2017 March 27, 2017 The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is now accepting applications for a paid green chemistry & engineering summer internship at a Minnesota company.  A recent four-year college degree is required, with a science, technology, engineering, or other technical major, minor, or significant specialty preferred.  MPCA plans to announce the company and project within 2 to 3

Adrian Arrives A student from Alaska discovers his love for computer science and lands his dream job at Netflix. Posted by: nicolacs / November 1, 2022 Image: Image: Adrian Ronquillo ’22 (PLU Photo/Sy Bean) November 1, 2022 By Veronica CrakerResoLute Assistant EditorDuring his senior year, computer science major Adrian Ronquillo ’22 filled out 203 job applications. Despite already having a job offer from a tech company he was interning with, he wanted to see what other opportunities were

July 27, 2011 Wild Hope Project finds a permanent home in the Center for Vocation at PLU Wild Hope Project finds a permanent home in the Center for Vocation.  At the end of this year, the Lilly Endowment’s $2.5 million, eight-year funding of the Wild Hope Project came to an end. Does that mean the Wild Hope Project is ending? Absolutely not. University funding of this innovative program continues. Lynn Hunnicutt, associate professor of economics and director of the Center for Vocation. (Photo

expanded … well … exponentially. “I thought it was fascinating seeing how everything is connected through math,” Ball said. When Ball first came to PLU, he wanted to major in engineering, but after taking physics and giving thought to his life after college, he decided engineering wasn’t for him. Ball is now enrolled in PLU’s graduate education program, working to earn a master’s degree in secondary education. He hopes to teach high-school math first and eventually become a college professor. “It came