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Lute Powered: Port of Tacoma and Northwest Seaport Alliance Posted by: Zach Powers / November 7, 2022 Image: Port leaders John Wolfe, Eric Johnson and Mark Miller all say PLU helped prepare them for their careers. November 7, 2022 Together, the ports of Tacoma and Seattle are the fourth-largest container gateway for containerized cargo shipping between Asia and major distribution points in the Midwest, Ohio Valley and the East Coast. For this installment of Lute Powered, we interviewed three
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Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Arizona Posted by: nicolacs / October 21, 2021 October 21, 2021 The Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Arizona is holding a virtual information session (via Zoom) regarding their five graduate programs. They are currently accepting graduate applications for the Fall 2022 semester with a priority consideration deadline of December 15th and hard deadline of January 15th. Monday, November 9 from 2:00
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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) SURF Program Posted by: nicolacs / December 6, 2022 December 6, 2022 The SURF program is designed to inspire undergraduate students to pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) through a unique research experience that supports the NIST mission. Since 1993, SURF students from across the country have had the opportunity to gain valuable, hands-on experience, working with cutting-edge technology in one of the
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Rediscovery: Dr. Jenkins and the Texts of Hermann Broch Posted by: Matthew / December 4, 2017 Image: Professor Jen Jenkins at the grave of Herman Broch in Connecticut. December 4, 2017 By Clayton Regehr '18PLU HumanitiesOccasionally, we are fortunate enough to find things that are more exciting than what we are searching for. This is certainly true for Dr. Jen Jenkins, Associate Professor of German in the Languages and Literature Department at Pacific Lutheran University.Dr. Jenkins spent the
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REU Program with the University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Polymer Science and Engineering Posted by: nicolacs / December 20, 2019 December 20, 2019 The REU Site: Polymer Innovation for a Sustainable Future at The University of Southern Mississippi School of Polymers Science and Engineering was launched in the summer of 2017 under National Science Foundation award DMR-1659340. The grand challenges of the 21st century will require new and sustainable approaches to polymer materials
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Faculty Feature: Meet Dr. Richard Nance, Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies Posted by: Reesa Nelson / April 30, 2020 April 30, 2020 What is your educational background? I received my Bachelors of Music Education (1977) and Master of Arts in Choral Conducting (1982) from West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M) in Canyon, Texas. I received the Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from Arizona State University in 1992. Why did you want to teach at PLU? As a choral
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a trombonist, and James Dixon as a conductor. I’ve also had some significant experiences with other teachers, like Murry Sidlin and Henry Charles Smith. What is your favorite class to teach and why? That’s tough! I love the orchestra, of course. I find something wonderful about all of the courses I teach—the music history course, the introductory research course for our capstone students and composers, and, yes, even ear training. That last one in particular is crucial to the development of
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July 7, 2008 Next of kin: the ethics of eating, capturing, and experimenting on great apes One of the pressing problems of our times is the future of the great apes. All of the great apes – chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans – are endangered. Their habitat is quickly shrinking, but more urgent, their numbers are fast approaching an unsustainable low. Currently, the main threat is the bush-meat trade (which also involves the logging of African forests). It is now thought that the
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By Michael Halvorson, ’85. The Benson Program in Business and Economic History is pleased to announce the selection of three student-faculty research teams for Summer 2021. The fellowships are selected by the Innovation Studies steering committee and funded through the generous support of Dale E.…
Summer 2021 Benson Research Fellows Announced Three student-faculty research teams investigate business and economic history Posted by: halvormj / May 2, 2021 May 2, 2021 By Michael Halvorson, ’85. The Benson Program in Business and Economic History is pleased to announce the selection of three student-faculty research teams for Summer 2021. The fellowships are selected by the Innovation Studies steering committee and funded through the generous support of Dale E. Benson and the Benson Family
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A Conversation with Dr. Moneyang and Dr. Ortigas Posted by: Matthew / December 8, 2017 Image: Dr. Patrick Moneyang, French (left) and Dr. Jose Ortigas, Spanish. December 8, 2017 By Athena Gordon '18PLU HumanitiesOn Friday, September 29th, Athena Gordon had a conversation about vocation, teaching, and the importance of languages with two professors in the Department of Languages & Literatures. José Ramón Ortigas is an Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies who earned his PhD from the University
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