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said. “We learn from each other,” she said. “That’s very special to witness. I can see both sides learning so much.” The partnership is ongoing, going into Takekawa’s 10th year teaching at PLU. She said the plan is to continue to grow and strengthen that partnership. In January 2017, Gerhardstein will use a grant from the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education to conduct a music research project in Japan, she noted. Takekawa will accompany him, as well as a couple of students from G

and counselors to share information about the scholarship, which awards students who qualify with full tuition for four years at PLU by a combination of federal, state, and PLU grant and scholarship aid. First-year students beginning at PLU in fall 2016 will be the first eligible to receive the scholarship. The 253 PLU Bound Scholarship will be awarded to College Bound Scholarship eligible students who attend a high school within the 253 area code, have a 3.70 or better cumulative high school GPA

for seven years and began with teaching private flute lessons, she noticed a need in her community for a math tutor and decided to use her teaching experience and math skills to fill that need.  “I’m trying to address a lot of the needs that will come from distance learning. Many students really need the one on one guidance that is much easier to give while in-person teaching, especially in larger zoom calls it can be easy for kids to feel lost or unheard” Balut said. “ I’m hoping to offer

the Digital Humanities but it did not want it to become a minor or major. They have a good reason for that. They say that when it becomes a minor or major, what ends up happening is that just a few people end up working in it instead of it being a common good. Which is what it should be.” The grant led to a lab which was fully launched in the spring of 2018. Its goal is to educate and support colleagues and students in the digital humanities. With training, faculty can incorporate technological

March 13, 2012 Mathlete coaches teach students on cracking the equation for success, and math! By Joel Zylstra On Tuesday, March 13, about 100 PLU students, local middle schoolers, parents and math teachers gathered in the UC Scan Center for Family Math Night to showcase their commitment to Math. PLU’s Mathlete Coaching Project, now in its eighth year, exists to create a community around mathematics from elementary school to college. The annual event honored elementary and middle schoolers from

PLU nursing students help vaccinate nearly 1200 people at on-campus event Posted by: Zach Powers / February 11, 2021 Image: PLU’s Olson Gym (pictured) and Field House were used for a vaccination event on Thursday that administered around 1200 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. (Photos by John Froschauer/PLU) February 11, 2021 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing and CommunicationsOn Thursday, February 11, around 1,200 people received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination at a one-day event in

, or Entrepreneur? We asked Mariken if she was ready to describe herself as an up-and-coming designer or if another label was a better fit. “To be honest, terms like designer and entrepreneur still feel a bit too big for me,” Mariken replied. “What pushed me to start ELSK the Studio was simply a desire to be creative and to do something on my own that didn’t feel like office work or a traditional job.” This sentiment about doing something unconventional is typical among students in the Innovation

the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway. Epstein’s connections to PLU made the relationship with Tacoma’s downtown museum possible. PLU students are busy preparing their Munch-inspired pieces for the student juried exhibit. Art major Soren Iverson ’18 said his identity as an artist mirrors that of Munch. Iverson works with charcoal and dark themes, and strives to convey strong emotions as the famous Norwegian artist did. “A lot of my art already fits the bill,” he said. Iverson said his participation in

 support to PLU students by over $9 million over a two-year period. The State House of Representatives budget proposes an increase of $53 million for serving eligible but currently unserved State Need Grant students and increases State Need Grants for private colleges by 3.5 percent in the second year.  This would mean an additional $3.5 million in State Need Grants for PLU students. The state currently fails to fully fund the State Need Grant, and PLU backfills any unmet need for its eligible students

Around the PNW: Students head to Seattle for a concert Posted by: vcraker / May 18, 2022 May 18, 2022 Join Luke Van Tassel ’24 as he heads to Seattle (only 45 minutes from campus!) — to see a Billie Eilish concert. Follow the PLU Tik Tok to see more adventures from our students! Read Previous History and literature senior aspires to be a lifelong learner Read Next Around the PNW: Students hike to Cherry Creek Falls LATEST POSTS Summer Reading Recommendations July 11, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ’24