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When college students dream up the perfect summer, it usually doesn’t involve getting up at 3 a.m. to take water samples, living out of your backpack, and sleeping in the trees. But for geosciences major Nathan Page, there was no better way to spend the last summer of his undergraduate education. Page set out on a series of research trips with four of his peers and Assistant Professor of Geosciences and Environmental Studies Claire Todd to study waste management on Mt. Rainier. It was a great way

Club, now named the Global Student Club, set it up. “There’s a lot of stuff to see,” said Torhild Skillingstad ’13, programming intern for International Student Services. In addition to coordinating Saturday’s trip, Skillingstad is also planning a trip to Portland for Mid-Semester Break and trips to Seattle and Zoolights at Point Defiance. “It’s a great way to show off some local stuff and American culture early,“ Skillingstad said. Read Previous PLU among top ‘Military-Friendly’ schools Read Next

something bigger and part of a community. In Gannon, Jones sees someone who is doing what PLU instilled in her. “I think what excites me about Maura, and why I’m eager to mentor her, is that before we even talked about mentoring she was already asking for help and doing more to learn more,” Jones said. “For someone that is eager to learn, I will make the time. She’s already doing great things.” The pair is just implementing the skills they were both taught at PLU, Gannon said. “So much of what we

those types of kids—kids with primarily with emotional and behavioral disabilities,” Williams said. “I derive a great deal of satisfaction from that work. That’s why I wanted to continue it in Mexico.” Williams, who frequently travels to Mexico, found out about Sol y Luna from a friend of his and starting volunteering there in January 2007. “They put me to work with a child whose name is Daniel,” said Williams. “Daniel is a young man who really can’t do anything, he’s profoundly disabled.” Williams

, certainly found that to be the case. “The armed services aren’t given enough credit,” she said. “We can adapt to this. We are the most diverse workforce in the world.” Of her time at PLU, Witt, who played both softball and basketball, speaks fondly. “I practically grew up on that campus,” she said, noting that many relatives attended PLU, including her siblings and her parents – as well as her great uncle Harold Leraas, of the Leraas Lecture Hall. “I’ve had tremendous support from PLU, especially from

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was one of the applicants selected to present her work, she couldn’t wait to share her findings with more people. “I had a lot of fun with my Capstone,” said Moran. “I really enjoyed it, and I felt like it was a great experience for me. I’m excited to showcase that work in another way. It’ll be fun to talk about this to a different audience.” Moran said she owes a lot to Travis. “She would be up at 10:30 on a Saturday night Google chatting with me [while I was] in Morken (Center for Learning and

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donors. Dooley encourages alumni to donate because the money saved on energy bills from the installation of the solar panel system will be money that can go back to the students. She says donors would be giving to both the solar panel system project and the student body. “The thousands and thousands of dollars that we are saving are going back to the PLU experience,” said Dooley. Other offices are also playing a large role in this project. “It’s been a great cross-campus collaborative effort,” said

worked really hard on my resume and cover letter. I got a lot of help from someone at the Wild Hope Center and Alumni & Student Connections, working on my cover letter and resume and tailoring it to the internship I was applying for. It was great that I got so much help with that. The theater industry is very much about who you know. Honestly, I feel like I probably got offered this internship because I have a really close relationship with Amanda, and she was able to give me a really good reference