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Conference –Whitworth and Puget Sound – get few athletes into the national meet. You would have to go all the way back to Mike Simmons in 1999 to find the last time that a PLU swimmer competed at the Division III national meet. Qualifying standards, already stringent, will plummet next year because most Division III national caliber swimmers are taking advantage of the latest technology in competition equipment – full-body suits. The suits have dramatically reduced times at every level. In fact, nearly

transportation fuels, including leading a team responsible for developing technologies related to commercial production and distribution of advanced non-food-source biofuels that was, at the time, a rather abrupt career transition she describes as “a little uncomfortable.” Charged with managing Chevron Technology Ventures’ biofuels unit, Long now was knee-deep in a slew of terms lifted straight from the proverbial botany textbook. “It was an opportunity for me to stretch myself,” she said. “And one of the

, unstable economies, and lagging rural development. In his current position, he leads a presidential initiative to utilize the experience, technology and resources of the private sector in partnership with the U.S. government to double access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. Mark Carrato’s #WhyPLU“PLU was such a seminal time in my life on so many levels—on a professional level, on an academic level, on a spiritual level, even down to the friendships I made. Before deciding to go there, I took a

over the field. That 24-hours was just a ton of fun. Simon scans the field before making a pass during a PLU Men's Ultimate Frisbee game in March 2023. Simon Luedtke (far left, green Pickles shirt) poses with the rest of the Portland Pickles summer interns. 3. That sounds like a great way to spend a summer! What first sparked your interest in the sports industry? I love sports. I grew up playing sports. My brother and I used to play in our backyard and my parents are also big sports fans so they

time here. Why did you choose a reading endorsement for your degree? Everyone who studies education at PLU chooses an endorsement, either special education or reading. Growing up, I was a bookworm. I would sneak books to read late at night. That is why I chose the reading endorsement. I didn’t know what teaching literacy would encompass at all. I have been learning the stages of reading and language acquisition, learning to teach phonics, and learning to inspire interest in reading in kids. That’s

going into college, it was a no-brainer for me because I just had such a strong interest in it,” Noreen said. “The theater industry is so vast that I was like, ‘Well, I don’t know what type of role I want to do, but it has got to be theater.’ ” We recently met with Noreen at the end of a long day teaching for the company’s summer camp program to discuss their internship experience. Why did you want to study theater at PLU? I was thinking about going to a conservatory or another college, but when I

can’t really have them too much, they’re fattening! Mac or PC? Mac Instagram or Twitter? Huh? I barely do Facebook!Why did you decide to study music? What sparked your interest in music and how did your academic path and career develop from there? My mom said I could sing the theme from the “Mickey Mouse Club” before I could talk! In elementary school and junior high I was fortunate to participate in well developed music programs. I had especially great choral teachers in high school, where Ben

critical thinking, theory building, research methods, statistical analysis and using psychology in human context. The Bachelor of Science degree also is an excellent degree option for students with an interest in pre-medicine (including [psychiatry), behavioral health, cognitive neuroscience, or neuropsychology. Read Previous PLU’s Lathiena Nervo discusses her work and being named one of the “1,000 inspiring Black scientists in America” Read Next Q&A with Biology Major Brandon Nguyen ’21 LATEST POSTS

educational tradition of working for issues of justice and tolerance. According to Professor Emeritus of History Philip Nordquist’s ’56 second book documenting the history of PLU “Inquiry, Service, Leadership and Care: Pacific Lutheran University 1988-2008,” faculty members were already studying and teaching about the Holocaust as soon as the 1950s. But when Christopher Browning began his tenure as professor in PLU’s history department in 1974, he brought with him a renewed interest in the subject

a mortgage slightly higher than their monthly rent (but at 0% interest), and they’ll put in 500 hours of sweat equity—working on their home; attending financial-literacy and homeownership classes; and helping out at Habitat, whether in the office or, in Sullivan’s case, starring in a promotional video. On Sept. 4, 10 days before the official house “wall-raising,” Potter and Habitat Director of Family Services Elliot Stockstad filmed Sullivan at PLU to chronicle her path to The Woods. They met at