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lab experience? Two internship opportunities are available to PLU students interested in cancer research at Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center. How did your internship come to be at Fred Hutch? MM: I spent the summer working at Fred Hutch through a Lab position offered to PLU students funded by the John F. Gilbertson Foundation. This position at Fred Hutch is provided to two PLU students each summer. After hearing about the sponsored Fred Hutch internship, I filled out the application, interviewed

SURF Pitt 2020 Posted by: alemanem / January 9, 2020 January 9, 2020 The Department of Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce the 2020 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program (SURF Pitt 2020).  Summer research opportunities are available for up to five female or minority undergraduate students majoring in chemistry who are expected to graduate in 2021.  Students selected for the program will receive a stipend of $386.00 per week for 10 weeks of summer research

REUs: SPIRAL and SPATIAL-Stats 2023 at Georgetown Posted by: nicolacs / January 30, 2023 January 30, 2023 SPIRAL (Summer Program in Research and Learning) and SPATIAL-Stats (Summer Program Advancing Techniques in the Applied Learning of Statistics) are research experiences for undergraduates (REU) aimed at providing a mentoring structure that promotes active learning and engagement in problems in statistics and mathematics. Undergraduate students in the SPIRAL and SPATIAL-Stats will learn how

, Center for Student Success; member, the collective; founder and organizer, Interfaith Games; Women’s Action Commissioner, Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Green River College Post-graduation plans: Working for a company owned by a fellow PLU student’s family; completing a JD or PhD to pursue youth advocacy and justice work in education Born in Nairobi, Kenya to a family of asylum-seekers from Mogadishu, Somalia, Aziza Ahmed moved to the US at five, and came to PLU from Auburn’s Mountainview

violence in Washington schools. Anderson led a group of students, from local middle schools to colleges, to rally for the National School Walkout on the steps of the state Capitol building. Anderson’s family is familiar with education politics: her mother is a mental-health counselor in Lewis County schools, her father is a middle-school principal, and her younger sister is a freshman at Olympia High School. #WillWeBeNextLearn more about the awareness campaign centered on gun violence“It’s a family gig

NSF REU at the University of Alabama Posted by: nicolacs / March 8, 2019 March 8, 2019 Interdisciplinary Application of Advanced Polymers for Engineering InnovationThis new ten-week REU Site supported by NSF will be held May 20th – July 26th, 2019. Participants will be engaged in fundamental research projects that incorporate polymer synthesis and processing, including through biological methods. Projects also focus on applications of polymers in tissue culturing, electronics, sensors, additive

NIEHS Scholars Connect Program (NSCP) Posted by: nicolacs / December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020 The NIEHS Scholars Connect Program (NSCP) is designed to provide a unique opportunity for highly motivated science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) focused undergraduate students to solidly connect with NIEHS and receive training in biomedical research. Students in NSCP have an opportunity for hands-on mentored research experiences, as well as professional and personal development. NSCP is

provided by Stiles) Mt. Esja is one of the top-rated hiking destinations of Iceland, tickling the adventurous spirits of natives and travelers alike. (Photo provided by Stiles) This summer, you interned with Global Trek & Adventures. They offer a variety of research opportunities. How did you learn about them and end up in Iceland? AS: I found Global Treks on multiple online internship sites for environmental studies. I knew I wanted to find an internship for the summer that would give me experience in

sprinkle in a little dry humor, and mix slowly. Lytle is not a chef – at least professionally. In fact, at one point in his life, Lytle pursued a path toward becoming a Lutheran pastor before he discovered that teaching chemistry was his true calling. Like the sermons he once envisioned, his lectures reveal an evangelistic zeal for helping others learn chemistry. After receiving his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota, Lytle spent three years at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

university where he would ultimately teach, his thought process was similar to that of a high school student looking for a college. (And considering he has a daughter in college now and a high school senior exploring all options, he has some recent experience.) Every university, after all, has its positives and negatives. Brown considered his options. “Do I want a larger school where there may be greater opportunities for research,” he asked. “Do I want a school where teaching is prized; where it is