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  • Wang Center Photo & Video Contest Winners 2022 During the 2021-2022 academic year, 149 PLU students participated in global and local study away programs to acquire new perspectives on critical global issues, advance their language and intercultural skills, form valuable new contacts and lasting connections, and advance their academic and career trajectory. Due… March 30, 2022

  • webcomic) based on the acclaimed short story by Nam Le of 16-year-old Mai, sent alone by her parents on a boat after the Fall of Saigon.—from http://www.matthuynh.com/theboat   Tran, Ham. (2007, March 23). Journey from the Fall [Video].YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKPPOLdDlNo April 30, 1975 marked the end of Vietnam’s two-decade-old civil war and the start of the exodus of hundreds of thousands of refugees. Despite his allegiance to the toppled South Vietnamese government, Long Nguyen

  • Listen Pacific Lutheran University Listen Play Video Home Forums Podcasts Videos Join Resources About Participate in a forum The Listen Forums are an extension of PLU’s Listen Campaign. The Listen Forums are campus wide conversations that engage community members in learning and dialogue about implicit biases, personal and community awareness, and understanding how behaviors influence workspaces, classrooms, and personal and professional relationships. The forums are designed as a space for

  • collegiate and university theatre and providing a wider fellowship for those interested in theatre. Students who qualify for membership (based on volunteering time and participation in theatre) can elect to be inducted. PLU is nationally recognized as the Theta Pi (ΘΠ) cast. At PLU, APO facilitates and sponsors student performing groups. Additionally, APO offers many member-only events, including social outings, production viewings, and service opportunities. Type of Club or Organization: Performance

  • contribution to the life of all the people who live and reside here. Video: “We can begin with the empowerment of civic society, by bringing about participative and deliberative democracy” (panel discussion)Robert McKee IrwinHumanizing Deportation: Research and Care in the Herida Abierta 11:15 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. | March 9 Who: Robert McKee Irwin, Professor of Spanish at UC Davis Bio: Robert McKee Irwin is Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Deputy Director of the Global Migration

  • without the help and guidance of these wonderful individuals. Thank you!``The Bean to Bar Movement in Trinidad and Tobago: Understanding Networks and How Cocoa is Used as a Tool for Human Flourishing``.Power, privilege, sustainability, and development are all words that can be associated with the intricacies of cocoa production. Cocoa is a world good that is produced and consumed in a similar fashion that it was many years ago, under colonial influences. In the two island country of Trinidad and

  • FisherChemistryThe Impact of Nitrogen Concentration on the Fatty Acid Production of Marine Microorganisms Faculty Mentor: Angie Boysen, Chemistry This project revolved around investigating the impact that nitrogen concentration stress has on the growth and metabolite production of marine microorganisms. More specifically, the scope of work focused on the production of fatty acids, which play an important role in cellular energy storage and maintenance. Ainsley FuerstPolitical Science, Sociology & Criminal

  • known as green millet, the grain is a high-protein food staple and more nutritionally dense than rice. The National Science Foundation and other funding sources support the project. “Although millet is a culturally and nutritionally important food in Asia and Africa, it’s not commonly grown in western agriculture, so there’s not a lot of research,” Laurie-Berry says. A similar process of genetic experimentation refined rice production around 50 years ago. “After we figure out which genes control

  • Spring Happenings: On-Campus Events This May at PLU Posted by: Zach Powers / May 5, 2015 May 5, 2015 TACOMA, Wash. (May 4, 2015)— May is a busy month here at PLU. In fact, no other month comes close to packing-in as many on-campus events.Featuring a highly anticipated theatre production, numerous music ensemble performances, Scandinavian heritage events, countless Capstone presentations, and much more, May’s assortment of happenings serves as a countdown to graduation and represents the

  • 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