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Brian Lander ’89: Career Humanitarian is PLU’s Connection to 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Posted by: Zach Powers / February 3, 2021 Image: Brian Lander ’89 is the Global Deputy Director of the United Nations World Food Programme’s Emergency Operations Division. (Photo courtesy of UN/WFP) February 3, 2021 By Lora ShinnMarketing and Communications Guest WriterPLU alumnus Brian Lander ‘89 grew up in Washington State's Tri-Cities. But in early 2020, Lander was far from his childhood home, as he helped
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& Special CollectionsPLU is dedicated to developing ethical, educated, thinking leaders by challenging students to identify and ask questions of meaning and value in their own lives. Students are asked to explore their passions and purpose in life, and to uphold the university’s Lutheran heritage and commitment to academic excellence and academic freedom. PLU fosters in all students a global perspective, including an understanding of the intercultural and intellectual richness of the world and their
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Editor’s Note On Campus Discovery Research Accolades Lute Library Blogs Alumni News Alumni Profiles Homecoming 2015 Twin Cities ‘Waste Not’ Seattle Connections Easter Egg Hunt Night at the Rainiers Alumni Events Class Notes Family and Friends Submit a Class Note Calendar Home Archive by category Featured Special Edition: “… and justice for all?” Equal parts poignant and optimistic, stirring and healing, and still and energetic, Noujaim’s... April 30, 2015 Special Edition: “… and justice for all?” PLU
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Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation Awards Posted by: alemanem / January 14, 2020 January 14, 2020 The Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation is awarding four scholarships this year to students in Oregon and Washington. Scholarships will be awarded in 2020 based upon academic merit, accomplishments in the field, and demonstrated interest; one is reserved for an early undergraduate, preferably a community college student; a second is reserved for a late undergraduate; a third is reserved
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Renewable Energy Scholarship Posted by: nicolacs / September 6, 2022 September 6, 2022 September marks the beginning of application season for the Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation. We are now soliciting applications for the scholarships to be given in 2023. Last year we gave twelve $2000 scholarships; this year we anticipate 16 or more. There will be at least one for an early undergraduate (preferable community college), at least one other undergrad scholarship, one for an early grad
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2017 AwardsCongratulations to the Overall Winners of the 2017 South Sound Regional Science & Engineering Fair! The top three overall winners in the grades 9-12 category earned a Grand Award of an all expenses paid trip to the 2017 Intel ISEF May 14-19 in Los Angeles, CA. 1st Place: Ashlynn Gallagher, W.F. West High School: A Novel Approach to Understanding Cancer: Using Antitumor Agents In The G2/M DNA Damage Checkpoint In The P53 Gene On The Early Development of Zebrafish Embryos 2nd Place
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literary studies and became a scholar of African American literature. He has continued to work within institutions of education to challenge them to live by their own values, a commitment he solidified at PLU. Notably, one of Brian’s capstone projects was a queer history of PLU — an early precursor to this project. “So there was a moment, even that early, of an attempt to document, and an awareness that progress had been made, and that we were entering new chapters. I think that’s always an important
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May 9, 2012 Professor Colleen Hacker brings experiences working with world-class athletes to students at PLU. Athlete. Coach. Educator. By Katie Scaff ’13 PLU professor of Movement Studies and Wellness Education Colleen Hacker rarely uses hypothetical situations to help her students learn new concepts—as an athlete that has competed in five different sports on the national level, and a mental skills coach that has worked with some of the world’s best since 1995, there aren’t many situations
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Applying for Law SchoolWhen to start the application process? While it is never too early to start thinking about law school, you want to seriously beginning preparing for applying for law schools 18 months before you intend to start law school. For those intending to start law school the fall immediately following college graduation, you should beginning preparing to apply fall of your junior year of college. What do you need to apply for law school?LSAC Account Create an account with the Law
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students the keys to guide their college experience and avoid looking back on it after graduation and wondering, “What if?” Students are able to learn what PLU has to offer early in their college careers and begin figuring out what they want to achieve in their time here. It also aims to help students begin the process of discovering their vocation, identity and purpose. The first years are just beginning to understand what the vocation of a student is, how that fits with what they are studying and how
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