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Computer Science Education Week Read Next What Game of Thrones Teaches Us About Innovation LATEST POSTS Heven Ambachew ’24 combines her passions and experiences to design major in innovation studies June 7, 2024 10 Innovation Studies Students Graduate June 10, 2023 Benson Research Fellows to Present March 31, 2023 Neurotechnology Lecture “Enhancement” March 13, 2023
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talked a lot about the technical aspects of camera work relating to dance films and dancing for the camera. I used the information I gained from the master class and applied it to my classwork, especially the dance film final project for Composition and Choreography. It helped me think about how to both choreograph and dance for a camera and how this is different than dancing on a stage. —Brooke Nelson ’23, Dance minor Though the circumstances of the year are not what any of us would have chosen, I
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business, and I enjoyed looking at the intersectionality between data and people. How do your data science and statistics minors come into play? I have to thank Dr. N. Justice for this. I think data science and statistics are the tools that really help me bring out the most accurate truth about what numbers are telling us. How did being an International Honors (IHON) student serve your majors? I used to think, “Wow, I’m a double major in finance and economics. What can I say about Popol Vuh or
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find ways to improve organic transistors for possible use in biological and medical applications. He acknowledges that while his research may not lead to any “earth-shattering contributions” to the chemistry world, the field of science moves forward on the backs of many minor discoveries. “It’s hard for one research group to really make a major kind of contribution, but trying to help the field progress toward more effective batteries, which hopefully will help us move away from the effects of
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us to discuss her exciting internship and to offer suggestions for anyone looking to land their own internship working in conservation.Why did you want to pursue an environmental studies degree? I’m a tree hugger, so naturally this major caught my eye. Genuinely, though, I chose Environmental Studies because it teaches me to use multiple fields of study to approach environmental issues. That’s a pretty useful skill for anyone to have. Pursuing this degree also allows a thorough focus on multiple
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divisions. “Endowment funds are the engine behind us,” Killen said. The funds provide student and faculty stipends and cover research and travel costs. “When donors choose a student-faculty research endowment as one of their options, they are making it possible for PLU to do the type of integrated teaching, learning, research, public engagement that is essential to the university carrying out its mission,” she continued. Among the many donors in attendance were Naomi and Don Nothstein, founders of the
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, others may be unsettling or scary for some, Anderson said. “The drumbeat of change is rumbling around us,” he said. “The next decade our focus must broaden.” Some of the ideas that the university community will need to wrestle with include: – The demographics of PLU’s student body are changing. The student body will be more diverse- both ethnically and socioeconomically. And their learning styles will be different. “The implications for schedule and calendar, as well as campus and classroom are many
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small town of Cordova, Alaska, just south of Anchorage, and said he picked up his first unicycle in fourth grade and has been riding ever since. “My dad taught kids at my school how to ride,” he said. “He joked around asking if any of us would ever bring our unicycles to college.” Bendzak did just that. He said he rode his unicycle to and from church when he first came to PLU, but never imagined his interest in riding would create something so popular. During his sophomore year, Bendzak approached
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. The Board of Regents will form a committee to begin a national search to identify candidates and make a recommendation to the board. The regents will select the next president. The process is expected to take nine to 12 months. PLU’s almost 20 year journey under the leadership of President Anderson has been guided by a series of community-based, long-range plans and major fundraising campaigns. “Working together the campus community has realized so many important dreams,” Anderson said. “All of us
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attention to this,” he said. Citing the lives and writings of civil rights and religious activists such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King Jr., and Cesar Chavez, O’Brien noted that all three men spoke out against wrongs they saw in their worlds. Christians and non-Christians alike must put aside an “us and them” mentality and reach out to those who suffer – be they human, or the other creatures that share this world, he said. “The basis for peace is respecting all creatures,” said O’Brien
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