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ceremony.Long doesn’t let herself get too comfortable. In fact, she thrives on just the opposite. “Without experiencing the cloudy days, you don’t know how to appreciate the sunshine, the warmth and the brightness,” she explains. Long’s ties to the PLU community run deep. She transferred to the university from Purdue as a junior before graduating in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and launching into her professional career. Long then returned to the university in 2001 as a member of the PLU Board
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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
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Mathematics major Lindsey Clark ’24 is a Noyce scholar and future teacher Posted by: mhines / April 24, 2024 Image: Lindsey Clark, a double major in Math and Gender Sexuality and Race Studies, plans to becoming a high school math teacher after her Masters of Arts in Education program at PLU. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) April 24, 2024 By Mark StorerPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Lindsey Clark ’24 came to PLU knowing it was where she wanted to be. But Clark—a double major in mathematics
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April 11, 2008 Education students teach internationally In January 2008, nine education students began their student teaching experience in Windhoek, Namibia, and returned to campus in the spring to complete the experience at Tacoma schools. The student teachers worked for six weeks in three Windhoek primary schools, which were some of the poorest in the area. It was the first time PLU offered the study-away experience. Primary schools in Namibian include first through eighth grades, and the
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July 14, 2008 High schoolers shine at business week Anyone who looked north of 30 years old in Olson Auditorium could expect one of two things to happen: Either an eager high school student, dressed in tie and slacks, would come up and shake their hand, or an eager high school student in a skirt and sensible pumps would introduce herself. Both would make a business pitch and entice you over to see their product or service. If they found out you were not a judge for Washington Business Week
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August 11, 2008 Iconography highlighted at summer art exhibit Colorful paintings adorn the walls of the University Gallery, and in the center of the room sit several glass cases filled with scrolls, painted wood objects and parchment Bibles. The exhibit, “Picturing Faith: Continuing Traditions of Iconography and Illumination,” opened July 28 and runs through Aug. 22. It features the work of accomplished iconographer Kathy Sievers, along with pieces from the collection of Wang Center director
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September 29, 2008 Documentary follows drug, weapons trade When assistant communication professor Rob Wells and his colleagues in the School of Arts and Communication launched MediaLab in 2006, they figured larger projects like feature-length video documentaries would happen sometime in the future. “It would be nice,” he recalled thinking. “Someday.”Thanks to some tireless – and inquisitive – student journalists, that “someday” happened much sooner than anyone might have expected. At 2 p.m
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June 3, 2014 MESA at PLU Celebrates 30 Years of Success Students gather at PLU for the 2014 MESA Day engineering competition. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) June 17 Luncheon Celebrates Achievements and Looks Toward the Future By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications When the MESA program was established at Pacific Lutheran University in 1984, it served about 20 students. Today, 30 years later, the program has worked with more than 14,000 students, said JR Nobles, director of Tacoma
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PLU Psychology Professor Elected 2015-16 President-Elect of International Honor Society Posted by: Sandy Dunham / March 30, 2015 Image: Jon Grahe, PLU Professor of Psychology. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 30, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 30, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University Psychology Professor Jon Grahe has been elected the 2015-16 president-elect of Psi Chi, the international honor society in psychology. His three-year term begins in May
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Wild Hope Fellow Nick Etzell ‘23 helps peers with vocational discernment Posted by: Zach Powers / April 13, 2022 Image: Nick Etzell ‘23 is a double major in psychology and environmental studies from Coupeville, Washington. (photo by John Froschauer/PLU) April 13, 2022 By Isabella Daltoso ’23PLU Marketing and CommunicationsNick Etzell ‘23 is a double major in psychology and environmental studies at Pacific Lutheran University, with minors in philosophy, business, and innovation studies. In his
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