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degrees in mathematical economics and psychology and a minor in statistics. Currently, he is in his third year at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law School at Arizona State University in Phoenix, AZ. Thomas Kim '15 “PLU really set things well for me,” Kim said. But the college path was not easy for Kim. His family emigrated from South Korea in 2005 and entered the United States on a year-long visitor visa. His parents bought a dry cleaning business south of Portland, Oregon, and hired a lawyer to
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religion (including economics, geoengineering and ecology). As a contributor and editor, she published Cross Examinations: Readings on the Meaning of the Cross Today (Fortress, 2006) and contributed to Transformative Lutheran Theologies (Fortress, 2010) and Lutherrenaissance: Past and Present (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015) along with several other journals and books. PLU Faculty ProfileJerad KoeppWho: Jerad Koepp (Wukchumni), Washington State Educator of the Year, Native Student Program Specialist
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) - Undergraduate Courses BIOL 111 : Biology and the Modern World - NW This course is intended to introduce students to the principles and concepts that pertain to all living organisms, with special emphasis on those topics typically encountered in everyday life, including human physiology and disease, environmental issues, and the fundamentals of genetics. Lecture and laboratory. Not intended for biology majors. (4) BIOL 116 : Introductory Ecology - NW A study of the interrelationships between organisms and
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earn credit toward their degree in places like Trinidad & Tobago, England, India, Australia, Nepal and others. Did you know? Want to get even more involved? You can participate in Iota Iota Iota (the national Gender and Sexuality Studies Honor Society), live in Women’s Empowerment & Gender Equity or Environmental & Social Justice learning communities on campus, work with PLU’s Center for Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability, or join one of many Diversity, Justice & Sustainability (DJS) focused
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Conservancy vice president Raynell Morris. Stafki traveled to interview others, including Jason Colby, author of the book, “Orca,” and Howard Garrett, the co-founder of the Orca Network who was featured in the award-winning documentary “Blackfish.” She also interviewed someone who cared for Hugo long ago. Animal and environmental activist Ric O’Barry is a former Miami Seaquarium trainer who appeared in the Academy Award-winning documentary “The Cove.” Devastated by the psychological and physical damage
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a Vice President and Senior Sales Executive for SuperGraphics, an innovative Seattle-based company that specializes in retail and environmental print solutions with a diverse client base that ranges from small local businesses to Boeing and the Seattle Seahawks. Thanks to Thorpe, that client list also includes PLU. “It’s extremely rewarding to know that I can help out my alma mater,” he said. “It’s been a great partnership and relationship. The reason I loved PLU in the first place is that PLU
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data, a group of PLU faculty, students, alumni and administrators sought to evaluate which social and environmental projects are active now and have the capacity to grow, seek partnerships, and become full-fledged social enterprises on their own. The data collection project began in early 2022 and concluded on June 1, 2022. Our group collected data on all social impact initiatives across the PLU campus, including all academic disciplines and non-academic programs. We asked our colleagues and
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demonstrate what they learned, and exposes the students who don’t study away to another culture, she explained. To top it all off, Hughes even fit in a semester studying environmental issues in Botswana. “We don’t walk around thinking PLU’s got diversity. We see a lot of the same people, but we are diverse, in more ways than one,” she said. To make her point, she cites the active international student community, the breadth of academic disciplines the university offers and the varied backgrounds of its
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that’s not where the field is heading. When educators advise universities about how to build the honors program of the future, they talk of building an internationally focused program. And PLU has been doing that for years. PLU has a distinct advantage in that regard.” That international focus is what attracted Josh to the program in the first place. “I thought it was a cool opportunity – this was a chance to get the most out of my college career,” said Josh, a Spanish and environmental studies major
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national park to understand more about how people and land use practices impact the ecology of small mammals. “It is a great opportunity to do research and get to know another culture,” Ojala-Barbour said of why he applied for a Fulbright Fellowship. The Northfield, Minn. native graduates this spring with a degree in environmental studies and Hispanic studies. He’s not sure how the experience will shape him or what he’ll do once his fellowship is complete. It may lead him to graduate school to study
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