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  • university’s recent agreement program with the University of the West Indies. Hughes will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in geosciences. She spent over a year as an environmental intern for the Port of Tacoma. At PLU, she’s been active in numerous student organizations, and received the Leaders of Distinction and Inspirational Woman awards. A former U.S. Ambassador to Namibia from 2004 to 2007, Barr is currently the executive director of East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the State Department. Since

  • Scandinavian Cultural Center. Zylstra will moderate a discussion with women’s and gender studies alumna Kate Fontana ’08, global studies alumna Anna McCracken ’14 and environmental studies alumna Saiyare Refaei ’14. They will reflect on their time at PLU and how their majors influenced and continue to affect their lives and careers. Brian Bannon '97 Brian Bannon ’97 is this year’s Meant to Live keynote speaker, scheduled for Friday at 1:45 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. Bannon has served as

  • part solution to a water secure world. She is a founding member of the San Francisco–based International Forum on Globalization and a Councillor with the Hamburg-based World Future Council. Maude is the recipient of eleven honorary doctorates as well as many awards, including the 2005 Right Livelihood Award (known as the “Alternative Nobel”), the Citation of Lifetime Achievement at the 2008 Canadian Environment Awards, the 2009 Earth Day Canada Outstanding Environmental Achievement Award, the 2009

  • religious dimension, ignorance is not bliss. Think about it: all these issues are charged with religious language – abortion, creationism vs. evolution, fundamentalism, LGBTQ rights, environmental defense and degradation, health care, Holocaust studies, human rights, international terrorism, the Iraq conflict, land use in the Northwest, presidential politics, the quest for peace, poverty, and stem-cell research. The value of your college education actually increases when you have a better understanding

  • FAQsWhat is PLU's response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak?Find the latest information here. Where do I go for first aid supplies?The Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) department will refill your kits when they are getting low. You can call 253-535-8935 or email at safety@plu.edu. You can find all you need at the First Aid Kit webpage. What is meant by ‘hazard’ and ‘risk’?1. A hazard is anything that has the potential to cause harm (substances, electricity, working at height, machinery

  • part solution to a water secure world. She is a founding member of the San Francisco–based International Forum on Globalization and a Councillor with the Hamburg-based World Future Council. Maude is the recipient of eleven honorary doctorates as well as many awards, including the 2005 Right Livelihood Award (known as the “Alternative Nobel”), the Citation of Lifetime Achievement at the 2008 Canadian Environment Awards, the 2009 Earth Day Canada Outstanding Environmental Achievement Award, the 2009

  • . Interested candidates must be currently enrolled in an engineering program studying civil, environmental, mechanical engineering or related field. The roles require advanced technical skills, teamwork, flexibility, ability to organize, perform a variety of on-going tasks, customer service skills, and basic engineering calculations. Tacoma Water values diverse perspectives and recognizes it is diversity that fuels innovation. Tacoma Water under Tacoma Public Utilities is committed to achieving equity and

  • (Applicants with a criminal record will be urged to explore their prospects for registering as a counselor or later being licensed as a social worker with the State of Washington); Written agreement to comply with the National Association of Social Workers’ Code of Ethics (a copy of which is available from the Social Work Program); Personal interview (may be requested). Any falsification in the application for admission is grounds for dismissal from the program. Applicants who are not admitted to

  • Environmental Literature, English Renaissance Literature, American Environmental Writing, etc.  He was the founding director of the Writing Center and directed the First-Year Experience Program of the core curriculum.  In 2004-2006, at a particularly delicate period of core curriculum revision, he served as Chair of the University Faculty. We await Dr. Bergman’s next book (provisional title:  Parrot, Speak) to marvel once more at the fertile imagination, empathy, and finesse he brings to discerning what’s

  • theory and methods classes; and two new courses specifically designed for students who plan to use their education background for educational work in non-school community institutions, such as: museums, environmental education centers, performing arts organizations, businesses, etc. This education background along with the student’s area of academic emphasis will be taken into consideration for the job-shadow and internship components of this program. Required Content Area and Emphasis Students must