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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as well as Dick and Paula Hopkins of Hopkins Forestry, a private company respected by natural resources professionals across the nation. Even though Farnum specializes in veteran relations, students from all over campus are invited to join the program and he encourages environmental studies majors and minors to get involved. “I did the project for many reasons,” said Ron Berg ’18, one of this year’s participants. “To hopefully connect a bit with some Lutes out of

students participate in Code.org’s computer science learning programs. At 7:30 p.m., Alice Steinglass will deliver the 14th annual Benson Lecture in PLU’s Anderson University Center (Scandinavian Cultural Center). Her lecture will explore historic inequities in the high-tech workforce and her organization’s social innovation strategy to promote computer science. Both events will make connections to PLU’s new Innovation Studies program, which launches this year with exciting new courses and an

all low-income families that will be relocating to this area, so (after-school programming) is a great resource.” In partnership with Patricia Krise, wife of PLU President Thomas W. Krise, and PLU’s School of Education, CCES applied for a grant to help fund these long-term programs. Zylstra said CCES and Habitat still await a verdict on the grant, but both organizations should know soon whether the Commonhouse received funding. Beyond the Commonhouse, PLU partners with Habitat through education

communication and global studies at PLU. She also double minored in environmental studies and English writing. Her day-to-day job includes leading tours and and answering many questions, among other duties. “It’s pretty awesome to see a 7-year-old kid sharing a cool fact about Yosemite that he remembers from when you told him,” Plog said. She said her job is a way of life — hiking, walking, enjoying the great outdoors, interacting with diverse visitors, living where she works and focusing on education and

Previous PLU senior Kelly Hall prepares to graduate with an indigenous studies major she designed herself Read Next PLU students work to get out the vote, register students to boost civic engagement in local community COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found

research and write a significant research project on Northwest business and economic history. Each original project was supported by a generous donation from the Benson Family Foundation, and also the expert guidance of faculty members Beth Kraig (History), Karen Travis (Economics), and Rebekah Mergenthal (History), who worked with the students throughout the summer. Michael Diambri’s research project is entitled “A Queer Place: Exploring Historical Case Studies of Seattle’s Queer Bars and Clubs

PLU Lecturer wins Seattle competition Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / September 4, 2015 September 4, 2015 Erik Steighner, who teaches applied saxophone at PLU, was one of four solo winners in the 26th annual Frances Walton Competition. In addition to prize money, Steighner will go on a six-day winner’s tour September 13-18, 2015.When Erik Steighner was preparing to compete in Seattle earlier this summer, he didn’t want to give the judges an excuse not to pick him. That’s why, even though it’s not

.” Previously, PLU was one of the few colleges and universities in the Pacific Northwest without some sort of formal film or media studies curriculum. Implementation of the new Film and Media Studies concentration builds on the success of MediaLab, PLU’s award-winning, student-faculty applied research program housed within the School of Arts and Communication’s Center for Media Studies. Since its establishment in 2006, MediaLab has received dozens of regional, national and international recognitions for its

Political Theory Project at Brown University (2018-2020), and a lecturer in the Social Studies department at Harvard University (2020-2023). In May 2023, she was appointed Assistant Director for the Center for Economy and Society and Assistant Research Professor at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins. Read Previous Benson Summer Research Fellows to Present LATEST POSTS Benson Summer Research Fellows to Present October 15, 2021 A Conversation with Dr. Rebekah Mergenthal July 26, 2021 Summer 2021

guests, their visit was of special importance to me as I prepare to leave for Kigali, Rwanda, in January. Members of iDebate Rwanda meet students in PLU’s Diversity Center.. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) As a student of History and Holocaust and Genocide Studies, I have long been fascinated by Rwanda’s past and culture, so the opportunity to hear firsthand the stories of Rwandans was one that I did not take lightly. After a rigorous application process, these four students won a competition through an