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, communication and presentation skills, and graduate school preparation. Field trips to local polymer industries and social activities are planned. REU students present two research updates as well as a final poster presentation. Each REU participant will receive a $5000 stipend, housing, meal allowance, and travel costs are also provided. Students majoring in chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, plastics & composites engineering, or a related field are encouraged to apply
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Forsyth Wins Two National Titles at NCAA Championships Posted by: vcraker / June 2, 2021 June 2, 2021 By Mark AlbaneseDirector of Sports CommunicationPacific Lutheran University senior Bailey Forsyth cemented her place in the record books on Saturday, closing her career by winning national titles in both the 100-meters and 200-meters to highlight the final day of the 2021 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships at North Carolina A&T State University’s Irwin Belk Track Complex. In
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2000, and Hacker is the first female recipient. “Needless to say, I am honored beyond words to receive this recognition from respected, professional colleagues,” Hacker said. “While my scholarship and professional practice take me around the world, the passion I have for sharing that knowledge and experience with students at PLU is truly one of my greatest professional joys.” Incorporated in 1986, AASP promotes the development of science and ethical practice in the field of sport psychology. AASP
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November 1, 2010 From PLU, to Iraq, and Back By Nick Dawson When Barrett Bollen ’12 settled into the starting blocks for the 400-meter hurdles finals at the 2010 Northwest Conference Track and Field Championships in Spokane last April, 10 hurdles measuring 36 inches in height separated him from the finish line. Compared to the hurdles that Bollen crossed one year earlier as a member of the United States Marine Corps in Iraq, those 10 hurdles seemed like a walk in the park. Barett Bollen ’12
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the field of sports psychology. “Because of the passion she brings to the table and the experience she brings to the table, she gets everyone excited. I had no idea sports psychology was even a profession. I always knew you needed to be mentally tough, but I didn’t know there was a whole field of study,” Leslie said. “By having someone teach it to us who has first-class and world-class experience really opened my eyes to how cool it was and interested I was in it.” Using her work with
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’16 —studied all parts of the glacier ecosystem around Rainier, including meltwater runoff, moraines (piles of rocks created by glaciers) hydrothermal activity, glacial retreat rates and a glacial modeling project. The six came to their passion for geosciences through varying paths. Swanson said he was one of those kids who always collected rocks—and had boxes of them in his room when he left for college. Others were drawn into the field through a passion for volcanoes, the outdoors or the
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said. Another is the sheer scope of opportunities students have to hone their craft. “We do nine productions in nine months, which means every single month there’s a new show opening,” Smith said. “So there’s a terrific amount of performance opportunity for students that exists at PLU that don’t necessarily exist at other institutions.” Read Previous How First Gens thrive Read Next Beyoncé and Black Feminist Theory LATEST POSTS Summer Reading Recommendations July 11, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored
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love for the Community Garden continued. The hobby grew into a passion, and after studying plant disease with biology faculty, Rebecca decided to pursue plant pathology. They’re currently at the University of California Riverside getting their PhD. Working with the Diversity Center helped Rebecca grow beyond the garden too. Rebecca values the Diversity Center for giving them a working understanding of gender theory and social justice, which helped them incorporate equity into their work after PLU
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electrical & computer engineering. Students can choose to work on the theory that drives the development of new molecules for trapping solar energy, new electrode materials and chemistry for batteries, or models for grid management of renewable energy. Other labs work on integrating these new materials into devices at both the nano- and macro-scale. By the end of the summer, students are familiar with both the technical skills of performing research within the lab, and the social and cultural skills
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foreign languages—particularly the “soft” ones such as Spanish and French—while men gravitate to the “hard” languages (German, Russian) and other academic subjects such as science and math. In the larger university setting, most foreign language departments have traditionally been split between (mostly male) tenured and tenure-track faculty members engaged in original research in literature or literary theory, and (mostly female) non-tenured lecturers and teaching assistants responsible for the
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