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are carefully tailored to active research labs and projects led by faculty who have proven themselves as exceptional mentors for undergraduate students. Explore the Programs: Applications and Foundations of Unmanned Systems Applied Plant Systems Beneficial Bacteria Beneficial Insects Bioenergy Systems Biomedical Engineering Devices Chemical Assembly Community-Engaged Training for Advancing Health Equity Crop-to-Food Innovation Digital Legal Research Lab Emergent Quantum Materials and Technology
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graduation. Further, almost every faculty member has a broad network within the community and likely beyond – use them! They can help you get your foot in the door somewhere, learn more about potential industries – or whatever you may need to succeed. This doesn’t mean that you should not take responsibility on your own, but the University is a great resource that should be used. When I said choose your path wisely, I mean to pick the projects that utilize the broadest skill sets and are relatable to
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Oregon, but I found a great, flourishing Asian community here that I can call my friends. It is a place that makes me feel like I can be me. Who impacted you the most at PLU? Dr. Sailu Lulu Li has been my biggest mentor. She is also from China. Dr. Lulu jump-started my finance career and walked me through how to navigate America as a first-generation Chinese immigrant, especially in the field of finance. You started as a business major with a concentration in accounting but switched to a
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, who was the first in his family to attend college as well. He will speak at PLU’s Veterans Day Celebration on Friday. Farnum spent just over 22 years in the military before retiring in 2007, where he then attended Green River Community College before transferring to PLU in 2009. “PLU has a well-rounded program, and the Yellow Ribbon Program was just remarkable,” he said. Like Farnum, Duong Huynh, 28, went into the Army right out of high school. When he graduates with a degree in English, he plans
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isolated, with many woods, remote farms, no industry and poor transportation. Nelly Trocme Hewett grew up in Le Chambon, France, a community which sheltered up to 5,000 Jewish refugees in WWII. Its French Protestant community was wired to help those in need, given that their ancestors had been persecuted during the 17th and 18th centuries in the largely Catholic French nation. Without questions, they made an unspoken commitment to keeping refugees safe, she said. And, as a summer vacation destination
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other people.” Gleaning, a centuries-old method of collecting excess produce after harvest, is one example of how food can be distributed and donated to those in need. Local organizations such as Harvest Pierce County conduct gleaning operations aimed at reducing food waste and building community. Since 2009, Harvest Pierce County’s Gleaning Project has harvested more than 300,000 pounds of food to help the community. In addition to gleaning, food-recovery organizations across the country, such as
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. Creating a thriving, sustainable on-campus pantry has been a community-wide effort. In the pantry’s early days, several PLU offices held food drives to help fill its shelves. Today, the PLU Pantry is sustained both by staff and student donations and by frequent deliveries from Northwest Harvest, a hunger relief agency that became a pantry partner in October 2019. Under Cunningham’s leadership, the pantry has grown from a modest initiative to one that serves hundreds of students each year. Campus
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National Education Association (NEA) found that a disproportionate percentage of Black and Hispanic/Latino educators, already underrepresented in the profession, were considering leaving their jobs. “Through Seed Teachers, we are investing in diverse, homegrown educators who have a deep commitment to their community, and that will help Tacoma’s teacher workforce better reflect the diversity of Tacoma classrooms,” said Tim Herron, CEO of Degrees of Change. The program builds on the work of TPS’s Teach
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that Pacific Lutheran University might establish a lectureship which would, on a regular basis, bring to the campus distinguished members of the world academic community to discuss significant topics of historical interest. Accordingly, the Department of History and the Schnackenberg family announced on February 8, 1974, the creation of the Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture, to be inaugurated during the 1974-1975 academic year. The Steen Family Symposium on April 22 officially kicks off
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. We asked three Lutes who have each managed to study away multiple times (one even squeezed in seven different programs!) to share about their own experiences.Acadia GrahamJunior (Class of 2020). Hometown: Anchorage, AK Global Studies major, Anthropology and dance minors, Peace Corps Prep program (Youth & Development Track) Involvement: Admission Intern, Global Ambassador for Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education, Outdoor Recreation guide Number of times studying away: I’ve
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