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On Exhibit: Books from the Collection about Food Posted by: Roberto Arteaga / January 22, 2020 January 22, 2020 A New Year, a New Way of Considering Food: Books from the collection about food, cooking, food politics, etc. are on exhibit in the Mortvedt Library lobby. (Exhibit ended Tuesday, January 4, 2020.) Read Previous New Library Site Read Next On Exhibit: Books in Support of Disarming Polarization Symposium LATEST POSTS On Exhibit: Veterans Day: A Salute to Service November 1, 2022 Black

honor them on campus.” As an alum Austin is still involved with PLU and the Diversity Center. Since graduating, he worked as an advisor in the Center for Student Success, and now works in the Dean of Students Office as the Director of Accessibility and Accommodations. Through his time in the Diversity Center, he became comfortable talking about diversity and challenging inequality on campus, which he uses in his job today. “When I’m looking through data in my job, I don’t get nervous about the idea

Alumni Profile: What makes an American an American? Posted by: shortea / November 28, 2018 November 28, 2018 By Genny Boots '18PLU AlumThis is a question Thomas Kim ‘15 thinks about often. As a newly married third-year law student with employment lined up after graduation, an activist philanthropist and an upstanding community member, Kim checks all the “American” boxes.Except for one: actually being a legal citizen. Kim is one of the approximately 800,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

existence of cosmic ripples that traveled at the speed of light, carrying with them information about their origins as well as clues to the nature of gravity itself. This event will include 4 Nobel Laureates and an international crew of scientists. Free and open to all. Registration required. Visit https://www.gwamilestone.com/ for more information. Read Previous Upcoming Career Events! Read Next ACS Career Events 2021 LATEST POSTS ACS Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Respect (DEIR) Scholarship May 7

December 1, 2012 Katye Griswold ’13: ‘Quinoa, quin-what?’ Griswold and Eric Olson ’14 prepare the filling for Griswold’s famous Strawberry Champagne cupcakes. Griswold’s perspective on food drastically changed after reading a diet book written by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin during her sophomore year. She cooks a lot more, buys fresh ingredients, avoids processed foods, and is a vegetarian on most days. But being a foodie in college is hard, so she relies on sales and specials to make the

. Photo by Irene Takizawa Because Hawaiʻi is seen as a tropical vacation spot, many people come and go, ignoring the complexity of the cultures and peoples who struggle daily to foster and practice their religions. For Katherine Sinclair, a senior nursing student, this course offered the opportunity to dig into the history and diversity within Buddhism. Specifically, she learned how hard Japanese sugar plantation workers fought “to keep their religion prevalent” and “how many variations there are in

about the music program and the experiences you can get here at PLU! Read Previous You Ask. We Answer. How is your Biology program? Read Next You Ask. We Answer. How is your Art & Design Program? LATEST POSTS Summer Reading Recommendations July 11, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024

February 13, 2013 Chemistry professor Justin Lytle, shows students the chemistry of chocolate. (Photo by Jesse Major’14) ‘For the love of chocolate’ By Jesse Major ’14 Roughly 40 chocolate lovers gathered in Leraas Lecture Hall the day before Valentine’s Day, “for the love of chocolate, aphrodisiac and food of the gods.” “When there’s free chocolate, you get a larger crowd,” said Justin Lytle, assistant professor of chemistry, as he showed the group the four chocolates they would later eat. A

, behavioral health, public health, or a related scientific field and currently enrolled (or will be enrolled) in an undergraduate, community, or technical college program. Ideal candidates will be interested in pursuing medical or graduate studies in a biomedical or public health field. Students will participate in authentic basic science, or clinical/translational research projects under the mentorship of experienced researchers and principal investigators. The program also includes professional

Q&A with Biology Major Brandon Nguyen ’21 Posted by: nicolacs / May 18, 2021 May 18, 2021 Brandon Nguyen '21 was born in Hawaii and moved to Washington with his family when he was a child and has lived in the Pacific Northwest ever since. Nguyen shares how he became interested in biology and why he chose PLU for his studies.1. Can you give us an introduction about yourself? My name’s Brandon Nguyen. I was born in Hawaii, and I lived there for four years. Then the Military PCS’d my family over