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  • For some, summer is a time for play. For others, it’s a time for work. But for many at PLU, it’s a time for a little bit of both — through science.

    Summer of Science Summer of Science https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2017/01/summer-science-group-cover-1024x532.jpg 1024 532 Genny Boots '18 Genny Boots '18 https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/19bfb9cee2f834144d56bb2017bb5742?s=96&d=wp_user_avatar&r=g January 23, 2017 October 3, 2017 “Working with undergraduates is really why I took this kind of job,” said Dean Waldow, professor of chemistry. “It’s really core to my educational philosophy, having students

  • , group facilitation and performing in front of others. However, many of her students struggle with public speaking and performance anxiety. She believes that learning to utilize stress symptoms as facilitative rather than inhibitory is essential, especially within a discipline where working with and leading others is paramount. That’s where technology can step in and give students instant access to information they can use to become more self-aware and ultimately relaxed in stressful situations.What

  • Two years before he founded the only local peace prize in the nation, Thomas Heavey ’74 was in the middle of a war.

    Shawl Among many achievements, Shawl founded a local chapter of the international group, Jewish Voice for Peace, which promotes a U.S. foreign policy based on peace, democracy, human rights and respect for international law. Dawn Olson Lucien and Eric Olson Local mediator Lucien and Olson, a four-star Navy admiral and peacekeeper, were honored for being formidable advocates for nonviolent solutions to difficult conflicts — locally and internationally — for more than 40 years. Thomas Dixon Dixon

  • Tim Hoyt ’15 shares the benefits and impact of his international experience My international experience in Taiwan and China significantly enhanced my PLU MBA program experience, by showing me an applied context for business concepts. Although I had completed a group project on the automotive industry’s entry into the Chinese economy, I did not fully appreciate transportation issues in China until sitting in a traffic jam in Shanghai. Discussing innovation with BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and

  • collaboration in group and team environments, such as group problem solving and laboratory experiments. A detailed list of collaborative activities is provided within the learning outcomes of each course, included in the course syllabus. Learners will be able to computationally solve physics and/or engineering problems using software packages such as spreadsheets, numerical integration, matrix multiplication tools, or symbolic manipulation (computer algebra) systems, as appropriate for employment or for

  • Clean Energy Bridge to Research (CEBR) Posted by: nicolacs / November 29, 2021 November 29, 2021 Clean Energy Bridge to Research (CEBR) is a summer program run by the University of Washington (UW) Clean Energy Institute (CEI) and Undergraduate Research Program, and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF CHE-1950904). The CEBR Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program supports a select group of undergraduates, community college students, and tribal college students to

  • out with like-minded math and stat enthusiasts. Presenters must be students, but everyone is welcome as an attendee. Abstract submission and registration deadlines are both March 24. To learn more, please visit our website. Read Previous Research Experience for Undergraduates in Graph Theory and Computational Mathematics Read Next Math Enthusiast Series: “Creative Collaborations in Mathematical Art” LATEST POSTS AWIS Scholarship February 26, 2024 2024-2025 MoMath Exponent Fellowship Program

  • 2021 Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies Capstones Monday, May 24, 1:30-3:30 Emily Dean “Saving Lives: Making Alternative Birthing Methods Mainstream to Improve Black Maternal Health Outcomes” Mackenzie Kinsella “Untangling whiteness: The Impact of whiteness on Black Womxn in Academic Spaces” Abstract: This paper seeks to answer the questions: What is the role of a white researcher in the process of doing anti-racist work? How can one begin to divest themselves from whiteness in academic spaces

  • Clean Energy Bridge to Research (CEBR) Posted by: nicolacs / November 29, 2021 November 29, 2021 Clean Energy Bridge to Research (CEBR) is a summer program run by the University of Washington (UW) Clean Energy Institute (CEI) and Undergraduate Research Program, and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF CHE-1950904). The CEBR Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program supports a select group of undergraduates, community college students, and tribal college students to

  • I took more classes because it was a unique way to understand why people do what they do and it blends well with my nursing career. Kiah Miller “Seeking Visibility and Care: Constructing a Practical Bisexual Theology” Abstract: Sitting at the intersections of queer theology, queer theory, and bisexual identity, my project explores trends of societal bisexual invisibility, bisexual experiences within Christianity, and theological insights from a particularly bi lens. Ultimately, I conclude that