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such as plant cells, cancer cells, or bacterial cells in biofilms. To increase diversity in the STEM pipeline, this site will recruit underrepresented students from Tribal Colleges and Primarily Undergraduate Institutions. Preference will be given to applications received by March 1st.  We strongly encourage undergraduate students at Pacific Lutheran University interested to visit https://usdchemistry.com/reu/ to apply or read more about the research opportunities in this REU. We will host an

terribly important they consider themselves a part of a community and that they serve that community. I think art should serve a purpose and that should be a purpose that people can understand.” Youtz, who fittingly teaches a class called On Creativity, involves himself, additionally, in a wide variety of community engagements, including but not limited, to assistant teaching at the Tacoma Youth Symphony, and membership on a board for the building of a Chinese park on the Tacoma water front. “I’m all

, early American, and 17th- and 18th-century British literature. He has served as General Editor of the McNair Papers monograph series and Managing Editor of War, Literature, and the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities. He has published numerous articles and other works, including Caribbeana: An Anthology of English Literature of the West Indies, 1657-1777 (University of Chicago Press). Krise will arrive at PLU in June to assume the presidency. He succeeds Loren J. Anderson who will leave

working at a German wine company in Chengdu, locals asked her about U.S. policies and affairs. That, Lee said, opened her eyes to the way other countries perceive the United States. “United States policy influences our relationships with the Chinese and other cultures,” Lee said. “I felt like I had a responsibility to be informed and understand our policies. American policy in general is seen as economic, religious and militant.” In her four years at Pacific Lutheran University, Lee has studied away

‘Butterfly Confessions’ makes way to PLU after Campus Ministry-SOAC partnership Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / October 28, 2019 Image: The cast of PLU’s performance of “Butterfly Confessions” — a stage play that sheds light on the real and raw experiences of modern-day women of color. October 28, 2019 By Kenzie Gandy '20Marketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 28, 2019) — “Butterfly Confessions” is not your average stage play. In the words of PLU’s Director of Multicultural Outreach

of bioplastics and biocomposites. The students will gain hands-on experience with synthesis, processing, and characterization of biobased plastics and composite materials. The REU program will continue for 3 years, i.e. Summer ’17, Summer ’18, and Summer ’19. Each year, 10 students (recruited primarily from academic institutions where research programs in STEM are limited) will work on research conducted by the CB2, with 5 students conducting their research at Washington State University and 5

. The mixed choir is comprised primarily—though not exclusively—of freshmen and sophomore singers representing a variety of academic disciplines. The tour will be a homecoming for PLU’s new Chair of the Department of Music, Dr. John Paul, who will accompany the Chorale on the violin during their performance of his original composition How I Came to Be. Previous to PLU, Dr. Paul served as the Music Department chair of Marylhurst University for 13 years. Conducted by PLU Visiting Instructor of Music

is 5 percent – there are 286 international students studying on campus this year. Historically, students from Norway have been the largest international group – there are 26 Norwegian students on campus this year, about 9 percent. As recently as two years ago, however, the steady increase of Chinese students has ensured that the largest foreign-born student group is from mainland China – there are currently 83 Chinese nationals studying on campus, 29 percent of the international student

, a sublime conclusion to a sometimes meditative, oftentimes unsteady, and always worthwhile leave of absence. Profile Areas of expertise Classical music composition Classical music history and theory World music traditions (Chinese, Irish, and Trinidadian in particular) Chinese history and culture Educational study tours in China Education D.M.A, University of Michigan M.M., University of Michigan B.A. and B.M., University of Washington Returning to the states with the beginning of Youtz’ exotic

“Opening Crazy Worlds”: Learning about Language with Professor René Carrasco Posted by: hoskinsk / May 7, 2020 May 7, 2020 By Hannah Stringer '22English MajorDr. René Carrasco is the new Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies, who began at PLU in Fall of 2019.Originally from Mexico City, René came to the United States when he was 15. After he graduated high school, he went on to community college and studied history and literature. From there, he went to the University of California and