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September 24, 2010 Determination pays off By Barbara Clements Sally Osborn was sleeping on a friend’s couch. She was worried about her two kids, who were staying with a relative. She was also trying to figure out how to juggle her job and her classes at Pacific Lutheran University. Sally Osborn first started looking at PLU when she discovered the textbook in her community college course was written by PLU Chemistry Professor Craig Fryhle. (Photo by John Froschauer) And her father had just died

“What’s on Our Plate and Why it Matters: Exploring the Ethics of Eating” which takes place at Trinity Lutheran from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15 and from 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16 in PLU’s CK Hall in the UC. The symposium will serve to educate PLU students and the community about how their choices impact the environment and the global food production process. “They’re going to learn more about choices they have, advocacy and how to be a voice for the voiceless,” Johnson said. “This event’s

the outbreak of violence by the Nazi party began in German and Austria against the Jewish community. The transports of the children, without their parents, continued until late 1939, when England entered WWII. In her research, she found, for example, that all male children from Austria and Germany, even though they were Jewish, were considered enemy aliens. Some were even deported back to the countries from where they had just fled. Whereas many of the Czech children returned home to their

the signal processing challenge. Case agreed. This was the third year Case has taken a part in the competition. Each year, students are presented with a different problem that they don’t know until the start of the competition. “The process is pretty similar, obviously the problems are different,” he said. “What changes the most is the work dynamics. It’s just as much education as it is community building. It’s really fun.” “I think the experience in itself is helpful in a team setting,” Case said

a diversity of people. It aligns with our values. Everybody counts and everybody has a place. And we’ll just see if it gets used. That’ll be the real test. Our hope is that it will.” Read Previous Community fuels actor’s work Read Next Student perspective: The Iditarod COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela

team was worth the work, Jacobsen said. And winning wasn’t the end goal for these students. “For me the end was just a confirmation,” Marchenko said. Read Previous Environmental center dedicated Read Next ‘Be the Spark’ ignites, unites PLU community COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition

biochemistry have taken the lead, he said. The next 50 years might see big gains again in physics, with the study of dark energy and mass. As for the next big discovery? He wouldn’t even hazard a guess. That would be like asking a cavalry sergeant in the Civil War to plan WWIII, he laughed. The future is really beyond imagining, he said. “I’ve seen a lot of exhilarating things, and a lot of catastrophes,” he said. “But that’s biology.” Read Previous ‘Be the Spark’ ignites, unites PLU community Read Next A

and took a job as a reporter. During that time he taught a class or two at a local community college and then it clicked –  “I like this. This is for me. I like it,” he remembered. So, he went back to PLU and earned his teaching credentials becoming a first-year teacher at 30. “It kind of gave me different experiences I could bring into the classroom,” he said. “I feel satisfied. I really like my job. I like what I’m doing.” Davis is a first-year teacher and first generation college graduate. For

Oaxaca as part of a PLU gateway program. Since returning from their travels abroad, both Greb and Jung have become sojourner advocates at the Wang Center, where they encourage students to seek out opportunities to study away globally and locally. “Some of the J-terms, like Neah Bay, give you the opportunity to go somewhere you wouldn’t think about going,” Jung said. “They can become more globally aware and globally focused even in their own community. Even if you aren’t able to go abroad you can

school looking for something career-based,” Velásquez said. He learned about the PLU’s ROTC program from a childhood friend while he was attending Pierce Community College. “In 2011, a friend and me went to PT together,” Velásquez recalled. The rest was history.“My friend ended up enlisting and I did ROTC,” he said. “The ROTC program really appealed to me because it paid for school and gave me a guaranteed job.” Velásquez commuted from Pierce College for a semester to participate in the program