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laughs at that, but notes that it’s been a great teaching experience – he’s teaching some of the fellow players Spanish, and he’s learning some Norwegian. Taylor plans to major in global studies and journalism, and take those skills back to Tumaco, Columbia, where he plans to do volunteer work in literacy camps. The area is very important to him. He was adopted at an early age, and lived in Gig Harbor, Washington, but Tumaco is where his birth parents are from. He relishes the opportunity to return

April 19, 2010 Claim: The jury is still out about global warming Claire Todd, Visiting Assistant Professor of Geosciences and Environmental Studies Recent events such as the snowstorms in the eastern United States have caused some to question whether or not global temperatures are increasing. To address these questions, we can turn to the instrumental temperature record, a record of temperatures measured directly by humans for the past 130 years. These measurements, made with thermometers and

– ETA in Ibagué, Colombia Hylander – from Seattle – double majored in Hispanic studies and global studies. She has accepted a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) in Ibagué, Colombia, where she will be teaching part-time as an ETA at Universidad de Ibagué and doing part-time research in the community about U.S.–Colombia free trade policies. “To me, receiving a Fulbright grant means that I will help foster cross-cultural understanding between Colombians that I will meet and myself as a

March 22, 2010 Starkovich named provost By Greg Brewis Steven P. Starkovich has been named provost and dean of graduate studies through the 2011-12 academic year. Provost Steven P. Starkovich He had been serving as acting provost this year during the sabbatical leave of Patricia O’Connell Killen. She is returning to her alma mater to become academic vice president at Gonzaga University in Spokane. Starkovich first came to PLU in the fall of 1992 to teach one course in the physics department as

PLU President Belton, Admission’s Franco talk equity, access in higher education Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / March 12, 2019 Image: Pacific Lutheran University’s President Allan Belton, right, and Julian Franco, center, sit down with Nerd Farmer’s Nate Bowling to discuss access and equity in higher education. March 12, 2019 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (March 11, 2019) — As part of our partnership with Tacoma podcasting powerhouse Channel 253, President Allan

.” During Krise’s tenure, PLU launched its first-ever professional doctorate, the Doctor of Nursing Practice, plus three new graduate degrees in finance, marketing research and accounting, as well as a new minor in holocaust and genocide studies. The university also extended its outreach to high-need students in the region by launching the 253 College Bound Scholarship, and the Parkland Promise Scholarship for students from PLU’s immediate neighborhood. “I feel very good that we have raised the

, examining the way gender intersects with their identities as ultrarunners and their beliefs about the sacredness of nature. She is applying gender theorist Judith Butler’s concepts of gender performativity. Butler argues that gender is created through performance in a given time and place and involves the continual rejection or acceptance of gender norms. The five women Professor O’Brien chose to focus on both adhere to and reject gender norms, within the context of the historically masculine activity

From Oxford, England to Oaxaca, Mexico, Jackie Lindstrom ’23 uses math to understand migration Posted by: nicolacs / May 23, 2023 Image: Jackie Lindstrom ’23 is a chemistry and math major and minor in Hispanic Studies. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) May 23, 2023 By By Emily Holt, MFA ’16PLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterRecently, chemistry major Jackie Lindstrom found herself in Oxford, England, conducting a series of informational interviews with public health representatives from Oxfam and

From Oxford, England to Oaxaca, Mexico, Jackie Lindstrom ’23 uses math to understand migration Posted by: mhines / June 12, 2023 Image: Jackie Lindstrom ’23 is a chemistry and math major and minor in Hispanic Studies. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) June 12, 2023 By Emily Holt, MFA ’16PLU Marketing and Communications Guest Writer Recently, chemistry major Jackie Lindstrom found herself in Oxford, England, conducting a series of informational interviews with public health representatives from Oxfam and

2021 REU Internship at The University of Akron School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering Posted by: alemanem / February 3, 2021 February 3, 2021 We are happy to announce that the polymer summer research experience (REU) program in the School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at The University of Akron is open to apply. This competitive REU program is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the University of Akron. Students will participate in an 9-week internship to