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Are you a rising sophomore, junior or senior looking to complete an REU this summer? Applications for USM’s School of Polymer Science and Engineering REU program close on February 1 st , 2024! What to expect Hands on research Workshops, team building, field trips…
Materials for Biology & Health High Performance Polymers, Composites and Coatings Award $6000 stipend $500 travel support On campus housing Unlimited meal plan Program Dates: May 28th-August 2nd, 2024. See the REU 2024 Program Flyer for more information. APPLY TODAY AT www.usmspsereu.com Read Previous Molecules Meet Materials (M3) REU Site Read Next Paid Engineering Internship with Tacoma Water LATEST POSTS Dept of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship October 30, 2024 Allen Institute Summer
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A fellowship opportunity is available in the Division of Laboratory Sciences (DLS) within the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. DLS provides laboratory support that improves the detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of…
Biochemical Markers Summer Fellowship at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Posted by: nicolacs / December 11, 2018 December 11, 2018 A fellowship opportunity is available in the Division of Laboratory Sciences (DLS) within the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. DLS provides laboratory support that improves the detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of environmental, tobacco
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Dean of education and movement studies named By Greg Brewis An educator who has a comprehensive understanding of national and state trends in education has been named dean and professor of the School of Education and Movement Studies at Pacific Lutheran University. Frank Kline comes…
educational issues to the state legislature. His service also includes board memberships and liaison activities to national organizations. Kline’s appointment recognizes his interests in the growth opportunities in education and also the areas of health, fitness and wellness. According to PLU Provost Steve Starkovich, Kline “brings a strong record of higher education leadership. He comes from a School of Education that has robust graduate programs, and he has played a major role in the development of
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The Intersection of Diversity, Justice and Sustainability Dr. Carolyn Finney addresses PLU’s University Conference 2014 on Sept. 3. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) At PLU’s University Conference 2014, UC-Berkeley Professor Shares Trailblazers’ Forgotten Stories—and Her Own Inspiring Path By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Dr.…
is the first in her family to earn a Ph.D.—and the only African-American faculty member on tenure track in UC-B’s College of Natural Resources. “And it’s 2014,” she said. Following a State of the University address by Pacific Lutheran University President Thomas W. Krise, Finney explored the intersection of diversity, justice and sustainability (“DJS” at PLU), three pillars vital to PLU’s mission of educating students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care—for other people
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TACOMA, WASH. (May 5, 2020) — After a lifetime devoted to care and service, Kathy (Welsh) Krogstad ‘85 wasn’t going to stand on the sidelines during the COVID-19 global health crisis if she could help it. “I just always wanted to be a nurse,” she…
sidelines during the COVID-19 global health crisis if she could help it.“I just always wanted to be a nurse,” she said. “I like taking care of people, so it’s something I’ve always wanted to do as far back as I can remember, back to sixth grade.”Krogstad, a registered nurse at Providence Hospital in Torrance, California, graduated from PLU with her nursing degree and promptly headed south, working in the Providence intensive care unit for almost 30 years before transitioning to cardiac rehab — where
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Karen McConnell, Ph.D., has been named Associate Vice President and Chief Institutional Effectiveness Officer at Pacific Lutheran University. McConnell joined PLU in 1998 as a faculty member in Kinesiology and was appointed Dean of the School of Education & Kinesiology in the fall of 2018.…
university’s achievement of mission fulfillment. Throughout the spring semester, McConnell will continue to prioritize her responsibilities as Dean while gradually moving into her new role. She will fully transition to the role of Associate Vice President and Chief Institutional Effectiveness Officer in June. Read Previous Keeping up with the rising costs of higher education (PLU highlighted) Read Next Confronting Mental Health: How the PLU community is demonstrating transformative care COMMENTS*Note: All
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Brian Sung ’24 has made the most out of his PLU years inside and outside the classroom. In the classroom, he’s an international honors student with a double major in business and economics and a double minor in data science and statistics. Outside the classroom,…
an international honors student with a double major in business and economics and a double minor in data science and statistics. Outside the classroom, he’s served as DECA Club president, a resident assistant, and an intern at Russell Investments. We recently met with the busy senior to discuss academic experience at PLU. What sets PLU apart from other universities? I think PLU is unique because the professors really care about you. I thought I was this weird Chinese immigrant coming here from
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PLU’s College of Natural Sciences is excited for Bryn Nelson to deliver “From Revolting to Revolutionary: How Poop Has Transformed Science and Reshaped the World,” the 2024 Rachel Carson Science, Technology and Society Lecture, on February 21 at 7:00 P.M. in the Anderson University Center…
awards, he won first place in the Association of Health Care Journalists Awards for “Saving Bobby,” a long-form feature about the race to save a toddler after his father accidentally ran over his head. Nelson also edited two chapters on microbiology and food safety for the bestselling six-volume Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking (The Cooking Lab) and contributed a chapter to The Science Writers’ Handbook (Da Capo). Supported by a generous endowment from George L. and Helen B. Long
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 28, 2017)- Community leaders behind the Pierce Center for Arts & Technology (PCAT) have big plans to create a wide variety of new opportunities for both youth and adults in the South Sound region. The recently established nonprofit organization is working toward…
exciting.” PCAT hopes to begin construction in spring 2017 for an opening July 1, 2018. *PLU textbooks are for sale online and a pop-up shop called Lute Locker is now open on the first floor of the Anderson University Center. Lute Locker carries Lute gear, supplies and a selection of PLU-themed gifts. Read Previous White House competition honors PLU health care efforts Read Next PLU alumna serves as interim director of Tacoma’s Rainbow Center COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments
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As the world was beginning to realize the enormity of COVID-19, two Pacific Lutheran University professors seized the 2020 moment to do significant research into the psychology of the pandemic. PLU Department of Psychology Chair Jon Grahe and his Statistics 232 students conducted a U.S.…
the U.S., I knew it was coming,” said Grahe. He had three other research projects in mind but when COVID hit, but the decision to shift his research priorities was an easy one. “It was clear that this was more important,” he said.Grahe reached out to a colleague in Australia and learned of a researcher who was conducting a survey to measure health attitudes in response to the virus just before it became a pandemic. Both Grahe and Cook used that survey as their starting points. Grahe and his
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