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Campus Safety keeps watch over “city” of 4,500 https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2010/05/26/campus-safety-keeps-watch-over-city-of-4500/

Campus Safety Director Tony Berger is thinking about just one thing, this day, or any other for that matter – how to keep a community of up to 4,500 people – students, staff, faculty and visitors – safe. After almost three years at PLU, Berger, 47, points with pride at a few features which makes the urban-suburban campus one of the safest in the region. There is an escort service available 24-7 to students who want a ride from anywhere on campus to their halls or nearby off campus housing. “In all, I

Environmental center dedicated https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2011/04/25/environmental-center-dedicated/

the new learning center. The site has seen frequent work parties by PLU students, community members and local high school students to improve PLU’s local habitat. Ojala-Barbour started the Urban Habitat Restoration project in 2009. Prior to the project, the site was inaccessible due to dense thickets of Himalayan blackberries. This invasive species has affected a critically threatened a species of oak tree that is native to the area and grows on the PLU grounds. After more than a year of

Seanna Hewitt https://www.plu.edu/wang-center/seanna-hewitt/

Seanna HewittGraduation Year: 2014 Location: Oaxaca, Mexico Project Title: Qualitative Analysis of Water-Related Issues in the Rio Verde-Atoyac Watershed and Investigation of Alternative Technologies for Water ConservationBrief Summary of Research Project:The Central Valleys of Oaxaca, like many other parts of the world, face an impending water crisis that stems from a variety of factors, ranging from environmental changes to the lack of planned urban development.The Rio Verde-Atoyac Watershed

Summer Internships: Economics https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/summer-internships-economics/

understanding how choices made individually and collectively affect issues such as immigration, health care, environmental issues, or income inequality? The PLU Economics Department offers the unique opportunity to participate in an economics alumni mentoring program for all majors to help you prepare for your life beyond PLU. Keep reading to learn more!Watch to find out how students majoring in economics can partner with a PLU economics graduate to gain insight into the vast array of career

Kelmer Roe Research Grants and Opportunities https://www.plu.edu/liberal-studies/kelmer-roe-research-grants-and-opportunities/

, “Post-Human, Post-Pandemic: Unlocking the Liberatory Potential of a Trans Heuristic in the Time of COVID-19“ Ayana Freeman & Giovanna Urdangarain, “We Were Here First: Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Indigenous Peoples and Spanish Colonialism in Trinidad and Tobago” 2021-22: Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen & Marit Gjelde-Bennett, “Embracing Puerperal Purgatory: Margery Kemp, Religious Identity and Reproductive Health” Michael Schleeter & Keegan Dolan, “A Classical Liberal Critique of Economic Inequality”

Featured Speakers/Keynotes https://www.plu.edu/hope/speakers/

depends on a highly unsustainable model of supply, use and discharge. The deepening water crisis results in intense scarcity, especially in low income areas. In order to develop alternative forms of management, capable of increasing resilience and sustainable access, Isla Urbana has been developing rainwater harvesting systems and installing them in peri-urban communities. The process of adapting rainwater harvesting systems to existing houses and achieving community adoption presents interesting

You Ask, We Answer: What is public transportation like around PLU? https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/you-ask-we-answer-public-transportation/

You Ask, We Answer: What is public transportation like around PLU? Posted by: shortea / October 20, 2023 October 20, 2023 While PLU’s Campus is neither in an urban or rural area, our middle of the road residential location of Parkland has plenty of public transportation options through Pierce Transit. Just a block from campus sits the Parkland Transit Center. The two main bus options here include Route 45 and Route 55. Route 45 will get you into downtown Tacoma typically in under 45 minutes

MISSION AND HISTORY https://www.plu.edu/faculty-handbook/mission-and-history/

, to monastic libraries and medieval urban universities, and the schools of the Renaissance. In one of those Renaissance universities, established in Germany at the beginning of the sixteenth century, Martin Luther, a professor and priest, launched the reform which would eventually take his name, a reform which spread to other countries and grew in various ways. As a university professor, Luther’s reform was shaped by the freedom of conscience, the need to engage one’s society in pursuit of a