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college. The kinesiology major is a track athlete from Eisenhower High School. She was looking for a school that would allow her to continue competing and that wouldn’t be too far from home. She credits her high school track coach for encouraging her to visit the university. “I really liked the campus and I really liked the community aspect compared to the other colleges I toured,” Gutierrez said. “I really wanted to be in science and the labs were super cool. Also, the (12:1) student to faculty ratio

Jessica Waiau ‘08 Posted by: juliannh / February 23, 2022 February 23, 2022 By Felix HalvorsonPLU student Jessica Waiau (‘08) used her time at PLU to work with the Diversity Center, Hawai’i Club, the Education Program, and then started working immediately after graduation. She recently joined me for an interview in which she discussed how the Diversity Center impacted her identity development, communication skills, and perspectives on community. Our conversation was filled with warmth, funny

January 7, 2008 Senior studying in Tanzania discovers self As a philosophy and classics major, senior Lindsey Webb always planned to spend a semester studying away in Greece. However, a student-faculty research project with philosophy professor Erin McKenna changed her plans. McKenna and Webb studied great apes and ethics last year. During the project, Webb completed an apprenticeship at the Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Wash. After

April 11, 2008 Holocaust survivor shares his story Holocaust survivor Henry Friedman recounted his experience under the unspeakable horror of Nazism and stressed the importance of sharing survival stories at the 12th annual Raphael Lemkin Essay Awards Banquet. The banquet also featured the work of student essayists, who submitted papers on topics related to genocide. The winners, senior Ethan Jennings and junior Kristen McCabe, were recognized during the banquet program. “I’m not a scholar or a

to work for social change. For more information, visit the Men Against Violence Web site or contact Jonathan Grove, Men Against Violence project coordinator, at ext. 6304 or mav@plu.edu. Read Previous State association recognizes student Read Next Holocaust survivor shares his story 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 Three students share how scholarships

-walled laboratory at the Rieke Science Center on lower campus. Rebuilding the north side of Rieke to support the unique device – including Professor Dean Waldow’s “science on display” glass enclosure – brought the NMR cost to more than $1 million, all of which was paid for by sources outside the university. Eventually, the group sees not only students using the machine for student-faculty research, but local community and four-year colleges bringing samples over as well. The chemistry faculty members

recognizable men in the world and helping run his son’s $30 billion foundation. But the questions Gates fielded during an hour-long talk with three PLU student moderators didn’t focus on his famous son, but more on his views on education, involvement in the world, as well as what Gates feels is important for college students to focus on now. Time and time again, Gates urged PLU students to get involved with issues, either local or abroad and devote time and passion to a cause. In other words, “Show up. “I

to be taken seriously as a woman, student and professional. And no, it’s not something that her husband, and convert from Roman Catholicism, makes her do, she adds with a smile at Carlos Sandoval, ’13, who is sitting across from her at a picnic table in Red Square. Both Alazadi and Sandoval were spending a rare sunny afternoon this spring talking about their efforts to create a Muslim club at PLU this fall, their faith path, as well as their path that led them to PLU in the first place. Both are

assembling nanomaterials – materials that are less than one thousandth of the diameter of a human hair – into powerful state-of-the-art lithium ion batteries. Here at PLU, he continues to use nanomaterials to store energy in flexible and lightweight paper electrodes. Throughout his career he’s worked with more than 20 students on student-faculty research projects. Lytle’s true calling is sharing his passion for the sciences with students.  His teaching philosophy is that chemistry doesn’t have to be

that Hacker hasn’t experienced firsthand. “Every example she gives is an example from experience,” said Hacker’s student Matt Leslie ’13, who is pursuing a sports psychology minor. “Not only does it help you validate what she’s saying, it helps you put a picture to it. It’s really easy to picture some of the more complex concepts.” Many of these examples come from her work with national teams and professional and Olympic athletes, which began in 1995 when she started working with the U.S. National