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  • national park to understand more about how people and land use practices impact the ecology of small mammals. “It is a great opportunity to do research and get to know another culture,” Ojala-Barbour said of why he applied for a Fulbright Fellowship. The Northfield, Minn. native graduates this spring with a degree in environmental studies and Hispanic studies. He’s not sure how the experience will shape him or what he’ll do once his fellowship is complete. It may lead him to graduate school to study

  • greenhouse was designed by AustinCina Architects, based on a kit from NEXUS Greenhouse Systems. Read Previous Cultural/Environmental Expert Returns to Campus for Earth Day Lecture Read Next Lifeguard Lutes Save Another Lute’s Life 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 support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how

  • requirements, Tamara Williams and Joel Zylstra — directors of the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education and the Center for Community Engagement and Service, respectively — found that some students were already completing the program just based off their majors. “It was global studies, environmental studies and Hispanic studies,” Zylstra said. “When there is overlap like that it’s kind of like ‘why not?’” Zylstra and Williams were approached by the Peace Corps in 2015, in an effort to reach

  • distributing all the meals that are being donated from restaurants, and the gifts that are coming forward to support our staff and to show appreciation towards them. Those types of things are to be celebrated as well. Read Previous Kevin Andrew explores Alumni & Student Connections’ virtual services, impact on graduating seniors Read Next The Trail Back to PLU: Alayna Linde ’10 on her path from undergrad to urban planning and environmental outreach COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments

  • , theory building, research methods, statistical analysis and using psychology in human context. The Bachelor of Science degree also is an excellent degree option for students with an interest in pre-medicine (including psychiatry), behavioral health, cognitive neuroscience, or neuropsychology. Read Previous Andrew Schwartz’s journey from PLU sociology major to environmental justice advocate and eco-ministry leader Read Next Act Six Scholar Finds Support, Future at PLU COMMENTS*Note: All comments are

  • challenges, driving new political, economic, and environmental realities across the globe. In Water, Steven Solomon offers the first-ever narrative portrait of the power struggles, personalities, and breakthroughs that have shaped humanity from antiquity’s earliest civilizations through the steam-powered Industrial Revolution and America’s century. Charles Fishman, The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water (Free Press, 2011) “As Charles Fishman writes, ‘Many civilizations have been

  • . Elana majored in Environmental Studies and Global Studies with a concentration in Development and Social Justice.2019 Peace Scholars Dejan Perez and Barbara Gilchrist Barbara Glichrist and Dejan Perez were 2019-2020 Peace Scholars. Barbara is majoring in Global Studies, Psychology, and Political Science. Dejan is an English (emphasis in Writing) and Women’s & Gender Studies major, and Norwegian and Native American and Indigenous Studies minor. Both will graduate in 2020.2018 Peace Scholars Aziza

  • Presentation Mourning the Loss of Creation: Addressing the Impending Environmental Apocalypse Khaleesi Gonzalez Personal Profile: I’m a bit of a workaholic who likes to write but not about myself. I’m essentially if Tinker Bell was a Sicilian housewife, quiet yet have enough sass to fill an entire room. I enjoy traveling, cooking, am Disney obsessed, and a proud mother of two fur babies my dog Louis and bunny Ole who I share with my other half. Why I became a Religion Major. I chose to study religion

  • commitments to social justice, will invite participants to consider the relationship between environmental and public health as she addresses sources in Lutheran higher education that foster a spirituality of justice. Paul Westermeyer, a distinguished Lutheran musician and historian from St. Olaf College and Luther Seminary, brings his scholarship on the music of justice that forms ethical commitments. In that light, and in support of PLU’s commitment to promote justice and peace, the fourth annual

  • double minored in environmental studies and English writing. Her day-to-day job includes leading tours and and answering many questions, among other duties. “It’s pretty awesome to see a 7-year-old kid sharing a cool fact about Yosemite that he remembers from when you told him,” Plog said. She said her job is a way of life — hiking, walking, enjoying the great outdoors, interacting with diverse visitors, living where she works and focusing on education and the environment. “You never really stop