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  • Meet John F. Paul, the new Chair of the Department of Music and Associate Professor at Pacific Lutheran University. Before joining the PLU family at the start of the 2014-15 school year, Dr. Paul served for 13 years as Chair of the Department of Music…

    silent films to be released, and unfortunately fell into obscurity immediately afterwards. One of my goals with this project was to bring more awareness to the film. With realistic acting, crisp cinematography, and themes of family violence and women empowerment, I felt it had something to say to contemporary audiences.  It has been well-received at every performance.Dr. John Paul conducts a local quartet performing his score to the silent film ‘The City Girl,’ during the Oregon Sesquicentennial Film

  • Diving in to “Tapped Out: Unearthing the Global Water Crisis” For the past year and a half, MediaLab students Haley Huntington, Kortney Scroger, Valery Jorgensen and Katie Baumann have traveled throughout North America documenting the importance of water and perils facing our world’s most important…

    influenced Thebes and surrounding communities. Day’s point that resonated with each member of the documentary team was that water does not care about anyone or anything. It is a force of nature with no continence. Disasters caused by water are not done out of malice, but are simply nature acting as it should: Naturally. When asked if he thought humans should stop intervening in nature by manipulating the Mississippi, Day shook his head. He said that it was too late. There are too many things that rely on

  • Established in 2022 through a gift from David and Lorilie Steen, the Steen Family Symposium brings informed speakers who challenge current thinking and propose healthy change to the PLU campus for

    . Amanda is currently serving as both the Assistant Director for Partnerships and the Acting Deputy Director for NOAA’s National Sea Grant College Program, which produces and delivers science that serves America’s coastal communities, economies, and ecosystems.More Earth Day Speakers2016 – Associate Professor and the Academic Director of the Aboriginal Education Research Centre at the University of Saskatchewan, Alexandria (Alex) Wilson delivered her lecture “Indigenous Sovereignty: Bodies, Water, Land

  • Carla Santorno, a national award-winning superintendent, has led an academic improvement effort that has increased the Tacoma Public Schools graduation to 89.8 percent for the class of 2019.

    ensuring high-quality social emotional learning for students PreK-12. Allan BeltonAllan Belton was appointed by the Pacific Lutheran University Board of Regents to serve as the University’s 14th President as of April 3, 2019. Prior to that he was the Acting President, and before that he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, responsible for the University’s administrative functions including Business Operations & Finance, Human Resources, Facilities & Construction Management

  • Elizabeth Sloan, Senior Capstone Seminar Using Biolog Ecoplates analysis of microbial communities from canopy soil in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest was analyzed.

    thiosulfate. Aggregation of the resultant nanoparticles was controlled by subsequent addition of sodium sulfate which was found to be responsible for making the nanoparticles SERS active. Sulfate, acting as a capping agent, created an attraction between the anion and the molecule, which is necessary for adsorption. Once the molecule was attached to the surface of the nanoparticle, an enhanced Raman signal was observed. Rhodamine 6G (R6G) was the primary molecule used to test for SERS activity, to aid in

  • In Times Challenging and Uncertain: Plans Change – Values and Mission Endure By President Loren J. Anderson Welcome to our 2009 University Fall Conference. This morning we gather and prepare to launch the 120th year in the life of Pacific Lutheran University. We do so with…

    changes in university leadership, and this year is no exception. So today we recognize Steve Olson who, in a seamless transition in January of this year, stepped up to lead as our new vice president for Development and University Relations. And just four weeks ago, Associate Professor of Physics Steve Starkovich became our acting provost for this year, enabling Provost Patricia Killen to embark on her well-deserved sabbatical leave. I ask today that each of you say “thank you” and pledge your full

  • A year of achievement and a Decade of Change Dear Colleagues and Friends, It is a great joy for me to welcome each of you to University Fall Conference as we prepare to launch the 2010-2011 academic year, the 121st year in the life of…

    we successfully avoided any significant impact from the Swine Flu last fall. PLU intercollegiate athletic teams had another good year many posting winning records and garnering another conference championship in volleyball. Academic Affairs One year ago at this event, I introduced Steve Starkovich as our new “Acting” Provost while Patricia Killen was on sabbatical leave. At that time, no one, certainly not Steve, expected that he would return this fall with a shorter title. So let’s take a moment

  • Rodion A. Zhuravlev, Senior Capstone Seminar Solid polymer electrolytes are a safer alternative to the current electrolytes found in lithium-ion batteries.

    . Research into the reactivities of different allylsilanes is ongoing. 2:55 pm - Long-Acting Medications: Drug-Polymer Conjugate Release Kinetics Study Jitkanya Wong, Senior Capstone Seminar To address problems of patients forgetting medication and the increasing pharmaceutical costs, a drug delivery method that provides a sustained, predictable rate is needed. Our method of controlling drug release rate involves attachment of drug molecules onto carrier polymers via nitroso-Diels-Alder. The release of

  • Shawn Brookins, Senior Capstone Seminar Alzheimer’s Disease, the most common form of progressive dementia, has transitioned among the forefront of healthcare research, lending to novel

    hyperphosphorylated tau variants to the disease. This review intends to assert the validity of both hypotheses from recent induced mutation, immunoblotting, and multi-label confocal immunofluorescence studies, followed by a projection for future research. 2:20 pm - Conversion of Ureas to Hydroxyguanidines for Conjugation to Drug-releasing Polymers by Nitroso-Diels-Alder Reactions North Foulon, Senior Capstone Seminar Hydroxyguanidines are a valuable class of molecules in the field of long-acting medications

  • Amanda Dodson, Senior Capstone Seminar About 37% of U.S. adults are diagnosed with Metabolic Syndrome (MetS), which is the combination of metabolic risk factors including insulin resistance,

    eye disease, it is found that there are increased levels of reactive aldehyde species present. In order to relieve patients of their dry eye disease symptoms, it is important to block this inflammatory pathway, as this condition is often linked to inflammation. Molecules known as reactive aldehyde species inhibitors are beginning to be used as treatment against this condition. The drug under development in clinical trials for FDA approval acting as a reactive aldehyde species inhibitor is called