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  • Nellie Moran Deputy Chief of Staff for the CO Senate Democratic Caucus PLU Alumna – Economics/French Grad’15 Oct. 22, 6:30 p.m. | AUC 133 This event is free and open to the public. Since graduating from PLU in 2015, Nellie has built a career at…

    education affordability, marijuana, and renewable energy. She currently serves as the Deputy Chief of Staff for the CO Senate Democratic Caucus, where she helps support and guide the priorities of the caucus through the legislative process at the State Capitol. Read Previous New economics mentorship program eases classroom-to-career transitions for PLU students Read Next Joel Earlywine ’17 Wins Best Research Abstract Award LATEST POSTS Meet Cameron Emerson ’08 April 14, 2019 PLU Alum Visits Department

  • Are you passionate about the learning and teaching of mathematics? Would you like to spend a summer in a beautiful historical city, with one of the most vibrant cultures in Europe? How about learning in small classes where instructors challenge each student to deeply engage…

    and bring back this new perspective on mathematics education. We are currently accepting applications for Summer 2023 (due April 1). Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so apply early! More information, including the online application, can be found at bsmeducation.com. If you have any questions, please contact our BSME office, either by email (bsme@bsmeducation.com) or by phone (507-786-3821). Read Previous Causeway Postbaccalaureate Certificate Program Read Next Pacific Northwest

  • Mari Matthias ‘94 loved diagramming sentences back in the ninth grade. Later, she served on the staff of Saxifrage, PLU’s student-run literary and art magazine, during all four of her years on campus. Matthias describes herself as a self-taught novelist. “Once I decided to write…

    , trying to see why I couldn’t put a book down, and all the ways you can say something to subtly point a reader in a particular direction,” she says. PLU communications director Zach Powers ‘10 interviewed Matthias recently about her new literary fiction novel, The Runestone’s Promise. Matthias discussed how the novel has roots in her family’s history and what it’s like writing a novel set in 1799 Christiana (now Oslo). Read Previous PLU interns combat climate change one tree at a time Read Next

  • Graduate students from a range of disciplines (Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Geo/Planetary Science) have a unique opportunity to study the response of materials at extreme conditions with the internationally renowned scientists at Washington State University (WSU). Working within their respective academic departments,…

    , visit: www.shock.wsu.edu or www.dcs-aps.wsu.edu. For questions, please email shockphysics@wsu.edu. Read Previous Ph.D. Program in Biochemistry at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) Read Next Mississippi State University Summer REU LATEST POSTS Dept of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship October 30, 2024 Allen Institute Summer Internship Program October 29, 2024 Summer Research – Army HBCU-MI SPARK October 29, 2024 IMOD Summer Research Opportunity for

  • The Fall 2020 semester had its challenges for PLU students and faculty alike. However, one of the bright spots to lift our spirits has been learning virtually from guest artists who graciously shared their wisdom and knowledge with Theatre and Dance students over the course…

    genuinely kind and passionate individuals. —CP Participating in these master classes made me feel far more connected to the world of theatre outside an educational environment. It put voices, character, and personality to artists whose work I greatly respect. Speaking with such highly successful performers made them seem more human, which made me feel more empowered and validated that I could be successful in my career too. In a year that feels like students have given up so much, these classes with

  • Fiona Ashton-Knochel ’24 is spending her summer on a bird refuge in Brigham City, Utah. The Environmental Studies major sat down with us to discuss her exciting internship and to offer suggestions for anyone looking to land their own internship working in conservation. Why did…

    sometimes change. When graduation comes I may be inclined to work for a year or two before going back to school. Thanks to this internship, I’m flirting with the idea of working as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife member during that time. Read Previous City of Tacoma environmental scientist Tom Chontofalsky ‘03 loves asking questions Read Next PLU biology professor Amy Siegesmund receives national teaching award LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world

  • Mental skills coach remembers Olympics For the last month, PLU Professor of Movement Studies and Wellness Education Colleen Hacker has worked as the mental skills coach for the U.S. women’s field hockey team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as working with individual players…

    Olympic Village and the High Performance Center. The food is excellent. In the village, they basically have food from every nation. It is HUGE cafeteria style. So one meal, we will eat next to Michael Phelps, and the other day, Roger Federer (tennis) will walk in. The entire world passes through, and the food is diverse, fresh and quite good. Read Previous An invaluable asset Read Next Profs, students talk about going green COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you

  • Remarkable good fortune, unparalleled generosity Dale and Jolita Benson are among PLU’s most generous donors. They have given the university just about $5 million in the last decade. In 2004, they established the Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic history, the first fully funded…

    in China for 20 years. My extended family has lived like that all the way, living lives of service.” Dale, who also has Lutheran clergy in his lineage, agrees. “Giving back to PLU was something I always thought about doing if I ever had the resources to do it. And once I got into the banking world, it became apparent that I might reach that goal,” he said. “We have always believed that it is important to reach out and help others because helping others is what life is all about,” Jolita said

  • Marcus Borg, who serves as Canon Theologian at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland and Hundere Chair of Religion and Culture Emeritus in the Philosophy Department at Oregon State University, presented a lecture entitled, “Speaking Christian: Reclaiming Christian Language,” on Wednesday, November 3, at the 6th…

    modern interpretation of the word salvation is “a terrible reduction of the meaning of that word.” “Salvation in the Bible is primarily about transformation in this life, in this side of death, a two-fold transformation, a transformation of ourselves and the world,” said Borg. “Salvation is about reconnection. Salvation is about healing the wounds of existence and we all grew up wounded.” Christian language is becoming increasingly unfamiliar because of a framework that has developed over the last

  • Bonnie Nelson ’08 on top of a bactrian camel in Mongolia. (Photo courtesy of Bonnie Nelson) A volunteer experience in an elementary school sets alum on path to Mongolia By Barbara Clements University Communications After growing up in a small town near Chehalis, Wash., Bonnie…

    leadership study, cemented her desire to travel, and to serve. By 2011, she was ready to join the Peace Corps. But she never imagined she’d end up in Mongolia, which at four people per square mile, has the lowest population density in the world. She had let the Peace Corps decide where to send her, Participating in TEDx in the Mongolian capitol. but still the assignment came as a surprise.”I was at work, and everyone knew the letter was coming, then my roommate called to say a letter had arrived and I