Search

radar as I started looking at colleges,” she said. What sealed the deal were the people during her campus tour. “Everyone I met that day was super welcoming.” PLU may have made a mark on her, but she has also made a lasting mark on it. Reed is a double major in communications and psychology with a minor in gender and sexuality studies. She also is a member of MediaLab, an award-winning student-run media organization that offers public relations, graphic design, writing, event planning and more. And

use, make money, and work with great people, then this is the job for you! Mission: The Fund for the Public Interest is a national non-profit organization that runs campaigns for America’s leading environmental and social change organizations like Environment America and US PIRG. We launched the Fund in 1982 to help find ways to engage people on the most pressing problems of our day and turn that support into solutions. By having face-to-face, one-on-one conversations, we give millions of people

November 1, 2010 19-year Air Force vet challenges ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ By Steve Hansen When Major Margaret Witt graduated with a nursing degree from PLU in 1986, she began a highly successful career as a flight nurse with the U.S. Air Force. She served in the Persian Gulf, including during Operation Enduring Freedom, earning many medals and commendations. She even received a medal from President Bush for her “outstanding medical care.” That career lasted 19 years, yet it ended prematurely

March 9, 2009 NMR is no longer under wraps It looks like a rather fat, squat water heater. A water heater with a $743,000 price tag. But to the professors of PLU’s chemistry department, the nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer is a dream come true. It’s easy to see they still can’t quite believe, after 2 years of waiting and receiving a National Science Foundation grant they didn’t expect to get, that it’s finally here. After being hidden behind tarps and plywood, it’s now in full display on

. What sealed the deal were the people during her campus tour. “Everyone I met that day was super welcoming.” PLU may have made a mark on her, but she has also made a lasting mark on it. Reed is a double major in communications and psychology with a minor in gender and sexuality studies. She also is a member of MediaLab, an award-winning student-run media organization that offers public relations, graphic design, writing, event planning and more. And she DJs at Lute Air Student Radio (LASR). We

raised in Douglas, Arizona on the Mexican border, the youngest of five children. I played baseball, acted in plays, and played trombone in the band. I didn’t sing in a choir until my junior year in high school and got a wonderful opportunity my senior year when I sang at a solo/ensemble contest in Tucson. My adjudicator was Eugene Conley, revered baritone and accomplished voice teacher at the University of Arizona. That chance meeting that day led to enrolling in the U of A to study with Mr. Conley

October 12, 2012 This past summer, Nathan Page ’13, left, worked on Mt. Rainier conducting research on glaciers. Each week, the group spent two nights on Mt. Rainier, hiking anywhere from three to 15 miles to their research area, collecting a sample before bed, then getting up at 3 a.m. to take water samples, and begin the hike to another glacier for more samples before turning in for the night. Nathan Page ’13 – I never thought I’d spend my summer on Mt. Rainier with my prof By Katie Scaff ’13

concerns in Tacoma or Parkland, and then deciding how PLU might be involved in the project. The federal community work study positions go through the Center for Community Engagement and Service, as well as other tutoring and mentoring programs, such as Big Buddies or America Reads.  His office also helps out with PLU’s Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, as well as National Volunteer Week on campus. He’s is currently working with Habitat for the Humanity on a 30-house project in Parkland, and

September 5, 2014 PLU Center for Media Studies and MediaLab students Amanda Brasgalla, Olivia Ash and Valery Jorgensen (L to R) conducting a video interview. New Center for Media Studies Takes the Classroom Into the Community By Natalie DeFord ’16 Communications Major Like many college students, Olivia Ash ‘15 was uncertain about her future when she first arrived on the campus of PLU back in the fall of 2011. “I’ve always loved music, and so I knew I wanted to get involved with PLU’s student

-60 students navigate financial aid, tuition, school transfers, or coping with academic disruptions such as COVID-19-induced closures. When Pierce-Ngo started as an education advocate, she met students where they were. To develop strong, trusting relationships, meetings might take place in a coffee shop, library, food truck or on breaks at a mall job. The advocate gathers information on the student — their interests, goals, and what did and did not work for them in school before leaving. Students