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good way to get students excited about chemistry. And that, as he sees it, is the ultimate goal. “It is one of the things I really liked about working in the lab, as opposed to being in a classroom,” said Uehling. “We would be looking at a reaction, seeing something new and we’d talk about it. I felt treated as a peer.” “Well, when we are looking at a new reaction, something neither of us has seen before,” Yakelis replied, “we are essentially peers.” Associate professor of biology Ann Auman studies

, either in law or with a business focus. “It’s taking what you learn in the classroom and pitting it against real life,” Cooper said. “You have to want to be here though. What you learn you can’t put a price on.” For the PLU students they felt they had a strong grasp of political theory and even the practice of public policy, but how that applies to real life was new to them. Decisions about what is important, what is the priority and how to pay for it, certainly changed some of their perspectives

that PLUTO has not only given them new teaching tools, but also improved their ability to teach traditional, brick-and-mortar classes.PLU Teaching OnlineProfessional development for faculty, a new way of learning for studentsDiane Harney, associate professor of communication, said PLUTO required faculty to stop and think critically about teaching methods. “They ask us to really wipe the slate clean,” she said. “It’s allowed us to stop and think about what we teach, how we teach it and how the

comprehensive tests. But Leah Sweeney ‘17, a Fast Track student working on her Master of Business Administration, faced additional challenges -- as a new mother who needed to get started on a career, continued education seemed out of reach. “I never really was set on going to graduate school, it was something that sort of happened by accident,” Sweeney said. “I saw a flyer (for the Fast Track program) and I was like, ‘I can’t go to grad school. The application process is very intimidating, you have to pay a

and I applied for the show just for the experience of doing it. I honestly never thought about what it would be like once it aired. How have you enjoyed living abroad? Was it a challenging adjustment for yourself or your children? I love living in Australia. I wish we had moved sooner. The work-life balance is completely in line with our lifestyle. Paul and I have always been up for an adventure and seeking out new life experiences together — we have moved 12 times in the last 10 years between

marketing. We caught up with Conover, who majored in computer science, to discuss how his experiences at PLU helped prepare him for his career, how he landed a coveted internship at T-Mobile and more. You’re a few months into your new role at Rainway. How is it going? Since joining Rainway and having “Senior” prepended to my title, my day to day has changed a bit. At my previous job with Wiser Solutions, I would regularly be head down coding on a distributed backend system and sometimes find myself in

translator Angela Hunter will be honored at an awards ceremony this month in New York City. When did Angela Hunter, your co-author and translator, get involved? In 2016, I reached out to Angela, the only other American scholar working on Dupin. We talked on the phone and a few months later, though I had never met her in person, I flew to Little Rock. We spent a week at her dining room table hashing out a book proposal.  When you look back on it now, what do you think inspired you to grow this research

college experience. Residential students are supported academically and socially where they make their home on-campus so they can thrive holistically while at PLU. Furthermore, at PLU, every residential student (including first-year, new transfer, returning, and upper division) is part of a Learning Community. Learning communities are specifically designed to give students the opportunity to develop relationships with other students who are living on-campus. Students may participate in co-curricular

opportunity to take a deep dive into a certain topic. Some students choose to take one of the new or innovative courses offered on campus that fits their interest. Others choose to take a required course that they might be less excited about because they can fit it into one month instead of a four month term. For either of these types of students, J-Term provides a nice break between the two, longer terms in the fall and spring. There are also opportunities for students to study away in January. There are

Television’s weekly news broadcast News @ Nine won for their November 14 episode. Sam Horn ’15, was also a finalist in the sports feature category for his Mooring Mast profile on Frosty Westering. LuteTimes was a finalist in two categories: best independent online student publication and online in-depth reporting, for its coverage of contingent faculty’s struggle to unionize. Originally published May 2014 in SOACtivities. Read Previous Professor Encourages Peers to Engage in Public Dialogue in New Book