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chosen based on their ability to captivate and engage students in the classroom, their outstanding involvement on campus and in the community, and their overwhelming passion for their subject matter. Nominations were collected through student, alumni and faculty recommendations following an open call to several hundred colleges and universities across the country. Luther was nominated by her colleagues at PLU, who described her as dynamic, involved and committed and said she has inspired countless
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together to experiment with sustainable environmental practices in a real, physical space. But the reDesign House is more than just a place to experiment with sustainable living practices. It is also an emblem of a holistic approach that blends environmental practices and social change with the disciplines of art and design. Lace Smith, Chrissy Cooley and JP Avila in the reDesign House. (Photo by John Froschauer) “The eventual goal is to have a space that is a learning laboratory,” Sustainability
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June 15, 2009 PLU wins Simon Award This spring, PLU received a powerful acknowledgement that it continues to be seen as a leader in globally focused education. The university was awarded the 2009 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization, a prestigious award that honors outstanding efforts on and off campus to engage the world and the international community. PLU is the first and only private college in the West to have received this honor. “This kind of recognition confirms a
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Society for Microbiology's 2023 Carski Award for Undergraduate Teaching. The award recognizes a university educator for outstanding teaching of microbiology to undergraduate students.What I love about teaching microbiology is that I get to share with students a discipline that I am passionate about and excites me every day,” said Siegesmund. “I get the opportunity to bring students together in a learning community to understand how the microbial world is intricately tied to our lives and our deaths
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March 30, 2011 Busy dad envisions healthy ‘Plan B’ for parents Just like so many other families, Peter Gradwohl ’90 and his wife, Andrea, once struggled to balance busy work schedules with the stress of providing healthy food for their three kids. So, three years ago, with people like themselves in mind, the Gradwohls launched Fantazimo, a Seattle-based company that packs well-balanced lunches for local school kids. “I kind of had an ah-ha moment,” Peter Gradwohl said, “when I was making three
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Study Away Fair Presents Global-Education Opportunities—Including a Caribbean Class With President Krise Posted by: Sandy Dunham / March 11, 2015 March 11, 2015 By Matthew Salzano ’18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 11, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University students and faculty alike were excited by the opportunities showcased at the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education’s Study Away Fair on March 11.At the event in the Anderson University Center Regency Room, PLU
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. Themes such as social justice, criminal justice reform, persecution, exclusion, and structural inequality are explored alongside examples of persistence, resiliency, Black liberation, and humanity. E-books as well as print books are included in order to make the exhibit accessible to campus community members who are not able to be on campus due to the coronavirus pandemic. For a complete list of print and e-books in this exhibit, and their location or online links, see below. E-books Kendall, Mikki
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Paid Engineering Intern Positions, Tacoma Water Posted by: nicolacs / February 6, 2023 February 6, 2023 Are you looking to apply and grow the skills you are learning in school in a professional environment while serving your community with clean, reliable water? If you answered “yes,” be sure to apply to Tacoma Water’s engineering internship opportunities! Tacoma Water has four engineering internship positions available for interested candidates to join our System and Asset Planning, Treatment
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ACS International Research Experience for Students (IRES) Program Posted by: nicolacs / November 9, 2021 November 9, 2021 The ACS International Research Experience for Students (IRES) program is seeking applications from qualified U.S. undergraduate students to conduct research in either Germany or Singapore. Students spend 10-12 weeks working on frontier chemical and materials science research projects under the guidance of faculty members and graduate student mentors to sharpen scientific
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Andrew Miller ’14 leverages his PLU MBA to help Tulip Town adapt during COVID-19 Posted by: Marcom Web Team / May 26, 2020 Image: Andrew Miller ’14 at Tulip Town in Mount Vernon, Wash. (Photo courtesy Andrew Miller). May 26, 2020 By Ernest JasminMarketing and Communications Guest WriterAndrew Miller ‘14 and his partners at Mount Vernon’s Tulip Town were counting on a big haul in April. That’s when 350,000 tourists normally flock to the area to celebrate the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival and
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