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May 9, 2008 Regents recognize faculty, student leaders At the annual spring meeting, the Board of Regents approved 12 faculty recipients of Regency Advancement Awards and recognized student and faculty leaders. The Regency Advancement Awards are intended to enhance opportunities for professional development and encourage faculty to pursue scholarship and creative projects. The annual awards are competitive, and faculty member must submit detailed applications about their proposed project. Each
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Colleges Hate It Heather My response: Thanks, Heather. I share the opinion of most college presidents that this proposed rating system is as bad an idea as all the other rating systems that have been tried so far (US News, Washington Monthly, Princeton Review, etc). I love to look at rankings, but I am always aware that they are wildly subjective and deeply flawed. What makes the US Dept of Education’s proposed ranking system especially worrisome is the proposal to tie Federal support for students to
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having a facility now that can showcase not only a plant collection but also give students the best place to be able to carry out experiments that involve plants,” said Associate Professor of Biology and Dean of Natural Sciences Matt Smith. The state-of-the-art greenhouse will use an innovative, closed-loop geothermal energy system, which means that no greenhouse-gas-producing emissions will be used to heat and cool the building, and it also will fulfill curricular needs in the Biology Department
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Job Opportunities at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Posted by: nicolacs / July 1, 2020 July 1, 2020 Jacob Yeager, the Analytical Chemistry Branch Head of the Laboratory Division at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, reached out to inform us that they have entry-level chemist positions available to recent chemistry program graduates. Yeager says: “My laboratory team is comprised of 41 enthusiastic and dedicated professionals who support the US Navy and its essential mission by providing
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many leads we’re bringing in, where can we improve the layout of our webpages, and how do we optimize the moments we are given by new leads. In addition to all of that, I support our centers with managing the back end of our Point of Sale system and work closely with our IT department to ensure that all requests are being processed correctly in a timely manner related to internal processes.” Important Program AnnouncementPLU’s Master of Science in Marketing Analytics is adopting a fully online
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and PLU’s advancement and alumni team, resulting in scholarships supporting more than three dozen students as they pursue internships. “The Student Ambassador Program originated with our own students’ experiences of trying to find internships,” Halvorson said. “They conducted interviews, met with PLU stakeholders, and studied how internships were offered at other universities. The result was a new process that better fit the needs of PLU staff and students.” Internships can give new graduates a
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neighborhood. In 1997, U.S. Bank merged with First Bank System in Minneapolis, intending to take all of the trust assets back to Minneapolis. “I said ‘No thank you. I’m not going back to the Midwest,’” Benson said. Instead he created his own company and began managing money for some of his clients from U.S. Bank. During the next six years, Benson Associates became a very successful investment management company. In 2003, just after Dale joined the PLU Board of Regents, Benson Associates was sold to Wells
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scholarships,” she said. “But gifts to fund the construction or renovation of academic facilities are a type of endowment in their own right. “It makes a terrific difference to the academic program. It makes PLU a stronger place. It is really good for students. The donors I’ve talked to believe this and that’s why they support PLU.” According to the university’s facilities master plan, the next major academic facility renovations are scheduled for Eastvold Hall, Rieke Science Center and portions of the
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Chemistry Positions at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Posted by: nicolacs / February 6, 2019 February 6, 2019 The Chemistry and Metallurgy Laboratory Division at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton has several entry-level chemist positions available to recent program graduates. The Lab Director, Dr. Matt Baehr, had this to say about the opportunity: “My laboratory team is comprised of 39 enthusiastic and dedicated professionals who support the US Navy and its essential mission by providing
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June 29, 2010 LeMays see good stewardship on campus and seek to support it By Steve Hansen Gene ’62 and Carla (Hansen) ’64 LeMay met on the PLU campus when a mutual friend suggested to Gene that there was “this gal” that might need some tutoring. It is probably fair to say the tutoring sessions were very successful. The LeMays would be quick to point out that they got more than a great marriage out of their time at PLU. Gene ’62 and Carla (Hansen) ’64 LeMay. They both speak highly of their time
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