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  • Recently, chemistry major Jackie Lindstrom found herself in Oxford, England, conducting a series of informational interviews with public health representatives from Oxfam and the International Organization for Migration, a United Nations advisory agency that promotes international cooperation on migration. Traveling under a Wang Center Research…

    favorite parts was the data analysis. Her love of math has also been a way to serve the wider PLU community. “While completing these degrees, she also had time to be an SI (supplemental instruction) leader for precalculus in 2020 [and] to grade for multiple instructors,” said chemistry professor Dr. Andrea Munro. “She is an incredible student.” Jackie’s sense of initiative has also been developed by club activities outside the classroom. As an Outdoor Rec trip leader and Ultimate Frisbee coach for

  • By Michael Halvorson, Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History The following excerpts were gathered from an April 24, 2018 conversation between Michael Halvorson, PLU student Teresa Hackler, and Economics professor Karen Travis. Hackler and Travis completed a Benson Summer Research project together in…

    1960.” “Her support was absolutely crucial once we began running different data analyses on information we collected as she was able to both suggest other tests to run while also ensuring I was performing the math properly.” Dr. Karen Travis “Finally, Dr. Travis’s expertise in Economics enabled us to consider deeply how a variety of factors might have impacted black health indicators.” Halvorson: “Dr. Travis, how did you and Teresa work together on this project?” Travis: “It was a fantastic

  • Kevin Canady-Pete ’22 has a history with the Pacific Lutheran University campus. He grew up down the street, just a couple of miles from the university. The Franklin Pierce High School graduate came to PLU intending to pursue a music education major. While he enjoyed…

    Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Statistics, and Data Science. Read Previous Find out how Bailey Hamilton ’22 balances athletic involvement with academic excellence Read Next Yaquelin Ramirez’s ’22 passion for helping others leads to a future in healthcare LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We

  • Biology professors win coveted Murdock grants Turning over barnacle-encrusted rocks, one by one, craning your neck to catch a glimpse of a bird or sloshing through a muddy tributary might not seem like hard core scientific endeavors. But think again. It’s research such as this…

    natural world, and this grants, including the grants to Pacific Lutheran University, are an important part of that work,” said Dana Miller, senior program director for the Murdock Trust. The grants to PLU will fund two years of student-faculty research looking into the ecology of the Pacific Northwest, as well as species divergence in several Mississippi River tributaries. Each professor will work with four students (two each summer) over the next two years to both collect and analyze data. For

  • The History Department is excited to welcome Dr. Fred Hardyway to campus for the 2024-2025 academic year. Professor Hardyway received his Ph.D. in History from Washington State University in 2020, and will be teaching World History courses this Fall at PLU, including FYEP 101: Revolution…

    introduce Professor Hardyway, Professor Mike Halvorson had a conversation with him over Summer break. This post contains a few excerpts, including essential data about his dog, Driscoll, and cat, Ivy. You can reach Professor Hardyway at fdhardyway@plu.edu. Research and Teaching Interests Prof. Halvorson:  Where did you attend college? Can you share a few research interests with us? Prof. Hardyway:  I attended undergraduate school in Wichita Kansas, and got my master’s degree in Wichita, Kansas both at

  • Sustainability Fellows to tackle bikes, recycling Juniors Lauren Buchholz and Eric Pfaff were named the 2008-09 Sustainability Fellows last week. Awarded annually by the Sustainability Committee , the fellowships give students an opportunity to further the campus sustainability effort by researching existing practices and the…

    2006 “Can the Can”Office of Residential Life and Outdoor Rec to initiate the formation of a bike co-op on campus. campaign and raise awareness about PLU’s surplus sales. Meanwhile, Pfaff will work with the Since the inception of “Can the Can” in October 2006, nearly half of PLU’s faculty and staff have opted to participate, giving up their personal trash cans in favor of recycling more. However, no data has been collected about the effectiveness of the campaign. Buchholz will survey faculty and

  • New Chemistry department instrument will help students and profs probe world of the atom It looks like a rather fat, squat water heater. But to the students and professors gathered around it – or, more accurately, the computer that transmits readouts from it, the machine…

    samples need to spin inside the magnet at nearly the speed of sound to get the best data. The spectrometer contains a series of chambers, with the outside chamber forming a vacuum jacket. The outer chamber is then filled with liquid nitrogen, which is at a temperature of minus 321 degrees Fahrenheit. Inside the chamber, a superconducting magnet sits in a broth of liquid helium, which is even colder, at minus 452 degrees Fahrenheit, or just a few degrees above the lowest known temperature in the

  • Professor Claire Todd and team of six students hiked up to a glacier at Mount Rainier to study the changes in the glacier due to climate change. (John Froschauer, Photo) Students hike up the flanks of Mount Rainier to study glacial runoff and the connection…

    the group a bit about field craft, such as map reading and rope work. Swanson said that this year’s summer research really gave him a look into the scientific process and at “least a brief look at what scientists do in the field.” Todd said this is key, since each student on her team developed their own research study on the Rainier Mount Rainier and had to deal with some data that was expected, as well as some result that were unexpected. “It will help them deal with complexity and unknowns, and

  • By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 16, 2015)—PLU community members are encouraged to attend a “community listening session” regarding proposed cuts of 11,000-16,000 active-duty and civilian positions from Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The session will take place at the McGavick Conference Center…

    published as a result of decreasing military budget projections. Cuts to JBLM would represent as much as 8 percent of the total cuts recommended by SPEA, which calls for the Army to reduce its “active duty end-strength” from 562,000 in 2012 (when PEA research began) down to 420,000 or fewer. Wednesday’s session will represent one of 30 throughout the country that are part of the Army’s analyses and data collection regarding where to enact the pending cuts. “The Army published a SPEA and determined that

  • As a student, Allen Tugade ’24 engaged in academic and applied sociological research on the student population of Pacific Lutheran University. Tugade was a member of Choir of the West and a well-known student leader on campus, serving as a Wild Hope Fellow and with…

    call her in my head. She helps me take so many risks that I never thought I could accomplish. Her door is always open for me.  Tell me about your favorite class at PLU.  My favorite class was statistical consulting with Dr. [N.] Justice. We learned practical skills that will help in work as a data analyst or consultant. How has working with Campus Life as an ambassador for assessment, evaluation and research enriched your learning at PLU? I am taking it as practice for what I want to go into, which