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Benson Endowed Chair in Elementary Education. Read Previous Desmond Tutu urges Tacoma community to “Be the Spark” that changes the world Read Next The Andersons are leaving PLU COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24

submitted it to the Bonneville Environmental Foundation in May. “We’ve gotten to a point,” Cooley said, “now it’s time to start looking at offsetting our power.” PLU is one of just four higher education institutions in the state to receive this grant. The Solar 4R Schools program works mainly with schools to increase public understanding and foster commitment to renewable energy. According the Bonneville Environmental Foundation website, Solar 4R Schools has installed 183 systems in 17 states across the

said. After telling her about his background in special education, Hijlkema told him, “Well, we have something for you to do then.” She wanted him to work more at the program level, rather than the individual child level. PLU Professor Greg Williams has been working with Sol y Luna, an organization that works with disabled children, for a number of years. “These types of kids that Sol y Luna works with… present very challenging behaviors to the people who work with them,” Williams said. “The

wing you come from.” But it isn’t just a matter of legislation and blame can’t be placed solely on corporations and governments, Barlow said. The fault lies with all of us, and all of us buying into “the myth of abundance.” First our attitude toward water needs to change, and then we need to see how water relates to other issues, such as education or political exploitation. “Water is the great teacher. It opens everything,” Barlow said. “Dare I say, we have to start seeing water as sacred.” Read

When college students dream up the perfect summer, it usually doesn’t involve getting up at 3 a.m. to take water samples, living out of your backpack, and sleeping in the trees. But for geosciences major Nathan Page, there was no better way to spend the last summer of his undergraduate education. Page set out on a series of research trips with four of his peers and Assistant Professor of Geosciences and Environmental Studies Claire Todd to study waste management on Mt. Rainier. It was a great way

.” Rowland received a bachelor of arts in music education from PLU, and went on earn a masters in creative writing at Boston University, where his life took a new direction. While he was studying at Boston University, Rowland wrote his first novel, In Open Spaces, a historical fiction piece about his home state of Montana. He published the novel 11 years later, in 2002, and then a second novel, The Watershed Years, in 2007. Russell Rowland’s anthology, titled West of 98: Living and Writing the New

, have turned into professional relationships. And, most certainly, both developed real-world tools through mentoring and training programs at places like the Women’s Center. For graduates like McGifford and McLane who aspire for a career in advocacy, there is no better way to prepare. “The interns who go through the PLU sexual assault peer education team training program are prepared weeks in advance (compared to other schools),” McLane said. “That has to do with the mentoring and the faculty at PLU

theater scene here, Hobson also has some irons in Hollywood, including appearing in a movie in which Johnny Depp will make a cameo. He took all this experience and recently boiled it down to bits of advice as workshops he held in January at Pacific Lutheran University. His main points: Follow your passion and take risks. On the first point of following his passion, Hobson told the class that during his sophomore year at PLU, his father nearly died of an aneurysm, and Hobson, who was a music education

glacial processes by analyzing glacial melt water, by mapping the sediments in front of the glaciers,” Todd said. “That is one of my favorite aspects of my job, being able to spend summer with my students on Mount Rainier.” In addition to Mount Rainier, Todd has also brought two students in recent years to Antarctica to study how glaciers have changed over time. Profile Areas of expertise Glacial geology Paleoclimatology Glaciology Education Ph.D. in geology, University of Washington – 2007 M.S. in

spent the past year in Serbia studying peace and conflict resolution, and would like to work with youth when he leaves PLU. Delo is a political science and global studies major and is considering going into the Peace Corps or furthering her education through graduate studies in international relations. They also will hear PLU alum Dr. William Foege ’57, who led the fight to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama. Anna McCracken ’14, a