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. “We are making a deliberate effort to give the introductory biology courses a more welcoming, personal experience that students expect from a place like PLU,” said Egge. For instance, the two profs break down Bio 126 to smaller groups. Students have the same professor for their lab that they do for lecture. This way, even though multiple profs teach the courses, a given student will only interact with one professor. Egge estimates he sees his students four times a week for a total of about six

national television next year. (Photo by John Froschauer) Snipstead, ’11, said neither she nor her friends really thought they had a chance. But now, six months later, Snipstead, 20, is still pinching herself. The Hispanic Studies major was collecting her bags at Sea-Tac Airport Friday afternoon, and a bit breathless. She and her bandmates had just spent a whirlwind week in Los Angles recording the jingle and the “behind the scenes” video of the event. Look for Snipstead, who will be singing the jingle

, if we are creating more, healthy, family wage jobs, then we’re winning,” Wolfe said. According to port statistics, activities directly and indirectly connect the Port of Tacoma to about one in six jobs, or more than 43,000 jobs in Pierce County and 113,000 jobs statewide. Wolfe arrived at the Port of Tacoma in 2005 after five years at the Port of Olympia (Wash.), and 12 years with Sea Land, a North Carolina–based container shipping firm. Wolfe served as deputy executive director at the Port of

. The internship was with a nonprofit called New England Climate Summer. Their project was to travel in groups of six or seven, meeting with individuals, community groups or government officials in hopes of finding ways to lessen their dependency on fossil fuels. Henry’s group would travel 30 to 50 miles a day, sleeping in churches or – when they were lucky – in the homes of well-wishers, where they would sometimes get a warm meal, do laundry or take a shower. “Showing up in a community and having

September 24, 2014 PLU Professor/Olympic Coach Colleen Hacker is 1st Female Recipient of Prestigious International Applied Sport Psychology Award By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Dr. Colleen Hacker, PLU Professor of Kinesiology and five-time Olympic coach, has been selected to receive the prestigious Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) Distinguished Professional Practice Award. There have been only six previous recipients of this award since its inception in

www.recyclemaniacs.org. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) VIDEO: Recyclemania 2013 - GarbologyA day’s worth of trash at PLU was sorted over seven hours in Red Square to kick off Recyclemania 2013. The day ended with 18 bins and three bags of recyclables and compost on the left, and six bins of landfill trash on the right. Read Previous PLU Recognized as a Nationwide Top Producer of Fulbright Students for 2014-15 Read Next PLU’s New Lancelute Mascot Premieres, Reignites Spirit COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If

current PLU professor Joanne Lisosky, who invited him to come teach a course at PLU. “I discovered I liked talking with students about journalism, writing and wordplay,” Levesque said. He taught for 10 years, but then took a six-year break. This is his first year teaching at PLU after the break. “Mainly because Joanne [Lisosky] wouldn’t take no for an answer,” he said. This semester, Levesque is teaching Multimedia Writing and Reporting in the Department of Communication and Theatre. “Today’s

First Nations tribes, and many other public and private organizations.MediaLab's Mission StatementMediaLab seeks to create high–quality content and services for community partners such as not–for–profits, media outlets, government agencies, and other organizations, while simultaneously providing pre–professional opportunities for talented and capable PLU students.This National Broadcasting Society award adds to several other recognitions received so far by Changing Currents, including six Accolade

the Great Reformer Martin Luther. “Dear Kate,” as Luther called his beloved wife, bore six children; she ran the household and organized the finances; she ministered to the sick and opened her home to orphans; she grew much of the family’s food, raised livestock and cooked.   And among all her exploits in the home and otherwise, Dear Kate still managed to find time to brew beer. Reformaiden is a tribute to her memory and the memory of the Lutheran Reformation, 500 years after it began. Wingman

Thu “Kim” Le interns with Benaroya Research Institute, doing cancer research from home Posted by: bennetrr / September 17, 2020 September 17, 2020 By Rosemary Bennett '21Marketing & CommunicationsAs the pandemic has progressed many of found ourselves thinking more about health and disease, however, Thu “Kim” Le ‘21 has spent most of her college career researching these topics.Le recently completed a six-week summer internship with the Benaroya Research Institute (BRI) at Virginia Mason, where