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  • William Davis ’06 is co-founder of FabLab Tacoma, a makerspace dedicated to project-based learning, entrepreneurship and tinkering.

    elected president. But he said the experience showed him that FabLab isn’t alone in its innovative journey. “It was huge to know we weren’t a single voice screaming in the wind,” he said. PLU Professor Leon Reisberg has brought his education students to FabLab. He says many schools are embracing making culture in K-12 education, and aspiring teachers benefit from seeing the educational components at work in the makerspace. “It opens my students’ eyes to possibilities,” Reisberg said. “It fits really

  • Within the environmental studies curriculum at PLU, the social sciences provide perspectives on the environment from a human point of view, balancing the ecological perspectives contributed by the

    Professor of AnthropologyMichael Behrens, Professor of BiologySuzanne Crawford O’Brien, Professor of Religion and CultureRomey Haberle, Associate Professor of BiologySergia Hay, Associate Professor of PhilosophyJennifer James, Associate Professor of EnglishRose McKenney, Professor of Earth Science and Environmental StudiesRebekah M. K. Mergenthal, Associate Professor of HistoryBrian Naasz, Resident Assistant Professor of ChemistryKevin J. O’Brien, Professor of Christian Ethics and Environmental

    Environmental Studies
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  • May 9, 2008 Grant brings Earth science workshop to PLU Next summer, K-12 and community college teachers will congregate at PLU for a five-day workshop on Earth science. Along with classroom and computer sessions, the teachers will trek through salt marshes on the coast looking for ancient tsunami deposits and examine past mudflow deposits from Mount Rainier in the Puyallup Valley near Orting and Buckley. Led by University of Washington professor and U.S. Geological Survey geologist Brian

  • , Alaska in a close Filipino family. He grew up playing music and initially thought he would pursue it as a career. It was his love of music that brought him to Pacific Lutheran University. “I saw that PLU had an awesome music program, so I was like ‘Yeah, I think I’m going to PLU,’ ” he said. “But then I decided to change my major to computer science because I just realized that I like making games and websites. For some reason, sitting down at the computer and typing stuff out and seeing it rendered

  • Physical Science Technicians – Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Posted by: nicolacs / April 27, 2021 April 27, 2021 The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton is looking for Physical Science Technicians to fill positions as Radiological Control Technicians. You will identify deviations from normal or anticipated radiation levels to determine if the deviations are transient, instrument is defective, shielding has moved or equipment or area has higher than expected radiation levels. You will monitor

  • Internships at the National Security Agency LATEST POSTS Let’s Gaze At the Stars June 24, 2024 AWIS Scholarship February 26, 2024 Paid Engineering Internship with Tacoma Water February 2, 2024 USM School of Polymer Science and Engineering REU January 23, 2024

  • TACOMA, WASH. (May 11, 2016)- A project in a marketing class has turned into a passionate effort to register student voters during a major election year. A group of business students at Pacific Lutheran University say they are concerned about lagging voter turnout that has historically…

    their local election offices to have their ballot mailed to them. No matter the approach, the key is having a voice regarding issues that matter, Johnson said. Voting, no matter where it happens, shows care for the community and models to the rest of the country that people want their voices heard, she said. Ingeborg Jore, an international student from Norway studying business, can’t vote in the U.S. but is passionate about civic engagement and getting involved in other ways. “Every single vote

  • Washington Sea Grant Graduate Science Communications Fellowship Posted by: nicolacs / December 17, 2020 December 17, 2020 Washington Sea Grant offers two Science Communications Fellowships: one for graduate students and one for undergraduate students. WSG fellows work for two academic quarters on a range of communications projects, from writing articles for the Sea Star newsletter to developing web content. Fellows are given the opportunity to develop their portfolios as writers and

  • Louis Hobson ’00 is an accomplished actor on stage and on screen. His next act includes building a production company that he hopes will infuse innovation into the entertainment industry.

    life to the arts and giving artists, entertainers and performers a voice, and an opportunity to do their work,” Hobson said. “It’s been a crazy wild ride and I’ve racked up hundreds of thousands of airline miles.” Hobson’s days are filled with endless emails and phone calls as he works to develop shows for certain markets and audience venues. “We research what the audience is going to love,” he said. Despite his busy schedule running a production company, Hobson still finds time to act. He was in

  • Computer science major talks NASA internship, capstone project Posted by: vcraker / April 20, 2022 April 20, 2022 Cody Uehara is a senior computer science major at Pacific Lutheran University. Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, he came to PLU to play football, and eventually found his passion for computer science. We talked with Uehara about his experiences at PLU and the exciting things he has been working on during his senior year, including his capstone project about autonomous cars and his