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January 7, 2013 A small group of students, staff and faculty join hands at the Explore! Retreat for first year students during J-Term. (Photo by John Froschauer) Explore! retreat helps students understand vocation, and just have fun By Katie Scaff ’13 The annual Explore! retreat offers students the chance to have fun and make new friends, but unlike other first –year programs it also offers students the opportunity to reflect on their journey and consider broader questions of meaning and

Keep It at 68: Curing the Common Cold at PLU—Without Space Heaters Posted by: Sandy Dunham / December 1, 2014 December 1, 2014 October’s Sweater Swap was designed to encourage the PLU community to bundle up to save energy. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Dec. 1, 2014)—The temperature goes down; the thermostat goes up—it’s just a basic seasonal fact of life … until the thermostat isn’t enough. That’s when the space heaters come

Call to PLU Community Members for Green Fund Sustainability Project Proposals Posted by: Zach Powers / January 12, 2015 Image: [Photo by John Froschauer] January 12, 2015 By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 12, 2015)—The Pacific Lutheran University Sustainability Committee is now accepting proposals for projects that aim to make the PLU campus more sustainable. Accepted projects will advance energy conservation in any aspect of PLU life, feature students in leadership

New economics mentorship program eases classroom-to-career transitions for PLU students Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / September 25, 2019 September 25, 2019 By StaffMarketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 25, 2019) — The academic rigors of higher education provide a rich, well-rounded foundation for students preparing for a professional career. Sometimes, however, it’s the reassuring helping hand of an experienced mentor that best smooths the ensuing transition from classroom to the

Microsoft Philanthropies VP Justin Spelhaug to speak at PLU on March 10 Posted by: Silong Chhun / February 24, 2022 February 24, 2022 By Debbie CafazzoPLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterBig Tech sometimes gets a bad rap, with critics pointing to its potential for spying on us, tricking us or leading us to rack and ruin.But technology can be a greater force for good. Justin Spelhaug, vice president of the Tech for Social Impact group at Microsoft Philanthropies, will bring a message of

Houston-based Center for Healing Racism will lead upcoming The People’s Gathering Posted by: Silong Chhun / March 16, 2022 Image: Peoples Gathering at PLU, Tuesday, April 2, 2019 (Photo/John Froschauer) March 16, 2022 By Debbie CaffazoPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterThe 10th edition of The People’s Gathering will ask a stark question: Do you really want to talk about racism? “Most people really don’t — and they run from the discomfort,” says Melannie Denise Cunningham, PLU’s director

Talking with Governor Inslee Posted by: Thomas Krise / November 25, 2014 November 25, 2014 Along with the presidents of several of the other private, not-for-profit universities in Washington, I had the honor of meeting with Gov. Jay Inslee yesterday in his office in the Capitol in Olympia. Our main reason for meeting with him was to stress our desire to see the State Need Grant (a subsidy from the state that supplements the Federal Pell Grant for students who can’t afford college) restored to

collaborated with PLU Opera on this production and we bring to it the best of both programs. Stephen Sondheim’s impeccable score has never sounded so lush and the production’s design and performances are top-notch,” Tom Smith, Director, Chair and Associate Professor of Theatre & Dance. “The scenic elements in this production are incredibly difficult. There are multiple locations, including a functional barbershop, and Scenic Designer, Henry Loughman, has produced an amazing set!” “To honor Sweeney’s

Columbia University REU Program Posted by: alemanem / December 17, 2019 December 17, 2019 This materials research program encompasses two research thrusts around the theme of building higher dimensional materials from lower dimensional structures with unprecedented levels of control. The first thrust combines two-dimensional layered materials such as graphene into layered heterostructures; the second combines molecular ‘superatoms’ into three-dimensional solids.  Both thrusts are built around

Graduate Studies at the Institute for Shock Physics Posted by: nicolacs / October 31, 2022 October 31, 2022 Graduate students from a range of disciplines (Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Geo/Planetary Science) have a unique opportunity to study the response of materials at extreme conditions with the internationally renowned scientists at Washington State University (WSU). Working within their respective academic departments, graduate students conduct their