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wear masks,” says Patel. “They’re used to wearing masks and they’re coming in with good habits, so it hasn’t been an issue.” “You’ll get the occasional lapse, and you just say, in a nice way, ‘Hey, please put your mask up.’ They apologize, put their mask on, and it’s all good.” Students, staff and faculty alike understand that this will be an unusual school year. The ongoing pandemic means extra precautions, extra planning, and that some events and programs will be done differently or postponed for

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of culturing our microorganisms. From a small 1 mL portion of a growing culture, we could grow dense cultures in only a matter of weeks!” “Additionally, using methods like optical density scanning allowed us to visualize how our cultures grew over time, which was amazing to watch,” continued Fisher. Read Previous PLU Department of Anthropology completes repatriation of materials to the Nisqually Tribe Read Next Beyond pedagogy: from Tacoma to Namibia, a partnership reframing teacher development

equity based salary adjustments, and now our 2% across-the-board salary increase this fall.  In addition, all fringe benefit programs are being continued at their current level. And, I am especially pleased that we made the decision to continue filling core faculty positions with new tenure track appointments that are essential to assure the long-term excellence and vitality of our academic programs. Now I am very aware of economic stressors as well. Reducing the number of faculty and staff positions

MediaLab Premieres documentary about food waste Posted by: Todd / November 15, 2014 November 15, 2014 Wastefulness can produce distressing results. This is especially true in the international food industry, in which more than one-third of all food produced globally each year goes to waste, resulting in economic, energy and environmental losses totaling more than $750 billion annually, according to the United Nations. Intrigued and disturbed by this statistic, Pacific Lutheran University (PLU

. Two PLU teams and a mixed PLU-Northwest University advanced to semifinal elimination rounds. The team brought home one novice speaker awards, with Albert placing as seventh speaker. “I found it an interesting experience to interact with other debaters in our region, especially at such a trying time,” Brooke Wolfe ’17 said. “ I enjoyed having a productive means to argue about important issues, including the role of the US in the world and how that will change in the coming months.” Debaters faced

received her masters and Ph.D. in English from Rutgers University. Her book projects and publications include “Out of the Gutter: Women’s Contemporary Graphic Narrative,” and “Comics as Literature? Reading Graphic Narrative.” In her talk last week, Chute noted that the graphic novel, especially women in the graphic novel genre, have recently come into the mainstream. To wit, she noted Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis,” and that “Fun Home,” by Alison Bechdel was chosen by Time Magazine as the number one

read. The type, texture, size and visuals all play a part in whether I will thumb through the book or read the back cover. “It’s important,” I tell my students, “that you are engaging the user with the data.” In picking a book, the cover design should be expressive of the content, it’s a very interactive experience and one that we should not forget, especially when living in an über-dynamic user experience world. Bottom line: A book cover should tell you something about the content you are going to

group Delta Lota Chi with the help of other PLU organizations and residence halls. Delta Lota Chi collects money and donations throughout November and uses the funds to go grocery shopping and put together bins with an entire Thanksgiving dinner inside. “Being able to provide Thanksgiving meals to families in need feels amazing,” Kerri Selk ’16 said. “Especially when the majority of the families we serve are single mothers.” The volunteering, shopping and delivering is all done by students.  Selk

Oregon, but I found a great, flourishing Asian community here that I can call my friends. It is a place that makes me feel like I can be me. Who impacted you the most at PLU? Dr. Sailu Lulu Li has been my biggest mentor. She is also from China. Dr. Lulu jump-started my finance career and walked me through how to navigate America as a first-generation Chinese immigrant, especially in the field of finance. You started as a business major with a concentration in accounting but switched to a