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Gates Foundation, and serves as the advocate for the foundation’s key issues, which includes education and world health, with a particular focus on HIV/AIDS and malaria prevention. Tuesday night, Gates spoke on campus about his new book, “Showing up for Life, Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime.” In small vignettes, Gates discusses lessons learned growing up in Bremerton, Wash., serving in WWII, getting his law degree, marrying, raising a family, and now of course, being father to one of the most

PLU Biology professor nationally recognized Posted by: vcraker / September 21, 2022 September 21, 2022 Pacific Lutheran University Professor of Biology Amy Siegesmund received the American Society for Microbiology’s 2023 Carski Award for Undergraduate Teaching. The award recognizes a university educator for outstanding teaching of microbiology to undergraduate students. What I love about teaching microbiology is that I get to share with students a discipline that I am passionate about and

NIEHS Scholars Connect Program (NSCP) Posted by: nicolacs / December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020 The NIEHS Scholars Connect Program (NSCP) is designed to provide a unique opportunity for highly motivated science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) focused undergraduate students to solidly connect with NIEHS and receive training in biomedical research. Students in NSCP have an opportunity for hands-on mentored research experiences, as well as professional and personal development. NSCP is

Professor Justin Eckstein wins Rohrer Research Award Posted by: Todd / December 14, 2018 December 14, 2018 By Kate Williams '16Outreach ManagerCongratulations to Justin Eckstein, Assistant Professor of Communication and Director of Debate, who was recently awarded the 2017 Daniel Rohrer Award for Outstanding Research by the American Forensics Association.  His research is titled, “Sound Arguments, Argumentation and Advocacy”. Among the most important activities of the American Forensic

administer the vaccine at Thursday's event. Recent PLU graduate Cara Hall '20 works on pandemic response logistics and event coordination for the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. A PLU nursing student administers a COVID-19 vaccination. A PLU nursing student walks a patient through a pre-vaccination form. More from PLU PLU by the NumbersApply TodayFull List of Majors Read Previous NYT best-selling author Meg Medina to discuss writing about painful experiences for kids at PLU virtual lecture Read

connecting. “I instantly fell in love with the insane world of the play and it was something I knew I wanted to see and hear on a stage,” Waters, Bug director, says. “Tracy Letts is a brilliant author and has constructed the world so perfectly in the play that I couldn’t help but imagine what it would be like to stage it.” Bug’s darker themes stretch the audience to examine the nature of truth and manipulation. It also explores issues of drug abuse, mental health, and intimate partner violence, because

connecting. “I instantly fell in love with the insane world of the play and it was something I knew I wanted to see and hear on a stage,” Waters, Bug director, says. “Tracy Letts is a brilliant author and has constructed the world so perfectly in the play that I couldn’t help but imagine what it would be like to stage it.” Bug’s darker themes stretch the audience to examine the nature of truth and manipulation. It also explores issues of drug abuse, mental health, and intimate partner violence, because

) creates more pressure and takes more of my time, but it fits really well with my major,” he said. “When I’m helping people, I get to see a lot of problems that they run into, and helping solve them gives me a better understanding of the subject. For me it’s a good experience, as well as being a job.” Crosetto’s main tools on the tennis court are a solid forehand and a fast serve. His most important tools while tutoring are patience and a good sense of humor. “If people are getting frustrated with

normal, making it invisible. “It’s important to recognize that we are all racialized beings,” Ciabattari said. “Moving toward racial justice means we all need to have a stake in it.” Ciabattari has worked hard to create opportunities for people to discuss and work through the feeling of vulnerability around this issue. It’s the focus of a Tacoma-based gathering she’s participating in next week called Think & Drink. The event, titled “We Gon’ Be Alright? The State of Race in America,” focuses on race

Georgetown University as well as a degree in public policy from Brown University. She has been associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Analysis and Ida Tarbell Fellow at Oil Change International, and is also the author of “The Bush Agenda” (William Morrow, 2006). Juhasz has served as congressional aide to two members of Congress and as the project director of the International Forum on Globalization. She has published in the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times