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  • collect ones that I found interesting while playing outside,” he said of his early interest in geology ” Also I would get books about minerals and gems/paleontology from the library.” Yes, he was also the kid that fell in love with Jurassic Park. Once Vermeulen graduates next year, he plans to go on to graduate school. But for now, he’s just focused on his Antarctic adventure. And those rocks. Read Previous Student-satisfaction remains high in national survey Read Next New Science Lab Ups Interactive

  • the year. This year’s celebration is led by 15 outstanding PLU students, one of whom will be crowned PLU’s Lucia and receive a $500 scholarship. In Sweden, Lucia Day is celebrated on Dec. 13 in schools and in the workplace. In Swedish homes, the eldest daughter rises early in the morning, dresses in a white gown with a red sash and wears a crown of candles in her hair. She wakes her family at dawn and serves coffee, gingerbread cookies and Lussekatter. The Lucia custom was introduced to the PLU

  • is in person: While pursuing all her passions—with great success—this delightfully authentic superstar-in-the-making has stayed true to herself. In addition to a unique voice that’s a rich mix of Nina Simone, Fiona Apple and Amy Winehouse, Johnson also has a heart of gold and a steady dedication to service—which started early. As a Girl Scout Daisy and Brownie, Johnson found a place with other girls without “some of the judgment you get at school,” she says. “We did a lot of talking about how to

  • BusinessAccounting Certificate Program Certificate in Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Certificate in Healthcare Management Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Closely-Held Enterprises Certificate in Supply Chain Management EducationBachelor’s Level Teacher Certification: Elementary Education with options for Special Education, Reading, English Language Learners, and Early Childhood Education Health and Fitness K12 Music Education K12 Post-Bachelor’s Teacher Certification: Master of

  • Transfer StudentsTransfer students begin their enrollment at PLU in both fall and spring semesters. They make up approximately 30% of the undergraduate enrollment at the university each year. Academic and Artistic Achievement scholarships are available to all qualified students. Academic scholarships are offered on the strength of the student’s college transcript. Artistic Achievement scholarships are offered on the basis of an in-person or video audition or by submitting a portfolio of their

  • Resolute Online: Fall 2016 – RESOLUTE is Pacific Lutheran University's flagship magazine, published three times a year. Search Features Features Welcome The Saint John’s Bible Hospitality Reformation Listen Called to PLU Women and the Holocaust On Campus Discovery Discovery Attaway Lutes Research Grants Accolades Lute Library Blogs Alumni News Alumni Board Letter Bjug Harstad Day of Giving Alumni Award Winners dCenter Alumni Weekend Alumni Profiles Class Notes Class Notes Family and Friends

  • to the large underrepresentation of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. Right away, I knew that I wanted to contribute to this cause. And what better way to do so then by majoring in one of the natural science fields most notorious for being heavily male-dominated: physics. During my second semester at PLU, I signed up for my first college physics and math classes. My second year at PLU, I declared a physics major – and I haven’t looked back since. There have

  • the real world and find a company to work with, which has given me all the freedom to work on what I want and what I’m interested in. I feel like a real adult. This has allowed me to either succeed or fail all on my own. Why did you choose the MSMR program? The program was actually presented to me while I was pursuing job opportunities with my mathematics degree. Last year, I went to the capstone presentations of the 2018 MSMR cohort and I was deeply impressed by the students and their projects

  • Jeffery WrightJeffery (“Jeff”) Wright has been a professional humanitarian since the early 1990s. Since that time he has been involved as a front-line practitioner in many of the high-profile emergency and humanitarian responses that most Western audiences would have heard of (and perhaps a few that Western audiences would not have heard of). Apart from a brief detour as Country Director for an INGO development portfolio, his career has been entirely focused on humanitarian and emergency

  • Beautiful’: A study of the Nazi Persecution of Lesbian and Transgender Women During the Holocaust” Brooklyn Sudnikovich-Eddy ’23 – “Music in the Holocaust” Introduction by Natalie Mayer and Lisa Marcus, Chair of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Professor of English, PLULivestream Link