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consistent with their research and career interests. DREAM fellows are selected on a competitive basis. Up to six $5,500 stipends will be awarded to selected DREAM fellows. The stipend is based upon an expectation of 40-hour per week effort for 10 weeks. ELIGIBILITY Undergraduate sophomores, juniors, and seniors majoring in physics, engineering, or other science US Citizens, Canadian Citizens, or Permanent Citizens of the US HOW TO APPLY Complete and upload the application Upload an official transcript

a great example of student/faculty research! We are also blessed with an opera orchestra of PLU faculty members,” Brown says. “It’s going to be a great show!” Arrive 30 minutes early to enjoy concessions, including snacks, beer and wine; a portion of concession proceeds benefit the arts at PLU. Purchase tickets through the PLU Campus Box Office at the Concierge desk in the Anderson University Center and on the phone at 253-535-7411.  Tickets are $15 General Admission, $10 Senior Citizens (55

November 1, 2010 19-year Air Force vet challenges ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ By Steve Hansen When Major Margaret Witt graduated with a nursing degree from PLU in 1986, she began a highly successful career as a flight nurse with the U.S. Air Force. She served in the Persian Gulf, including during Operation Enduring Freedom, earning many medals and commendations. She even received a medal from President Bush for her “outstanding medical care.” That career lasted 19 years, yet it ended prematurely

February 10, 2012 “An Antarctic Sunset” taken by PLU student Samantha Dillion in 2006 during J-Term study away in Antarctica. Wang Symposium 2012: Water warrior fights to save our most precious resource By Barbara Clements Maude Barlow didn’t start out interested in water. Nothing of the sort, she recalled recently from her home in Ottawa, Canada.  In the mid-80s, Barlow was working in the women’s movement and focusing  on laws that would eventually be known as the NAFTA trade agreement. While

have great visions for expanding international relation. This University is a model school that enriches young students’ lives through music and arts with an international perspective. In the upcoming concert, each band will perform separately then end the concert together as a combined band. PLU Music Professor Ed Powell, will be guest conduct one of the pieces. The concert is free but there will be a donation box for the people of Kumamoto who were recently affected by earthquakes last month. The

. Tickets available at the PLU Concierge (253-535-7411) and online at www.plu.edu/christmas/.   Nordic Christmas Fest Sunday, Dec. 14 at 6 p.m. Scandinavian Cultural Center The annual Nordic Christmas Fest has been a much-anticipated event in the Scandinavian Cultural Center for over two decades. The Cultural Center is at its loveliest with candlelight and magical holiday decorations. The evening is filled with great conversation, fantastic food and lively entertainment. This year’s menu will include

of choirs in these competitions each year, and clearly, we were considered among the best in 2015.” The Interkultur rankings are compiled yearly after the results of their many festivals are known. This comes after the Choir of the West won a first place and a gold certificate in the Mixed Choirs and Sacred Music categories in the Anton Bruckner Competition. “The ranking is certainly an attraction for prospective students to be able to sing in an ensemble of this caliber and participate in these

July 13, 2014 Workers install new furnishings in a Stuen Hall room on July 8. The renovated residence hall will be ready for residents in Fall 2014. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) PLU Upgrading Residence Halls With $10 Million Bond PLU Marketing & Communication Pacific Lutheran University will save millions of dollars in interest on upgrades to three residence halls, thanks to bonds issued July 10 by the Washington Higher Education Facilities Authority. The upgrades will include structural and

growing up in a small Alaska town. Once enrolled at PLU, her knowledge concerning sexual identity broadened. “It was kind of exciting to be around that many people,” she said. “I really had the chance to meet other people and learn a lot more about other sexual orientations. It was extremely educational.”QASULearn more about Queer Ally Student UnionBrewer said she hails from a religious family, and often felt “stress” when it came to sexuality. She said she struggled reconciling Christianity and queer

while protecting converted Christians in his church. “He wasn’t a principal person in the resistance,” Locke noted. “But he was a member of the “Pastors Emergency League” that resisted the Nazis growing influence over the church. It was unclear what Niemoeller thought of the Jews in general, or of their gradual disappearance from public life in Germany, noted Locke. Niemoeller’s letters from prison were full of casual remarks and once and awhile he’d inquire about a friend. Often, Locke said, his