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  • Making strides at a feverish pace To say Maureen Francisco , ’99, is a go getter would be selling her short. A list of her accomplishments runs long and seems to have no end. She calls it just a start to her “things she wants…

    . It’s just the way she is, said Associate Professor of Communication Joanne Lisosky, who Francisco credits as being a guiding force for her when she was a student at PLU. The two still stay in touch. “It does not surprise me that she went out and became a very powerful woman in the world,” Lisosky said. “She’s just absolutely charming – just delightful to be around in every way.” But a recent adventure allowed her to indulge in something she’s wanted to be a part of for awhile – reality TV. “I’ve

  • Working toward peace for 20 years By Chris Albert For 20 years, PLU Regent Tom Eric Vraalsen worked toward peace in Sudan. Earlier this month, the former ambassador of Norway saw part of that work come to fruition with a vote by the south Sudanese…

    voters, with 90 percent passing the measure, Vraalsen said. “So it’s a solid mandate for the southern leadership,” he said. Ambassador Tom Eric Vraalsen talks to PLU Professor Ann Kelleher after Vraalsen’s Sudan presentation. And the voting itself was relatively quiet of violence, despite earlier predictions to the contrary. “It went very smoothly,” Vraalsen said, with nearly 2,600 polling stations around the country and a police force of 5,000 present to keep the peace. “Within four months they did

  • Beyond the uniform By Igor Strupinskiy ’14 The sun isn’t up yet, but the PLU ROTC cadets are already standing in formation Olson Gym. A typical day for these dedicated cadets, starts at 6:30 a.m. with physical training. Junior cadet Derek Ayers and sophomore cadet…

    Force. The PLU ROTC program is associated with the Army. PLU has served as a host for the program for the past nine years. This year, the PLU ROTC program was recognized as one of the best in the country among more than 270 programs, and received the MacArthur Award. For most of the students, after the early start for PT, the rest of their day is that of a typical college student’s, except for the days they have military science class. That’s usually when other students around campus see the cadets

  • Department of Languages and Literatures Film Festival 2012-13 presents: “The Invisible War” The Department of Languages and Literatures Film Festival 2012-13 presents a screening of The Invisible War at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8 in Ingram 100. Kristina Setchfield, Marine Corps Veteran and survivor, will…

    with death; and Trina McDonald who was drugged and raped repeatedly by military policemen on her remote Naval station in Adak, Alaska. And it isn’t just women; according to one study’s estimate, one percent of men in the military — nearly 20,000 men — were reportedly sexually assaulted in 2009. And while rape victims in the civilian world can turn to an impartial police force and judicial system for help and justice, rape victims in the military must turn to their commanders—a move that is all too

  • Medal of Freedom honoree and PLU alumnus returns for Nov. 21 lecture Alumnus Dr. William H. Foege, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom for leading the fight to successfully eradicate smallpox, returns to PLU on Nov. 21 for a free public lecture and book-signing.…

    professional publications. An Atlanta-based physician and epidemiologist, Foege and colleagues founded the Task Force for Child Survival in 1984. While at the CDC, he forced drug companies to warn that aspirin might cause the sometimes-deadly Reye Syndrome, reacted quickly to alert women to the dangers of toxic shock syndrome and saw the first cases of a frightening new disease in the early 1980s: AIDS. Over his career, he has been, quite simply, recognized as one of the most important figures in public

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 10, 2016)- On Sunday, Nov. 13, the Pacific Lutheran University Choral Union, which is comprised of alumni of the PLU choral program, will be performing “Beyond Walls,“ a program consisting of music and texts dedicated to peace and reconciliation. PLU Director of…

    learning, serving and sharingThe third reading in the program is a piece by Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho that reads: “but love is much like a dam: if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the whole structure, and soon no one will be able to control the force of the current. For when those walls come down, the love takes over, and it no longer matters what is possible or impossible;” How is this piece perhaps applicable to

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 3, 2017)- You know it’s a good class when even the professor goes home shouting: “You’re not going to believe what we learned today!” Joanna Gregson, professor of sociology, says she told her husband just that throughout her January Term course “Policing…

    , ethics and discretion, race and policing, and use of force. “I can only speak to these areas to a certain degree,” Premo said, “so having someone who works directly in that specialty area gives the students an opportunity to ask questions to someone currently working in that area.” The roughly 20 students enrolled in the class claimed a variety of majors — including those outside sociology — such as communication, computer science, psychology and music. Mitch Perantie ’19, who intends to major in

  • Lab Tech Training Internship Program Overview: This internship opportunity will provide job training for students interested in pursuing biomedical research after graduation. Labs in the Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Division at Fred Hutch (e.g. Lund Lab, HVTN, McElrath Lab, Schiffer Lab) are seeking PLU, SPU,…

    practices and proficient in MS office Two recommendation letters from science professors that can attest to your lab skills Comfortable working with Bio hazardous materials: HIV, HSV, FLU and bacteria. Read Previous Summer Research at Louisiana State University Read Next Paid Green Chemistry & Engineering Summer Internship – Minnesota LATEST POSTS Mississippi State University Now Accepting 2025 Summer REU Environmental Science Applications November 15, 2024 Dept of Energy Computational Science Graduate

  • Interdisciplinary Application of Advanced Polymers for Engineering Innovation This new ten-week REU Site supported by NSF will be held May 20th – July 26th, 2019. Participants will be engaged in fundamental research projects that incorporate polymer synthesis and processing, including through biological methods. Projects also…

    reimbursement (up to $500) to/from the University of Alabama. Additionally, all REU students will be invited to present a research poster at the AIChE Annual Meeting Student Conference in Orlando, FL during November 8-11, 2019, with travel expenses covered by the program. Students majoring in chemical engineering, bio(medical) engineering, chemistry, biochemistry, materials science, plastics & composites engineering, or any STEM field are eligible to apply. Women, underrepresented minorities and students

  • The Summer @ Roche Intern Program has been developed to provide students with a fun yet rewarding summer through hands-on experience and numerous opportunities to network with other interns as well as employees in the organization. Additionally, we help our students meet their career development…

    – learn biology and chemistry-focused techniques, coordination and communication of projects, and various workflows. Quality control assessments and reagent handling techniques. Experiment design and project management skills. Find full details and apply here: https://www.roche.com/careers/jobs/jobsearch/job.htm?id=E-202102-102663&locale=en&title=Summer+Intern+-+Biochemistry Read Previous Clemson University – Advanced Materials Summer Research Program Application 2021 Read Next PSNS Entry-Level