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Northwest Sustainable Energy for Economic Development (SEED) to talk about community-based energy solutions. PLU will also have a display created and manned by members of the Sustainability Committee that depicts the efforts on campus. “At the expo, we’ll have the opportunity to talk with the general public about the ways that PLU is taking a leadership role in the sustainability movement on college campuses,” said Rose McKenney, associate geosciences/environmental studies professor and chair of

February 28, 2011 Reed Ojala-Barbour ’11 works at removing a stump as part of a habitat restoration project at Pacific Lutheran University. Restoring native species By Kari Plog ’11 Last year, senior Reed Ojala-Barbour was looking for a summer job and turned his love for environmental studies into a venture to maintain the surrounding natural habitat at Pacific Lutheran University. “First I realized PLU has an important natural habitat,” he said. “Then I realized PLU doesn’t have the grounds

environmental studies major and political science minor with plans to add the newly launched pre-law minor to her workload. The pre-law minor complements Pacific Lutheran University’s pre-law advising program, which is designed to help students interested in attending law school, including assisting students in selecting a law school.  The pre-law minor will offer courses from several disciplines to develop student’s skills in understanding the law, developing a sense of professional ethics, practicing

center many of the concepts she learned at PLU. “The programs, students and staff on campus put an emphasis on service and care,” she says. “That’s what drew me to PLU, what kept met at PLU and what has sustained me.” At PLU, she majored in both communications and Hispanic studies.  “I took my first Spanish language class in 10th grade, and I fell in love with the language from the start,” she says. Following graduation from PLU, she earned a master’s degree in translation from Kent State University

Mathematics major Lindsey Clark ’24 is a Noyce scholar and future teacher Posted by: Zach Powers / April 2, 2024 Image: Lindsey Clark ’24 will return to PLU in the fall to earn a Masters of Arts in Education and her teaching credential. (photos by Sy Bean/PLU) April 2, 2024 By Mark StorerPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Lindsey Clark ’24 came to PLU knowing it was where she wanted to be. But Clark—a double major in mathematics and gender, sexuality, and race studies (GSRS)—says PLU

critical work into what they called a “special edition of The Journal of Frankenstein Studies,” complete with illustrations, book reviews, and responses. Other faculty engaged the wider community outside the classroom. For example, Associate Professor of English Rona Kaufman, her husband, and their daughter Juniper built community in their neighborhood. Juniper had the idea to share eggs laid by the family’s chickens with neighbors, and started leaving them on a stand at the end of the driveway

Margaret Murdoch ’24: Contributing to a cure at Fred Hutch Cancer Center Posted by: nicolacs / October 18, 2023 Image: Margaret Murdoch ’24 spent the summer at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center researching acute myeloid leukemia cells. (All photos provided by Murdoch.) October 18, 2023 By Ava EdmondsMarketing and CommunicationsMargaret Murdoch ’24, a biology and religious studies major with a minor in gender and sexuality studies, spent their summer in Seattle alongside some of the nation’s best

. They have three CDs to their credit, all of which hit top-10 rankings with jazz stations all over the world. This nationally renowned treasure based in the Pacific Northwest has been featured by articles in Jazz Improv, LA Jazz Scene, Brass Herald and more. August 2 – David Deacon-Joyner Trio with Dennis Hastings David Deacon-Joyner is professor and director of jazz studies at PLU. A native of Memphis, Tenn., Deacon-Joyner was mentored by jazz piano great James Williams, and has performed with jazz

Emma Stafki ’24 explores the challenges facing Puget Sound orcas in capstone documentary Posted by: Zach Powers / April 29, 2024 Image: Emma Stafki ’24 is a communication studies major from the Key Peninsula. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) April 29, 2024 By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Emma Stafki grew up on Washington’s Key Peninsula, hearing stories about a tragedy in 1968. In nearby Vaughn Bay, her grandparents witnessed the heartwrenching capture of Hugo, a three-year-old