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March 9, 2012 Visiting Writer’s Series – Eric Goodman Five time novelist, Eric Goodman will have a reading at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 14 in the Regency Room of the UC. There will be a Q & A with the writer at 3:30 p.m. that day at the GBC. Goodman is the author of five novels, including In Days of Awe and Child of My Right Hand, which won a 2004 Book of the Year Award from Foreword Magazine. He has been awarded three Ohio Arts Council fellowships and residencies at the Headland Center for the
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Priscilla Carney Jones Scholarship Posted by: nicolacs / April 11, 2017 April 11, 2017 The Priscilla Carney Jones Scholarship was established by Paul R. Jones, in memory of his wife, to provide scholarships for female undergraduate majors in chemistry or related disciplines who are beginning their junior or senior years of study and do not intend to go to medical school. Priscilla Carney Jones wished to have this scholarship established because of the difficulties she faced as a female chemist
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Yesenia Arellano ’13 discusses her work as a bilingual mental health counselor Posted by: Silong Chhun / September 28, 2021 September 28, 2021 By Veronica CrakerMarketing and CommunicationsPLU alumna Yesenia Arellano ’13 was recently honored by the City of Tacoma during National Hispanic Heritage Month for her work as a mental health counselor providing bilingual therapy to diverse community members and an immigrant clientele. Yesenia spoke with PLU Assistant Director of Communications Veronica
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Green Chemistry Internship Posted by: nicolacs / May 12, 2022 May 12, 2022 Healthy Building Network (HBN) a not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization based in Minnesota, operates the Pharos system of chemical hazard data tools, which enable product makers to investigate hazards of current product chemistries and find safer alternatives. The project planned is for the intern to learn HBN’s data tools, identify data gaps in the system, add new data sources and/or features, populate compound
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December 5, 2012 German-language Advent service The Department of Languages and Literatures and Campus Ministry are sponsoring a German-language Advent service at 5 p.m. Dec. 5 in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. There will be a homily, readings and songs all in German with German text and English summaries provided. Special guest Pastor Björn Meinhardt, of Vashon Lutheran Church, will speak. All are welcome and encouraged to bring friends, colleagues, roommates and family members. There will
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Refracting Spectrums of Color Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / October 8, 2019 Image: The cast of “Spectrums of Color” takes a curtain call after a performance. October 8, 2019 By By Kiana Norman-Slack ‘17Marketing & CommunicationsNayonni “Nai Nai” Watts has autism, and she’s not afraid to be open and honest about it. “If people want to learn about autism, it’s best to learn from an autistic person rather than a non-autistic person,” she says.In January Watts debuted her student-led production
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Summer Internships: Environmental Studies Self-proclaimed "tree hugger" soars in internship with Bird Refuge Posted by: vcraker / August 23, 2022 Image: Fiona Ashton-Knochel ’24 spending the summer at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. August 23, 2022 Fiona Ashton-Knochel ’24 is spending her summer on a bird refuge in Brigham City, Utah. The Environmental Studies major sat down with us to discuss her exciting internship and to offer suggestions for anyone looking to land their own internship
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us to discuss her exciting internship and to offer suggestions for anyone looking to land their own internship working in conservation.Why did you want to pursue an environmental studies degree? I’m a tree hugger, so naturally this major caught my eye. Genuinely, though, I chose Environmental Studies because it teaches me to use multiple fields of study to approach environmental issues. That’s a pretty useful skill for anyone to have. Pursuing this degree also allows a thorough focus on multiple
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Fargo. Proceeds from the sale allowed the Bensons to first fund the chair in business and economic history and then, this year, fund the chair in elementary education. “Yes. I would say that it is true that PLU now has ‘his’ and ‘hers’ endowed chairs from the Benson family,” Jolita said. “But you know, we haven’t taken advantage of our financial position to enhance our own lifestyle,” she said. “I was raised to be a modest person. My grandfather was a Lutheran pastor. My great aunt was a missionary
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July 2, 2013 Into the clouds By James Olson ’14 On the rare cloudless days, from PLU’s campus, Mt. Rainier can be witnessed asserting its sublime dominance over the Pacific Northwest. The day I met Allison Stephens ‘01 was not one of those days, but its call could still be heard, muffled and resilient. She told me that she would be climbing the mountain in August and that she was apprehensive about it. She also told me that she has never done anything like this before. The summit would be
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