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Renewable Energy Scholarship Posted by: nicolacs / January 4, 2024 January 4, 2024 The Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation expects to award sixteen scholarships in 2024 based upon academic merit, accomplishments in the field, and demonstrated interest. Three individual scholarships are reserved for a community college student, an undergraduate student, and an early graduate student, respectively. Two scholarships have a preference for Native American or Alaskan Native students and are not

LISTEN Forum Posted by: Thomas Krise / December 6, 2016 December 6, 2016 Dear Campus Community: I am writing to remind you of an invitation I made earlier this semester to participate in the first Listen forum on understanding and responding to implicit bias. The forum will be held this week on Wednesday, December 7, from 3:45-5:00 pm in CK West, and is open to all faculty and staff members and all students. Objectives for the forum are to: Develop a shared definition of, and framework for

2022 Fred Hutch Summer Undergraduate Research Program Posted by: nicolacs / November 22, 2021 November 22, 2021 The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Fred Hutch) hosts a summer internship that is designed to provide biomedical research experience and mentorship for undergraduate students of rising senior status. About the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) The SURP is an intensive, 9-week internship designed to provide research experience and mentorship for rising-senior

Outdoor Opera Rehearsal Posted by: Reesa Nelson / March 12, 2021 March 12, 2021 Opera students spent a sunny but chilly March afternoon rehearsing under a tent in Red Square for an upcoming production of Die Fledermaus on May 21-22. Because of the ever-changing nature of the global pandemic, we won’t know for several weeks if it will be safe to have any kind of live performance with an audience or if the production will need to be streamed to a virtual audience for safety reasons. Nevertheless

Fred Hutch Summer Undergraduate Research Program Posted by: nicolacs / November 17, 2020 November 17, 2020 The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Fred Hutch) hosts a summer internship that is designed to provide biomedical research experience and mentorship for undergraduate students of rising senior status. About the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) The SURP is an intensive, 9-week internship designed to provide research experience and mentorship for rising-senior

complete an internship/industry experience and/or courses in business, economics, history and ethics. “Project-based learning is a different kind of learning than in-class learning and adds a different kind of value to a student’s degree,” said Bogomil Gerganov, associate professor of physics. “Internships and apprenticeships are extremely valuable training for future engineers, and students with such experience are more attractive job and graduate school candidates.” To fulfill the engineering

201, called “Value Creation in the Global Environment,” is designed to introduce students to the many aspects of business – from financial accounting and operations to marketing. By design, it covers a broad swathe. But that doesn’t mean students spend all their time with their nose in a book. Hardly. “I thought the best way to conduct the class was to have the students apply what they are reading to a real idea for a business,” said Carol Ptak, distinguished executive in residence. “I have been

for past students to critique their work. The pictures from iPhoneography are currently on display in the Wekell Gallery in Ingram Hall. Geller and her students are learning this art form together. “It is nice when the professor puts you on an even playing field,” said Bradford Lum ’15, a business major and photography minor. “If the professor is on the same level, we both learn.” In the class the professor and students shared with each other what they knew about this emerging practice. “No matter

May 2, 2008 Grant supports environmental research With a $90,000 grant, the Environmental Studies Program intends to provide students and faculty members with more opportunities for research and creative projects. The program received the funding from the Wiancko Charitable Foundation in December 2007. The program’s faculty determined the money would support annual student-faculty research and creative projects, a mini-grant program, and provide for a faculty workshop in May and a summer

happens in foreign countries and bring to others our own country,” said Jia-Li Hsu, the Taiwan University professor accompanying the students. International travel allows for real discovery that can’t be replicated, she said. The group chose PLU as part of its journey because during the previous year, a representative from Taiwan visited a class in the History Department and was very impressed with the innovative curriculum. “He actually sent the recommendation made by a PLU student during that class