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April 19, 2010 Claim: You are what you eat Whether you had bacon and eggs for breakfast, a glass of milk and potato chips with your lunch, or a cheeseburger and milkshake for dinner, chances are you ate a lot of corn today. How so? Farm animals in the United States chowed-down on 5.25 billion bushels – that’s 147 million tons – of feed corn in 2008. Their metabolisms convert corn’s simple carbohydrates into the complex animal proteins and fats that make up meat, dairy products and eggs

Streaming Concerts now a permanent reality Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / October 21, 2012 October 21, 2012 In early September, three small, black video cameras were installed in Lagerquist Concert Hall and on September 25, 2012, PLU streamed its first live concert – the President’s Inaugural Concert.  Moving forward, streaming live concerts will become a permanent aspect of SOAC and PLU. These robotic cameras, a result of a joint capital improvement request between the School of Arts and

PLU Holds Inaugural Day of Vocation on April 8 Posted by: Sandy Dunham / March 11, 2015 Image: Wild Hope Center for Vocation Director Lynn Hunnicutt, left, meets with two of this year’s Wild Hope Fellows, Evan Schmidt ’16, center, and Carli Snyder ’17. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 11, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 11, 2015)—You hear the word “vocation” a lot at Pacific Lutheran University—in fact, Lutes pretty much have heard about (and

February 28, 2011 Caring course work Anna McCracken ’14 is preparing to hand out prepackaged salad in the bottom level of Food Connections – one of the services housed in the Catholic Community Services building by St. Leo’s Catholic Church in Hilltop Tacoma. Beside her other volunteers are distributing canned food, produce, bread and other items. As a line of people coming for food file through, a man stops at McCracken’s spot. He asks, “What’s this?” “It’s salad,” McCracken says, a global

microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and computational methods to study materials and molecules at interfaces. All students will also take part in a professional development and ethics training program, with a focus on science communication and preparation for graduate school or industrial careers. Through independent research projects and the workshop and seminar series, this site seeks to broaden the participation in STEM. Preference will be given to applications received by March 1st. Visit https

Environmental Summer Jobs! Posted by: alemanem / April 22, 2019 April 22, 2019 ENVIRONMENTAL NONPROFIT SEEKS CAMPAIGN STAFF IN SEATTLE The Fund for the Public Interest is seeking hard-working individuals with good communication skills and a passion for social change to fill citizen outreach and Field Manager positions across the country this summer. If you are looking to make a difference working to protect the environment and public health, gain real-world work experience and skills you can

March 29, 2012 Photo by Ed Lowe, courtesy of Highline Medical Center Dr. Jennifer Aviles ’97 An opportunity to care about people different from ourselves By Chris Albert In an emergency department in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Jennifer (Tolzmann ’97) Aviles, was caring for a heroin addict when a sense that she describes as a calling for compassion washed over her. “I was caring for him and God changed my heart for this man,” she said. “He took away my fears.” This was a man that in most circumstances

discover and learn in a place like the Valley of the Kings.” Read Previous Honoring our veterans Read Next Follow your dreams and say “yes” to opportunities, Patricia Krise advises COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24

PLU interns combat climate change one tree at a time Posted by: nicolacs / November 8, 2022 Image: Image: Autumn Johansen ’23, Dalen Todorov ’23, Zoee Kooser ’22, Elijah Paez ’24 and Dr. Lowell Wyse, the Tacoma Tree Foundation executive director. November 8, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsA group of PLU students interning with the Tacoma Tree Foundation spent the summer increasing the number of trees in the city to reduce polluted stormwater runoff and heat during the

“Impressions” exhibition hits its mark Posted by: Mollie Smith / January 25, 2017 January 25, 2017 A retrospective exhibit featuring printmaker and artist Craig Cornwall premieres at PLU on February 8. (Monday, January 23, 2017 – TACOMA, WA) It all starts with a mark: drawings with graphite, charcoal, ink and color, lithographs with marks of crayon, washes, rich color with multiple layers and wood cuts with marks that are created by the gouge of a knife. In the upcoming Pacific Lutheran Gallery