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  • Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium (GCURS)  is hosted annually by top-ranked Rice University. GCURS provides current undergraduates the opportunity to present their original research discoveries to scholars from around the world. First hosted in 2008, GCURS is proud to be one of the longest-running and most prestigious undergraduate…

    States. The Chemistry section is open to junior and senior undergraduates. Applications are open. GCURS will be held for 2 days, October 8-9, 2022 at Rice University. Saturday, October 8 – Student presentations & reception Sunday, October 9 – Professional development talks presented by Graduate and Postdoctoral Students (GPS) and scholars For additional information please see the GCURS 2022 Chem Flyer. The deadline to apply is September 1st! Read Previous ACS Graduate School Readiness & Professional

  • Understanding the World Through Sports and Recreation By Barbara Clements The 2010 Wang Center Symposium: Understanding the World Through Sports and Recreation, will feature many speakers and topics on the global impact of sports and recreation. Wang Center Symposium: Understanding the World Through Sports and…

    March 1, 2010 Understanding the World Through Sports and Recreation By Barbara Clements The 2010 Wang Center Symposium: Understanding the World Through Sports and Recreation, will feature many speakers and topics on the global impact of sports and recreation. Wang Center Symposium: Understanding the World Through Sports and Recreation, March 4-5. The event, March 4-5, will include a keynote address by Olympic speed skating gold medalist Joey Cheek, who has used the international stage to turn

  • Barr reflects on her PLU education, work overseas Career diplomat Joyce Barr ’76 spoke to the Class of 2008 and their families during Spring Commencement on May 25 at the Tacoma Dome. The following is the text of her speech: Chair Gomulkiewicz, President Anderson, Provost…

    my life. I will also use this opportunity to try and recruit some of you for careers at the State Department and to describe some of the international issues that structure my work day. Finally, no commencement speech would be complete without the ubiquitous and often ignored advice about life and while I do plan to take my turn at this, I promise to keep it short. Tacoma Upbringing and PLU Education I was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington. We lived in the Hilltop area and later moved to the

  • The  2018 SCI Scholars Summer Internship program   application deadline is  November 30, 2017. SCI Scholars  is a summer internship program supported by  Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) , the  American Chemical Society (ACS) , and the  American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) . In…

    selected for 10-week Summer 2018 internships at 14 companies. Winners will receive  $6,000-$10,000+ stipend, depending on the internship  Certificate of recognition  $1,000 professional development stipend Opportunity to nominate an inspiring high school chemistry teacher for recognition. Teachers will  be awarded a certificate and $1,000, which can be used for professional development or classroom materials. If interested please visit:  www.acs.org/SCI  or see the SCI Scholars flyer Read Previous 2018

  • Interested in flavors and fragrance chemistry?  Did you know that Washington is the top-producing spearmint and peppermint region in the world?  I.P. Callison & Sons in Lacey, WA has recently announced that they have expanded their internship program.  A current PLU chemistry student  has already…

    the industry.   I.P. Callison & Sons will now be constantly on the lookout for new interns. Attached is a general Job Description for the Internship program. Interviews will be conducted and positions filled on an ongoing basis in all departments (Flavor Development, Flavor Research, Mint Varietal Development, Applications, and Analytical Services). Interested students should e-mail a cover letter and resume to Catherine Maurseth (Flavor Coordinator)  callison@ipcallison.com and be prepared to

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 14, 2020) — Jessica Anderson ’07 is hunkering down at home in Montana with husband Chris, kids Bryer and Jase, and Jethro the dog while working for an EdTech company supporting educators across the country as they transition to distance learning. As…

    PLU alumna is helping educators nationwide adapt to teaching from a distance Posted by: Marcom Web Team / April 14, 2020 Image: Jessica Anderson ’07, Montana’s Teacher of the Year in 2016, has been helping fellow teachers transition to distance learning in her role as Manager of Learning & Development for Virtual Instructional Coaching for an EdTech company. April 14, 2020 By Lisa Patterson ‘98Marketing & Communications Guest WriterTACOMA, WASH. (April 14, 2020) — Jessica Anderson ’07 is

  • Global health: Why does it matter? If public health was a fashion show, global health would be the new black. It’s hot. But what is global health, exactly? And why does it matter? Mark Twain once complained that everybody talks about the weather but nobody…

    organization called PATH, or the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health. PATH, like most other such international public health organizations, had been working away since the 1970s trying to make a small dent in the massive health problems of the developing world. Dr. Gordon Perkin, then president of PATH, agreed with Foege that one place the Gateses could have a big impact was in children’s vaccines. “Basically, we had gone backward since the early 1990s,” Perkin said. Basic immunization rates for

  • Dr. James L. Brown , Professor of Music and Chair of Vocal Studies has announced the list of vocal and musical talents who will be working with voice students during Spring Semester. The presenters will be: Audrey Luna , star soprano who set a world…

    both contemporary and conventional roles and has performed internationally. audrey-luna.com      Lisette Oropesa, international sensation, celebrated star soprano and recording artist. Oropesa emphasizes bel canto style and is a lyric coloratura soprano. lisetteoropesa.com       Zachary Dietz, music director from Broadway. Dietz has worked on a variety of musicals in multiple roles. From keyboards to conductor to music director, Dietz has worked on In the Heights, School of Rock, and Mrs. Doubtfire

  • PLU Alumni Embark on a Central American Adventure of Environmental Education Nathan Page ’13 and Brett Rousseau ’12 enjoy a brief vacation in Montezuma, on the southern end of the Nicoya Peninsula. (Photos courtesy of Page and Rousseau.) By Katie Baumann ’14 In the heart…

    parents are seeking a meaningful way to live the rest of their life with the hope of bettering the world.” As the four get to know their new surroundings, they’re also learning how eco-tourism is used as a tool for development in Latin American countries; how environmentally friendly technologies can be used in small countries and households; and, as Page put it, how to “free oneself from the agro-chemical corporate noose.” The “fantastic four” pose together in front of a new worksite at Finca Frucion

  • Americans Abroad By Steve Hansen When Jennifer Henrichsen came to PLU, she had every intention of majoring in biology and psychology, and then moving on to medical school. Ambitious – and admirable – plans. But halfway into her sophomore year, she had something of an…

    herself now, graduating in 2007 and living in Geneva, Switzerland. She’s earning a Master of Advanced Studies in International and European Security there, studying international law, terrorism and energy security, among other subjects. She also is studying press freedoms in regions of global conflict, with a focus on the increased intimidation, and sometimes assassination, of journalists. And, she’s also working as a freelance journalist at the United Nations’ European headquarters. It is a pretty