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November 1, 2010 From PLU to a one-room school house, instructor sees value in great instruction By Chris Albert As a teacher for 35 years, Margaret Dakan ’38 saw the difference an education could make in a person’s life. Her belief in the kind of education Pacific Lutheran University provides is why she has supported the university through scholarship programs like Q Club, Project Access and an endowed scholarship that benefits education students: the Margaret Melver Dakan Endowed Scholarship
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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
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about their political interests and issues the student body should advocate. The task force—Dan Stell ’15, Carly Brook ’15, Katerina Volosevych ’17, Caitlin Dawes ’16, Anne-Marie Falloria ’15 and Naomi Bess ’15—then selected one area of interest popular among the 308 students who responded to the survey and found corroborating bills that might be of interest to students. The popular areas of interest include environmental legislation, healthcare, wellness/community health, tax reform, higher
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An Insider’s Look at O Nata Lux Posted by: Reesa Nelson / December 5, 2019 December 5, 2019 One of the most beloved holiday traditions in the Northwest, The Choir of the West, University Chorale, and University Symphony Orchestra present PLU’s annual Christmas concert, O Nata Lux. Works by Dan Forrest, Eric Whitacre, Morten Lauridsen, Benjamin Britten and others will be mixed with traditional carols and seasonal favorites as we celebrate the glory, hope and light of the Christmas season. Read
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Intensive PLU program prepares future principals Posted by: Kari Plog / May 7, 2018 Image: The cohort of graduating principals at the School of Education’s Principal Intern Recognition Ceremony on Friday, May 18. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) May 7, 2018 By Debbie CafazzoContributing writerTACOMA, WASH. (May 7, 2018) — William Peterson took a non-traditional path to the principal’s office.After earning a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and a teaching credential, he jetted off to Ecuador where he
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Suit Up for Senior Year: The College Search Process Posted by: vcraker / November 30, 2022 November 30, 2022 How do you choose a college? How do you pick the right type of school? What questions should you be asking to narrow down your search, and how to decide where to apply? These questions and more are common ones we hear at the beginning of the college search process. The search process can be overwhelming and daunting, and our goal is that after you join this webinar, you will know where
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Application for the ACS Scholars Program Now Open! Posted by: alemanem / January 18, 2018 January 18, 2018 The ACS Scholars Program is a renewable, undergraduate scholarship available to American Indian, African American, and Hispanic/Latino high school seniors and college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors intending to or already majoring in a chemical science and planning a career in a chemical science field. The ACS scholarship is also available to students in two-year college programs
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Lab Internship Opportunity at Seattle Children’s Posted by: nicolacs / October 4, 2019 October 4, 2019 The Science Education Department at Seattle Children’s Research Institute is seeking a reliable, conscientious person to serve as an Intern and classroom aide in our Biomedical Research program for High School students at the Puget Sound Skills Center in Burien, WA. The ideal candidate will be a college student or recent graduate with scientific coursework who is comfortable in a laboratory
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2020 Plant Genome Research Program Posted by: alemanem / January 8, 2020 January 8, 2020 The 2020 Plant Genome Research Program Summer Internship at the Boyce Thompson Institute and Cornell University is now seeking undergraduate and local high school applicants! For the past 19 years, BTI has been hosting a summer internship providing an outstanding student-development program that focuses on training and inspiring the next generation of scientists. Located on the Cornell University campus
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Chemistry/Biochemistry Graduate Study at UMCP Information Session Posted by: alemanem / December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020 The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Maryland, College Park is having a virtual graduate school information session for students interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in our Chemistry and Biochemistry Programs. The virtual information session will be on Monday, December 7, 2020 from 1-2:30 p.m. EST for students to learn about our graduate programs. The
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