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December 1, 2009 Outreach “I left the country feeling as if we had actually created good out of an inherently oppressive situation.”Sports can be comforting, even therapeutic. Matt Kennedy ’07 worked with some of the 50,000 people who reside in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Most would rather live there than face the violence in the northern part of the country. Kennedy helped create and implement a sport outreach project designed to teach life skills through principles learned through sport

PLU Students Host Forum to Determine Legislative Advocacy Agenda Posted by: Sandy Dunham / February 10, 2015 February 10, 2015 By Evan Heringer '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 10, 2015)—A task force of Pacific Lutheran University students held an open forum on Feb. 9 to discuss an agenda regarding students’ positions on proposed bills in the Washington State Legislature.The task force presented the results of a survey sent to the PLU student body on Jan. 21, which asked

DCHAT Podcast: PLU Dean of Natural Sciences Matt Smith answers alumni questions Posted by: Zach Powers / February 1, 2017 February 1, 2017 TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 1, 2017)- The fourth episode of Pacific Lutheran University’s DCHAT podcast features a discussion with Matt Smith, Associate Professor of Biology, Undergraduate Research Program Director and dean of the PLU Division of Natural Sciences. An expert in the fields of neurobiology and vertebrate physiology, Dr. Smith has served as natural

Molecules Meet Materials (M3) REU Site University of South Dakota Posted by: alemanem / January 23, 2024 January 23, 2024 The Molecules Meet Materials REU site at the University of South Dakota will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during summers 2022-2024. In this program, participants pursue collaborative research projects, with a focus on chemistry at interfaces in which molecular processes occur on surfaces. The site will train students to use spectroscopy, electron

Students share why they love studying music at PLU Posted by: vcraker / December 8, 2021 December 8, 2021 Music is a big deal at PLU. Each year, more than 140 concert performances present students, faculty artists and exciting guest performers with an incredible array of musical styles and media. Kylie Cordero ‘23 and Noatak Post ‘23 discuss their passion for music and how their journey at PLU inspires them to pursue careers in music. Learn more at plu.edu/music. Read Previous How to be a Lute

Where’s the New Testing Center? Posted by: Holly Senn / February 24, 2020 February 24, 2020 What: There is a new Testing Center where students can make up a course exam in a proctored environment. Where: Mortvedt Library, room 332. The room is on the third floor in the southwest corner of the building. (See maps outside the third floor elevator and at the top of the third floor stairs.) Who: For students enrolled in PLU courses who miss an exam and for PLU students with disability

United Kingdom to conduct interviews. They spoke with a variety of people including everyday citizens, farmers, activists and government officials. “Food waste is a topic that won’t just go away over night,” Lunka said. “A lot of us take food for granted, and this film will absolutely change the way you think about food.” Waste Not received recognition for the work Brasgalla, Lunka and Ash put into the film. The film was honored with an Award of Merit – Special Mention in the “Documentary Short

Office Hours: Your professors are here to help Posted by: shortea / November 28, 2018 Image: PLU chemistry Prof. Justin Lyle in his office meeting with students during office hours, Monday, March 12, 2018. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) November 28, 2018 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationStruggling to understand a concept from last week’s class? Stressing about that end-of-the-year project? All hope is not lost: Try stopping by your professor’s office hours and talking it out with

mutual and you both must be assigned to the same learning community before we can guarantee a match. During the last week in July, your roommate assignment will be emailed to you (your PLU email!), and we’ll send along your roommate’s PLU email so you can connect with them. From there, we recommend breaking the ice before you both arrive on campus. It will help you establish rapport – the beginning of any good relationship. Texts, phone calls, (and maybe Facetime or Zoom calls?) will give you a

. Convocations are held in August to allow interns the opportunity to present their work to their peers in concise scientific presentations. Interns also must complete a written report, akin to a research paper, summarizing the findings of their research project. These reports are published and distributed to the interns and sites, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and many others. CNF REU interns receive a $6,000 stipend, plus housing and reasonable travel expenses. Full participation in the ten-week