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excited about the new opportunity and says several opportunities he took advantage of while a student at PLU shaped his passion for education.What does it mean to you to have been selected as a national Emerging Leader in education?  I’m humbled to be selected and honored to represent Tacoma Schools and Browns Point Elementary. As an ASCD Emerging Leader, I will have access to professional growth opportunities that reach beyond our state. I hope to use this new knowledge to improve my practice and

experts and scholars from over 30 countries and regions, representing world-renowned universities, have engaged in UIP and offered over 1600 English-taught courses. Students who participate in UIP would benefit from these courses and find opportunities to meet new friends and academic collaborations. Learn more about UIP Did the students in China ask questions or challenge your ideas differently than your PLU students? Auman: PLU students are more likely to question authority. With Chinese students

PLU alumna collects, studies mosquitoes in the pursuit of improved public health Posted by: Kari Plog / March 9, 2016 March 9, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March 9, 2016)- Mosquitoes are pests to some, but for Rebekah Blakney ’12 they carry a wealth of information that can unlock solutions to global health issues.Now with the outbreak of the Zika virus, that’s as important as ever. Blakney isn’t at the forefront of Zika research, at least yet, but she’s

facilities. He was also recognized for his deep commitment to student access to higher education nationally and his advocacy for student financial aid. Baillon, PLU’s associate director of student involvement and leadership, was praised for her work in developing a Student Leadership Institute, for being the driving force behind the Redefining Action social justice learning experience and for being a leader in developing the First-Year Experience Program. Laura Majovski, vice president for student life

Communication. “In this new partnership with PLU on board, we have a new energy that gets college kids and alumni involved.” Speaking of good connections: If all goes according to schedule, one PLU graduate student and her family will inhabit that Habitat home by Christmas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxgAGDT2nw4 It’s the American dream come true—and a family legacy fulfilled—for Dianna Sullivan ’13, who’s pursuing her master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. Sullivan and her family—husband David

any questions regarding the position, please feel free to contact Dominic (DJ) Crisostomo, the UWT  Pre-College Coordinator at 253.692.4969 or email at djcrisos@uw.edu. Read Previous Chem. Seminar: Joel Baker, Monday, March 14th Read Next Interested in green chemistry/environmental toxicology? Awesome workshop in Portland this June! LATEST POSTS Mississippi State University Now Accepting 2025 Summer REU Environmental Science Applications November 15, 2024 Dept of Energy Computational Science

encouraged by the interdisciplinary arm of the contest. The Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications also hosts the Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)—the “pure math” side of the competition. This year the simultaneous contests drew 20,000 teams and played out at thousands of locations across twenty-one countries. At PLU, the ultramarathon-style drama unfolds in the Morken Center for Learning and Technology, where, this year Duffy, Madeline and Matthew listened to the Vines for six hours

Marine/environmental chemistry interest? Summer REU in Aquatic Chemical Ecology at Georgia Tech Posted by: yakelina / January 14, 2016 January 14, 2016 From Frank Stuart, Co-Director at Georgia Tech: We will be hosting 10 undergraduate researchers this summer at Georgia Tech in our REU program focused in Aquatic Chemical Ecology. We would like to ask for your help in publicizing this program to undergraduates, at Georgia Tech and elsewhere. Our program website is http://www.biology.gatech.edu

Operations, Sheri Tonn, noted that since PLU began tracking its carbon emissions, the most recent carbon inventory shows a 17 percent drop. Another emissions inventory is planned for next June. All this recycling and reduction in energy use has gained PLU a national reputation, she said. In 2010, PLU scored an “A” in the Sustainable Endowments Institute Report Card and the Sierra Club’s Cool Schools Competition has consistently ranked PLU in the top 100 green schools in the U.S. Read Previous PLU alum

stories high. “People had to fill their buckets on the ground floor, then haul buckets up to fill a bathtub with water, which they’d use for drinking, bathing, cooking or toilets until the next day,” she says. In winter, schools closed because there wasn’t enough heat to keep kids warm. So, at age 14, she created “Shoebox Sharing,” a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that collected gallon-size containers of toys, toiletries and school supplies. While studying as an undergrad at Pacific Lutheran University, she got