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  • Mark Lee, Mimi Granlund and Matt Hubbard and the apparatus they built to help them understand how the roughness and size of a tongue would affect the amount of water an animal could lap up and still be efficient.  (Photos by John Froschauer) What exactly…

    . From the fellowship, Granum, an art and English major, hopes to parlay his love of the natural world and photography into full-time employment. “The experience of putting together this capstone has been absolutely invaluable,” he said. Eventually, Granum would like to make photographing and writing about endangered species his life’s work. “Yeah, I know it’s a cliché, but yes, I’d like to work for National Geographic,” he laughed. Jenny Stein studied colloidal dots and their capacity to absorb and

  • Kara Atkinson ’23 earned an associate degree while serving as an Arabic linguist in the United States Army prior to her arrival at PLU. A history major with minors in religion and Holocaust and genocide studies , Atkinson’s passion for research, academia, and higher education…

    translates to “the ongoing catastrophe,” in reference to the ethnic cleansing that occurred in 1948. I am going to argue that ethnic cleansing never stopped, it just changed form.  Are there other motivations for pursuing these research topics, outside of your interactions with Palestinians in the military? I can’t deny the human rights violations aspect of what is happening in Palestine, since I am able to follow Arabic speakers and Palestinian farmers on social media, who are just trying to live their

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 15, 2017)- Pacific Lutheran University students are people of many interests. This semester, several courses illustrate how the university’s curriculum caters to those eclectic interests. Beyoncé and Black Feminist Theory “Who Beyoncé is for?” is not usually a question that you ask…

    said, “and now we put people on it and so how do they live?” This section of the course will look at things such as the human experience and how government, vocation, community development and religion would be represented on board. “This is course where you have to come to terms with diversity,” Rogers said. “You can’t escape it. Social justice, you can’t escape it. You can’t privilege your way out of it, because you are stuck in this context.” This course will attempt to cover a huge amount of

  • Rick Barot is a highly acclaimed national figure in poetry whose 2020 collection “The Galleons” was recently longlisted for the National Book Award. He’s also a dedicated creative writing teacher, serving as an English professor at Pacific Lutheran University and the director of the Rainier…

    students are writing, are you sensing a  spirit of anxiety or dread, or is there anything else in the writing that you’re reading from them that strikes you as feeling different than the overall tenor might be in a more “normal” year? Study English, Understand the WorldThe study of English offers excellent preparation for any future requiring integrative thinking, skills in writing, discernment in reading, and an appreciation of the human experience and aesthetic values. Business, law, government

  • Clarissa Gines was one of the first students to graduate with PLU’s art history undergraduate degree in 2012. It wasn’t easy—she had a child during her senior year, and juggled parenthood with schoolwork and an internship at a Seattle-based art gallery. She then worked as…

    Alum combines passion for art and community with Tacoma Creates Posted by: vcraker / August 5, 2022 August 5, 2022 Clarissa Gines was one of the first students to graduate with PLU’s art history undergraduate degree in 2012. It wasn’t easy—she had a child during her senior year, and juggled parenthood with schoolwork and an internship at a Seattle-based art gallery. She then worked as a gallery assistant, Museum of Glass associate, and gallery exhibitions manager for the next seven years. All

  • Kathryn Einan ’22 is a self-proclaimed “book nerd.” She is a triple major in Literature, History and Nordic Studies with a minor in Chinese. She has a deep love of learning and hopes to become a teacher one day. “There are so many interesting things…

    History and literature senior aspires to be a lifelong learner Posted by: vcraker / May 10, 2022 Image: Kathryn Einan ’22 (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) May 10, 2022 Kathryn Einan ’22 is a self-proclaimed “book nerd.” She is a triple major in Literature, History and Nordic Studies with a minor in Chinese. She has a deep love of learning and hopes to become a teacher one day. “There are so many interesting things to study!” says Einan about her impressive triple major. Einan came to PLU with the

  • 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…

    Lab internships in Lacey, WA in flavors and fragrance chemistry Posted by: yakelina / November 22, 2015 November 22, 2015 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 participated in this program and gained some really interesting insights into

  • Applications for OHSU Center for Diversity and Inclusion’s Summer Equity Internship Program are currently being accepted. The eight- to ten-week paid research internships are designed to provide valuable hands-on research or clinical experiences and mentorship to undergraduate students from diverse, underserved, underrepresented or disadvantaged backgrounds.…

    OHSU Center for Diversity and Inclusion Summer Equity Internship Program Posted by: alemanem / January 2, 2018 January 2, 2018 Applications for OHSU Center for Diversity and Inclusion’s Summer Equity Internship Program are currently being accepted. The eight- to ten-week paid research internships are designed to provide valuable hands-on research or clinical experiences and mentorship to undergraduate students from diverse, underserved, underrepresented or disadvantaged backgrounds. Students

  • The Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety (NWCOHS) at the University of Washington prepares graduate students for careers in worker health and safety through training programs, significant financial support and community-engaged research opportunities. The NWCOHS offers funded graduate training for MS and PhD degrees. Join a free…

    A Free Webinar on Careers in Worker Health and Safety! Posted by: alemanem / April 9, 2020 April 9, 2020 The Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety (NWCOHS) at the University of Washington prepares graduate students for careers in worker health and safety through training programs, significant financial support and community-engaged research opportunities. The NWCOHS offers funded graduate training for MS and PhD degrees. Join a free webinar on careers in occupational health and

  • Looking for a paid summer internship to enhance your STEM education? Interested in working at a world-class research facility? APS and IBM co-sponsor two undergraduate research internship programs for women and underrepresented minorities. The goals of these programs are to encourage women and underrepresented minority…

    APS/IBM Research Internship for Undergraduate Women and Underrepresented Minorities Posted by: nicolacs / January 15, 2021 January 15, 2021 Looking for a paid summer internship to enhance your STEM education? Interested in working at a world-class research facility? APS and IBM co-sponsor two undergraduate research internship programs for women and underrepresented minorities. The goals of these programs are to encourage women and underrepresented minority undergraduate students to pursue