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submitted it to the Bonneville Environmental Foundation in May. “We’ve gotten to a point,” Cooley said, “now it’s time to start looking at offsetting our power.” PLU is one of just four higher education institutions in the state to receive this grant. The Solar 4R Schools program works mainly with schools to increase public understanding and foster commitment to renewable energy. According the Bonneville Environmental Foundation website, Solar 4R Schools has installed 183 systems in 17 states across the
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Cind M. Treser Memorial Student Scholarship Fund Posted by: nicolacs / February 18, 2022 February 18, 2022 DESCRIPTION The Cind M. Treser Memorial Student Scholarship program (formerly the Ed Pickett Memorial Student Scholarship) gives recognition to outstanding and deserving undergraduate students majoring in Environmental Health (or in an allied discipline) and who intend to take employment in the field of Environmental Health in Washington State upon completion of the baccalaureate degree
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February 1, 2013 Jessica McGifford ’12 Jessica McGifford ’12 and Abi McLane ’08 at the Crystal Judson Family Justice Center. Jessica McGifford ’12 Major: Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies Employer: Our Sister’s House PLU Connection: Abi McLane ’08, victim services supervisor at Crystal Judson Family Justice Center As part of her senior year capstone project, Jessica McGifford was required to take an internship. Through a recommendation from the PLU Women’s Center, she wound up at Pierce
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arts community in Tacoma. The AMOCAT art award categories include art patron; community outreach by an organization; and community outreach by an individual, which Spring received. “It’s a surprise and an honor to receive the AMOCAT award,” Spring said. “Tacoma is such a strong, supportive place to be an artist and a teacher, and I’m constantly energized by the opportunities here.” Spring has brought the art of letterpress to Tacoma. As an undergraduate English major, she began setting cold type on
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March 30, 2011 Busy dad envisions healthy ‘Plan B’ for parents Just like so many other families, Peter Gradwohl ’90 and his wife, Andrea, once struggled to balance busy work schedules with the stress of providing healthy food for their three kids. So, three years ago, with people like themselves in mind, the Gradwohls launched Fantazimo, a Seattle-based company that packs well-balanced lunches for local school kids. “I kind of had an ah-ha moment,” Peter Gradwohl said, “when I was making three
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media organization that works with clients in the Tacoma community and creates yearly documentary projects.Living on the Edge captures the story of North Cove residents who refuse to give up without a fight. The fates of homes, businesses, cranberry farms and fisheries will be determined by the quickly eroding coastline. The Pacific Ocean is projected to engulf the area by 2050 if left unchecked. Director Garrett Johnson states, “I hope people will continue to support North Cove’s fight against
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November 30, 2011 Alyssa Henry ’12 found herself pedaling across Massachusetts for what she later called the most amazing summer she’s ever had. “It inspired me to get busy and not be afraid to fail.” I never thought I’d spend my summer biking 800 miles across Massachusetts By Steve Hansen Alyssa Henry ’12 was already doing something different. The environmental studies major from Kent, Wash., had already spent her spring term in Denmark as a part of a study-away program through PLU’s Wang
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April 28, 2008 Two students killed in car accident On the evening of April 25, PLU students Jocelyn Denham and Brady Freeman were killed in an automobile accident near Brewster, Wash. Brady’s twin brother, Boone, a student at the University of Puget Sound, was injured in the crash. Members of the campus community gathered throughout the weekend to remember their friends and to offer one another mutual support. The lives of Denham and Freeman were remembered and celebrated on Sunday, May 11 in
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February 1, 2013 Victor Bull ’10 Melannie Denise Cunningham ’12 and Victor Bull ’10 hang out near Red Square on the PLU campus. Victor Bull ’10 Major: Business Employer: State Farm Insurance PLU Connection: Melannie Denise Cunningham ’12, PLU director of multicultural recruitment Victor Bull and his admissions advisor Melannie Denise Cunningham were in a verbal bean bag toss as they relaxed on a warm day this fall just off of Red Square. “I give all the credit to her,” Bull said, as he talked
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Cind M. Treser Memorial Student Scholarship Fund Posted by: nicolacs / February 18, 2022 February 18, 2022 DESCRIPTION The Cind M. Treser Memorial Student Scholarship program (formerly the Ed Pickett Memorial Student Scholarship) gives recognition to outstanding and deserving undergraduate students majoring in Environmental Health (or in an allied discipline) and who intend to take employment in the field of Environmental Health in Washington State upon completion of the baccalaureate degree
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