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PLU students work to get out the vote, register students to boost civic engagement in local community Posted by: Kari Plog / May 11, 2016 Image: Jared Christy, Dani Gapsch, Ingeborg Jore and Brooke Johnson are involved in a marketing class project to register other students to vote on local issues such as the Franklin Pierce School District 2016 bond. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) May 11, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 11, 2016)- A project in a marketing

stewardship of nature—issues that still resonate today, especially at PLU. And, we imagine, especially if you saw Kennedy in person. We’ve already heard informally from several Lutes who attended Kennedy’s Tacoma speech—so we suspect there are more of you out there. We’d love to hear from you, too. Please help us mark the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s death this November by sharing your memories of his Tacoma appearance—or even stories you’ve heard from other Lutes who were there. You may post your

break the instant-gratification loop that continuously checking for new notifications brings by making students aware of how much time they’re spending on their phone and helping them focus on tasks. Does it work? Yes, Mbugua says, because it’s already made a noticeable difference with his own phone habits. “I take time to respond back to people on texts, like maybe a couple hours,” he said. “I would say I use my phone a good amount on the daily, but now I can go without it. I’ve been able to go a

which provide the name of the tomb and its date, the fact that it is undecorated and a plan of the tomb,” said Ryan. The Valley of the Kings is the final resting place of many famous Egyptian pharaohs, most notably King Tut. However, buried among the incredibly painted royal sepulchers that captivated the world, lay tombs that were deemed insignificant by early archaeologists and doomed to be lost within the Valley’s sand and limestone. That is, until Ryan and his team rediscovered some of these

piano for people to play. Even though it’s kind of out of tune, it’s still nice to have it to practice on,” she said. Every so often, visitors to the first floor can hear scales, arpeggios, and perhaps even a contemporary tune, as a student takes a break from studying and sits down at their “alternative keyboard.” It’s those little details that make the Tingelstad community so unique. Another feature enjoyed by Tingelstad residents is the house communities, each consisting of two stories. A tightly

Shumaker grew up with five brothers and joined the Boy Scouts. Over the years, Shumaker’s dad, also his Scout leader, had instilled a strong sense of patriotism. So after the attacks of 9/11, like many from his generation, Shumaker responded immediately by enlisting in the military. Veterans Day Events U.S. Army veteran Steve Shumaker, now a junior at PLU, will conduct the opening coin toss at the PLU Military Football Game on Nov. 8 and will speak at PLU’s Veterans Day Celebration in Lagerquist

this year’s event extremely successful, said Ruth Kohler, director of the Wellness Center. More than 350 children received toys donated by PLU faculty and staff and community organizations, far exceeding Kohler’s initial goal. She’d only dared to hope to collect a toy for each of the 160 preschoolers in the Head Start program. After the party, 75 toys were left and donated to the United Way. “The response we got this year was just incredible,” Kohler said. “A lot of different people stepped up to

SchoolsChief Leschi is one of nearly 200 tribal schools in the United States. Operated by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, it enrolls 670 students in preschool through high school.  Visual representations of Northwest Native culture and art are present throughout the school, and the curriculum is infused with the tribe’s cultural heritage. The architectural design of the campus reflects the concept of the circle — which reflects beliefs about the natural world and humanity’s place in the circle of life. At

Tufts University Graduate Program Posted by: nicolacs / November 10, 2022 November 10, 2022 Tufts is a top-tier research institution located just five miles from Boston, a vibrant city and a hub of scientific innovation. We are just the right size to combine cutting-edge research with a more personalized mentoring experience. We pride ourselves on our accomplished research groups with multidisciplinary approaches and a high level of federal funding in all fields of chemistry including physical

Research Technologist I with Bloodworks Northwest Posted by: nicolacs / April 24, 2023 April 24, 2023 We have a wonderful opportunity for a Research Technologist I to join our research lab at Bloodworks Northwest. The incumbent will work under general supervision performing activities associated with various assigned research projects with a focus on biomarker discovery for oxidative stress, blood storage and transfusion by using mass spectrometry, protemoics, metabolomics, and analytical