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Interdisciplinary Application of Advanced Polymers for Engineering Innovation This new ten-week REU Site supported by NSF will be held May 20th – July 26th, 2019. Participants will be engaged in fundamental research projects that incorporate polymer synthesis and processing, including through biological methods. Projects also…
manufacturing and membranes. Furthermore, projects relating to polymer analysis by mass spectrometry molecular simulations are also offered. In addition to their research project, REU participants will participate in professional development and research seminars. Field trips to local industries and social activities are planned. REU students will present two oral research updates as well as a final presentation. Each REU participant will receive a $5000 stipend, on-campus housing (at no cost) and travel
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Here are a few upcoming career events! WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE VIRTUAL CAREER TREK – Feb 11th, 2:30-4:30pm The Washington State Legislature Virtual Career Trek is hosted by the Alumni & Student Connections Office in collaboration with Colleen Rust, Director of Civic Education at the state…
agencies as well as information from Colleen about the Washington State Legislative Internship Program. This is open to all Lutes regardless of major or class level. Students can register on the PLU Opportunities Board by selecting Events > Workshops. FREE VIRTUAL CAREER FAIR – Feb 11th from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EST) The Association for Women in Science Virtual Career Fair aims to connect AWIS members and all women in science with employers seeking top talent. This aligns with AWIS’ work toward equal
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In early September, three small, black video cameras were installed in Lagerquist Concert Hall and on September 25, 2012, PLU streamed its first live concert – the President’s Inaugural Concert. Moving forward, streaming live concerts will become a permanent aspect of SOAC and PLU. These…
Communication and the Office of Development, open up many doorways. Family and friends from across the country can now watch students perform in our many renowned ensembles. In addition, any student interested in attending PLU, despite location, can watch our students and faculty perform. “We have such talented faculty and students in our music department, we’re excited for the world to see and hear them,” Dean Cameron Bennett says. “This also dramatically enhances the visibility of our exceptional music
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On Monday, February 19, 2018 (President’s Day), students at Pacific Lutheran University are invited for a special tour of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters (HQ). The event is being sponsored by Amazon and PLU’s office of Career Connections and Alumni and Constituent Relations . Interested PLU students…
, free lunch, and the opportunity to hear from alumni who work for one of the Northwest’s most innovative companies. As Director of Innovation Studies here at PLU, I highly recommend that students take the opportunity to visit Amazon and expand what you know about the company. For one thing, you’ll get a chance to learn about the skills that employers most want from college graduates—a set of proficiencies that we place at the center of our Innovation Studies program. So how much do you know about
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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…
Molecules Meet Materials Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Posted by: nicolacs / January 17, 2023 January 17, 2023 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
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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 24, 2018) — Justin Huertas ’09 says opening night of “Legally Blonde,” presented by Seattle-based Showtunes Theatre Company, was electric. Applause roared when his castmate, Alexandria Henderson, walked on stage for the first time Saturday night. Sure, Elle Woods is a lovable…
white actors, gave the crowd new reason for excitement. “Representation matters,” said Huertas, who studied theater at Pacific Lutheran University. Showtunes’ take on the musical, he added, invigorates a story that was already an achievement in uplifting “otherness.” The storyline — a sorority girl’s journey at Harvard Law School, initially intended to win back an ex-boyfriend, that morphs into a triumphant journey of self discovery — takes on new meaning when performed by people of color. “I am
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For the past four years Pacific Lutheran University student workers and volunteers have made the Parkland Literacy Center a beacon of community and learning support. Operated by PLU and located in the Anderson University Center, the center provides free one-on-one and small group tutoring for…
PLU and located in the Anderson University Center, the center provides free one-on-one and small group tutoring for K-12 students in the Franklin Pierce and Bethel School Districts. The success of the center was recently recognized by local leaders. The Pierce County Expanded Learning Opportunity Fund, a partnership between Pierce County and the Foundation for Tacoma Students, awarded a $49,250 grant to PLU to support the Parkland Literacy Center, roughly quintupling the organization’s modest
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MultiCare Health System is a not-for-profit health care organization that’s been caring for communities in Washington state since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital in 1882. MultiCare has grown from a Tacoma-centric, hospital-based organization into the largest, not-for-profit, community-based, locally-owned health system in the state…
says she’s still a clinician and care provider at heart. That might be because she spent most of her 43-year career in mental health doing just that – providing care. “I always tell people if you’re looking for a role model for a rapid rise up into leadership, don’t look at me, don’t look at my career,” Card says with a laugh. “I just did slow and steady and I have always put in more hours, worked harder, listened to people and tried to learn everything I could.” Card didn’t enter the field with
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Homecoming 2008 This year’s Homecoming activities begin today, with a talk at 10:30 a.m. by Scott Westering, ’82, PLU’s head football coach, at the Homecoming Chapel. With the theme, “Get in the Game,” the annual event will focus on the camaraderie of teams, specifically the…
our students, off of the song ‘Get Your Head in the Game,’ from the play ‘High School Musical.’ “We all liked it, so we said ‘Let’s go for it,’” he said, of an event that is in the planning stages all year long before the big weekend. In all, up to 1,000 people can visit the campus during the weekend. Homecoming weekend, which gears up Thursday with the RHA Songfest, is packed with events for alumni and the entire family, including the football game and gala on Saturday. Here is a rundown of
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At a liberal-arts college such as Pacific Lutheran University where open dialogue is not just encouraged but expected a healthy argument between students is a common occurrence. But no one crafts strategic arguments like the Lutes of PLU’s historic Speech and Debate team . You…
Tinker ’16 describes debate, also referred to as forensics, as “the most competitive activity that no one has ever heard of.” Fall 2013 proved an exciting time of successful transition for Speech and Debate, with the forensics squad facing some big changes: The team welcomed a new coach, Justin Eckstein, and raised membership to 22 debaters, many of whom are new to the activity. “PLU has a really long tradition of being successful at debate. That has happened under many different coaches,” said
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