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PLU Virtual Career & Internship Fair – October 28 Posted by: nicolacs / October 21, 2021 October 21, 2021 The fair is intended for students of ALL class levels and majors and is a great opportunity to network with employers about job opportunities, industry insights, internships, career paths, volunteer positions, and other post-graduate opportunities. Students will register for the fair and for 30-minute group sessions and/or 10-minute 1:1 sessions with over 100 employers.  This event is in

meteorology at the University of Oklahoma in 1998, and throughout the next few years, his experiences with extreme weather drew him more and more into storm chasing – specifically when it comes to tornadoes. To date, he has captured over 200 tornadoes on film, beginning with his very first in October 1998. Among his other noteworthy accomplishments, Timmer is the first person to ever capture high-definition video inside a tornado using a 300-pound TVN tornado probe. This feat was realized during the 2008

university operating in his backyard partly because he has no plans on leaving ― but also out of what amounts to almost a personal obligation to serve and give back to the place that raised him. “There are so many people that I went to high school with, so many kids in our community that don’t feel empowered to stay here because they’re not satisfied with their situation,” he said. “It’s super important to me that no matter where you’re from, you try to find what’s beautiful in that place and make it a

Current students & recent grads: Summer job opportunity! Pre-college summer program instructor in Tacoma Posted by: yakelina / March 15, 2016 March 15, 2016 From UW-Tacoma: UWT is looking to hire 12 full-time, temporary instructors for the Math-Science-Leadership (MSL) Summer Program at UW Tacoma from June 23rd –August 2nd. MSL is a free program for current 6th – 11th graders, hosted on UW Tacoma’s campus.  MSL is designed to encourage, motivate, and inspire youth to succeed in STEM. If you are

, travel awards for students with financial need, on-campus housing provided free-of-charge Bridging the Gap: Innovative curricular design for increasing success in undergraduate chemistry General chemistry is a required course for most STEM majors. As such, it is sometimes referred to as a “gateway course”; success in general chemistry is required for students to proceed in their major. Dr. Buckley is passionate about student success and has created a novel preparatory course for students who do not

question, how to rule things out, how to set controls and interpret the new data.” Deane is one of approximately 30 students paired with about a dozen professors from the Division of Natural Sciences under PLU’s Summer Undergraduate Research Program. Each year the program gives up and coming scientists, such as Deane, a chance to do field or lab research, and gain hands-on experience that is rare for an undergraduate. Science faculty met with the students in February, who then applied for the

March 1, 2012 In mid-February the student radio station KCCR changed names to LASR. KCCR is now LASR In mid-February the student radio station KCCR changed names to LASR. An unveiling of the new call sign took place in the Cave with Portland band, Tango Alpha Tango headlining and student group Mister Master opening. The change in name was sparked by the understanding that an AM station in South Dakota had the same name, said Katy Allen-Schmid, LASR’s general manager. “Although they probably

the cells. By my third week, I was participating in the lab’s multi-panel mouse experiment and expanding my cell cycling experiments. By the end of my time there, I had participated in multiple large-scale experiments, developed many assays for investigating cell cycles, and realized my love for lab work. What was one of your favorite projects you worked on during your time at the lab? MM: It is very difficult to choose just one project that stood out to me, as they were all incredibly important

unsolicited messages in as many days from individuals who have seen our Lutes in action. The first email was received by our football coach, Scott Westering, from a fellow airplane traveler, and it speaks volumes about how Lutes conduct themselves both on and off the field: Coach Westering, My wife and I were a passengers on the flight with your team from Los Angeles to Seattle last night. We were very impressed with the players on your team. In spite of difficult circumstances and a VERY long day there

Environmental Lab Scientist in Training Posted by: nicolacs / May 2, 2024 May 2, 2024 The City of Tacoma is recruiting for a temporary part-time to full-time (up to 960 cumulative hours) position of limited duration (six months with the potential to extend an additional 6 months as long as the cumulative hours do not to exceed 960 hours) as an Environmental lab Scientist-in-Training.  A person in this position will be assisting laboratory,  and project staff, in sample processing, coordination