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February 14, 2012 Posters aim to bring awareness to campus By Chris Albert This June, PLU will become a tobacco-free campus, but in the meantime posters and postcards are on display to spark conversation about the campus-wide change. “To gear up we’ve decided to do several educational initiatives to raise awareness,” said Matt Munson, Health Educator at the Health Center. Posters illustrating the negative outcomes of tobacco use are displayed throughout campus. PLU becomes a tobacco-free campus

faculty to incorporate service-learning in their courses, helping students to bridge the gap between classroom learning and curricular and co-curricular service experiences, and supporting the various community partners that welcomed students and faculty into their work in the community. Kristin earned a Master of Education in College Student Affairs and is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Philosophy in Higher Education from Azusa Pacific University. In addition, she holds a Certification in

Nursing Students Help Provide Thanksgiving Dinner to Over 225 Families Posted by: marcom / May 3, 2016 Image: (All photos courtesy of the PLU School of Nursing Facebook page.) May 3, 2016 By Samantha Lund ‘16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 1, 2015)- More than 225 families were able to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner last week thanks in large part to the Pacific Lutheran University Delta Lota Chi Turkey Basket Drive.The student-led Turkey Basket Drive is organized by the PLU nursing

How Keegan Dolan’s PLU mentor helped him land a dream internship in Boston Posted by: Silong Chhun / July 22, 2021 Image: Keegan Dolan in Downtown Boston outside the headquarters of the Analysis Group (photo by Derek Palmer) July 22, 2021 By Lisa PattersonPLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterHard work pays off. Networking is key. Relationships are everything. While this advice might sound cliché, people give it often, and for good reason. Just ask Pacific Lutheran University’s Keegan

he felt sitting in his first few classes.“Professors were encouraging students to expand our worldviews, take all sorts of different prospectives into account, and challenge what we previously held to be true,” he says. “I was into it from the start.” Wright has successfully embarked on a career at the nexus of the two driving interests with which he arrived at PLU. After graduating magnum cum laude six years ago, he’s worked for an education foundation and an environmental advocacy organization

Beautiful mutants: a PLU biology class harvests for the future Posted by: nicolacs / February 6, 2023 Image: Image: PLU Associate Professor of Biology Neva Laurie-Berry (right, masked) works with two biology students in the Carol Sheffels Quigg Greenhouse. (Photos by Sy Bean/PLU) February 6, 2023 By By Lora ShinnMarketing & Communications Guest WriterAbout two years ago, PLU professor Neva Laurie-Berry partnered with a world-class plant research center. The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Intensive PLU program prepares future principals Posted by: Kari Plog / May 7, 2018 Image: The cohort of graduating principals at the School of Education’s Principal Intern Recognition Ceremony on Friday, May 18. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) May 7, 2018 By Debbie CafazzoContributing writerTACOMA, WASH. (May 7, 2018) — William Peterson took a non-traditional path to the principal’s office.After earning a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and a teaching credential, he jetted off to Ecuador where he

knew he wanted to study music, but he wasn’t interested in teaching.“At the time I was doing a general music major and considering minoring in communication or business,” Lindhartsen said. “But through my involvement with LASR (PLU’s student radio station) I was able to explore the music community and learn about careers outside of composition, performance and education.” He credits conversations with music professor Greg Youtz, an inspirational songwriting and production course, and his experience

-grade, so her work-from-home transition was not only a break from her routine but to the routine of all of her students.When it’s not COVID-19 season, what’s your job like? I’m a special-education teacher working with kindergarten kids all the way through fifth grade in a learning resource center. Most students will get pulled out of class throughout the day, depending on what services they receive. For my younger students, I go into the general-ed classroom to assist and support them. I have 21

Summer Internship: Environmental Studies major works as a bio tech at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Posted by: Silong Chhun / July 22, 2022 Image: Environmental Studies major Fiona Ashton-Knochel ’24 spending the summer at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. (Photo courtesy of Fiona Ashton-Knochel) July 22, 2022 By Veronica CrakerMarketing & CommunicationsFiona Ashton-Knochel ’24 is spending her summer on a bird refuge in Brigham City, Utah. The Environmental Studies major sat down with us to