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Renewable Energy Scholarship Posted by: nicolacs / September 6, 2022 September 6, 2022 September marks the beginning of application season for the Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation.  We are now soliciting applications for the scholarships to be given in 2023.  Last year we gave twelve $2000 scholarships; this year we anticipate 16 or more.  There will be at least one for an early undergraduate (preferable community college), at least one other undergrad scholarship, one for an early grad

where students feel a lot of pressure to perform,” says Grace Bingay, a PLU junior on the rowing team, a psychology major and a leader of PLU’s Active Minds chapter. Here to Help: Counseling, Health & Wellness Services (CHWS)CHWS provides integrated medical, mental health, and wellness care to enable optimal student overall well-being.  Our staff are committed to providing a confidential, emotionally safe, accessible, and compassionate space for all students.Active Minds is a national organization

March 11, 2010 Power off – Competition on! By Chris Albert A mid-season loss of Ordal Residence Hall’s most valuable player may have been the difference between victory and defeat in PLU’s UnPLUgged tournament. “We lost our star player,” said Ordal’s current sustainability coordinator, Jason Sipe. Julia Rodrigues and Jason Sipe helped their respective residence halls in a battle to reduce energy consumption. That star player was the hall’s first-round sustainability coordinator Julia Rodrigues

October 28, 2013 Veterans Month at Pacific Lutheran University: Honoring Those Who Serve With a rich history of working closely with the military community—and with university programs including a MacArthur Award-winning Army ROTC and full-tuition Yellow Ribbon Scholarships—Pacific Lutheran University honors veterans and their families through November with events that recognize service and sacrifice: PLU vs. UPS Football Game November 2 What: Military & Veteran Appreciation PLU vs. UPS

March 29, 2012 Photo courtesy Greg Aune Dr. Greg Aune ’97 A late-night study session leads to a career studying chemotherapy By Barbara Clements During his sophomore year, Greg Aune ’97 was holed up in the library at the University of Washington. He was looking up sources for a research paper – for PLU Chemistry Professor Craig Fryhle –when he thought to check the time. He couldn’t quite believe what he saw: It was midnight, and he’d been in the library reading a book on chemotherapy for six

March 29, 2012 Photo by John Froschauer Dr. Nathaniel Schlicher ’00 The need to ‘care for the whole patient’ By Chris Albert To say Nathaniel Schlicher ’00 was born to be a doctor is not much of an over statement. “I got the bug early,” he said. “It really started in the early single digits.” His mother, Carol (Martin ’75) Schlicher was a nursing graduate from PLU, and his father was a hospital administrator. So talking about health care was common around the dinner table. Schlicher also got

Genius” on March 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the Karen Hille Phillips Center at PLU.  Baumeister is co-founder of Biomimicry 3.8, a bio-inspired consultancy offering biological intelligence consulting, professional training, and inspirational speaking. Her work has been critical to the biomimicry movement, establishing it as a new and innovative practice and a philosophy to meet the world’s sustainability challenges.  She has helped more than 100 companies consult the natural world for elegant and sustainable

2022 Fred Hutch Summer Undergraduate Research Program Posted by: nicolacs / November 22, 2021 November 22, 2021 The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Fred Hutch) hosts a summer internship that is designed to provide biomedical research experience and mentorship for undergraduate students of rising senior status. About the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) The SURP is an intensive, 9-week internship designed to provide research experience and mentorship for rising-senior

by Mare Blocker a visiting instructor who teaches the Art of the Book classes. “We chose to invite Mare to jury the show because of her professional experience as an artist, which includes  activity and exhibitions throughout Seattle and the Northwest, and as far away as the Center for Book Arts in New York,” Heather Mathews, gallery coordinator, said. “It was, especially, Mare‘s work as an educator, most recently at Whitman College, which made her an excellent choice as a juror. With a decade of

PLU hosts international speech and debate tournament Posted by: Todd / December 9, 2014 December 9, 2014 On December 5 and 6, 2014, PLU hosted 38 schools and more than 700 students from all over the Pacific Northwest (including Canada) for the return of the TOH Karl Speech and Debate Tournament. The tournament allowed students to improve vital public speaking, critical thinking, research and analytical skills. The tournament was a prestigious Tournament of Champions qualifier, giving top