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Chinese students pair up with Lutes in a “speed-dating” exercise at PLU on Jan. 30 designed to discover cultural intersections. (Photo: John Froschauer / PLU) International ‘Speed Dating’ Creates Cultural Connections By James Olson ’14 Students from six Beijing high schools congregated in the Anderson…
University as part of a longer tour of U.S. schools hosted by Chinese “agent” EduKeys, sat at tables arranged in a rectangle, with all the Beijing students facing outward, expectantly. After a few key talks—including one from Professor David Huelsbeck on his time spent studying the Makah tribe of Neah Bay—a mass of PLU students was ushered in and seated across from the waiting students. During the exercise, the Lutes and the Chinese students exchanged ideas about how their cultures intersect, using
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TACOMA, WASH. (April 3, 2017)- Pacific Lutheran University is aiming to increase visibility of student-faculty research across campus with its first Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 8. Previously, an annual reception in May showcased endowed projects. The change in format highlights a broader spectrum of…
Symposium uplifts collaborative student-faculty research Posted by: Kari Plog / April 3, 2017 Image: Mackenzie Deane and Associate Professor of Chemistry Tina Saxowsky work in a biology lab at PLU. (Photo/John Froschauer) April 3, 2017 By Brooke Thames '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (April 3, 2017)- Pacific Lutheran University is aiming to increase visibility of student-faculty research across campus with its first Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 8. Previously, an
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Tacoma, Wash. — Pacific Lutheran University announced that it will be offering an Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program , housed in a new PLU nursing facility center in Lynnwood, Washington. The rigorous program will prepare graduates to serve as qualified nursing professionals…
nursing facility center in Lynnwood, Washington. The rigorous program will prepare graduates to serve as qualified nursing professionals on the front lines of care in as little as 16 months. “As a state leader in nursing education, PLU is committed to developing programs and initiatives that prepare high-quality nurses to help meet the healthcare needs of communities across the Puget Sound region and beyond,” said PLU President Allan Belton. “This ABSN program will help meet an immediate need in the
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By Michael Halvorson ’85, Professor of History. When Dwight D. Eisenhower was a young officer in the U.S. Army, he was responsible for protecting his troops during the 1918 Pandemic that threatened military bases in the U.S. This is one of the fascinating stories about…
graduate from the Department of History at Pacific Lutheran College (PLC), the year before the institution was reorganized as Pacific Lutheran University. Holl spent many years as a professor of history at Kansas State University, specializing in Eisenhower’s life and era. His new book is entitled Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Religious Journey: Duty, God and Country, soon to be published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Holl received special permission to publish an extract from the book on our website, due
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THE PROGRAM Aquatic Chemical Ecology (ACE) at Georgia Tech is a summer research program supported by the National Science Foundation REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) program. ACE at Georgia Tech gives you the opportunity to perform exciting research with our faculty in the schools of Biological Sciences,…
& Environmental Engineering, and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. You’ll participate in research with one or more of our faculty, learn about careers in science and engineering, and see how scientists blend knowledge and skills from physics, chemistry and biology to investigate some of the most challenging problems in environmental sciences. We encourage applications from undergraduate students who are citizens or permanent residents of the U.S., especially attending universities other than Georgia Tech
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Mooring Mast wins national honor for in-depth reporting The Society of Professional Journalists announced today that Pacific Lutheran University’s Mooring Mast was awarded FIRST PLACE in the country for in-depth reporting for small universities. This year’s MOE Awards honor the best of collegiate journalism from…
] [2] [3] Heather Perry was the editor-in-chief of the paper when one of the newspaper’s sources was charged with theft after the source was quoted in the paper for taking cereal with her in a small container from the all-you-can–eat dinner in the university cafeteria. “We were in disbelief when our source walked into the Mast office and told us, ‘I’m being charged with theft by student conduct’,” Perry said. “From there it was a scramble to find out what was going on and what we could do about it
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MWH Global Featured in History Channel Show April 11 TACOMA, Wash. (April 10, 2015)—Fun fact: The Panama Canal opened 101 years ago. Another? The canal is about to expand to double its capacity. The most fun fact? A Lute is leading the way. Alan Krause…
fact? A Lute is leading the way. Alan Krause ’76 Alan Krause ’76 is chairman and chief executive officer of MWH Global, an engineering firm that, according to its website, “manage[s] water purity and availability in a sustainable fashion for the health, livelihood and security of people worldwide.” One of its biggest projects is designing and providing construction management on the third set of locks for the Panama Canal Expansion project. This project is the subject of a new episode of the
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PLU Vs. The Plow PLU’s men’s basketball team will help horses prepare the fields at the Emergency Food Network’s Mother Earth Farm in Puyallup on April 12. (Photo courtesy of EFN) Basketball Team Takes on Clydesdales to Prepare Mother Earth Farm for Planting By Sandy…
Network’s Mother Earth Farm in Puyallup. All 17 members of the team’s roster will participate—as will three coaches—in a plow-pulling challenge to determine whether basketball players or Clydesdales are faster and more effective at readying the fields for planting. (While this is the first PLU Vs. The Plow event, it’s not the first time everyone was on board for one: Last year’s event was cancelled due to rainy weather and muddy fields.) Fittingly, a Lute first planted the seed for the event with the
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“I moved from Guam (a U.S. territory) … I felt the need to continue that momentum of a smaller population moving to the U.S. mainland. PLU nursing not only offered my preferred class size, but also had a mission of empowering new nurses to become…
skilled leaders and scholars.” -Marc Gombio ’23You could say that PLU reminds nursing major Marc Gombio of home. Gombio transferred to PLU from Green River College and spent a quarter several years ago at Washington State University. In addition to being a full-time student, he also serves in the Navy Reserve. We talked to him about his experience at PLU and what’s next after graduation.Why did you choose nursing? In fact, I did not want to pursue nursing, believe it or not. There has always been a
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Following Katherine Voyles’ insightful essay about why nobody can seem to agree on what the 2022 adaptation of Persuasion is supposed to do , this essay explores another question: why do we all keep watching Austen film adaptations, even when we don’t like them? The…
“You assume just because I hate something I don’t want to do it?” Posted by: ramosam / September 12, 2022 September 12, 2022 By Madeline Scully Following Katherine Voyles’ insightful essay about why nobody can seem to agree on what the 2022 adaptation of Persuasion is supposed to do, this essay explores another question: why do we all keep watching Austen film adaptations, even when we don’t like them? The first filmed Austen adaptation was released in 1938, with a television movie of Pride and
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