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field, the application process can be daunting.  Most applications require letters of recommendation, standardized exams and official scores, transcripts, and a personal statement of professional goals. The personal statement component is crucial in telling your story.  Your graduate application essay should focus on your professional and academic goals and how your desired graduate program would help you achieve them. All too often, admission committees see personal statement essays that pack in

PLU hosts Tamana Girls’ High School Band in friendship concert Posted by: Mollie Smith / May 19, 2016 Image: Tamara School Band, of Kumamoto, Japan, in a workshop at PLU with Ed Powell and Ron Gerhardstein and translated by Miho Takekawa on Tuesday, June 7, 2016. The band visits the US every other year with it’s sister school Graham Kapowsin. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) May 19, 2016 On June 5 at 3pm in Lagerquist Hall, Pacific Lutheran University will host a friendship concert featuring Graham

audience: patients at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma, Wash. Thirteen flutists will perform at Mary Bridge November 22, bringing to life pieces composed specially for young listeners. “The Sølvvinden Flute Ensemble is thrilled to have the opportunity to bring the joy of music to children at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital,” said Jennifer Rhyne, assistant professor of flute and music theory. PLU alumna Sarah Kintner ‘14 was the inspiration for this upcoming program. Kintner was a prospective

Theater on the PLU campus before a workshop. Hobson moved back to the Northwest last fall, and lives in Tacoma with Noreen Hobson ‘99, and his three children Gwen, 5; Thomas, 3; and Charlie, 1 year. Life has seemingly come full circle for the performing arts major, who after appearing in a number of plays after graduating from Pacific Lutheran University in 2000, decided in 2008 that it was time to take the plunge and see if he could make it in New York City. So with no prospects and only the promise

host a variety of events in November to promote advocacy, awareness and issues around hunger and homelessness. Students are encouraged to participate in the events, which kick off on Wednesday, Nov. 12, and run through Saturday, Nov. 22, or volunteer to help out at one of the service projects PLU will be working on. In addition to the events, PLU will participate in a food drive during the month of November. Students, faculty and staff can donate peanut butter that will go to the Emergency Food

beautiful room with chandelier lights and large windows—it was really wonderful. Then I walked out and played my piece. Mr. Feltsman’s first comments were uncushioned criticisms, and I was a little shaken even though I knew to expect it. After the class, I took notes on all he had told me and watched the other students. It seemed as if Feltsman was pretty blunt in his comments to all of his students—how did you react to that? Yes, he was very blunt! His initial words were particularly critical, but I

August 20, 2013 PLU Professor Jan Weiss in Namibia. One on One: Jan Weiss By Barbara Clements A 22-year-old Jan Weiss walked into the elementary school southeast of Portland, Ore., and looked at her third-grade class. Twenty-five faces looked back. And Weiss realized that she knew nothing about their world, nor they, hers. Weiss grew up in a relatively prosperous home near San Jose, Calif., where dad was an engineer who worked on the Apollo and Gemini launches for a major aerospace company, and

Job Opportunities at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Posted by: nicolacs / July 1, 2020 July 1, 2020 Jacob Yeager, the Analytical Chemistry Branch Head of the Laboratory Division at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, reached out to inform us that they have entry-level chemist positions available to recent chemistry program graduates. Yeager says: “My laboratory team is comprised of 41 enthusiastic and dedicated professionals who support the US Navy and its essential mission by providing

are carefully tailored to active research labs and projects led by faculty who have proven themselves as exceptional mentors for undergraduate students. Explore the Programs: Applications and Foundations of Unmanned Systems Applied Plant Systems Beneficial Bacteria Beneficial Insects Bioenergy Systems Biomedical Engineering Devices Chemical Assembly Community-Engaged Training for Advancing Health Equity Crop-to-Food Innovation Digital Legal Research Lab Emergent Quantum Materials and Technology

from completing their journey to graduation — and what a journey it has been.“Having the 253 PLU Bound scholarship enabled me to come to a great school, major in nursing … and be a part of this tight-knit community,” said Alex Gutierrez ‘20. “Going to PLU was just a dream come true.”  Before becoming a 253 PLU Bound recipient, Gutierrez was considering attending a community college due to financial constraints. A timely meeting with a PLU admissions counselor, however, inspired him to take