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July 31, 2010 PLU Women win D-III Ultimate National Championship By Steve Hansen Before Angelica “Geli” Boyden ’11 and Marissa Lyons ’10 came to PLU, they had never thrown a disc before, let alone played the sport of ultimate. “Actually, I threw the disc a few times,” Boyden” admits. “I sucked.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiSNTx5U924 Angelica Boyden ’11 is one of 17 women on the PLU women’s ultimate national championship team Since then, a few things have changed. For starters, they can

October 4, 2012 Doug Smith ’15 and Aiko Nakagawa ’15 after chalking advertising for “unPLUg” a sustainability and low power use push at PLU. (Photo by John Froschauer) UnPLUg aims to create culture of conservation By Katherine Baumann ’14 The lights are off but the competition is on. Students in the 10 resident halls across campus are vying against themselves to see who can save the most energy during the month of October in the annual UnPLUg competition. The UnPLUg tradition began in 2009 with

, Giving Tech Labs “The world is constantly changing, and without innovation, we cannot meet the demands of an evolving world. Innovation is crucial because it meets today’s challenges by offering freedom to provide answers without boundaries, fostering unconventional thinking, and enabling an environment focused on solutions that sustain progress with intention.” -Silong Chhun PLU Digital Communications Manager  “Innovation, for me, means to create and/or make a situation better. Wherever one is, they

September 21, 2007 New device will probe the world of the atom Four professors over at Rieke are still pinching themselves. After applying for a National Science Foundation grant in January, on a hope and a prayer really, the chemistry faculty found out last year that they had been awarded a grant totaling $743,000 to purchase a powerful nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. “We were floored when we learned we had received it,” Fryhle said. “We didn’t expect to get it the very first time (we

transform lives. “These women are my age: we have similar interests, hopes and dreams. But we’ve had remarkably different lives, and my journey has been far easier. I knew I had to use this privilege to help them any way I could,” Gillespie said. “This project has truly been a transformational journey for me.” The documentary focuses on Kenny Sacht’s organization, Wipe Every Tear. The story includes the Christian organization’s unique mission work that surprisingly doesn’t evoke the name of Jesus as it

mother, five children of her own, ages 4 through 14. Budgets are tight, time is even tighter, but she makes it work. She even finds time to lead a Young Life group. She’s up around 5 a.m. and home about 8 p.m. She then grades papers once the youngest are in bed, until around 11 p.m. When the bell rings the students head out the door. Dozier stands there, allowing the students out while looking for strays from her next class. “They’ll get to right there,” she says, pointing about five feet away. “And

for General Douglas MacArthur and is handed out each year by the U.S. Army Cadet Command – the parent organization of Army ROTC – in conjunction with the Norfolk, Virginia-based General Douglas MacArthur Foundation. Each year, one ROTC program representing each of the eight U.S. Army Brigades is named a recipient of the award and represents the cream of the crop of 273 ROTC programs nationwide. Since 1989, the award has been given annually to individual units in the Army ROTC program. The award

MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Pacific University School of Pharmacy Posted by: alemanem / March 1, 2024 March 1, 2024 The Pacific University School of Pharmacy in Hillsboro, Oregon is still accepting applications for Fall 2024! The School offers an on-campus 2-year Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (MSPS) degree. This is an innovative program combining didactic courses with extensive research training. The degree is a total of 56.5 credits, and over half of the program

of choirs in these competitions each year, and clearly, we were considered among the best in 2015.” The Interkultur rankings are compiled yearly after the results of their many festivals are known. This comes after the Choir of the West won a first place and a gold certificate in the Mixed Choirs and Sacred Music categories in the Anton Bruckner Competition. “The ranking is certainly an attraction for prospective students to be able to sing in an ensemble of this caliber and participate in these

worth telling.Designed to provoke conversations and build connections over social issues in a world that’s growing more and more divided, Noltner’s traveling multimedia art exhibit “A Peace of My Mind” is a response to this question: “What does peace mean to you?” Through the portraits and personal accounts of everyday people, he has been searching for an answer since 2009. Humanity’s common experience and communal instincts are displayed and celebrated through the exhibit’s striking posters, which