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Lutes give back to community, troops ahead of Thanksgiving Posted by: Kari Plog / November 17, 2016 Image: Army service members from Joint Base Lewis-McChord enjoyed a picture-perfect table setting during annual Thanksgiving dinner at PLU Nov. 25, 2015. (Photo/ Angelo Mejia ’17) November 17, 2016 By Erin Baker '19PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 17, 2016)- Thanksgiving break is right around the corner. Pacific Lutheran University students are ready to go home, spend time with

variables in the equations Fortuner has been exploring. His findings show the amount of expansion and energy in the universe over time, and give insight into what parameters affect the physics of the very early universe. Entering numerical codes into a computer program and running simulations for hours day after day wasn’t glamorous, but it’s been an invaluable experience for Fortuner – a physics major who almost failed his first physics class. “When I took Intro to Physics class, the first college

Special Education Major Gavin Knapp ’23 Discovers the Beauty of Returning to His Childhood School District Posted by: shortea / April 13, 2023 Image: Image: Gavin Knapp ’23 (PLU photo/Sy Bean) April 13, 2023 By Grant Hoskins '23PLU Marketing & Communications Student Writer Gavin Knapp ’23 reflects on Fife Public Schools with a new lens, now student teaching with one of his former educators. Gavin Knapp discovered his vocation for special education in an unusual way – volunteering with unified

department and Bret Underwood from Physics. The conversation, moderated by philosopher Keith Cooper will ask which questions are the important ones – in discerning vocation, in understanding the intersection between personal passion (your deep gladness) and the needs of the world around us (the world’s great hunger), and in life. The conversation is sure to be lively! Read Previous Paid summer school program in radiochemistry at OSU. Apps due Apr 20th! Read Next Two Lutes fundraising for ACS U.N. Climate

Around the PNW: Students hike to Cherry Creek Falls Posted by: vcraker / May 18, 2022 May 18, 2022 Join Luke Van Tassel ’24 and friends as they head to Cherry Creek Falls. Follow the PLU Tik Tok to see more adventures from our students! Read Previous Around the PNW: Students head to Seattle for a concert Read Next What’s in our room? With Leanne Emmi ’25 LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute

MSACST Program in Chemistry at the University of Washington Posted by: alemanem / December 13, 2022 December 13, 2022 University of Washington Master of Science In Applied Chemical Science & Technology Application deadline is Jan 31st, 2023 For more information see the MSACST Info Session Flyer or/& plan to attend the zoom information session on Jan 4th 4-5pm. Read Previous Summer REU Opportunities – Clean Energy & Materials Research Read Next Aquatic Chemical Ecology (ACE) at Georgia Tech

Rick Steves to Present “Travel as a Wildly Hopeful Act” at PLU Posted by: Zach Powers / February 27, 2023 February 27, 2023 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University’s Wild Hope Center for Vocation is pleased to announce that travel expert, author, television host and activist Rick Steves will visit campus on Wednesday, March 22 to receive the 2023 Wild Hope Award and give a presentation on ``Travel as a Wildly Hopeful Act.``“Rick Steves embodies the mission of the

goal, the students also hope to eventually raise $20,000 and plan a campus event in the spring that celebrates debt relief.   “I think this is very in line with PLU’s values of care for the community and using your time and talent in service of others,” says Young. Communication, Media & Design Arts @ PLUThe Department of Communication, Media & Design Arts offers a strategic and creative curriculum to prepare students for careers in diverse fields including print and digital design, journalism, PR

of the children in their homes and communities. In the end, gathered her findings and reported back to the schools in hope of helping them develop a curriculum that takes advantage of these funds of knowledge. “If I know more about their culture, then the better I can connect with them,” she said. “Learning for those children becomes a little bit easier.” In many ways, Thirumurthy’s studies are a slice of something in which she’s invested her entire career: understanding and exploring other

the West Southwest Tour (for hashtag purposes, #COWthwesternTour).Over 11 days, we traveled to Phoenix, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. We all joked about how it wasn’t technically the Southwest, but we were all really excited to get out of the cold for a little bit. I had never been to Phoenix before this trip, so I was most excited to see what Arizona was all about. We had a very full schedule for this tour: 18 high school and college exchanges as well as six concerts for a grand total of 24