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Hands-on conservation program launched by PLU’s military outreach director helps connect students to the earth Posted by: Kari Plog / April 27, 2016 Image: Volunteers from PLU, in partnership with Forterra, remove invasive plant species and plant trees as part of an environmental restoration project at Clover Creek Reserve on March 19, 2016. The group included a blend of military veterans, non-veterans, PLU students and prospective students working together as a form of community engagement and

. JOB HUNT BUFFERING Ronquillo grew up in Ketchikan, Alaska in a close Filipino family. He grew up playing music and initially thought he would pursue it as a career. It was his love of music that brought him to Pacific Lutheran University. “I saw that PLU had an awesome music program, so I was like ‘Yeah, I think I’m going to PLU,’ ” he said. “But then I decided to change my major to computer science because I just realized that I like making games and websites. For some reason, sitting down at the

eventually the majority of our group was sent forward on the flight to Amsterdam, while four members of our group waited in San Francisco for a new flight, that would eventually lead them to Paris.” (Photo by Theodore Charles) As we ran up to the desk to receive our boarding passes in San Francisco we discovered to our dismay that we had never been confirmed on the KLM flight to Amsterdam. More last minute changes were made as we all sat on the ground with our fingers crossed, and eventually the majority

us about your favorite psychology professor. “Dr. Taylor has been an excellent psychological research & statistics professor. Learning from her has ignited my interest in a branch of psychology I did not previously realize I would have any interest in: research. Under her supervision, I have thoroughly enjoyed designing studies, writing them up, and integrating statistics to interpret results.” – Suzi S. ’24 What are your plans after PLU? “Getting my Bachelors in Psychology at PLU is preparing me

competitors points towards eligibility for the National Individual Events Tournament of Champions in 2015. The tournament boasted more than 300 individual events and almost 200 debate student entries. High school students competed in student congress and three types of debate including public forum, policy, and Lincoln-Douglas debate. Individual events included expository, extemporaneous, impromptu speaking, and many others. The tournament showcased the PLU Speech and Debate program as well as the school

stewardship of nature—issues that still resonate today, especially at PLU. And, we imagine, especially if you saw Kennedy in person. We’ve already heard informally from several Lutes who attended Kennedy’s Tacoma speech—so we suspect there are more of you out there. We’d love to hear from you, too. Please help us mark the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s death this November by sharing your memories of his Tacoma appearance—or even stories you’ve heard from other Lutes who were there. You may post your

April 6, 2009 ‘Lofty’ is just a word to crush For as far as the eye-can see white follows the landscape, lightly bleeding into a calm blue sky. Wind can make or break success and even determine survival here. There are no animals and the conditions often make any adventure silent amongst its travelers. This is Antarctica and in 2001 Liv Arnesen, from Norway, and Ann Bancroft, from Minnesota, became the first women to make the trip across the continent through the South Pole. On March 31, the

national television next year. (Photo by John Froschauer) Snipstead, ’11, said neither she nor her friends really thought they had a chance. But now, six months later, Snipstead, 20, is still pinching herself. The Hispanic Studies major was collecting her bags at Sea-Tac Airport Friday afternoon, and a bit breathless. She and her bandmates had just spent a whirlwind week in Los Angles recording the jingle and the “behind the scenes” video of the event. Look for Snipstead, who will be singing the jingle

the knight mascot and being called the Lutes is in the same spirit as Stanford University being called the Cardinal and having a tree as its mascot or the Gonzaga University being the Bulldogs, but being called the Zags. “The goal was never to change the identity of the Lutes,” Turner said. “The name means a lot.” Lute gear featuring the knight will be available through the Garfield Book Company and at concessions stands during sporting events. Last fall, when the knight mascot was introduced, a

she analyzed data isolated from the cells cancer patients.  While the internship typically involves more hands-on lab experience due to the pandemic Thu and other interns are working remotely analyzing data and looking for red flags in the cell information, with the goal of helping scientists develop a stronger understanding of how cancer patients respond to new immunotherapies.   “I have some background in biochemistry but the internship was something completely different then what I’m used to at