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to pursue, it was far enough away from Tukwila to feel like he was going off to college, but close enough to home that he could easily return for visits.  Founded and run by the Tacoma-based nonprofit Degrees of Change, the Act Six program identifies and rewards scholars who are passionate about learning, eager to foster intercultural relationships, willing to step out of their comfort zones, committed to serving those around them, and want to use their college education to make a difference on

career opportunities with their degree.   Guest bloggers: Dr. Andrea Munro, Chair of Chemistry, Associate Professor of Chemistry & Dr. Ann Auman, Dean of Natural Sciences, Professor of BiologyChemistry at PLUInterested in learning more about PLU’s Chemistry major? Get hands-on experience on state-of-the-art scientific instruments, have opportunities to participate in research projects and work toward American Chemical Society certification. Learn more… Read Previous “We are uncatchable” | PLU Women’s

demonstrate the most potential for affecting positive change and leadership in academic and co-curricular life on campus. It began with Director of Military Outreach Michael Farnum, an Army veteran who set up the endowment to honor the wishes of his late father-in-law, Sgt. 1st Class Eugene C. Price. Dean is a member of the Snohomish tribe, which is a small tribe associated with the Tulalip Tribes of Washington, a Native American community in the mid-Puget Sound area. She is the first recipient of the

can do these as labs!’”But what’s the connection between food and chemistry, you might ask? Well, there’s a lot of science that takes place in the kitchen: ingredients transforming on a molecular level through a variety of chemical and physical processes like heating, chopping, mixing and freezing. Cooking IS chemistry, on a fundamental level.  “What (my students are) doing, then, is getting kind of a base chemistry background — so learning to think like a chemist and about the scientific method

January 14, 2010 Explore! 2010 Draws Record Numbers By Brielle Erickson The Explore! first-year student retreat celebrated its seventh year as part of the Pacific Lutheran University experience this past weekend at Camp Berachah in nearby Auburn. Every year, about 150 first-year Lutes pile into buses loaded with overnight gear, excited to spend some time away from the daily routine of homework, classes and jobs. Student group leader Jeremy Loween rallies first-year students for some fun

America. The documentary won in the News Long Form category, competing against colleges and universities from Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Research on “Illicit Exchanges” began in October 2007, and the team began conducting interviews and filming in January 2008. The team traveled nearly 10,000 miles across North America, devoted the spring and summer months to documenting the transfers and effects of illegal drugs and firearms that cross the U.S. and Canadian border. Their work

competition, and the PLU community votes on the films. The films with the most votes will proceed to the April 16 Mainstage Event, where one will be crowned PLU Hebrew Idol 2015. This year, eight films have been selected to compete in PLU Hebrew Idol voting, and the top three will advance. At the Mainstage Event, a panel of four, top-secret judges will decide who gets to walk away with the title. Allison Groseclose ’16 wrote and directed the short film The Heisenberg Principle, based on the AMC series

Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. It would seem appropriate that someone with such passion for Justice would go on to meet the trailblazing woman – the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice – whose name is attached to the school he attends. Kim, who double majored in economics and psychology at PLU, says he made it to law school because of the graciousness of his support network and the rigor of his undergraduate experience. He spent four years at PLU: working 30 hours a week to pay for living

General of Germany (based in San Francisco) Rolf Schuette talk about Jewish-German relations at PLU. In addition to years of education and experience as a diplomat, before taking the San Francisco post in 2005, Schuette spent a sabbatical year as a Visiting Fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington D.C., the American Jewish Committee in New York and the Institute of European Studies in Berkeley. Some of his experience also includes work in Israel. “The Holocaust is still the

struck out to New York City to work as a freelancer, where he worked Broadway shows, recording studios and brushed shoulders with famous musicians such as violinist Itzhak Perlman. “But I found I didn’t like it very much,” Ronning said of his life in the Big Apple – “you were just a cog in a big machine.” Ronning turned back to university life, where he landed on the faculty at the University of Virginia, which carried with it the job of Concertmaster (lead violinist) of the Charlottesville Symphony