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, director of transfer recruitment. And that may be exactly why many on campus see the influx of transfer students as a good thing. “The one thing they do have in common – they are focused. Going to college is an opportunity they are not going to waste,” Pretty said. “And they have a depth of experience that traditional age students can’t contribute. That’s an invaluable asset to have on campus.” Take Riley Relfe (pictured), a transfer from Green River Community College. There, she was extremely involved

2020 Cohort Spotlight: Krista Aasland Posted by: Catherine Chan / June 3, 2020 Image: Krista Aasland, the flute player, front row on the right. (Photo courtesy Krista Aasland). June 3, 2020 Krista Aasland is a professional musician with a passion in nursing. She is now enrolled in the Entry-Level MSN program to take her passion to a new level.She shares about her journey of applying to the ELMSN program. What is one fun fact about yourself? I am a professional musician. I teach flute and piano

and domestic partner rights in the open with an educational display and an opportunity to speak out at the club’s program “We Matter: Think Before You Vote” last Tuesday in the UC. It was the mission of the club to not only educate people about what the presidential candidates believed, but also the laws in each state – from inclusive to exclusive – and ballot measures that will affect the homosexual community. “There’s a lot of animosity and energy about this election,” said Dmitry Mikheyev, club

restoration efforts in the Fred L. Tobiason Outdoor Learning Center further west. Efforts to expand and enhance the native species in the Tobiason Center have been on-going. This past year, Assistant Professor of Biology Romey Haberle helped start a biology space adjacent to the Mary Baker Russell building. The plants from that space will be used as part of the Tobiason Center project, as well as to increase native plant species presence on the vacant hill space across from the Morken Center. Last summer

From Opportunity to Opry Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / June 8, 2015 June 8, 2015 By Matthew Salzano '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsDeanna Fallin ’09 wrote an email on April 8 to her former faculty adviser, Pacific Lutheran University Chair of Art and Design JP Avila, to share some exciting news. “It’s crazy to think that I was just some young college kid, sitting in your office, trying not to cry over a recent breakup,” she wrote. “Look at me now! It’s so exciting!” Originally from Burien, Wash

March 11, 2010 Power off – Competition on! By Chris Albert A mid-season loss of Ordal Residence Hall’s most valuable player may have been the difference between victory and defeat in PLU’s UnPLUgged tournament. “We lost our star player,” said Ordal’s current sustainability coordinator, Jason Sipe. Julia Rodrigues and Jason Sipe helped their respective residence halls in a battle to reduce energy consumption. That star player was the hall’s first-round sustainability coordinator Julia Rodrigues

What’s in our room? With Jess Mason ’24 Posted by: mhines / March 11, 2024 March 11, 2024 Join Portland native, Jess Mason for a tour of their room in Hong Hall. Hong Global Hall is for local, national, and international students. Located in the middle of upper campus, it is home to a unique living/learning community consisting of six language and global engagement houses: Chinese, French, Global Studies, Indigenous Languages, Spanish, and the International Honors program.Check out Hong Hall

AWIS Scholarship Posted by: nicolacs / February 26, 2024 February 26, 2024 Seattle AWIS awards scholarships to several undergraduate women who are majoring in science, math or engineering fields at colleges and universities in Washington State and will enter their junior or senior year in the Fall. Scholarship winners are selected based on academic achievement, financial need, motivation to pursue a science-based career, and a record of community service. Seattle AWIS has awarded scholarships

Political Science Dept. Chair Maria Chávez speaks out on ‘college scandal’ Posted by: Marcom Web Team / April 4, 2019 April 4, 2019 By By Stephen Nuño-Pérez and Gwen AvilesNBC NewsTACOMA, Wash. - Can college scandal make Latino students rethink 'impostor syndrome' guilt?“Most of us never thought to question whether other people who are in these classrooms deserve admissions — we just assume they deserved admissions more than we do.” More Read Previous Legislative Days Read Next Governor and

Applied-Physics REU at the University of South Florida Posted by: alemanem / January 20, 2022 January 20, 2022 The NSF-funded REU in Applied Physics at the University of South Florida in Tampa is about to enter its twelfth summer! The program runs May 20th through July 29th and includes projects with faculty in experimental, theoretical, and computational physics.  They cover travel expenses to and from Tampa as well as a $5,000 stipend for the ten-week program.  Review of applications will