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Moving Moments | PLU Commencement 2023 Posted by: Zach Powers / May 27, 2023 May 27, 2023 PLU students, parents, alumni and friends gathered at the Tacoma Dome this afternoon for our 2023 commencement. PLU alumnus and filmmaker Joshua Wiersma ’18 captured moving moments from the ceremony. Read Previous Culture wars are making it harder than ever for the small number of Latino professors (PLU professor Maria Chávez interviewed) Read Next Everything PLU Business Dean Mark Mulder Does in a Day

PLU Alumna Wins the Hans Rosenberg Book Prize Posted by: shimkojm / February 10, 2020 February 10, 2020 By Beth KraigProfessor of HistorySincerest congratulations to Molly Loberg, PLU alumna ’98, who recently won a highly esteemed prize for her first book! Molly was a History/German major who went on to win a Fulbright for study in Germany and then earned her Ph.D. in history from Princeton! “Molly is a wonderful person, very kind and caring – she worked with Dr. Chris Browning, Dr. Robert

On Exhibit – Black History Month: Black@PLU Posted by: Holly Senn / February 12, 2020 February 12, 2020 The Black Student Union, led by BSU President Casey Brown, presents an exhibit for Black History Month that highlights a selection of photos from the PLU Archives and Special Collections that are part of the Black@PLU interactive timeline. The exhibit also highlights the people, origin, history, and supports for creating the timeline. As noted on one poster, the exhibit is “A fragment of a

Cope Health Scholars Info Session Posted by: nicolacs / April 1, 2022 April 1, 2022 Meet virtually with representatives from Cope Health Scholars on Thursday, April 7th from 6-7pm, or in-person on April 13th from 9:30-11:30am in Rieke 112. As a Health Scholar, you’ll gain firsthand experience in a clinical setting, impact patients’ lives and become an integral part of the patient care team. This unique program allows you to assist with basic care for patients alongside nurses, doctors and other

Jubilant HollisterStier (JHS) Virtual Career Trek Posted by: nicolacs / March 30, 2021 March 30, 2021 Tuesday, April 6 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm Jubilant HollisterStier (JHS) is a national leader in contract pharmaceutical manufacturing. JHS provides specialized manufacturing for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries. Join this virtual career trek to the Spokane, Washington office of JHS with other Pacific Northwest colleges and universities.  The Trek will include a company overview

Northwest Medical Physics Center Posted by: nicolacs / November 24, 2020 November 24, 2020 The medical physics group – Northwest Medical Physics Center – is a non-profit organization based in Lynnwood, Washington, with about 50 physicists working in medical physics throughout the Pacific Northwest. They’re accepting student applications for two educational opportunities beginning next summer at NMPC: one is for a paid summer internship (pending COVID restrictions) and one is for a paid, year

Virtual Career Trek with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Posted by: nicolacs / March 2, 2021 March 2, 2021 On Thursday, March 11 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm there is a virtual career trek with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).  This Trek is in collaboration with other colleges and universities in Washington and Oregon. The Trek to the Richland, Washington office will include a company overview, panel with employees from various departments, discussion about any

Sunset for ½” VHS Videotape Players Posted by: Jenna S / May 11, 2015 May 11, 2015 by Layne Nordgren and Travis Pagel For over 25 years Video Home System (better known as ½” VHS) players provided access to analog video recordings in classrooms. But as technology continued to improve, this format was gradually supplanted by DVD players. What this means at PLU, is that what was once a standard component of classroom podiums, is now obsolete. In May of 2013, Instructional Technologies emailed all

November 17, 2008 Serving so others don’t have to While serving in Iraq Col. Scott E. Leith came to know one of the luckiest or unluckiest people he has ever met.“It depends on how you look at it,” he told a crowd last week at the Veterans Day Celebration in Mary Baker Russell Music Center Lagerquist Concert Hall. Leith and about 1,000 of his “best friends” were positioned in the backyard of the Iraq Insurgency. Their days were filled with firefights during the ongoing battles. There he met an

September 15, 2011 Physics Instructor, Dana Rush, talks about the Hubble Space Telescope in the community room of the GBC. Exploring with Hubble By Chris Albert For more than a decade, the Hubble Space Telescope has been opening doors to the universe. Through its lens, we’ve received astonishing views – from the formation of stars and planets to getting a glimpse of the impact of a comet colliding with Jupiter. Dana Rush, PLU physics instructor, presented a multimedia lecture on the Hubble