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TACOMA, Wash. (Feb. 25, 2015)—When my advisor first emailed me over J-Term about an opportunity to go to the Amazon campus in Seattle, I wasn’t sure what that entailed. I assumed we would get a tour, meet some employees and listen to a few presentations…
11 PLU Students Attend Amazon’s First Annual PNW Career Day Posted by: Sandy Dunham / February 26, 2015 Image: PLU Communication majors, from left, Anne-Marie Falloria ’15, Taylor Lunka ’15 and Amanda Brasgalla ’15 were part of the PLU group that attended Amazon’s first annual Pacific Northwest Career Day Conference on Feb. 23. February 26, 2015 By Taylor Lunka '15PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Feb. 25, 2015)—When my advisor first emailed me over J-Term about an opportunity to go
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TACOMA, WASH. (June 27, 2019) — Dr. Jon Grahe’s reach extends around the globe as an open science ambassador. Nearly a decade ago, Dr. Grahe declared that he wanted to change how we study social science. Because of his tireless efforts, a new approach to…
, was created in 2013 by Dr. Grahe, Hans Ijzerman and Mark Brandt. In brief, students attempt to replicate earlier, highly cited studies that are feasible to complete as part of their courses. Students are guided through the process and receive CREP approval by demonstrating transparency in their research. Once enough data have been collected from multiple sites, results are pooled and contributors are encouraged to collaborate on a research paper for publication. In addition, outside investigators
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 28, 2020 ) — Cece Chan’s activism awakening came in high school. As a third-generation Asian young woman, she realized Seattle Public Schools’ majority-white institution and Eurocentric curriculum had damaged her own cultural understanding due to lack of representation within textbooks or…
racial equity were paltry at best. “I feel like I could’ve been more confident and engaged and loved myself more if the educational system saw me and supported me,” Chan said. “As a woman of God and faith reflecting on this, I realized God told me to love, value and make people know they matter. That’s why I do what I do, and it drives my activism.” Chan does the work for children who come after her, too. Her sister tried using makeup in fourth grade to deflect harmful comments about her eye shape
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Alyssa Henry ’12 found herself pedaling across Massachusetts for what she later called the most amazing summer she’s ever had. “It inspired me to get busy and not be afraid to fail.” I never thought I’d spend my summer biking 800 miles across Massachusetts By…
. The internship was with a nonprofit called New England Climate Summer. Their project was to travel in groups of six or seven, meeting with individuals, community groups or government officials in hopes of finding ways to lessen their dependency on fossil fuels. Henry’s group would travel 30 to 50 miles a day, sleeping in churches or – when they were lucky – in the homes of well-wishers, where they would sometimes get a warm meal, do laundry or take a shower. “Showing up in a community and having
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 28, 2020 ) — Cece Chan’s activism awakening came in high school. As a third-generation Asian young woman, she realized Seattle Public Schools’ majority-white institution and Eurocentric curriculum had damaged her own cultural understanding due to lack of representation within textbooks or…
-white institution and Eurocentric curriculum had damaged her own cultural understanding due to lack of representation within textbooks or classroom leadership.“In middle school, I disassociated with being Asian. In high school, I had to work harder to be confident in my cultural identity,” Chan says. “I reflected on what I’d been through, the microaggressions that piled up.” Students asked if she ate dogs; a teacher asked her to contribute thoughts on China. The language arts curriculum presented
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Funeral homes and PLU’s Diversity Center may seem like contrasting environments, but not for Lucas Kulhanek-Arenas, ‘14. His experience with a positive environment like the Diversity Center helped him succeed at his current job as a funeral director, where he works closely with grieving families.…
Center left such a positive impression on him that he knew he had to be a Lute. Throughout his student career, Lucas spent a lot of his time working on projects for the Diversity Center. He particularly remembers working on the Tunnel of Oppression, a program that led students through an exhibition where scenes of violence and discrimination against minorities were acted out to get people to understand the struggles people of those identities deal with. “You go through this dark space, and it can be
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TACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 10, 2016)- When Justin DeMattos ’19 enters his junior year at Pacific Lutheran University in a few weeks, he will be coming off an internship experience that’s out of this world (quite literally). DeMattos, a physics major and computer science minor, traveled…
institution’s Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland. He’s helping with the Solar Probe Plus mission, which will send a spacecraft into the sun’s atmosphere for the first time. DeMattos found time to chat about the work he’s doing and the experiences that prepared him for it. What work are you doing as an intern for NASA? Right now I’m working on designing visualization tools for the Parker Solar Probe. That mission is scheduled to launch next summer in 2018 out of Cape Canaveral. It’s a mission to study
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Engineer turned poet named Washington State Poet Laureate By JuliAnne Rose ’13 Realizing her passion and remarkable talent for poetry in her thirties, engineer-turned-poet Kathleen Flenniken’s work was bolstered when she received Washington State Poet Laureate earlier this year. Kathleen Flenniken ’07 was named the…
of Washington State Poet Laureate for 2012-2014. It’s an honorary position awarded every two years that recognizes a distinguished poet for his or her work in the community for the promotion of poetry. As Poet Laureate, Flenniken acts as ambassador, traveling the state, working with the community to build awareness and appreciation of poetry.“It seemed like I was already doing those things on a small scale,” Flenniken said. “But this helps me kind of take it on the road.” Through this two-year
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Amgen Scholars offers an Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Science and Biotechnology. See the Amgen Scholars Flyer to learn more or visit amgenscholars.com .
Amgen Scholars Summer Research Program Posted by: alemanem / October 6, 2020 October 6, 2020 Amgen Scholars offers an Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Science and Biotechnology. See the Amgen Scholars Flyer to learn more or visit amgenscholars.com. Read Previous Purdue ChE Master’s Program Announcement Read Next UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences LATEST POSTS Mississippi State University Now Accepting 2025 Summer REU Environmental Science Applications November 15
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Are you looking to apply and grow the skills you are learning in school in a professional environment while serving your community with clean, reliable water? If you answered “yes,” be sure to apply to Tacoma Water’s electrical engineering internship opportunity! Tacoma Water has an internship…
section. As a public utility, we operate and maintain one of the country’s oldest municipally owned water systems and serve more than 300,000 residential and commercial customers. We are looking for someone who can bring a fresh perspective to the work we do while supporting staff on a variety of projects. The Electrical Engineering Intern can expect to build on their technical skills, further grow their professional development skills and expand their networks. The Electrical Engineering Intern will
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