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  • Last fall, PLU students from Cutter’s Cubing Club competed in the “SnoCo Goes Back To Square One” cubing competition. Six of the eight competitors had only recently learned how to solve the cube. Are you interested in learning how to solve the cube? Cutter’s Cubing…

    PLU Clubs: Cubing Club Posted by: vcraker / January 14, 2022 January 14, 2022 Last fall, PLU students from Cutter’s Cubing Club competed in the “SnoCo Goes Back To Square One” cubing competition. Six of the eight competitors had only recently learned how to solve the cube. Are you interested in learning how to solve the cube? Cutter’s Cubing Club meets every week. Visit this website for more information. Read Previous Major Minute: Brian Galante on Music Read Next Meet the PLU Dance Team LATEST

  • The University of Washington Chemistry Department invites you to join a virtual information session to learn about their graduate (MS and PhD) programs. Undergraduates will meet faculty & students and learn about the department. Date & Time: Tuesday 10/19 at 4pm (Pacific Time) Zoom Link:…

    University of Washington Chemistry: Virtual Graduate Program Info Session Posted by: alemanem / October 6, 2021 October 6, 2021 The University of Washington Chemistry Department invites you to join a virtual information session to learn about their graduate (MS and PhD) programs. Undergraduates will meet faculty & students and learn about the department. Date & Time: Tuesday 10/19 at 4pm (Pacific Time) Zoom Link: Register at https://tinyurl.com/urpkzjy8 For more information see the UW Virtual

  • Have you ever wondered how the ocean’s tiniest inhabitants play a significant role in shaping our world? Marine microorganisms, minuscule life forms, wield a vital influence over our planet’s climate. They manage crucial components like carbon and oxygen within the vast oceans and the atmosphere.…

    , and psychology.Exploring the when, what, and why of labile metabolite production and excretion by marine microorganisms "These organisms are tiny, but they are diverse and abundant, and their cellular activities all add up together to control how much carbon makes it into the deep ocean, where it is stored for thousands of years or even longer,” said Professor Boysen. “We use analytical organic chemistry tools, such as gas-chromatography mass spectrometry, to measure the molecules that microbes

  • Blog depicts people, places on seven continents From the tip of the world in Antarctica to the top of the highest peak in Africa, PLU students are immersing themselves in the world and gaining valuable insight this J-Term. Nearly 400 students are studying away on…

    . Visitors can also post comments on blog entries. To learn more about the study away opportunities at PLU, visit the Wang Center for International Programs’ Web site, or contact the center at ext. 7577 or wangctr@plu.edu. University Communications staff writer Megan Haley compiled this report. Comments, questions, ideas? Please contact her at ext. 8691 or at haleymk@plu.edu. Photo of Dubai water taxis provided by communication professor Cliff Rowe. Read Previous UC, Morken powered by wind turbines Read

  • Robin and Collin (pictured in 2017) were PLU students and, eventually, became spouses. Now, Collin is back as a professor. In Fall 2017, PLU’s Department of Languages and Literatures welcomed visiting lecturer Collin Brown. Professor Brown is teaching first semester Norwegian as well as Writing…

    , even after they’ve been exposed to Christianity for decades, they [the Sámi] still believe in the pagan gods and spirits, so it’s that lasting belief that really sets the missionaries off.” Professor Brown has returned “back home” to PLU after having spent five years at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has one year left on his dissertation in Germanic studies. Professor Brown graduated from PLU in 2010 where he earned a major in German and a minor in Norwegian. He met his wife at PLU

  • While the country was divided in joy and grief over Donald Trump being elected President, various U.S Congressional staff members wrote a handbook to encourage resistance to Trump’s political agenda, which sparked the creation of Indivisible, a grassroots and non-partisan political group dedicated to that…

    statement emphasizes resistance, empowerment, and persistence. Professor Marcus believes that the interdependency among those three values results in “actively working for change” by empowering individuals to use their voices and to support one another. Professor Marcus says, “I know it’s a cliché that all politics is local, but I felt like we had to start close to home. That’s why we started in Gig Harbor.”   In March 2017, Heidi Mund, an anti-Islamic proponent, was invited by a local Tea Party group

  • Water is the basis of life on planet Earth, but from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Circle and beyond, many major waterways and water supplies are threatened by drought, pollution and population growth. Thursday, April 10, PLU and the greater community are invited…

    Tapped Out Explores our Global Water Crisis Posted by: Todd / April 16, 2014 April 16, 2014 Water is the basis of life on planet Earth, but from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Circle and beyond, many major waterways and water supplies are threatened by drought, pollution and population growth. Thursday, April 10, PLU and the greater community are invited to view MediaLab’s newest documentary Tapped Out: Unearthing the Global Water Crisis, in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for Performing Arts

  •  PLU, Dr. Erik Arnits ’11 studied  biology  and  chemistry as a double major. At first, he thought chemistry or dentistry was his future—but a medical mission trip the summer before his senior year to Costa Rica and Panama changed everything. He kept a journal of…

    direction and after-graduation plans to work as an emergency room scribe to ensure medicine was a good fit. After working as an ER scribe for a year, Arnits headed to medical school in Yakima at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences to study osteopathic medicine, followed by a residency in Michigan at Spectrum Health Lakeland. His wife Hadley, who he met at PLU, accompanied him and worked in insurance while he attended medical school. Now 34, Arnits works as assistant director of the emergency

  • PLU has countless opportunities, student organizations (50+!), and exciting ways to get involved. Every year, during the first week of the school year, PLU hosts an engagement fair. The engagement fair is the ultimate showcase of what it means to be part of our tight-knit…

    family. #Lutescentercommunity Read Previous This is PLU. Read Next Academic advice for students on the spectrum LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Marine Biology? November 15, 2024

  • The American Chemical Society Bridge Program (ACS-BP) is an effort to increase the number of chemical science PhDs awarded to underrepresented minority (URM) students, defined by the project as African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans. The ACS-BP does this by creating sustainable transition (bridge)…

    ACS Bridge Program Posted by: alemanem / January 8, 2020 January 8, 2020 The American Chemical Society Bridge Program (ACS-BP) is an effort to increase the number of chemical science PhDs awarded to underrepresented minority (URM) students, defined by the project as African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans. The ACS-BP does this by creating sustainable transition (bridge) programs and a national network of doctoral granting institutions that provide substantial mentoring for