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Antarctica blog By Bryanna Plog ’10 We’ve been at sea for almost six days now. In some senses, it seems strange we’ve been on the Ushuaia for that long, but on the other side, it feels like the usual happenings outside the world of icebergs,…
upstairs to the dining area for fruit, cereals, eggs, and bread. And coffee and tea, of course – quite popular for the college kids who prefer for the most part getting up at an hour with double, not single digits. It is hard to choose things to talk about to highlight on a blog. Do I talk about the thing we expected to see and now have in our minds and memory card? Because we’ve seen four different types of penguins and their chicks. We’ve seen elephant, Weddell, crabeater, and leopard seals. Lots of
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Prayer Possible Junior Bashair Alazadi prays five times a day but had no place to worship. Although Pacific Lutheran University has designated areas, like Tower Chapel, for Christian students to pray, there was no space specifically set aside for students of other faiths. “I’m a…
on the various faith traditions.” The library space would provide devotional and informational books on a variety of religions and religious practices. “If you wanted to know more about Islam without taking a course in Islam, it would be a resource,” Sepper said. To make creation of the Reflection Room possible, Campus Ministries and the Diversity Center partnered with ASPLU and RHA to find a space to house the room and to fund the project. Construction of the Reflection Room is now complete
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Jon Grande ’92 was an intern at Microsoft the summer before he enrolled at PLU. His supervisor was a young marketing manager named Melinda French. He remembers advice Melinda — now Melinda French Gates — gave him a few weeks before the fall semester began.…
. “We’ll teach you everything you need to know about business. Go find a topic that you love and learn how to think critically.” With that encouragement in mind, Grande majored in political science while interning at Microsoft throughout all four of his PLU years. He accepted a full-time position a few weeks before commencement. One year later, he transferred departments, to an up-and-coming Microsoft games unit that only had about 25 staff members. He’s worked in gaming ever since, spending 13 years
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We are pleased to announce we are once again accepting submissions for an in-person Juried Student Art Exhibition. Last year our show was completely virtual due to the pandemic so we are excited to be able to solicit submissions for a show in the University…
Mare Blocker at blockemk@plu.edu with presentation questions. Read Previous Twisted Tales of Poe: A LASR & Theatre Department Collaboration Read Next New Design Research Lab Opens LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Junichi Tsuneoka August 20, 2024 Pacific Lutheran University Communication students help forgive nearly $1.9M in medical debt in Washington, Idaho, and Montana May 20, 2024 PLU Faculty Directs Local Documentary November 8, 2022 Scholarship Application Tips October 17, 2022
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Freedoms “When I’m in a press conference at the U.N., I feel like the world is literally at my fingertips. I find it is impossible to be apathetic when I have the awesome opportunity to be a first witness to history.”While at PLU, Jennifer Henrichsen…
’ European headquarters. She parlayed that experience into a prestigious Fulbright grant, where she studied press freedoms in regions of global conflict, with a focus on the increased intimidation, and sometimes assassination, of journalists. Meet other PLU graduates who are leading a life of service Read Previous A ‘Twilight’ experience Read Next LEED Gold for Neeb COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing
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PLU Professor Charles Bergman took this photo of a pair of albatross at their nest in the Falkland Islands. (Photo by Charles Bergman) PLU prof named as “Highly Honored” photographer in global photo contest PLU Professor Charles Bergman was named to the “Highly Honored” list…
exhibit at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum featuring the photo selections from the competition. The global competition consists of about 21,000 entries with about 100 selected as “Highly Honored.” About 40 will be included in the exhibit. The contest is sponsored by Nature’s Best Photography Magazine. Bergman’s photo was published in the November 2011 issue. Read Previous Mathlete coaches teach students on cracking equations for success Read Next A final address COMMENTS*Note: All comments are
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PLU named leader in recycling By Katie Scaff ’13 PLU is a leader in recycling among colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada that participated in the international RecycleMania competition. PLU ranked second in Washington and 15th out of the 605 colleges for recycling…
April 23, 2012 PLU named leader in recycling By Katie Scaff ’13 PLU is a leader in recycling among colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada that participated in the international RecycleMania competition. PLU ranked second in Washington and 15th out of the 605 colleges for recycling efforts in the 2012 competition with a recycling rate of 58.7 percent. RecycleMania coordinator and sustainability technician Princess Reese credits this year’s success in part to their efforts to educate
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Share your Zipcar experience for a chance to win! During the months of March and April, you have the opportunity to win $50 in LuteBucks. You simply need to share your Zipcar experience by taking a short survey available on the Commute website at https://www.plu.edu/commute/zipsurvey. …
, don’t worry there’s plenty of time. Visit http://www.zipcar.com/plu to learn how to join PLU’s Zipcar network. The survey deadline is April 30. If you have any questions, please contact the University Transportation Coordinator, Gretchen Howell at ext. 7185 or commute@plu.edu. Read Previous PLU students to take part in Nobel Peace Prize Forum Read Next MediaLab returns with a new groundbreaking documentary COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have
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Marissa Meyer ’04 is the author of The New York Times best-selling series The Lunar Chronicles . She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing and Children’s Literature at PLU and went on to receive her MFA in Publishing from Pace University. Meyer is one of…
with a PLU degree?” Others featured in the campaign include Android co-founder Nick Sears ’87, ’95, Alaska Airlines CEO Brad Tilden ’83 and Metropolitan Opera superstar Angela Meade ’01. Read all about the campaign and browse all 11 billboard designs in the latest online issue of ResoLUTE. Read Previous PLU Business Students Donate Class Project Revenue to Wounded Warriors Read Next PLU Graduate Nursing Student Awarded Prestigious Armed Forces Scholarship COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated
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Each year the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium (NWACC), a group of 33 northwest colleges and universities, sponsors an Award for Innovation in Instructional Technologies. The award recognizes faculty members and instructional technologists at member institutions for work demonstrating effective design, development, integration, and/or support of…
. Award winners share proven strategies and inspire new ideas in the integration of technology with teaching and learning. This year Jenna Stoeber (Instructional Technology Team Manager) applied for the award on behalf of PLU’s Dr. Katrina Hay (Associate Professor of Physics) for her creation and use of a lightboard in a flipped classroom setting. Recently they were notified that they have won the 2016 award, recognizing Katrina’s work in using a lightboard to make engaging videos for students to
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