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all along, but what has remained the same is the focus on the Clover Creek Watershed. As a result, we now have many years worth of data about Clover Creek, water quality, and environmental impacts. It’s a really significant contribution to our community. So the course includes geology, biology, and chemistry to do that work. And it’s also truly interdisciplinary, including units on philosophy, literature, ethics, and Native American studies. Students integrate these various fields–taught by guest
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see some of the harm that our society is doing so that they can’t really ignore it and live the same way they have been.” And it’s not only the students who are having revelations. Heath has discovered that this fictional world created by imagining a starship allows for conversations, and disagreements, that are otherwise impossible. For example, when he asked two different biology professors about creating a biosphere, one was adamant that it had to be based on a tropical climate in order to
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Margaret Murdoch ’24: Contributing to a cure at Fred Hutch Cancer Center Posted by: Ava Edmonds / October 18, 2023 Image: Margaret Murdoch ’24 spent the summer at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center researching acute myeloid leukemia cells. (All photos provided by Murdoch.) October 18, 2023 By Ava EdmondsMarketing and CommunicationsMargaret Murdoch ’24, a biology and religious studies major with a minor in gender and sexuality studies, spent their summer in Seattle alongside some of the nation’s best
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GivingTuesday campaign page and support PLU mental health resources. Read Previous Timely Research Read Next Makaela Whalen ’23 adds a pre-law minor to full schedule as she prepares for law school LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 The Passing of Bryan Dorner June 4, 2024 Student athlete Vinny D’Onofrio ’24 excelled in biology and chemistry at PLU June 4, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and
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first heard about grants that were available to help promote preservation. With the help of PLU staff, Ojala-Barbour submitted grant proposals to the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation and the Green Partnership Fund. Help and support from people on campus including Professor of Biology William Teska and Sustainability Coordinator Chrissy Cooley, made learning how to write a grant proposal a lot less daunting. By the fall of 2009, Ojala-Barbour learned the grants had been awarded to his project
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action. In his work, Foege played a key role in the elimination of Guinea worm disease, polio, measles and the elimination of river blindness. U.S. News and Work Report identified Foege in 2007 as one of “America’s Best Leaders.” Foege, 76, graduated from PLU with a degree in biology and a minor in chemistry. He went on to get his medical degree from the University of Washington and his masters of public health from Harvard University. The son of a Lutheran minister, Foege said in the 2006
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work per diem where there’s need, such as the emergency department, ICU or inpatient care. College Days Chrissy grew up on Vashon Island and played basketball at PLU — where she met Sean, who grew up in Longview. Both majored in biology while at PLU, and Sean took a virology class that’s been popping up in his mind lately. After graduating from PLU, both went to Denver, where Sean attended medical school at Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Chrissy received her Masters in
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takes me! Lauren Thiele – Bachelor of Science in biology and minors in chemistry and music Lauren Thiele ’11 – Bachelor of Science in biology and minors in chemistry and music Why PLU? I wanted to go to a school that had a good science department and would be a good fit for me and my personality. I had a great admissions counselor who would call and talk to me about my application. No other schools to which I applied had the same level of personal contact. I really felt like PLU treated me like a
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theaters. Hopefully, I’ll work an environmental job by day and my theater job at night. Knapp: I’d love to continue acting, directing, costuming or writing. I’ve applied for environmentally-focused internships and am waiting to hear back. Cross your fingers for me! Read Previous In their own words: Current students on studying biology at PLU Read Next Reasons you should study psychology at PLU LATEST POSTS Summer Reading Recommendations July 11, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while
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competition LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 The Passing of Bryan Dorner June 4, 2024 Student athlete Vinny D’Onofrio ’24 excelled in biology and chemistry at PLU June 4, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community May 22, 2024
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