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grant as a way to finish what she started — both with her research and music interests. She poured nearly a year into writing a thesis and gathering letters and endorsements from faculty both at PLU and in Namibia before submitting an application in October. She waited three months before finding out she was a semi-finalist, then another three months before finding out she was a finalist in April. Each year nearly 5,000 applications are submitted annually from students and faculty nationwide. The
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John Evanishyn ‘21 studied environmental science on campus—and in France and Costa Rica—during his four years at PLU Posted by: Zach Powers / May 10, 2021 Image: John Evanishyn ‘21 on the CIEE (Council On International Educational Exchange) campus in San Luis Alto, Costa Rica. (Photos courtesy John Evanishyn.) May 10, 2021 By Ernest JasminPLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterJohn Evanishyn ‘21 grew up in Tacoma, exploring Point Defiance Park, Ruston Way waterfront and other urban green
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‘How was your summer?’ Posted by: Thomas Krise / September 10, 2014 September 10, 2014 When I ask our students what they did over summer break, I am consistently impressed by their motivation. This summer, Nellie Moran ’15, an Economics and French major, worked for the Democratic National Committee in Washington D.C., during which time she met President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. During her internship, Moran learned the ins and outs of voter registration and working on voter
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. The 20-credit minor is designed as a companion program to strengthen each major on campus and make it outward-facing. Innovation Studies is currently among the fastest-growing programs at PLU, with students enrolling with core interests in Business, Art & Design, Computer Science, History, Economics, Communication, and more. Keep reading Lund’s incredible story on the Innovation Studies Blog. Lund designs and sews all the products at ELSK the Studio (for now) Innovation StudiesCourses in the
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while on campus and while abroad in Germany. I am incredibly nostalgic about leaving, but ready for my next adventure. What’s next? For the next year, I plan to work a lot and save up for graduate school. I will then pursue a master’s degree in development economics, and work towards a career in the foreign service with USAID. Anna Pfohl, Bachelor of Science in geosciences and Bachelor of Arts in environmental studies Anna Pfohl ’13 is from Little Falls, Minn. Why PLU? I visited PLU during the
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is the fifth batch of PLU students to attend the international program. They leave June 17. Beiermann is majoring in politics and government, as well as economics. Traveling with Campus Ministry to the Lutheran Vocation Conference in the fall inspired him to apply for the Peace Scholars Program. “Something that stuck with me from the conference was, when people have deeply rooted values and there are tensions between them, how do you handle that?” he said. This has become an important question
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Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program in Data Science and Analytics Posted by: nicolacs / January 23, 2023 January 23, 2023 The Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Department of Computer Science, and NSF ACE Data Science and Analytics Program (DSA) at North Carolina A&T State University are hosting a ten-week Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program in Data Science and Analytics for science, mathematics and statistics, computer science, engineering
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January 1, 2013 Alum pursues research in Prague with follow up in Israel Laura Brade graduated from PLU in 2008, summa cum laude, with a double major in History and German. She took Bob Ericksen’s Holocaust course in the spring of 2006. She then studied for a year abroad in Freiburg, Germany. She completed her History Capstone Seminar with Bob Ericksen on the topic of the “Kindertransport,” the saving of about 10,000 Jewish children who were sent to England just before the outbreak of World War
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A day in the life as a cancer research center intern Posted by: Zach Powers / October 9, 2023 October 9, 2023 PLU chemistry major Elijah Singleton ’25 takes us with him for a day in the life at his summer internship at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center in Seattle. Read Previous Breana Downs ’24: A summer soaring with native birds at the Rocky Mountain Wildlife Alliance Read Next Margaret Murdoch ’24: Contributing to a cure at Fred Hutch Cancer Center COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the
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Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering Posted by: nicolacs / February 3, 2021 February 3, 2021 The polymer summer research experience (REU) program in the School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at The University of Akron is open to apply. This competitive REU program is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the University of Akron. Students will participate in an 9-week internship to investigate a fundamental question within
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