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  • Granlund, ’13, an analytics manager at Alaska Airlines, first visited the company as a PLU senior on a career exploration trip. “Aviation was never on the radar for me,” said Granlund, who majored in math, physics and art. But after the visit, she spotted a job posting for an internship, took advantage of that opportunity, and “fell in love with the work.” Fast-forward six years to Spring Break 2019 — and Mimi was now one of the PLU alumni hosting current students during their Career Trek. Resources

  • decades. The 1980s saw the emergence of study away as an important PLU facet. The Rieke Science Center was completed, faculty governance grew stronger and recruitment of new students became increasingly focused. Academic programs grew stronger and new programs were undertaken. At the end of the decade, the university celebrated its centennial, with a year long celebration that included the world premiere of my colleague Gregory Youtz’s opera on Northwest Native American history and simultaneous

  • by Sheryl Ramstad and her brother, former U.S. Congressman Jim Ramstad, and 50 percent by more than 200 other family and friends. That makes it among the gifts with the largest number of contributors in university history. Read Previous Oil Literacy panel Read Next Crime of My Very Existence COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how

  • turn cultivate ideas, habits and strategies that we pass on to others. So far this year, we’ve discussed a range of topics, from the act of humans’ contemplating the divine while sleeping, as depicted in Mary Herbert Sidney’s psalms, to a creative non-fiction essay exploring the solace one can find in everyday tasks like gardening when facing the death of a loved one.  We inaugurated our discussions this year with a workshop on Prof. Wendy Call’s personal essay entitled “Garden Spiral,” which has

  • On October 9, 2019, the PLU community will welcome Sven Beckert of Harvard University to give the 15th Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. The lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Chris Knutson Lecture Hall, located in the…

    of the United States in the nineteenth century, and global history. With Christine A. Desan, Professor Beckert is also the co-director of the Program on the Study of Capitalism at Harvard University. Professor Sven Beckert. Photo by Charlie Mahoney.   Beckert’s bestselling book Empire of Cotton: A Global History (2015), is the first global history of the nineteenth century’s most important commodity. Empire of Cotton won the Bancroft Award, the Philip Taft Award, the Cundill Recognition for

  • Research Technologist I with Bloodworks Northwest Posted by: nicolacs / April 24, 2023 April 24, 2023 We have a wonderful opportunity for a Research Technologist I to join our research lab at Bloodworks Northwest. The incumbent will work under general supervision performing activities associated with various assigned research projects with a focus on biomarker discovery for oxidative stress, blood storage and transfusion by using mass spectrometry, protemoics, metabolomics, and analytical

  • It’s On Us | It’s On Lutes (Video) Posted by: Zach Powers / May 1, 2015 May 1, 2015 300+ Lutes turned out to make a personal commitment to help keep all people safe from sexual assault and violence on campus and in our community. Look for the feature story on the “It’s On Us” campaign at PLU in the new edition of ResoLUTE which will be published online and in print on May 27. Read Previous Award-Winning Alumnae Authors Return to PLU on May 2 Read Next Public Opportunities to See the King During

  • STEM Summer Research with Arcadia Abroad Posted by: nicolacs / January 26, 2021 January 26, 2021 As a STEM student, we understand that disciplinary focus is often your main priority when selecting the best and most rewarding study abroad experience. We offer a range of exciting summer research projects in five great locations: Australia, Scotland, Ireland, England, and Spain. Program opportunities include Atmospheric Science/Meteorology, Biomedical Engineering, Biomolecular & Biomedical Science

  • March 4, 2014 Taking Sides on the Opium War Chinese students and Lutes hold heated debate on still-hot topic By Mahlon Meyer PLU Visiting Assistant Professor of History Winners of the 2013 China Open international college debate tournament visited PLU on Feb. 25 and joined Modern Chinese History students in a heated debate over the West’s invasion of China in the 19th Century. “The topic was, Was China to blame for the Opium War?,” said PLU Visiting Assistant Professor Mahlon Meyer, whose class

  • Voices on VocationListen to students and alumni from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines talk about vocation on the Wild Geese, Work, and Wonder podcast!