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ensuring their education, and for fostering leaders committed to service to others finds itself well represented in PLU’s mission statement: We seek to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership, and care—for other people, for their communities, and for the earth.  At PLU today, our distinctive expression of American higher education includes a superb liberal arts curriculum—with its stellar faculty and students in the sciences and social sciences, in the humanities, in music

and Indigenous studies, remarked that the time spent pulling weeds at the loʻi was “probably one of the most incredible things [she had] ever been able to take part in.” Although the mud was off-putting at first, she soon began “enjoying being so close to the plant and to the earth.” Wading through the mud on a traditional Hawaiʻian farm is a long way from the whitewashed beach vacations that define Hawaiʻi for most mainlanders. But through Dr. Erik Hammerstrom’s J-Term course on East Asian

an excellent choice for undergraduates majoring in any field of biology, chemistry, earth/ocean science, civil engineering, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, and related bioengineering areas who want to apply their classroom learning to an interdisciplinary research environment to solve complex scientific problems and learn about the importance of chemically-mediated processes. Visit http://www.biology.gatech.edu/undergrad/reu for more information and to apply. Read Previous Spend

think we give about 26,000 rides a year,” Berger said in a rare quiet moment at the Campus Safety offices tucked underneath Harstad Hall. Which makes this service the most popular, he added. A staff of nine full-time supervisors work with about 75 student workers to let staff and students in and out of buildings, check on disturbances and monitor the 47 cameras stationed around campus. They will respond  to the 20 emergency phones stationed strategically around the campus’ parking lots and walkways

, the undergraduate has a shot at publishing a paper here. That’s quite rare.” Read Previous Former Lute/Miss Pierce County Passes her Crown to PLU Senior Read Next Center for Media Studies to Offer New Creative Media Course in Fall ’15 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 Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7

Death of Dr. Rae Linda Brown Posted by: Lace M. Smith / August 21, 2017 Image: Dr. Rae Linda Brown at the 2016 PLU Convocation ceremony in Olsen Auditorium. August 21, 2017 Dear Campus Community: It is with deep sadness that I share with you the news of the passing of PLU’s Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Rae Linda Brown. Rae Linda died Sunday morning, at peace surrounded by her family after a short and fierce battle with a very rare form of sarcoma. She was