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underrepresented minority groups’ exposure to this unique field. By connecting individuals with mentors, hands-on research, and clinical shadowing, they are able to continue our commitment to DEI. Currently-enrolled undergraduates and medical students are eligible, and trainees from underrepresented groups or disadvantaged backgrounds are particularly encouraged to apply! See the Registration Open Flyer or for additional information and link to apply, please visit their Infectious Disease Sciences Summer
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violence of natural resource extraction impacts ecosystems, communities, and individuals,” said professor Adela Ramos, a co-organizer of the symposium and chair of PLU’s environmental studies program. “Our guest speakers will offer alternative ways of living and coexisting on fractured lands and watersheds, and demonstrate how creativity, tradition, ingenuity, and community-based work can create local, regional, and social resilience.” The symposium begins on April 17 with a talk by Eileen Quigley
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Earth.” Organizers say the symposium reflects the PLU environmental studies program’s commitment to thinking about environmental issues from intersectional perspectives that bring into focus the connection between the health of the environment and the health of people and their communities. The 2024 Steen Family Symposium invites us to consider this question through the lens of collaboration, trust, and stewardship. The day will be filled with dialogue, a community dinner, and will end recognizing
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Professor Encourages Peers to Engage in Public Dialogue in New Book Posted by: Todd / April 22, 2014 April 22, 2014 In the recently published Prophets, Gurus, and Pundits: Rhetorical Styles and Public Engagement, associate professor of communication Amy Young addresses the shortcomings in university academia, mainly that intellectuals are not encouraged, and in some ways, don’t know how, to become engaged in public dialogue. “I’m trying to look at how people who are obviously very credentialed
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TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 14,2015)—Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Partnerships and Professional Development has joined with the Tacoma Principals Association for a program that will allow Tacoma Public Schools principals to complete their Administrator Professional Certifications through PLU. All Washington principals and program administrators are required…
has joined with the Tacoma Principals Association for a program that will allow Tacoma Public Schools principals to complete their Administrator Professional Certifications through PLU. All Washington principals and program administrators are required to complete a Professional Certification program to maintain their state credentials. Beginning in the 2016-17 academic year, Tacoma Public Schools will deliver this certification program on-site in its schools alongside PLU faculty. With the added
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Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences (PBMS) at the Oregon Health and Science University Posted by: nicolacs / October 13, 2022 October 13, 2022 The Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences (PBMS) at the Oregon Health and Science University offers many exciting opportunities in Biomedical Research through an individualized graduate program for training the next generation of biomedical scientists, readying them for changing challenges in science and scientific careers. PBMS is fortunate to
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By Damian Alessandro ’19. In most popular histories of computing, the Apple II personal computer (1977) stands out as a pathbreaker among early devices in the PC Revolution. But how innovative was Apple’s first mass-market computer, and what design features and ideas helped it stand…
significant sums of money, and they were often synonymous with big business and government operations, including the Vietnam War. The Apple II helped change what computers could be, and this was largely because Stephen Wozniak, or “Woz,” was afforded the opportunity to create a computer that he wanted to use himself. This opportunity was created when Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and Ronald Wayne formed Apple Computer and incorporated the business in 1977. Cutting Costs in Design First, the new PCs hardware was
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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 27, 2016)- Hosted by the Pacific Lutheran University Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and featuring Holocaust researchers and historians from all over the country, the ninth annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will explore “Women and the Holocaust” Oct. 17-19 at…
than men, it’s just about considering what might have been different for women in these situations.” Griech-Polelle is quick to explain that the conference will not focus solely on women as victims in the Holocaust. “That would be doing the female population an injustice,” she said. Rather, the three-day forum will begin with a presentation on “Women as Perpetrators,” and go on to include a full spectrum of topics including “Sexual Violence against Jewish Women,” “Women as Rescuers and
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TACOMA, WASH. (April 25, 2016)- Erik Hammerstrom, assistant professor of East Asian and comparative religions, teaches Pacific Lutheran University students the fundamentals of Buddhism from the shores of Honolulu, Hawaii, to the streets of Chengdu, China. Now, the course has arrived in a more familiar…
registered for this course it was planned to be entirely off campus. While the course ultimately was not placed with TIES, Hammerstrom took advantage of the change to hyper-localize global education. “For me, Tacoma is a place with a history and a diversity that is us, we are Tacoma,” Hammerstrom said, “even students who are coming to Tacoma from outside the state or outside the Puget Sound Region, they need to understand that it’s not just the campus in Parkland.” Tacoma’s religious diversity comes from
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November 2, 2012 Pål Brekke giving a lecture at the Smithsonian Institution earlier this year. He will lecture at PLU on Thursday at noon about the connection between the Sun and the Northern Lights. Photo: Hanna Pincus Gjertsen Our Explosive Sun — A scientist’s look at the source of the northern lights The Division of Natural Sciences cordially invites you to a unique presentation in PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center on November 8, beginning at noon to hear a lecture by by Pål Brekke, PhD
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