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June 16, 2008 Playing in the mud Outfitted in waders and armed with oranges, shallow plastic trays and pH testing kits, faculty members and alumni trudged into Clover Creek. Under the watchful guidance of environmental studies faculty, the group was learning to collect field data about the creek, which is an important watershed in this area, explained Jill Whitman, geosciences professor. It’s the same type of work students in the “Environmental Methods of Investigation” course learn to do. The

’11 stands beneath a nearly 400 year-old Garry oak tree (Photos by John Froschauer) He thinks about how the dry creek bed once flourished as Clover Creek, with the surrounding vegetation part of a large prairie. The tree that he stands under today was there back then; it is nearly 400 years old. It is native to the area, one of more than 100 Garry oak on  campus, making PLU a preserve of a species native to Pierce County. The open space is an indication of what the entire area once was, Ojala

Studies at Pacific Lutheran University, is one of three national winners of the first-ever Why We Care Youth: Emerging Leaders for Reproductive Rights contest. Winning entries were chosen in three categories: short video, photo essay and written essay. Wood, from Bellingham, Wash., won the video category of the contest, founded by The United Nations Foundation’s Universal Access Project in partnership with Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Sierra Club. The three winners now will have

-faculty summer-research project, a continuation of Underwood’s work as an independent researcher before he joined PLU. “I’ve been playing around with things on this theme for a couple of years,” Underwood said. “There are different ideas about how this period of inflation went about. … I was interested in how inflation started in these variations. The project we’re doing here is a further expansion upon that.” These variations, small bumps and fluctuations in the smoothness of the universe, are

students through tutoring.  The Assistant Directors all study different disciplines, but they were originally drawn to the PLC for a lot of the same reasons. In particular, they observe how the PLC provides an opportunity for them to invest in the community by supporting student learning and by creating a comfortable social space where students are encouraged to learn. PLU is vocal about its engagement with the community and the PLC is a visible point of contact with our immediate neighbors. Susan, a

keyboard at the age of 13. Soon he started filling in for the organist at the local church, and from there his music career grew into a life-long vocation. Tegels earned degrees from the University of Iowa, the New England Conservatory in Boston and the Stedelijk Conservatorium in Arnhem, located in the Netherlands. He said an organist has to go where the organ is, and PLU’s organ fit the bill. While teaching in Kansas, he heard about an opening at PLU, and was already familiar with its organ. In 2002

the Netherlands. He said an organist has to go where the organ is, and PLU’s organ fit the bill. While teaching in Kansas, he heard about an opening at PLU, and was already familiar with its organ. In 2002 he came to PLU, where he now instructs students and performs on the famous Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ, the largest one west of the Mississippi River. Taking care of the Earth is something that Tegels prioritizes, and feels it is something that many people lack the motivation to do. “We don’t

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. LATEST POSTS A family with a “Bjug” legacy of giving and service September 27, 2024 PLU hosts the 14th Annual Lutheran Studies Conference: Celebrating Cecelia Svinth Carpenter, Indigenous education and tribal sovereignty September 23, 2024 PLU Welcomes the Class of 2028: Trailblazers September 11, 2024 Ethos in Action September 11, 2024

September 15, 2008 Care for the earth It all started because of the health department. A year ago, when the University Center closed down for its remodel, Dining and Culinary Services had to find a new place to feed the majority of the university’s students. They moved to the Columbia Center. That space, however, could not accommodate a commercial dishwasher, so meals were served on paper plates to alleviate health department concerns. But what to do with all that paper? Contaminated paper