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, pointing to Hurricane Katrina as an example. Shortwave radios may be the only means of communication available. “There has never been a time in any disaster when amateur radio operators weren’t operating,” Benton said. The radios are portable and don’t rely on a network since radio waves exist in the natural world. PLU’s station will have two radios that can operate simultaneously on various frequencies. The operators will be able to connect with Willamette University in Oregon, PLU’s emergency partner

record 975 artists applied for the awards. Both Senn, virtual reference services librarian, and Youtz, professor of music, received the maximum award of $1,500. A visual artist, Senn uses discarded library books to make sculptures and installations that explore the lifecycle of ideas. It’s an organic, non-linear process, she explains, where thoughts are born, disseminated, and then adopted or forgotten. She finds inspiration in the natural world, from the variety of books she finds and in her work as

. Clearly, Director of Resident Programs Jeff Krengel and then – ASPLU vice president Tamara Power-Drutis were thinking the same thing. They asked Pfaff to looking into developing a bike co-op, and Pfaff earned Sustainability Fellowship last May to help him do so. Pfaff spent the summer researching options, working with natural allies Outdoor Rec and Residential Life to come up with a plan. And now, thanks to a little forward thinking and a few abandoned bikes, Pfaff’s is doing his part to keep the

Peace Corps volunteers. PLU has produced more than 250 Peace Corps volunteers since 1961—and it seems a natural fit. “PLU graduates are driven toward programs like the Peace Corps because of their orientation toward others, their curiosity about how the world works and their commitment to addressing challenges that impact real people,” said Joel Zylstra, director of PLU’s Center for Community Engagement and Service. “The Peace Corps provides a framework for graduates to learn about themselves, to

consequences of 20th-century affluence.” In his book, Cross asserts that while new techniques of boxing, labeling and tubing gave consumers virtually unlimited access to simple pleasures, they also created some problems: •    Manufacturers generated a seemingly endless stream of sugar-filled, high-fat foods that were delicious—but detrimental to health. •    Mechanically rolled cigarettes entered the market and quickly addicted millions. •    And many other packaged pleasures dulled or displaced natural

dream for the program would be to expand the technique and level of performance and for Dance to have a permanent home in the Columbia Studio,” McGill said. “There’s beautiful new marley flooring, an abundance of natural light, and necessary ventilation systems in place.” Dancers moved to the Columbia Center studio in 2013 from a space on East Campus. The program was also previously housed in Memorial Gym many years ago. The Department of Communication & Theatre has recently restructured the dance

and teaching of computational and data science. In this webinar, they will give short presentations followed by Q&A. Register at:  tinyurl.com/pmawebinar2024 Read Previous Renewable Energy Scholarship Read Next 2024-2025 MoMath Exponent Fellowship Program LATEST POSTS AWIS Scholarship February 26, 2024 2024-2025 MoMath Exponent Fellowship Program February 8, 2024 Renewable Energy Scholarship January 4, 2024 TECBio REU – University of Pittsburgh December 12, 2023