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study environmental studies at Pacific Lutheran University with all those experiences informing his worldview. He will graduate this month after spending the last few years examining issues related to global climate change, sustainability and environmental justice. He cited Environmental 350 — for which he studied Pierce County’s Clover Creek and its surrounding watershed — as one of his favorite classes. “It was all focused around different areas of the creek and studying its health along its route
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understanding of individuals and society.What is next, and why is conservation important to you? I grew up going to national parks, going hiking and spending time outside (which is what led me to environmental studies in the first place). I’ve learned a lot more about what conservation can mean in my time at PLU and how complicated the issues can be, but I still think it’s an incredibly important field, especially as the climate crisis worsens. I would be able to use a lot of my education — obviously
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PLU Psychology professor awarded $2.5M to lead implementation of evidence-based trauma treatment Funds awarded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to address trauma-related mental health challenges for college students Posted by: nicolacs / November 28, 2023 Image: Tiffany Artime, PLU, Friday, March 2, 2018. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) November 28, 2023 By MacKenzie HinesMarketing and CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology Tiffany
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PLU researchers shine light on RNA activities Professor of chemistry Neal Yakelis works with five summer research students to gain a deeper comprehension of RNA and its intricate workings within the realm of cells. Posted by: mhines / November 8, 2023 Image: Professor of chemistry Neal Yakelis leads his students in summer research in the Rieke Science Center at PLU. The team employed advanced organic chemical synthesis methods and characterization techniques. These include NMR spectroscopy
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attracting diverse talent to the faculty and staff.” Blagg also is working on an employee education program to encourage respectful behavior across the school’s campus. While her job can be data-driven in many ways, Blagg says data isn’t the only way to measure the success of these programs. “It’s not just ‘have we hired more black people and more women,’” Blagg said. “It’s about if the climate on campus is helping students to succeed.” Blagg found great success during her time at PLU. She was a straight
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PLU researchers shine light on RNA activities Professor of chemistry Neal Yakelis works with five summer research students to gain a deeper comprehension of RNA and its intricate workings within the realm of cells. Posted by: nicolacs / November 8, 2023 Image: Professor of chemistry Neal Yakelis leads his students in summer research in the Rieke Science Center at PLU. The team employed advanced organic chemical synthesis methods and characterization techniques. These include NMR spectroscopy
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Funk,a Senior Analyst at Hall & Partners, a marketing research firm that focuses on strategic brand consultancy in Seattle Washington, started out in a non-profit prior to obtaining her master’s degree in marketing research. In her experience with the non-profit, she was able to wear many marketing “hats.” Now in her position with Hall & Partners and with her analytical master’s degree, she has taken most of those hats off and has focused in on her true marketing interest, research. Specifically
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PLU’s first Men Against Violence conference. Those who would have us think about economics also visited campus. UCLA professor Naomi R. Lamoreaux spoke on how corporations can be destroyed by greedy managers, while “the father of supply-side economics,” economist Arthur Laffer, talked in March about his views on the current climate of recession, deficits and tax stimulus packages. On Earth Day, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver remarked she could count on the PLU audience to appreciate her
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consequence of losing her Chinese citizenship. No matter how she looked at it, she felt she was forfeiting a part of her identity. “It’s not that I can’t go back to China ever again,” Huang said. “It’s just – I’m feeling distant now, like an outsider, because my nationality isn’t Chinese but my – everything else is.” Still, Huang says time and reflection has helped change her perspective. Now, she is focusing on the opportunities that lie ahead. The current tumultuous political climate has galvanized more
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will be in Kelley Café, after it reopens. All in place thanks to sustainability initiatives led by Hachet.The second-youngest of five siblings, Hachet grew up in Orient, Ohio (population: 252), where climate change isn’t always widely accepted as a fact. After taking AP Environmental Science, Hachet became fascinated by sustainability—and also joined the gardening club. He started “Operation Green,” a student group that collected recycling from classrooms for recycling and canceled school junk mail
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