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programs, Europe will host four groups of students this winter. With a German Studies class going to Germany, an Education class to Hungary, and Literature and Religion classes to Greece, students will explore all corners of the continent. In Europe, students will experience everything from student teaching in Budapest to home-stays in Berlin and weekend trips to the Greek islands of Santorini and Rhodes. North America J-Term Study Away programs don’t always mean students are leaving the country; they

and forms of joyful expression.UPCOMING EVENTS Crow Ho Ho  Dec. 16 | 7:30 | Black Box Theatre (Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts) PLU’s student improv group, the Clay Crows, presents an evening of holiday themed improvised performance. Nordic Fest Dinner Dec. 19 | 5 p.m. | Scandinavian Cultural Center This year’s theme is “A Child’s Christmas Wish.” Evening will Celebrate Nordic Children’s Literature and traditional Scandinavian holiday food including glogg (warm, spiced win

. Zhu emphasized. On the first day of the competition, students picked from between three potential problems to solve and then spent the next 100 hours surveying academic literature, developing and testing mathematical models, and producing a paper to justify their reasoning and prove their models’ efficacy. While students can draw from books and online research materials during the contest, they cannot receive outside input on the problem and must rely on each other to generate a solution. Zhu said

Africa program, Carrato is continuing a life of service looking outward. Born in Japan to an international businessman father, Carrato has fond memories of the country and the Japanese objects that decorated his childhood home. At PLU, Carrato majored in international business with a minor in English literature. “I love the liberal arts underpinnings PLU has,” he says. “The fact that I could be an English lit minor with an international business major at a school that had a professional business

requires.” “We spent a lot of time researching literature experiments to gain familiarity with the reactions we planned to run. In my case, they rarely went according to plan, but I learned something each time, which helped guide me toward the next step.” "These lessons extend outside the lab, and this kind of continuous learning and reevaluation is helpful in both academic and professional contexts," stated Lemma. Professor Yakelis and Donnelly working together in open lab in Rieke Science Center

Changing Lives One Book at a Time with Professor Ned Schaumberg Posted by: hoskinsk / May 7, 2020 May 7, 2020 By Kiyomi Kishaba '21English & Communication MajorNed Schaumberg is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) who teaches postcolonial and global literature, and researches the role of water in literary and environmental contexts. He could also save your life.According to his parents, Schaumberg’s journey to professorship began at the age of seven. When most

with job and internship opportunities consistently by sending emails every month. Palmer scholars are my second family. I can send a simple text anytime I need support and I know they will always be there for me and assist me in succeeding. 5. Why is it important for PLU to partner with programs that bring underrepresented students to the university? A scholarship, like Palmer Scholars, that aims to support and bring underrepresented students to colleges in pursuit of a higher education is really

-centric, Lute-focused and engaging to an impatient audience is literally my job from week-to-week. When we arrived, the first quote was from the Second Amendment Foundation’s Director of Development—“60 to 70 percent” of people were “carrying” tonight, he said. Tweeted that. The most memorable part of the evening was in the bathroom. When I went to take a quick journalistic break, I found something interesting: four gun-related magazines and “The Little Red Book of Obamunism.” Tweeted that. That

, which is one of the most dangerous cities on the face of the planet. We really wanted to get to the bottom of it and be like ‘What’s it actually like living in a border community?’” The second episode, which screened on Feb. 17, focused on women who work in the construction trade. Construction is an industry typically dominated by males. But in Portland, Oregon, an estimated 19 percent of all construction workers are women, more than twice the national average. “We basically went around talking to a

across the Northwest. Renowned for its impact on community health, PNWU ranks among the nation’s top 10 institutions for revolutionizing community health. According to U.S. News and World Report’s Best Grad Schools, PNWU ranks third for producing graduates serving medically underserved areas, second for primary care specialties, and sixth for those practicing in rural regions. Established in 2022, PNWU’s new DPT degree enhances the university’s mission to educate and train health care professionals