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  • Karen McConnell, Ph.D., has been named Associate Vice President and Chief Institutional Effectiveness Officer at Pacific Lutheran University. McConnell joined PLU in 1998 as a faculty member in Kinesiology and was appointed Dean of the School of Education & Kinesiology in the fall of 2018.…

    McConnell. “As we navigate the range of opportunities and challenges ahead, it is more critical than ever that we continue to come together as a campus community to build a culture of constructive, self-reflective monitoring and continuous improvement. I am honored and excited to be in this role and to be able to fully focus my energy and effort on our shared success.” Provost Joanna Gregson, who will be working closely with McConnell, agrees. “Mission fulfillment is at the heart of everything we do

  • PLU’s Division of Student Life announced that José Curiel Morelos will serve as the next director of Campus Safety. Curiel Morelos currently serves in the same role at Lewis & Clark College and previously served as the assistant director for Linfield University’s Public Safety Department.…

    and security operations, and as a liaison to off-campus partners critical to security and emergency planning. He also plans to partner with students, staff, and faculty members across campus to cultivate and sustain an anti-racist, welcoming, safe and inclusive approach to campus safety.  “There are important conversations to be had about the role, function, and contributions of campus safety, and José is a leader who understands the urgency of these considerations and embraces dialogue, listening

  • The Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching recognizes a member of PLU’s faculty who embodies a commitment to excellence in their ability to communicate knowledge and inspire students. The award was presented to Emily Davidson, Associate Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies . The university sponsors…

    legitimizing students’ Spanish language abilities is evident, as she provides them with the tools to expand their linguistic repertoires. A colleague described Davidson’s teaching as transcending conventional boundaries. They wrote that “her courses destabilize fixed notions of identity and prompt students to critically examine history and culture. The transformative impact of her teaching is palpable, as students emerge empowered and equipped with a critical perspective that challenges oppressive dynamics

  • The Pacific Lutheran University community recently welcomed Stephanie Johnson, the new dean of the College of Liberal Studies, to campus. Johnson comes to PLU from The College of St. Scholastica, where she most recently served as the chair of the Department of English and Communication.…

    departments and programs. The college engages students in the critical study of human existence and social systems across diverse cultures, time periods, and environments using a range of academic tools and methods.“Within the humanities and social sciences, we have tremendous opportunities to nurture and inspire students for lives of purpose,” says Johnson. “I’m excited to embrace those opportunities with this stellar faculty and see what we can accomplish together.” Prior to chairing the English and

  • About: We’re an early stage startup company developing eco-friendly and bio-renewable surfactant chemicals for consumer products, such as laundry detergents and personal care products. Sironix has invented and developed a new surfactant molecule that will make our consumer products work better and benefit our environment.…

    searching for applicants who can take on the task of leading our industry to a more responsible and safer future! About you: An intern at Sironix Renewables is joining the forefront of green chemistry, bio-renewables, and product development. You will be working directly with Sironix R&D experts to develop new surfactants and develop catalytic chemistries for scale-up and manufacturing. Tasks require management of simultaneous research projects, effective communication with collaborators, and a

  • First-Ever Krise Internship Awarded PLU President Thomas W. Krise, right, and Patricia L. Krise, left, pose with Emily Ames, the first recipient of the Krises’ endowed internship. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Emily Ames ’15 Receives $2,000 for Summertime Community Work By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing…

    student who accepts an unpaid summer internship. Ames will receive $2,000 while she works at Sacramento’s The GreenHouse Center, which offers tutoring, mentoring, spiritual development and leadership development for under-resourced youth. President and Mrs. Krise established the highly competitive internship in 2014. One student applicant per summer will be awarded $2,000 in financial support, opening up unpaid internship opportunities that might otherwise be out of reach. Ames, from Sacramento, is an

  • The Common Reading Selection Committee is delighted to announce that for the 2018-2019 FYEP Common Reading, we will revisit Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates . The text, drawing from an autobiographical account of the author’s youth, is written in the form of…

    frameworks that lend to the understanding of race, including and especially whiteness. 2. Place and belonging: the transformative power of learning particularly in a place of deep connection and community. 3. Narratives: the power of story to serve as a form of both enlightenment and non-violent resistance for social change. 4. Development: familial relationships and their influence on the arc of development from childhood to adulthood. If you have any questions about the book or if your department or

  • Veolia North America has a Field Chemist position available.  To read the job description and to apply please visit the posting on Indeed.

    Open Field Chemist Position at Veolia North America Posted by: alemanem / May 25, 2021 May 25, 2021 Veolia North America has a Field Chemist position available.  To read the job description and to apply please visit the posting on Indeed. Read Previous Individual Development Plan (IDP) Read Next Internship Opportunity for STEM Students LATEST POSTS Mississippi State University Now Accepting 2025 Summer REU Environmental Science Applications November 15, 2024 Dept of Energy Computational Science

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 10, 2016)- Typically, summer allows college students to take advantage of free time that’s hard to come by during the academic year. But for many Lutes, summer is a time to work hard and continue their vocational endeavors. Students travel, work internships…

    internships and pursue professional development opportunities beyond PLU’s campus to continue their academic goals. The Lutes featured below represent three stories of the hard work done by PLU students and recent graduates this summer.Kendra Saathoff ’17 By Brooke Thames ’18 Since 2014, the Krise Endowed Internship Fund has provided students with opportunities to gain experience in career fields related to their studies. This year, the Krise Internship helped one student take her education from the

  • Original New York Times article here . My Response to  Bryan College Is Torn: Can Darwin and Eden Coexist? by Alan Binder At Pacific Lutheran University, we think of “Lutheran” as an ethic that informs how we think, how we teach and how we help students…

    , social, physical, emotional and spiritual development of students—allowing religious beliefs and secular education to not only co-exist here, but to individually (and seemingly paradoxically) contribute to our students’ growth. And because PLU unquestionably accepts—and promotes—freedom of expression, all students, of all beliefs, are encouraged to explore their own spiritual development, with the support of the entire PLU community. In a world where most social and political conflicts contain a