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  • Cheri Souza’s philanthropy leadership is motivated by the responsibility she feels to serve her Hawaiian community. When Cheri Souza ’01, MBA ’03 first stepped onto campus at Pacific Lutheran University, the undergraduate from Hawai‘i could not have imagined her future would include redefining philanthropic efforts…

    realized she enjoyed working with students in higher education. Although the work was gratifying, Souza longed for home. The opportunity would come her way organically: at a conference where Souza met the associate dean of the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. The two higher education professionals connected on their love of Hawai‘i and their passion for supporting students. Souza moved home and for the next 15 years she worked throughout the University of Hawai‘i

  • In our new series, “Office Hours,” faculty open their doors and give you a look into their creative spaces. Join these faculty for their own office hours at PLU. Come in, sit down, have a conversation, you might just learn something new! Associate Professor Spencer…

    processing. I was lucky enough in both undergrad and grad school to have mentoring relationships that were significant and that I keep to this day. It was a lifestyle that I learned. Learning how to be a teacher not only through specific instruction and words, but just spending time with them and respecting who they were. One thing I won't forget: “more tools equals more possibilities.” The teacher who told me that was talking about regular tools: hammers, saws, welders, you name it. But what I realized

  • Earlier today, Pacific Lutheran University announced plans to offer an additional tuition-free year to all undergraduate students enrolled full time for the 20-21 academic year. Dubbed a supplemental “PLUS Year” by the university, the two additional semesters will be offered to students directly after their…

    PLU to offer a “PLUS Year” of free tuition to all current students Undergraduate students—a year of free tuition. Graduate students—free continuing education credits. Posted by: Zach Powers / August 3, 2020 August 3, 2020 Earlier today, Pacific Lutheran University announced plans to offer an additional tuition-free year to all undergraduate students enrolled full time for the 20-21 academic year. Dubbed a supplemental “PLUS Year” by the university, the two additional semesters will be offered

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 7, 2016)- Have you ever dreamed of running away with the circus? Nicole Laumb ’11 did and plans to do it again. “The giggles were endless,” she told her loyal Facebook followers at the end of the tour with the Flynn Creek…

    University, as well as a minor in sociology. She bounced around between various extracurriculars during her time on campus, including working as an ally at what was then known as the Women’s Center (now the Center for Gender Equity). As Laumb approached her senior year, she didn’t really have a clear picture of what she wanted to do after graduation. When the time arrived, Laumb dabbled in a few different jobs, such as working for a parks and recreation program and as a freelance writer at the Puyallup

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 13, 2017)- “We made a magazine!” Taryn Collis exclaimed to a group of Pacific Lutheran University students and several inmates at the Washington Corrections Center for Women. “It’s impressive,” continued Collis, an actor and educator with Seattle-based Freehold Theatre Lab Studio. “Everybody…

    to experience so as to ask big questions about power, supremacy, agency and collective liberation.” Samantha, an inmate at Washington Corrections Center for Women, reads a copy of The Matrix during a meeting with PLU students on Friday, April 21, 2017. (Photo by John Froschauer) Smith has taught at WCCW for two years as part of the Freedom Education Project of Puget Sound, which offers high-level college courses for inmates. She teaches two courses at the jail: an introduction to gender studies

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 2, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University students and staff gathered outside Leraas Hall in the Rieke Science Center on Oct. 2. to write and sign sympathy cards for the communities of North Seattle College and Umpqua Community College. Five students of North Seattle College…

    vehicle and a bus in Seattle; 50 people were sent to area hospitals. Nine people, including several first-year students and a teacher, were killed by a gunman at Umpqua Community College on Oct. 1. Seven other people were wounded in the attack in Roseburg, about 180 miles south of Portland.       Read Previous PLU Ranked a Top 10 “Value Added” College Read Next Trans-Rights Scholar/Activist Dean Spade Speaks at PLU Nov. 3 COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you

  • The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) Summer Internship Program provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to participate in projects at federal research facilities located across the country focused on helping DNDO meet its mission of “implementing domestic nuclear…

    Information: Detailed information about the internships can be found at http://orau.gov/dndo/   For information about DNDO visit http://www.dhs.gov/about-domestic-nuclear-detection-office. For questions please send an email to dhsed@orau.org. Read Previous Summer Research Opportunities at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Arkansas Read Next OHSU Center for Diversity and Inclusion Summer Equity Internship Program LATEST POSTS Mississippi State University Now Accepting 2025 Summer REU

  • School’s Out Washington and the Washington State Department of Commerce has awarded Pacific Lutheran University a grant for $14,000 from its Washington Youth Development Nonprofit Relief Fund. The grant will go toward the Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESA program, which prioritizes early exposure to STEM topics…

    hands-on STEM activities for those underrepresented such as African American, Hispanic/Latino, Native American, Pacific Islander, and female students. “This grant is important to MESA because these students of color represent the future. We are doing amazing work in the community and getting this grant shows how engaged and committed PLU is when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion in the STEM field,” said Penda Samba, MESA program director. “We are planning to use the grant by enforcing

  • PLU has been selected to send a team to participate in the Council of Independent College’s 2019 Diversity, Civility, and the Liberal Arts Institute taking place in Atlanta, GA on June 2nd-5th. One of twenty-five campus groups selected via a competitive application process, PLU’s team…

    resources and lessons from the Institute and engaging the campus in continuing the work of creating an inclusive campus.2019 Diversity, Civility, and the Liberal Arts InstituteLearn More! *Note: All comments are moderated Read Previous Intersections: Fall Edition Features PLU Faculty Members Read Next Intersections: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion LATEST POSTS Intersections: Called and Empowered (and Assessed) April 29, 2022 Intersections: Called to Place November 10, 2021 Intersections: Learning Love

  • The Mississippi State University Chemistry Department seeks applicants for an interdisciplinary NSF-supported summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program occurring in 2024. Students who have completed their freshman year of college and who have not yet graduated can participate fully in the Food, Energy and…

    Department of Chemistry at dmlsna@chemistry.msstate.edu or the Chemistry Department office at 662-325-3584. All applications and materials are due on March 1st, 2024 by 5:00 P.M. Central Standard time.  Positions will be filled as application materials are received. Read Previous Summer Undergraduate Research in Particle Physics Read Next OHSU Equity Research Program LATEST POSTS Dept of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship October 30, 2024 Allen Institute Summer Internship Program October 29