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person I am now, a much more confident and self-assured individual compared to who I was in September 2009 as a first-year student. What’s next? I plan on taking the year off to work in a field related to sustainability or geology before attending Colorado State University to attain my master’s degree in watershed science, focusing on alpine hydrology. Anna Reiman, Bachelor of Arts in economics  with minors in mathematics and statistics Why PLU? My dad has been a professor at PLU for 25 years, so PLU

structural contexts in which crime and criminal justice systems take place. Read Previous Major Minute: Mathematics Read Next Emma Stafki ’24 explores the challenges facing Puget Sound orcas in capstone documentary LATEST POSTS Summer Reading Recommendations July 11, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June

the MSMA program while I was a senior in my undergrad studies. I knew the student and he informed me of all the networking opportunities and further explained that he was able to utilize his analytical skills from his mathematics background, similar to my science background. I then met with Mari, the MSMA program director, to determine the course outline, requirements, expectations, and initiated my application! What are you most excited to learn? I am most excited to learn about more tools

(chemistry and mathematics).” In 2021-22, Gardiner said that seven students were recruited to the NSF-funded Pathways to Culturally Sustaining STEM Teaching Program and awarded roughly $140,000 in forgivable loans. Anderson feels like the program’s anti-racist, equity-focused, and student-focused instruction is essential. She hopes these conversations become the norm in classes beyond her program and she’s proud that PLU is leading the way, and that she is part of it.“This program really prepares

for student-faculty research and student-faculty collaboration,” Tonn said. “We just didn’t have that kind of space before.” It provides for academic programs that require a higher level of technology such as mathematics, computer science and business, which previously had limited technology available to them. The renovation of Xavier Hall did the same thing for social science programs: improved teaching space, collaborative space and improved infrastructure and technology. The building was

work, but really had to develop their own to fit the criteria presented. A hefty challenge was then going through notes, graphs, math and writing papers that fully explained what they did, why they did it and how they did it. Scoring is based on about 50 percent math and the other 50 percent on the writing, said Tom Edgar, contest advisor and PLU assistant professor of mathematics. “When it came time to write it, I found myself taking 10 to 12 pages of scrap paper and trying to figure out what I

Colleges of Professional Studies (education) and Natural Sciences (chemistry and mathematics).”  In 2021-22, Gardiner said that seven students were recruited to the NSF-funded Pathways to Culturally Sustaining STEM Teaching Program and awarded roughly $140,000 in forgivable loans.  Anderson feels like the program’s anti-racist, equity-focused, and student-focused instruction is essential. She hopes these conversations become the norm in classes beyond her program and she’s proud that PLU is leading the