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around in an old Harvard green bag that she slung over her slumped shoulders. She had glasses, braces, long hair pulled straight back. She wore heavy brown and white oxford with thin anklets, and her long hems were always crooked. Hanging around with Sally damaged my fragile popularity, but she was still my dearest friend. Today Sally is a world-class geneticist at an eminent university. During our rare encounters, we continue to share an uncanny unity of vision about education, and a resulting

October 1, 2013 Our Middle Name: People of Wondrous Ability Editor’s note: This essay is the first in a series of writings in Scene from various authors on Lutheran outreach in the world, and the impact and meaning of a Lutheran higher education. By Professor Samuel Torvend, Chair of Lutheran Studies In 1524, monasteries across Germany had closed, their property confiscated by greedy rulers. And with this, education of the young was abandoned. In desperation, Martin Luther wrote a heartfelt

Carnegie Mellon ChemE MS Application Extended! Posted by: alemanem / June 1, 2020 June 1, 2020 The Carnegie Mellon ChemE MS application is extended to June 15th! The Master’s programs in Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University are evolving to meet the changing needs of students in the face of current world events. CMU ChemE is a world leader in computational education and research, and now more than ever, the techniques we’ve developed for computational learning set our students up

November 1, 2010 Cammocks ensure PLU remains a place for students to grow By Chris Albert There is one thing Craig Cammock ’91 finds to be true every time he encounters a Lute in the world: “They’re always a pleasure to run into.” It’s a big reason why Cammock and his wife, Carrie, support education at Pacific Lutheran University through financial support to initiatives like Q Club student scholarships, the Morken Center, the athletic fields and gifts to the economics department, which included

October 28, 2011 A passion for learning is explored By Chris Albert The route to being an educator may vary, but a key ingredient is being passionate about being a life-long learner. It’s a sentiment the panel of current educators and PLU alumni shared with students during the Career Connections in Education discussion in October. A panel of PLU alumni share their experiences with current students about life as educators. “You have to have that whole idea that you’re going to be a life-long

Cece Chan: First-Year Student, Long-Term Goals Posted by: Marcom Web Team / February 28, 2020 Image: In her first year at PLU, CeCe Chan has contributed to and lead on matters of social justice within education while pursuing a major in political science. February 28, 2020 By Lora ShinMarketing & Communications guest writerTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 28, 2020 ) — Cece Chan’s activism awakening came in high school. As a third-generation Asian young woman, she realized Seattle Public Schools’ majority

, Center for Student Success; member, the collective; founder and organizer, Interfaith Games; Women’s Action Commissioner, Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Green River College Post-graduation plans: Working for a company owned by a fellow PLU student’s family; completing a JD or PhD to pursue youth advocacy and justice work in education Born in Nairobi, Kenya to a family of asylum-seekers from Mogadishu, Somalia, Aziza Ahmed moved to the US at five, and came to PLU from Auburn’s Mountainview

embryo is developing. And so, how do they communicate with each other to create tissues? We have all these different tissues within our bodies that could be grouped into four categories. You have muscle, nerve, connective tissue, and epithelial tissue. I’m really interested in how the embryo decides to make all those different tissues.Learn more about the PLU Department of BiologyAt what point in your journey as a student did you realize that biology was something special for you? I think it was my

the basic capacity to question remain part of the genetic encoding of Lutheran higher education. Thus, Lutheran reformers recognized centers of education as crucial places in which important questions could be entertained without censure. This tenet informs PLU’s foundational mission: to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care—for others, for their communities and for the Earth. One essential dimension of PLU’s mission is to provide for the intellectual

. “It was the saddest thing, that same damaging and devaluing feeling,” Chan said. Film Reflections Chan’s passion for social justice has primarily focused on education and the experiences of people of color. As a high school student, she created a documentary, “For the Culture,” focused on the importance and need of ethnic studies. Using a Canon camera to shoot the documentary and a laptop to edit the film, Chan taught herself necessary skills. “I really enjoyed using film as a cool way to tell my