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surface of Puget Sound and it looks peaceful, but you need to look a few inches below the surface.” The idea of just dumping runoff into Puget Sound and hoping it dilutes in ocean currents is simply outdated and wrong, Gregoire said. Puget Sound acts more as a bathtub, and anything that is dumped there is likely to stay around, or sink to the bottom and silently affect the food chain in devastating ways. Reflecting back on her high-school days in Auburn, Wash., Gregoire noted that President Kennedy’s

August 18, 2010 Contributions to Excellence By Steve Hansen Alumnae are a proud group of people. Instilled with a passion to give of themselves. Jean (Hesla ’50) Kopta is no exception. Kopta graduated from PLU in 1950 with the bachelor’s degree in education. Jean (Hesla ’50) Kopta. Later in her life, she returned to school to obtain her Master’s degree in vocal performance. Her passion was to share her love of singing and music by teaching voice lessons. She landed at PLU at the Department of

, innovations in technology and statistical analysis help research psychologists run their calculations using programs like SPSS Statistics. These computing innovations have increased researchers’ capabilities and given them opportunities for more advanced analysis through a much simpler process. Innovation is not just technology, of course, and in Psychology many areas of the discipline are undergoing rapid change. In fact, Psychology is relatively new in comparison to other sciences such as biology, and

PLU climbs to 15th in national ranking of Best Master’s Universities Posted by: Zach Powers / August 29, 2016 August 29, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTacoma, WASH. (August 29, 2016) — Washington Monthly’s annual college guide ranks Pacific Lutheran University 15th nationally on its list of “Best Master’s Universities,” according to a report published Monday. It also ranked PLU the 72nd “Best Bang for the Buck” institution among western colleges. In 2015, PLU was ranked

environment and our climate. My hope is that your generation will do better. I feel fortunate to have the opportunity to engage with young people like yourselves. Highly motivated young people are already making a difference and pushing their governments to do more. I hope you will take part in raising awareness about the urgency of the environmental challenges that we are facing. You have the power to make a difference. The future belongs to you – take good care of it! I would like to thank you for the

procedures and building plans on the emergency training and exercises website. The exercise  will be evaluated with the help of law enforcement and college administrators. Emergency procedures will be refined after the exercise, based on their observations. The drill is over at the end of the class period. Emergency Building Coordinators (EBC) in every building have created lock down plans, have keys, and are trained to facilitate a lock down during business hours. Resident Directors  serve the same

Celebrate Tacoma artists at the Foundation of Art Award Exhibition Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / October 7, 2015 October 7, 2015 The Tacoma art community will be represented at the eighth annual Foundation of Art Award Exhibition in PLU’s University Gallery October 14- November 11. The exhibition features the 2015 nominees and winners of the Foundation of Art Award given by the Community Foundation. All are invited to celebrate at the opening reception on October 14 from 5-7pm. Represented

infection rates in the neonatal intensive care unit of the country’s largest hospital, Windhoek Central Hospital. And while the research isn’t directly tied to neurosurgery, her work in this area has the potential to affect multiple aspects of the medical field. “I’ve narrowed my research down to whether hand hygiene and infection control interventions reduce hospital-associated central line infections,” Larios says. “There’s only been three studies done on this subject, and none were in Namibia.” She

The Two Desks Posted by: alex.reed / May 3, 2022 May 3, 2022 By Rick BarotOriginally Published in 2014When I was a graduate student at the University of Iowa, the classicist and writer Anne Carson came to campus to give a reading and a colloquium. During the colloquium, she was asked how she navigated among the wild variety of scholarly and creative projects that she was engaged in, and she answered that one of the ways she kept things organized was by having two desks— one desk for her

had a lot she wanted to get on paper. Inspired by her writing, PLU Professor of Music and Composer Gregory Youtz set several poems to music. And thanks to the talents of three PLU Music faculty, the poetry has a new dimension as music with lyrics. With Oksana Ezhokina behind the piano keys, vocalists Soon Cho and Cyndia Sieden sang the new melodies for Emmons Turner’s poetry. Due to the necessary physical distancing, everything was recorded individually and then edited together for one grand