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and environmentally sustainable agriculture. Laurie-Berry started teaching at PLU in the fall of 2008. In addition to Plant Physiology, Laurie-Berry’s other classes include Plant Development and Genetic Engineering and a first-year writing class focused on global agriculture, world hunger, genetic engineering and related topics. “Our central question for the course is how agriculture and related systems must change to alleviate global hunger,” Laurie-Berry says.Before 2015, the original PLU

value of PLU’s Peace Corps Prep program. “The program provided helpful direction during my application process, helped with mock interviews and allowed me to step out of my comfort zone as a Peace Corps ambassador on campus,” Wentz said. The certificate-based Peace Corps Prep program provides students with focused coursework coupled with hands-on experience to better position them as Peace Corps applicants. It also integrates experiences and classes completed prior to applying. “We were able to jump

the classes, well, I wasn’t a fan of it,” Crenshaw remembers. By the fall of his first year, Crenshaw knew that it was time for a change. He turned to the humanities. Specifically to major in criminal justice. “I had taken a couple of pre-recs already, and I talked with my counselor,” Crenshaw says. “One of my biggest fears has always been changing my mind about these things, but it was OK, and I changed my mind.” He didn’t tell his family at first that he had switched majors, but slowly, he

Growing into her own: how Sarah Davis ’23 discovered her passion for plant biology Posted by: shortea / May 11, 2023 May 11, 2023 By Lisa PattersonPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Sarah Davis, a biology major and Hispanic studies minor, began her PLU journey with the idea that medicine and health care would be the ultimate goal, but then a couple of classes focused on plant development and global agriculture grew a new passion. “I have a family history of agriculture, my grandfather

with team meetings, practices and weight room, transitioning from high school classes to collegiate course loads can be challenging. But PLU football coach Brant McAdams believes it doesn’t have to be that way.That’s why McAdams had nearly his entire 2018 freshman class (28 of a possible 30 first-years) enrolled in the university’s Fall PLUS 100 course. The concept behind PLUS 100 is a simple but valuable one: a class designed to prepare college freshmen for success, both academic and personal

Summer Job Spotlight: Nursing Nursing student finds joy in working at assisted living facility Posted by: vcraker / August 23, 2022 August 23, 2022 Parker Simpson ’24 is spending his summer working at an assisted living facility in his hometown of Spokane, Washington. He comes from a family of healthcare professionals and has always wanted to help people. We sat down with him to discuss his experience taking classes in the Rieke Science Center, which is currently undergoing improvements to

PhD Program in Biochemistry at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York Posted by: nicolacs / October 22, 2020 October 22, 2020 The PhD Program in Biochemistry at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York is currently recruiting students to join our program in Fall 2021. Here are some highlights: Our PhD students take classes at the Graduate Center building diagonally across the Empire State Building in their first year and then join a research lab at one of the 8

Graduate Center PhD Program in Biochemistry CUNY Posted by: alemanem / October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 The PhD Program in Biochemistry at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York is currently recruiting students to join their program in Fall 2022.  Please consider the following program highlights: PhD students take classes at the Graduate Center building diagonally across the Empire State Building in their first year and then join a research lab at one of the 8 senior campuses

Meet Dr. Marnie Ritchie, Assistant Professor of Communication! Posted by: Todd / January 10, 2020 January 10, 2020 Meet the Communications department’s most recent faculty member, Dr. Marnie Ritchie. Dr. Ritchie joined PLU in 2018 and has taught a variety of communications classes since then, from introductory communications to courses covering complex topics like gender and ethics. Dr. Ritchie’s other interests for her own research and writing include rhetorical studies, war, and surveillance