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research is kind of like “playing a treasure hunting game,” he says. “Everyone knows that it is more fun with more eyes and minds working together.” Right now, he’s particularly jazzed about a research project on protein structure prediction using electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM) data with a group of PLU undergrads, two master’s students from China, two high school students from Seattle, and two collaborators from the University of Washington Bothell and Saint Louis University. Read Previous Despite

September 1, 2009 1:05 p.m. – Mr. McNeese’s gym Class The eighth-grade PE class taught by Dan McNeese ’06 is short one player for a game of pickleball, so McNeese, 26, joins a team and starts swatting at the ball. McNeese says that, as a beginning teacher, he doesn’t get much in pay. But he absolutely has the best job he can think of. On the way back into the gym, McNeese greets Steve Holmfeldt, who was his football coach when McNeese attended Cascade. “At first thought I wanted to teach high

gender-specific * 4 washers and 4 dryers * 6 Resident Assistants and 5 Residence Hall Council members, not including wing representatives and the first-year student rep. * 3 kitchens with composting bins * 2 lounges, 2 study rooms, 1 lounge/game room * 1 large balcony overlooking lower campus/Foss field * Host of annual Hinderlie Toga Party, featuring live bands and traditional Greek games * 12′ x 14′ 8″ room size. Rooms feature built-in closets Read Previous A ‘Twilight’ experience Read Next LEED

; – and what to look for to ensure the credibility of online information. The class culminated in a final “Critical Making” project, where students built, designed, or mocked up a media literacy tool. The goal of the assignment was to envision a web that prioritized the circulation of credible information. Critical making is a process where students apply theories and concepts to a creative project or artifact, and where imaginative design – focusing more on engagement with theory and concepts, rather

etymologies, such as the Greek roots of “scholar.” Ciardi also wrote memorable poetry, mining the ancient power of words to show that some things human never change. For instance, these lines from his “Credibility,” Who could believe an ant in theory? a giraffe in blueprint? Ten thousand doctors of what’s possible could reason half the jungle out of being. I speak of love, and something more, to say we are the thing that proves itself not against reason, but impossibly true, and therefore to teach reason

athletics director advisor to PLU SAAC. That’s why they decided on the Knight. More student groups joined in the discussion and the idea began to form, until it was approved by ASPLU at the end of last year. The PLU Knight made its first appearance during Welcome Week on campus and was on the sidelines cheering on Lutes at the Sept. 18 football game against Cal Lutheran at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup. Several students – men and women – will serve as the mascot and a PLU flag has been added to the Knight

research is kind of like “playing a treasure hunting game,” he says. “Everyone knows that it is more fun with more eyes and minds working together.”   Right now, he’s particularly jazzed about a research project on protein structure prediction using electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM) data with a group of PLU undergrads, two master’s students from China, two high school students from Seattle, and two collaborators from the University of Washington Bothell and Saint Louis University. This article is one

are avid hikers and boaters. Krise will quickly pull you into fast-moving conversations, complete with animated hand gestures to illustrate the story and his favorite topics, such as teaching, 18thcentury Caribbean literature, two years living aboard a sailboat, the value of a liberal arts education, food and coffee. Especially coffee. In a hobby that will certainly give him street-cred among Northwesterners, Krise buys his beans green – preferably from the Blue Mountains of Jamaica – and then

hundreds. So how did this mature 19-year-old man, who grew up in places best described as “you can’t get there from here,” end up at Pacific Lutheran University, let alone playing for the resurgent Lutes men’s basketball program? The story starts with his father, Stephen ’83, a PLU graduate and one of eight children of Dr. Richard Klein, a PLU regent from 1973-87, and Joanne (Bjork ’63) Klein. Stephen took his first teaching job at the high school in Gambell, Alaska, a village of 300 inhabitants on the

February 22, 2011 PLU students spend 96 hours figuring out halfpipes and VHF signals By Chris Albert Pro snowboarder Shaun White is entering a halfpipe going for maximum vertical air. For hours Dan Case ’11 and his team study the YouTube video of White during a 96 hour Mathematical Contest in Modeling. “We’d pause it over and over again to see how to make a model out of it,” Case said. Four teams, totaling 11 PLU students, spent 96 hours competing in the Math Modeling Contest. (Photo by John