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Kathryn Einan ‘22 is a self-proclaimed “book nerd.” Einan is a triple major in Literature, History and Nordic Studies with a minor in Chinese. She has a deep love of learning and hopes to become a teacher one day. “There are so many interesting things…
History and literature senior Kathryn Einan ‘22 aspires to be a lifelong learner Posted by: Silong Chhun / May 2, 2022 Image: Kathryn Einan ’22 (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) May 2, 2022 By Isabella DaltosoMarketing & CommunicationsKathryn Einan ‘22 is a self-proclaimed “book nerd.” Einan is a triple major in Literature, History and Nordic Studies with a minor in Chinese. She has a deep love of learning and hopes to become a teacher one day.“There are so many interesting things to study!” says
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Computer science drives innovation throughout the US economy, but the subject remains neglected or marginalized in K-12 education. Can more be done to improve student access to this important way of thinking? Please join Alice Steinglass of Code.org on October 9, 2018 at Pacific Lutheran…
Supported by a generous endowment from the Benson Family, the Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History is designed to bring leading experts in the fields of history, business, and economics to campus to address the PLU community. Jolita and Dale Benson at a recent Benson Lecture. Along with the business and economic history curriculum, the lecture is designed to encourage the study of business organizations, entrepreneurs, workers, products, and consumers, as well as the economic forces
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To: All students and families From: Office of the President Date: Wednesday, April 29 at 3:30 p.m. Dear students and families, My oldest son, a first-year university student, recently quipped, “Remote learning was okay for a few weeks, but I just want to get back…
financial challenges. If you submitted the FAFSA or WASFA but your 2018 income information no longer reflects your family’s current financial situation, you can request to have your financial aid offer reconsidered. Study Away leadership. PLU is a long-established leader in Study Away programming. Our Wang Center for Global Education is currently preparing for multiple scenarios, including the possibility that Study Away may need to be limited or postponed for the fall semester. Students who intend to
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Now accepting applications for the SUMMER, 3-CREDIT, ALL-OUTDOOR FIELD SCIENCE COURSE with Ecosystem Field Studies! Get in nature, breath fresh air, and enjoy a safe and inspiring field science course in the Colorado Rockies An opportunity to apply your classroom & textbook learning while immersed…
setting! Colorado Ecosystem Field Studies * Study, camp, & hike in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado * July 22- August 11, 2021 Gain valuable career skills in hands-on scientific field research Earn 3 undergraduate academic transfer credits over summer-break Join a diverse & exciting group of college students for an experiential learning experience of a lifetime! For all course information visit the website: EcoFS.org Open to students from all universities & majors | Accredited by the University of
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The DOE NNSA SSGF provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing a Ph.D. in areas of interest to stewardship science, such as properties of materials under extreme conditions and hydrodynamics, nuclear science, or high energy density physics. Renewable up to four years, the fellowship…
fellowship is open to U.S. citizens who plan full-time, uninterrupted study toward a doctoral degree at an accredited U.S. university; senior undergraduates and first- and second-year graduate students may apply. Benefits include a $38,000 yearly stipend, payment of full tuition and required fees, yearly program review participation, an annual professional development allowance, and a 12-week DOE laboratory research practicum experience. You’ll find application details and a downloadable poster here, and
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The 2025 Connecticut Sports Analytics Symposium (CSAS) Data Challenge is open for registration. Participants will focus on using new data on bat speed and swing length to analyze some aspects of the pitcher/batter interaction in Major League Baseball. We provide pitch-level data from Baseball Savant for 346,250 Major League Baseball…
data along with bat speed and swing length on pitches with a swing tracked. Data from the second half of the season will be added after the conclusion of the regular season. Your analysis should involve bat speed and swing length to study any topic related to the batter, pitcher, or batter-pitcher interaction during an at bat. Finalists will be invited to present at the 2025 CSAS on April 11-12, 2025. Winning teams will have the opportunity to showcase their team’s work to data scientists in the
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The Molecules Meet Materials REU site at the University of South Dakota will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during summers 2022-2024. In this program, participants pursue collaborative research projects, with a focus on chemistry at interfaces in which molecular processes occur…
microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and computational methods to study materials and molecules at interfaces. All students will also take part in a professional development and ethics training program, with a focus on science communication and preparation for graduate school or industrial careers. Through independent research projects and the workshop and seminar series, this site seeks to broaden the participation in STEM. Preference will be given to applications received by March 1st. We strongly encourage
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TACOMA, WASH. (May 6, 2016)- Kelly Hall couldn’t decide on a major when she first came to Pacific Lutheran University. “I didn’t know for sure what I wanted to do, and several fields I explored just didn’t fit right,” said Hall, a senior at PLU.…
Nation, a Coast Salish nation from Puget Sound. She didn’t know what she wanted to study by the end of her first year at PLU, so she decided to pursue her love of her own Native American heritage and the cultures of other tribes. A group on campus had been working with Crawford-O’Brien, associate professor of religion and culture, to create a new program that would involve the study of Native Americans. But that program was not ready in time for Hall to major in it during her time at PLU. Above is a
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The Molecules Meet Materials REU site at the University of South Dakota will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during summers 2022-2024. In this program, participants pursue collaborative research projects, with a focus on chemistry at interfaces in which molecular processes occur…
microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and computational methods to study materials and molecules at interfaces. All students will also take part in a professional development and ethics training program, with a focus on science communication and preparation for graduate school or industrial careers. Through independent research projects and the workshop and seminar series, this site seeks to broaden the participation in STEM. Preference will be given to applications received by March 1st. We strongly encourage
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Congratulations to Justin Eckstein, Assistant Professor of Communication and Director of Debate, who was recently awarded the 2017 Daniel Rohrer Award for Outstanding Research by the American Forensics Association. His research is titled, “Sound Arguments, Argumentation and Advocacy”. Among the most important activities of the…
Association is recognizing achievement and quality in commitment to argumentation and public advocacy. The award is a recognition of top scholarship within the Speech and Debate practice area of Forensics. “Dr. Eckstein’s “Sound Arguments” is pushing the study of argument in exciting new directions. Especially in the world in which we now live, many arguments are indelibly tied to sound – to the sound of someone’s voice (one thinks of Churchill), to music (one thinks of advertisements), or to the absence
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