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Fiona Ashton-Knochel ’24 is spending her summer on a bird refuge in Brigham City, Utah. The Environmental Studies major sat down with us to discuss her exciting internship and to offer suggestions for anyone looking to land their own internship working in conservation. Why did…
sometimes change. When graduation comes I may be inclined to work for a year or two before going back to school. Thanks to this internship, I’m flirting with the idea of working as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife member during that time. Read Previous City of Tacoma environmental scientist Tom Chontofalsky ‘03 loves asking questions Read Next PLU biology professor Amy Siegesmund receives national teaching award LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world
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After millenniums of sex and centuries of poetry, the love poem as understood by Shakespeare and Donne, and by Oxford undergraduates – the true-life confessions of the poet in love, immortalizing
foundations of – and remains uniquely engaged with – all the disciplines in the modern university. Literature, Philosophy, and History may be obvious connections, but the Western study of Physics, Psychology, Biology, and Medicine all originate in the Classical world, and in some cases – surgical tools – for example, remain unchanged. Classics also remains relevant to many disciplines because the assumptions and evidence upon which these foundational claims were once made have vastly changed because of
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High school choir and guitar teacher Alonso Brizuela ’14 was in Spokane at a national choral directors conference in mid-March of 2020. Just a day and half days into events, the conference shut down early—due to a mysterious new illness that had arrived in the…
had arrived in the U.S.Upon returning home, Brizuela, who majored in music education at PLU, had two in-classroom days with his Clover Park School District students before classes were suspended. “It was a rapid-fire shut down of everything,” he remembers. Two states away, Sarah Lord ’00 was teaching high school biology and environmental science at Billings Senior High School in Billings, Montana. While inconvenienced by the immediate shutdown, she didn’t realize the scope until several weeks
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TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 6, 2017)- When George and Helen Long reached out to Pacific Lutheran University 10 years ago, all they knew was that they wanted to support the sciences. “George sort of felt like he owed his success and his career to PLU,” said…
of study that includes necessary prerequisites for graduate dietetics programs, all while pursuing a second degree in biology. Hurd also plays basketball at PLU. This summer, Hurd was an intern at Custom Fit Nutrition, a clinic with locations in Auburn and Olympia that focuses on food sensitivities. She helped troubleshoot new products and wrote dietary guides, but the majority of her work involved shadowing a registered dietician. “It was really fun,” Hurd said. “The dietician let me sit in on
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In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a chapter in their lives and prepared to turn the next page. In the following, some Lutes shared their stories of why they came to PLU, what their experiences…
world. The students who shared their stories here joined more than 850 students who graduated from PLU this academic year. Anna Kreutz – Bachelor of Science in biology and chemistry Why PLU? PLU was just the perfect fit for me. In looking for schools for my undergraduate degree, I knew I wanted somewhere with small class sizes, significant student-faculty interaction, and the opportunity to participate in research. One example that I particularly remember was a lunch I attended my senior year in
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PLU students in Professor Amy Young’s strategic communication class have spent the fall semester working with RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit organization that competes with collections agencies to purchase unpaid medical debt for a fraction of the cost and helps folks run crowdfunding campaigns to…
, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Marine Biology? November 15, 2024
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PLU ranks fifth on the Peace Corps’ recently published list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2019. There are 14 Lutes currently volunteering with Peace Corps in countries around the world. Dr. Katherine Wiley, PLU’s Peace Corps Prep Program Coordinator and anthropology professor, credits…
Difference LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Marine Biology? November 15, 2024
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Pacific Lutheran University was recently selected to participate in the second cohort of the Institute of International Education (IIE) American Passport Project. Through this initiative, 25 eligible PLU students who have never had a U.S. passport, will get one free of charge. PLU was one…
Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Marine Biology? November 15, 2024
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In June, PLU’s Kinesiology Team—Emily Whittaker ’21, Alyssa Pociernicki ’22, and Brianna O’Malley ’21—finished third in the 2021 American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) National Knowledge Bowl. “This achievement is significant to us and PLU because it shows how great our undergraduate program is and…
documentary LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Marine Biology? November 15, 2024
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If you think anthropology is limited to the study of stones and old bones, think again! Though anthropology does look at stones and bones, it also examines the politics, medicine, kinship, art and
Quick FactsWhy Study AnthropologyIf you think anthropology is limited to the study of stones and old bones, think again! Though anthropology does look at stones and bones, it also examines the politics, medicine, kinship, art and religion of various peoples and times. This makes the study of anthropology a complex task, for it requires an understanding of the basics of numerous disciplines such as geology, biology, art and psychology. Regardless of the specific area being studied, the essence
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