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2020 Plant Genome Research Program Posted by: alemanem / January 8, 2020 January 8, 2020 The 2020 Plant Genome Research Program Summer Internship at the Boyce Thompson Institute and Cornell University is now seeking undergraduate and local high school applicants! For the past 19 years, BTI has been hosting a summer internship providing an outstanding student-development program that focuses on training and inspiring the next generation of scientists. Located on the Cornell University campus
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. He was particularly moved by the energy from the first-year students. “They were really excited,” he says. “Their last full school year in person was their sophomore year of high school. There’s been so much that they’ve missed out on in this last year and a half. So they came in with a lot of energy, wanting to make friends right away.” LUTE Welcome organizers combined lessons learned throughout the previous 18 months with traditional LUTE Welcome plans to create a COVID-safe experience unique
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February 22, 2011 Programs that engage the world By Kari Plog ’11 At PLU, studying doesn’t just take place inside a classroom. Nearly half of the students enrolled at PLU will study away by the time they graduate, and the Wang Center for Global Education recently showcased what these experiences can offer through World Conversations. Every January, hundreds of PLU students study around the world. (Photo by Theodore Charles ’12) “World Conversations is designed to give students the opportunity
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at PLU.” Tjiramba began his journey at PLU in 1990. To get here, he competed with more than 800 of his fellow high-school graduates in a study-abroad program put together by Namibian Lutheran churches in collaboration with their American and German counterparts. Tjiramba majored in Communication at PLU, went on to earn a Master’s Degree from California State University-Fullerton and just this year graduated from the University of Namibia with a degree in law. Tjiramba’s Namibian PLU colleagues
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gave Grah the confidence to say yes to a job at a start-up this summer. “I don’t think I would have had the confidence to join a startup without having to go through the competition first,” Grah said. ———- Back to the tiger-slurping project. Matt is headed off to the U of W, while Mark is pondering his grad-school choices. Also after weeks of waiting, and wondering if all that work in a darkened room watching tigers lap water would pay off, Mimi received a telephone call from Horizon Airlines a few
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-building opportunity he’s come across, which have included multiple internships, mentors, and freelance work for local businesses.As a high school student, Holland founded a mini-startup to bring together online gamers and coaches on a digital platform. During his senior year, his high school counselor suggested PLU. Holland was interested—the school’s vlogs and website depicted a beautiful, interesting campus with an intriguing study-away program. Little did he know PLU would continue his computing
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14, Behrens wanted to do anything but follow in his father’s footsteps as a marine biologist. Then he took a marine biology class in high school, and the passion was reborn. He was an assistant for his teacher his senior year in high school and she made him rough out the final exam questions, based on what he could see on the beach. It taught the future professor the importance of getting his students out of the classroom and onto the natural environment. And, certainly, into the water. “I love
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returned to the Yakima, Wash., area when she was 14 – in the middle of the winter. Not only was the weather a shock to the high school freshman, but the culture was a shock as well. She was more acclimated to a laid-back atmosphere and a tropical climate. “I was really lost when I came here. But then I found my friends, my home in the choir,” she said. As for opera, Surkatty was hooked when a traveling opera production came to her high school “and just blew me away. Before that, I thought it was all
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date. Upon registering you will receive an email for a Zoom Link to join us. Tuesday, February 23 from 3pm – 5pm Friday, February 26 from 10am – 12pm IS THE MIX & MINGLE FOR YOU? Whether you are an engineering student enrolled in an engineering program, a student at a local community college taking pre-engineering courses, or are a high school student not completely sure what your plans are but interested in learning more, the Mix & Mingle is meant for you. HOW DO I SIGN UP? If you are
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has been the most exciting thing I’ve ever done,” She remarked. “I really did not think I would start nursing right before a pandemic, but I’ve learned a lot about adapting to change and being flexible.” The Curtis High School graduate admits she’s had a lot of change in her life, especially in her academic career. She started off attending college at WWU in Bellingham but wasn’t interested in the schools’ majors. So, she pivoted closer to home to attend TCC for a year to start her nursing program
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