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What’s in our room? With Jess Mason ’24 Posted by: vcraker / April 13, 2023 April 13, 2023 Portland native, Jess Mason gives a tour of their room in Hong Hall. Hong Global Hall is for local, national, and international students. Located in the middle of upper campus, it is home to a unique living/learning community consisting of six language and global engagement houses: Chinese, French, Global Studies, Indigenous Languages, Spanish, and the International Honors program. CLICK HERE to learn

environment of care, inclusion, thoughtful inquiry and a love of learning. In particular, her work with first-generation and Latinx students, including heritage speakers of Spanish, demonstrates an above-and-beyond approach that has improved student experience and confidence and strong retention amongst this fast-growing student population.” Davidson’s Spanish for Heritage Speakers course yields an outstanding 100% retention rate among first-year Latino/a/x students. Her commitment to affirming and

celebrate our heritage, but we are also focusing on supporting students to succeed academically by having club study hours at the library and connecting them to resources and faculty on campus.” The group kicked off the school year with “Bienvenida: Latin@ Family Session,” a special Orientation session in Spanish that welcomed parents of incoming Lutes. Amigos Unidos also hosted a table at the Sept. 11 Involvement Fair and held a bonfire that evening at the Stuen fire pit to welcome new and returning

Opportunities in Chemistry Students Rebecca Smith ’24, Aidan Hopson ’24 and Professor Andrea Munro discuss ways to get involved with the PLU Department of Chemistry. Posted by: mhines / January 24, 2024 January 24, 2024 Are you interested in studying chemistry at PLU?As a PLU chemistry student, you’ll work closely with professors who have expertise in all major branches of chemistry — from organic and biochemistry to polymer and analytical chemistry.LEARN MORE Read Previous Communication

Duke Ellington” in UC 201. From 2 to 3 p.m., Torvend, “Resisting Racism: Apartheid, Tutu, and the Icon” in UC 133. Assistant art professor Heather Mathews will lecture on “Monumental Art and the Memory of the Holocaust” on Feb. 13 from 1:45 to 2:30 p.m. in UC 133. Also on Feb. 13, Sascha Schönhaus will read from and discuss his father’s recently published work, “The Forger: An Extraordinary Story of Survival in War-time Berlin,” at 11:15 a.m. in the UC’s Regency Room. In the book, Cioma Schönhaus

-on skills, increase her knowledge, improve her clinical judgment and continue her overall growth as a health care provider.  Maria Surla ’23 and Ramona Nieman ’23 demonstrate in English and Spanish what PLU students asked Oaxacan patients during wellness screenings and patient education, in this case for pulmonary/lung health. “In nursing, there are so many career options,” she says, whether in mental health or emergency departments. It’s also a good fit for her personality. “I like the

, and highly beneficial. In addition to receiving an exceptional education, I have also been able to enjoy the beautiful campus and the diverse student population that exists at PLU. What’s next? After graduation I will begin my search for a registered nurse resident position in emergency nursing. After gaining several years of experience, I hope to be able to delve into the specialty of trauma nursing. I have also not entirely eliminated the option of obtaining a master’s degree in nursing so that

Rediscovery: Dr. Jenkins and the Texts of Hermann Broch Posted by: Matthew / December 4, 2017 Image: Professor Jen Jenkins at the grave of Herman Broch in Connecticut. December 4, 2017 By Clayton Regehr '18PLU HumanitiesOccasionally, we are fortunate enough to find things that are more exciting than what we are searching for. This is certainly true for Dr. Jen Jenkins, Associate Professor of German in the Languages and Literature Department at Pacific Lutheran University.Dr. Jenkins spent the

June 4, 2009 Celebrating God’s creation and bringing others along STANDING ATOP a mountain with unobstructed views and seeing the contours of valleys below is an awe-inspiring event for Dan Baker. In fact, it is where he relates to God. It is something Baker wants to share. He hopes to inspire youth by helping them explore the same things that inspire him – a chance to see God’s creation in all its glory. One place Baker has found what he’s after is at Camp Luther haven, an ELCA camp near Coeur

true embodiment of this idea.  At PLU, Xi Zhu is a teacher, with valuable knowledge and deep interest in Chinese pre-modern literature. But every day this past fall, after teaching his course at PLU, Zhu commuted north to the University of Washington to take a class for his PhD. While both teaching a class and taking a class, Zhu was also working on his dissertation.  As a doctoral student, Zhu is studying a manuscript version of a pre-300 B.C.E. Chinese text known in English as the Classic of Odes