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on the geology of national parks and fell in love with the way that geology can tell stories millions of years old from the rocks that are still here. I settled into those programs and thought I was done, but when the PLUS Year was announced … I realized that I had really enjoyed taking the religion classes I took … and that with the PLUS Year, I would be able to complete a major in it. Religion is so influential in people’s lives, studying it felt like a really good way to open up my

. “PLU gave us a good start toward our careers as successful business people. This gift was a way to recognize the support we received while making a difference for current students,” Don Wilson said. Avid skiers, Don, Kim and Stacy were members of the ski team while at PLU. “I didn’t play football, soccer or lacrosse at PLU, but I know that the field will strengthen these programs and general recreation there,” he said. “Athletics is an important part of the university experience and the new field

. Rude comes to PLU from Chicago, where she most recently served as program director for Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries, and as a colleague in ministry at Grace Lutheran Church in Evanston, Ill.At Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries, Rude led programs committed to expanding opportunities nationally in the ELCA for LGBTQ pastors. She has also served as youth outreach minister for The Night Ministry in Chicago, where she provided pastoral care, crisis response and advocacy in an interfaith and

sustainable development and conservation is an understatement.  Bill was a foreign study pioneer developing programs in Central America and the Galapagos Islands in the 1980s at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina.  While at Furman, he chaired the Latin American Studies concentration, implemented an interdisciplinary program among five departments, and supervised dozens of undergraduate research projects.  After several years in the 1990s teaching undergraduate biology, he heard about the

resources,” said Adams, this year’s student speaker for Commencement. He’s served as a resident assistant, including resident assistant positions with the Social Action and Leadership and First in the Family communities. He says he’s proud to have worked with Residential Life to provide resources and programs that focus on “empowering residents to handle adversities and develop skills to navigate the university campus.” Adams also has served as the youth engagement coordinator at PLU’s Center for

recitals, listened to Burton play Bach’s Prelude & Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV876. And then the master teaching kicked in. (Feltsman is known for his frankness.) We caught up with Burton, recipient of the PLU Music and Bertha Gilbertson Endowed Piano Scholarships, during gap year in her hometown of Camas, Wash. What did you do right after graduation? I spent most of my summer doing Chinese translation work and researching graduate piano programs in China online. In the end, I had tennis elbow from all

, others 20 or more — a chance to learn study skills, habits and techniques from the younger, newer, more savvy cadets.”ROTC at PLULearn more about the programThe university piloted the program last year with a few cadets and veterans; a full roll out began at the start of the 2017-18 academic year. Maj. David Orzech ’18, active duty in the Army, is one of the cadet mentors. He is currently a full-time student in the Master of Business Administration program at PLU and works closely with Farnum to help

employed as teachers or are in education administration as principals. Jackson Reisner (PLU photo/Sy Bean) The PLU Connection Jackson’s parents, Amy and Eric, met while attending PLU, and PLU was one of the first to recruit Jackson for the basketball team.   “When I visited, I liked the feeling of a Division III school and saw the people on the team were a good community. I knew that even if I stopped playing, I’d want to stay at PLU,” Jackson says.     He thought his sister Sydney, two years younger

from primarily undergraduate institutions are especially encouraged to apply. Participants must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. Early bird application deadline – March 25, 2019. Final application deadline April 8, 2019. Full details available here: http://reu.eng.ua.edu/programs/interdisciplinary-application-advanced-polymers-engineering-innovations/ Read Previous ACS Puget Sound Section Scholarship Read Next CHOPs (CHemistry OPportunities) LATEST POSTS Mississippi State University

Statement of Mission-Based Values The WAVE Fellows program supports this goal by increasing visibility and accessibility to Caltech’s PhD programs to undergraduates in STEM fields who are seriously considering attending graduate school. WAVE Fellows is a 10-week undergraduate research program that provides robust programming in the areas of academic and professional development. Eligibility: Students must be current sophomores through non-graduating seniors and must be U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent