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Associate Professor of Biology Jacob Egge works with students during a summer semester research project. (Photo by PLU Photographer John Froschauer) Faculty-Student Research Provides a Cornerstone of the PLU Mission By Pacific Lutheran University Marketing & Communications and the Office of the Provost This year’s…
closed conifer cones. Crossbills forage by biting between overlapping scales and laterally abducting the lower mandible, thereby prying the scale apart to expose the seed at the base. North American red crossbills are categorized into 10 call types that differ in body size, bill size and palate structure, and non-song vocalizations. The structure of the conifer cones on which each call type specializes is the agent of selection driving the evolution of bill and palate structure between the different
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A year of achievement and a Decade of Change Dear Colleagues and Friends, It is a great joy for me to welcome each of you to University Fall Conference as we prepare to launch the 2010-2011 academic year, the 121st year in the life of…
tributaries. Three of our faculty also received Fulbright Awards last year. Joanne Lisosky will teach journalism at Baku University in Azerbaijan beginning next January. Janet Weiss traveled to Namibia in July to undertake work in curriculum development. Jennifer Jenkins participated this past summer in the Baden-Württemberg Seminar for American Faculty in German and German studies. Every year our faculty produce hundreds of publications, creative works and performances. And this commitment to our
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More than 850 students will graduate from PLU for the 2011-2012 academic year. Spring Commencement takes place Sunday, May 27 in the Tacoma Dome. (Photo by John Froschauer) In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a…
studying away in Trinidad and Tobago and Namibia, the opportunity to do undergraduate research and present at the American Academy of Religion national conference, and my year as a sojourner advocate in the Wang Center have all exposed me to a variety of new and exciting perspectives and experiences. Kristen Lee ’12 is from Edmonds, Wash. But it has been the relationships I have formed that I will carry throughout my life that have truly defined my PLU experience. What’s next? I will be volunteering in
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For the 2012-2013 academic year, 877 students will have graduated from PLU. Spring Commencement takes place Sunday, May 26 in the Tacoma Dome. (Photo by John Froschauer) In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a chapter…
. She said that being a DIII athlete was all about the balance of excellence as a student, excellence as an athlete, and being able to get the complete college experience. My PLU experience: My PLU experience would be summed up in one word…growth. I came to PLU without much confidence, without much sense of the world around me, and without a lot of challenges. That all changed when I came on campus. Within the first months, my coach, Erin Van Nostrand, told me that I would be an All-American by the
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