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gathered samples and expertly interpreted the amassed data. This research project was part of the Natural Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program (NSSURP). NSSURP allows student researchers to work directly with PLU faculty mentors to experience a learning dimension rarely accessible from the academic-year textbook and laboratory assignments. Research projects reflect the natural sciences fields of biology, chemistry, computer science, environmental studies, geosciences, mathematics, physics

become salient to you in your journey as a university professor?PM: Teaching language is such an experience. It’s two dimensional. We are developing language skills, but on the other hand, it is the content that matters so much. We are using the language to discuss the world and questions that are relevant to us, our experience. It allows us to discuss things that matter to us. JRO: I like that concept of duality—that language is interwoven with culture. You cannot separate the two. It’s important to

. Waterfront Sketching Workshop with Darsie Beck, Saturday, July 16, 11 – 1:30 pm, Location: TAM In a workshop inspired by Munch’s love of the sea, join artist Darsie Beck and learn how to create your own travel journal sketch book. Enhance your travel experience and learn the centering qualities of keeping a sketch journal. Beck has taught travel journal sketch workshops for Rick Steves travel groups, the Seattle Public Library, Centrum and the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend. Most recently

Summer Job Spotlight: Nursing Nursing student finds joy in working at assisted living facility Posted by: vcraker / August 23, 2022 August 23, 2022 Parker Simpson ’24 is spending his summer working at an assisted living facility in his hometown of Spokane, Washington. He comes from a family of healthcare professionals and has always wanted to help people. We sat down with him to discuss his experience taking classes in the Rieke Science Center, which is currently undergoing improvements to

do with his experience at the event. “This gives you real life experience, “said Vu, CEO of Company J. “The experience has been great.” He then spotted a judge and mock investor wandering around – the volunteers from the local business community were easily identified by the fake investment dollars in their hands. His attention immediately snapped away from me, and with a polite murmured, “Excuse me,” he was off in the venture capital hunt. For the third annual year, the Washington Business Week

will also appear in the Discovery Channel series “Machines of Malice” in a program that focuses on Rome, which will air at 10 p.m., Sept. 14. For Storfjell the experience was fun and offered another way to spread knowledge and appreciation for a historical sense of the world to a wider audience then an academic journal. “I think it’s really important,” he said about opening up that experience to people who probably will never read a scholarly journal. “Having some sort of historical sense is

March 9, 2013 As part of the SOAC Focus Series – Empowerment, there was a discussion with PLU students and the cast of “How I Learned to Drive.” (Photos by John Froschauer) Facets of self By James Olson ’14 Since its 1997 debut off-Broadway, Paula Vogel’s “How I Learned to Drive” has proven an emotionally rickety experience for actors and audiences alike. Straddling a line somewhere between uncomfortable and redemptive, the play focuses on the sexually abusive relationship between Lil’ Bit

. “I liked being able to engage with the past in different ways that weren’t just through the written record,” Jakowchuk said. “And to be able to look at objects and features and see what they say about our past—I just thought that was so cool.” After committing to dual majors in history and anthropology with a specialty in archaeology, the next step for Jakowchuk was to get experience in the field. In the summer of 2021, she joined an excavation fair in Herefordshire, United Kingdom, working at

What’s Happening This Fall Posted by: Marcom Web Team / April 29, 2020 April 29, 2020 To: All students and families From: Office of the President Date: Wednesday, April 29 at 3:30 p.m. Dear students and families, My oldest son, a first-year university student, recently quipped, “Remote learning was okay for a few weeks, but I just want to get back to learning in person and enjoying life on campus.” Our youngest, a high-school junior, responded with, “I just hope I’ll get to experience college

-Degree Engineering Program. In addition to math and science courses, students will complete an internship/industry experience and/or courses in business, economics, history and ethics. “Project-based learning is a different kind of learning than in-class learning and adds a different kind of value to a student’s degree,” said Bogomil Gerganov, associate professor of physics. “Internships and apprenticeships are extremely valuable training for future engineers, and students with such experience are