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team returns to the Northwest and 50-degree weather. A cool rush of air greets us as we leave the airport. It’s been raining all week, and there’s water everywhere. Reflecting on the trip later from an alcove at PLU’s Anderson University Center, Kaitlynn Cory ’15 said the trip has changed her life and her outlook on even the smallest details. She can now look at the not-so-perfectly-timed arrival of a church group bearing shoes for the village, just before the well was dedicated, with a bit of
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bibliography or review article and explain briefly why the new publications were chosen. In making their case, students should point to changes or trends in a particular field that have made the original source no longer relevant to current academic discourse.Following research trendsType of activity: Group project; Individual project; Capstone project Goal: Trace how research trends and academic knowledge change over time. Brief overview: Select a present-day issue or concern. Search the past literature
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at PLU. They are absolutely great and kind professors. Ida Martine WahlstroemGlobal Studies, 2018 I chose PLU first of all because of the university’s strong tie to Norwegian heritage, and I value the smaller, inclusive, and diverse PLU community where the professors know the students well and the Wang Center allows students to pursue global study away journeys. My favorite parts of PLU [have] been the Norwegian influence in the community, studying away in Taipei, Taiwan, engaging through
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2010 Capstone Celebration SymposiumPLU Chemistry Department May 3rd to May 7th, 2010 Join the Chemistry Department to hear the senior capstone presentations. Student presentations will occur Monday through Friday. The schedule of talks with more details is given below. [ Monday | Tuesday | Thursday | Friday] Talks will be held in the Morken Center, Rooms 103 (M, F) and 132 (T, TH)!Monday, May 3rd, 2010 (Morken Room 103)12:40 pm - Tetrablock copolymers: Anionic synthesis and compatibilizer
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2013 Capstone Celebration Symposium PLU Chemistry Department April 29th to May 3rd, 2013 Join the Chemistry Department to hear the senior capstone presentations. Student presentations will occur Monday through Friday. The schedule of talks with more details is given below. [ Monday | Wednesday | Friday ] Morken Center, Room 103Monday, April 29th, 2013 (Morken Room 103)12:30 pm - Snacks Provided - Bring your own lunch12:50 pm - Welcome1:00 pm - Hyaluronic Acid: Synthesis and Application
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HistoryIn the spring of 2007, the First Year Experience Program, Diversity Center and Student Involvement & Leadership partnered to pilot a Common Reading program for a select group of first-year students. The program was initially offered to President’s, Regents’ and Rieke Scholars; over the years, under the leadership of Amber Baillon and with the support of campus partners, it grew to include Act Six Scholars, IHON students, and students enrolled in PSYC 113, and in the Fall of 2012 it
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town’s annual Strawberry Festival on Saturday, June 4, 2011. Two weeks earlier the deadliest tornado in our nation’s history ripped through Joplin, Mo., killing 160 people and causing almost $3 billion in damage. Today our goal was to interview any survivors and relief workers we could find. We figured the best place to find people would be in the center of the devastation. I was traveling the country researching for a documentary on compassion fatigue, an issue that particularly affects caregivers
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love a place relentlessly, even in the face of its pain and challenges.” His mother stressed that the same commitment to equity must shine through the recipients of the new scholarship; it’s what Panago would have wanted. “I hope that he’s proud,” Georgia said. “We’re making things happen in his name.” Jonathan Jackson ’12, a fellow member of PLU’s first Act Six cadre, says Panago possessed an “others before self” mindset. Jackson says his friend wasn’t one to be front and center in his activism
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whether we are working in the classroom or the community center, in print or online. My field, English and Writing Studies, shows us how to read deeply and to understand the world. More specifically, it helps us see, value, and interpret the enormous scope and scale of life and experience. When we see ourselves reflected in a children’s book or when we are seen through our virtual identities, we are situated within a vast ecosystem of knowledge, history, meaning, and understanding, every cell of which
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studies in our region. Soon after, Neal Sobania (Professor of History, at that time, the director of the Wang Center), asked if I would be interested in being the 2012 Site Director in Chengdu for a semester. The opportunity to take my family and actually study/teach in China for three and a half months was a no-brainer, and off we went…one suitcase each. When I was asked if I would be interested in repeating the experience this year, I figured it was a vocational calling and perhaps this journey will
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