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GCURS and Road to Grad School Workshop Posted by: alemanem / September 23, 2020 September 23, 2020 Are you curious about graduate school? Do you want to know more about what you can do with a PhD and how to apply? Are you unsure if you’re qualified or ready for this step? This workshop hosted by Rice University chemistry graduate students will help you to learn about what a PhD entails, how to apply, why you’d apply, and more! The workshop will be hosted over zoom on Friday, October 16, 2020
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In January 2017, Pacific Lutheran University was the benefactor of the Thorniley Collection by WCP Solutions (formerly West Coast Paper). The collection of antique metal and wood type and printing and binding equipment originated with William O. Thorniley (Bill), who from the age of nine, was fascinated by type when he was given a small printing press for Christmas. During his lifetime he traveled extensively in his job, and was constantly on the lookout for old fonts of type. From Alaska to
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his wife, Shirley, who died in 2009. The scholarship supports returning students who have decided to pursue their college degree after spending time in the workplace.David graduated in 1948 from Buckley High School, now renamed White River High School, and then spent a decade in the workplace before deciding to go back to college in 1958. His first stop was another college, but he couldn’t find a good counselor and struggled with classes, so he quit. A Lute friend suggested he check out PLU. Once
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November 17, 2008 Lutes continue conference rule, win awards The PLU Volleyball team finished the regular season with its 13th consecutive Northwest Conference victory and third straight conference crown. The win came against the Willamette Bearcats in three straight sets Nov. 6 at the Cone Field House and put the team at 20-6 for the regular season. The victory ultimately put the Lutes into the NCAA Division III national tournament as the No. 4 seed. They faced Nebraska Wesleyan, the No. 5
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further called attention to the racism that pervades all types of systems, including labor hierarchies, health care, and education. We know that our students and community are impacted, and that we have a role to play in addressing injustice. As Global Studies faculty, we teach the historical origins of global issues and to continue to imagine, in collaboration with our students, possible solutions. We know that we also have work to do, including continuing to acknowledge the often-racist history of
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of college I was extremely sick,” Larios recalls. “I had three surgeries in 10 months and countless emergency room visits. Six months before I left for Namibia I was finally healthy. It was going to be the redeeming experience I needed, so having it canceled was really disappointing.” While Larios was only in Namibia from January to March of 2020, she found a marimba band at a local private school through an advertisement in the local newspaper and went on to teach and perform with them. After
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Physics Chair Bret Underwood receives 2023 K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award in Research Posted by: nicolacs / January 25, 2024 Image: Students in Physics Chair Bret Underwood’s PHYS 310 course titled” Methods of Experimental Physics” experiment with big coils of wire and magnetic fields, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, in the Rieke Science Center at PLU. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) January 25, 2024 By Jeffrey RobertsPLU Marketing & CommunicationsThe K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award in Research recognizes
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Values Based EducationWe think college is the time to ask the big questions. What will you live for? What are you called to be and to do? How will you make a genuine contribution to the world? What is your purpose, your passion, your unique talent? At PLU we help you recognize your connection with the world and your responsibility to serve it. And our Lutheran heritage gives PLU a uniquely broad idea of what it means to be successful. We prepare students to land that good job and become leaders
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these women of slave descent to raise their position in a changing social order. Katherine Wiley with Dayda Mint Hamoud, right, a good friend from Kankossa, who is an entrepreneur with a stall in the market, a dyeing business and various gardening projects. These days, Wiley’s research is finding a number of different audiences. Since the book’s release last fall, Wiley has spoken at the World Affairs Council of Tacoma and participated in a panel discussion on her work with other PLU faculty. For
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discussion on her work with other PLU faculty. For anthropologists and scholars of slavery, the book expands the research on Haratine people beyond a focus on major public figures, by showing how women are transforming their status in their everyday lives. Wiley also hopes non-governmental organizations and people working in Mauritania might benefit from its nuanced understanding of Haratine diversity. For general readers, the book portrays Muslim women who refute prevalent stereotypes. Just like
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