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September 7, 2009 The generous spirit of Norm Forness With some books you don’t have anything like the complete story until you finish the final chapter. So it was with the life of Norm Forness, who passed away last April. After graduating from Pacific Lutheran College in 1958, Forness pursued graduate studies, culminating with the Ph.D. in history from Penn State. He joined the history department at Gettysburg College in 1964 and taught there for 36 years. He was remembered by a colleague as a
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October 7, 2011 dCenter ’emerged’ as a resource for students, fun place to hang out For many, like senior art major Chelsea Putnam, PLU’s Diversity Center is a place to foster one’s individuality.“I really wanted to learn and gain my own individuality with this place,” said Putnam. Initially though, Putnam didn’t really understand what social justice was.“It was a culture shock for me,” Putnam said. “I came from a community that was a very small town. I lived in a very white Hispanic culture
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January 9, 2014 PLU Economics Professor Dr. Martin Wurm addresses the Pierce County Economic Index forum on Jan. 9, 2014, as fellow Professor Neal Johnson looks on. PLU Professors Deliver Pierce County Economic Forecast Pacific Lutheran University economists Drs. Neal Johnson and Martin Wurm delivered the 2014 Pierce County Economic Index (PCEI) forecast this morning at a breakfast at Tacoma’s Hotel Murano hosted by the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber. Looking ahead in 2014, the economists
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January 29, 2014 From PLU to Sochi: Professor Colleen Hacker teaches teams, individuals to possess a gold-medal attitude. By Barbara Clements, Content Development Director PLU Kinesiology Professor Colleen Hacker knows all the Olympics predictions, all the stats for the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team. World champs. Favored to win the gold in Sochi. The ones to beat. As she faces her fifth Olympics, and first Winter Olympics, Hacker, the mental-skills coach for the U.S. team, said she doesn’t think
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From Oxford, England to Oaxaca, Mexico, Jackie Lindstrom ’23 uses math to understand migration Posted by: mhines / May 23, 2023 Image: Jackie Lindstrom ’23 is a chemistry and math major and minor in Hispanic Studies. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) May 23, 2023 By Emily Holt, MFA ’16PLU Marketing and Communications Guest Writer Recently, chemistry major Jackie Lindstrom found herself in Oxford, England, conducting a series of informational interviews with public health representatives from Oxfam and the
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Thank you for supporting Lute Men's Basketball! Q&A with Coach Chad MurrayWhat are some highlights of this year that shows your team succeeding, facing a challenge, and supporting each other? After coming off what was a very emotional and tough loss to Linfield, our team responded by winning 8 straight conference games including an overtime win vs. George Fox, a 2 point win vs. Pacific on a buzzer beater from Seth Hall, and a 16 pt home win vs. Whitworth where we held them to their lowest point
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Marine/environmental chemistry interest? Summer REU in Aquatic Chemical Ecology at Georgia Tech Posted by: yakelina / January 14, 2016 January 14, 2016 From Frank Stuart, Co-Director at Georgia Tech: We will be hosting 10 undergraduate researchers this summer at Georgia Tech in our REU program focused in Aquatic Chemical Ecology. We would like to ask for your help in publicizing this program to undergraduates, at Georgia Tech and elsewhere. Our program website is http://www.biology.gatech.edu
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2018 Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) Summer Internship Program Posted by: alemanem / January 2, 2018 January 2, 2018 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) Summer Internship Program provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to participate in projects at federal research facilities located across the country focused on helping DNDO meet its mission of “implementing domestic nuclear detection efforts for a managed and
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DOE’s Office of Science Is Now Accepting Applications Summer 2024 Undergraduate Internships Posted by: alemanem / October 18, 2023 October 18, 2023 Applications are currently being accepted for the Summer 2024 term of an undergraduate internship programs offered by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science: the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program. The application deadline is January 9, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. EST. Through SULI, undergraduate students and recent
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This year’s Bjug A. Harstad Memorial Lecture will be held on Monday, March 14, 2016 at 7 pm in PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center. The lecture, “The Role of National Identities in a Rapidly Changing World,” will be delivered by Dr. Hege C. Finholt, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Arts and Ideas at the University of Oslo, Norway. Dr. Hege C. Finholt holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Boston University and a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of
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