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encouraged by the interdisciplinary arm of the contest. The Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications also hosts the Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)—the “pure math” side of the competition. This year the simultaneous contests drew 20,000 teams and played out at thousands of locations across twenty-one countries. At PLU, the ultramarathon-style drama unfolds in the Morken Center for Learning and Technology, where, this year Duffy, Madeline and Matthew listened to the Vines for six hours
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Granlund, ’13, an analytics manager at Alaska Airlines, first visited the company as a PLU senior on a career exploration trip. “Aviation was never on the radar for me,” said Granlund, who majored in math, physics and art. But after the visit, she spotted a job posting for an internship, took advantage of that opportunity, and “fell in love with the work.” Fast-forward six years to Spring Break 2019 — and Mimi was now one of the PLU alumni hosting current students during their Career Trek. Resources
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their university. Where does the summer course in Norway take place?Students spend their first week in training in Oslo with time at the Peace Institute’s student cabin. The focus of these first days of the course is dialogue and peace. The next six weeks, students are part of an international student body of participants from over 90 countries. The course on peace studies is one of many offered at the Oslo International Summer School on the University of Oslo campus. Students live in a campus
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didn’t. And I have five or six rooms full of pots that will never go anywhere because I didn’t give up. I didn’t sell them, but they are still sitting here all over the place. Read Previous “Impressions” exhibition hits its mark Read Next Reflective Viewing: Finding the Divine Within You LATEST POSTS Pacific Lutheran University Communication students help forgive nearly $1.9M in medical debt in Washington, Idaho, and Montana May 20, 2024 PLU Faculty Directs Local Documentary November 8, 2022
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. Page spent two January terms abroad, the first in New Zealand for a hiking and trekking P.E. course, and the second in the Patagonian Mountains of Southern Chile through the National Outdoor Leadership School for a Mountaineering course focusing on outdoor leadership, technical climbing skills and environmental education. “We spent six weeks in the backcountry of Patagonia learning to be self-sufficient and flourish under the banner of non-human-dominated mountainous environments,” said Page. “It
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planned for Saturday, March 31, at Richmond Beach Yoga in Shoreline, Wash. The event runs from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and is open to the public. Six instructors will each lead half-hour sessions, and after three hours, the group will have completed 108 sun salutations. There is a $25 suggested donation and all proceeds will go toward building the expanded training center. Bryant, through various fundraisers, hopes to raise $30,000 to begin the project of opening the new, expanded training center. The goal
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money and start a client base. And, as is the case with any student group, MediaLab has had to contend with constant staff changes. “I’ve often referred to MediaLab as this race car traveling down the track at 70 to 80 miles per hour,” said Wells, “and because we’re at a university, there is obviously a cycle. People are going off to study abroad for six months or a year, and people are graduating, and people are transferring in and transferring out. So you’re trying to keep the car on the road
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but also kind of dreading that additional four-to-six years of school. I imagine you talk a lot about the application process? Definitely. Getting into medical school is a rigorous process. All the prerequisites you need to do before applying, plus all the volunteering and all the clinical hours you need, it’s just really daunting. When we have these alums come in, they kind of reassure the students that it’s very doable. These discussions with alumni who have done it successfully have made a lot
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ethnic diversity, and social justice, such as teachers, professors, pastors, community leaders, and/or guidance counselors. Letters from family members will not be considered. Letters of reference must have been written within the last six months prior to the date of application and address the Rieke Leadership Scholarship. Application Restrictions Recipients must be full-time students Recipients must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above Renewal of the award is not automatic. A complete
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publishing. One of only a few such programs in the country, PLU’s distinctive interdisciplinary curriculum in Publishing and Printing Arts (PPA) is highly respected by employers. It combines pre-professional skills and experience, with the solid foundation of a liberal arts education. PPA is a six-course minor that gives students with talent and interest in writing, graphic design, communication or business a head start into the world of publishing and a broad variety of related professions. The
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