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the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and served as dean of community education at Federal City College in Washington D.C. His education included a bachelor’s of science degree from Concordia College in River Forest, Illinois and a Doctor of Education from the University of Kansas. He also spent four years in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. After PLU, Dr. Wiegman served as the Washington State Commissioner of Employment Security. A lasting highlight of his service with the state was his key role in

courses in geology will not make a journalist-to-be fluent in climate change, and that simply pass-failing “Ethics and the Good Life” and “Social and Political Philosophy” cannot be the end-all-be-all of a web engineer’s code of ethics. But we also know that a high quality, liberal arts education has always been, and will always be, the foundation on which genuine expertise is built.I once heard an African-American artist from Chicago lament that far too many young people graduate from public high

marine mammals experienced in captivity, O’Barry founded the Dolphin Project. The project works to end captivity and rehabilitate dolphins or provide an engaging Indonesia-based sea pen if they cannot return to the wild. The Dolphin Project’s Umah Lumba Rehabilitation, Release, and Retirement Center is the first permanent rehabilitation, release, and retirement facility for former dolphin performers. “‘Umah Lumba’ means ‘dolphin house’ in Balinese,” Stafki says. PLU and Beyond Stafki transferred to

Master of Public Administration from the University of Washington and began his career working at the state legislature. He then spent 35 years working at Washington Public Ports Association, most recently as the executive director.Johnson now combines his interest in public policy, the environment and economics as the executive director of the Port of Tacoma – the fourth largest trade gateway in North America. In this role, he manages the industrial properties, selected marine terminals and planning

you take care of yourself! I found it difficult to pull myself away from my work from time to time since I enjoyed it so much, but taking the time to care for myself outside of work better ensured my ability to perform well in the long run. Read Previous Lydia Flaspohler ’25 and Ryan Fisher ’24 dive into the secrets of marine microorganisms Read Next PLU researchers shine light on RNA activities LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world

Florida to Alaska, and graduated from top music schools like Eastman on the east coast, to Pacific Lutheran University on this coast, and seemingly everywhere in between. Several Senators played worldwide with U.S. armed forces bands including the Air Force Airmen of Note, and the Navy, Army and Marine bands. July 21 – Susan Pascal Vibraphonist Susan Pascal has toured the United States and Singapore, played on film soundtracks and is a guest artist on numerous recording projects. Her Quartet’s all

Academy Award-winning documentary “The Cove.”  Devastated by the psychological and physical damage marine mammals experienced in captivity, O’Barry founded the Dolphin Project. The project works to end captivity and rehabilitate dolphins or provide an engaging Indonesia-based sea pen if they cannot return to the wild.  The Dolphin Project’s Umah Lumba Rehabilitation, Release, and Retirement Center is the first permanent rehabilitation, release, and retirement facility for former dolphin performers

all along, but what has remained the same is the focus on the Clover Creek Watershed. As a result, we now have many years worth of data about Clover Creek, water quality, and environmental impacts. It’s a really significant contribution to our community. So the course includes geology, biology, and chemistry to do that work. And it’s also truly interdisciplinary, including units on philosophy, literature, ethics, and Native American studies. Students integrate these various fields–taught by guest

. For safety reasons, each team had adhere to the plan set up during the morning meeting, exploring only those locations discussed with the team. We would also check-in with each other at noon each day using hand-held radios or satellite phones. These precautions would allow one team to locate another in the event of an emergency. As the glacial geology team, our goal was to explore rocks left behind when the West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreated and thinned to its current size. This retreat occurred

person I am now, a much more confident and self-assured individual compared to who I was in September 2009 as a first-year student. What’s next? I plan on taking the year off to work in a field related to sustainability or geology before attending Colorado State University to attain my master’s degree in watershed science, focusing on alpine hydrology. Bernice Monkah, Bachelor of Arts in economics with an mathematical economics concentration and political science with a minor in mathematics Why PLU