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CrossFit champion Cheryl Brost ‘92 talks health and fitness with PLU Professor of Kinesiology Colleen Hacker Posted by: Zach Powers / September 22, 2016 Image: PLU Athletics Hall of Fame inductees Cheryl Brost (left) and Colleen Hacker. (Photo by Zach Powers/PLU) September 22, 2016 While visiting campus to cheer on her son, Alex, and the PLU football team, CrossFit champion Cheryl Brost ’92 reunited with her former coach and mentor Colleen Hacker to discuss smoothie ingredients, PLU women’s

Elite rower, PLU alumna continues showing up, competing on world stage with goal of achieving Paralympics gold Posted by: Kari Plog / March 24, 2016 Image: Natalie McCarthy ’09, a former student athlete and varsity crew team member who now trains as an elite rower, was a bronze medalist in the 2013 World Championship in Chungju, South Korea. (Photo by Robert Carrasco) March 24, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March 24, 2016)- Natalie McCarthy ’09 lost her

to do, and several fields I explored just didn’t fit right,” said Hall, a senior at PLU. “I hadn’t settled and was looking for something else.”It soon became apparent that Hall needed another option, and PLU created one. Working with her advisor, Suzanne Crawford-O’Brien, Hall is now just weeks away from completing an individualized interdisciplinary major in Native American and indigenous studies. “I just went back to what I was interested in,” she said. Hall is a member of the Samish Indian

. Amy Young: That’s great. I like your optimism. Kory Brown: I do. I’ve had a chance in a religious setting for a number of years to work with teenage youth. Then, of course, professionally, I get to work with young adults. I do see that very progression. I do see the ability for people to recognize that they do need to own it. Especially at this 22, 23, 24-year old age, it’s such a ripening age. When I come to class and see the, “Oh, I did it,” not get it in terms of the material that I’m trying to

English abroad in Colombia, writing books about travel and interning for a conservation nonprofit. But now, she says, serving as a park ranger feels like the perfect fit.“I really love working for the Park Service because it’s an organization I can really believe in,” Plog said, “tasked with preserving places for future generations and also making sure people can enjoy them now. I love being part of that.” Plog, who is currently working at Yosemite National Park in California, double majored in

Guzman’s words “to travel from the Stone Age to the Industrial Revolution.” Weaving together archival photos of Patagonians, interviews with their descendants and sympathetic scholars, and breathtaking footage of natural wonders on earth and in space, Guzman has created a film of unusual, cruel beauty, as accessible as it is mind-boggling.* Languages: Spanish, Kawésqar MustangFriday, Sept. 30 | 5:30 p.m. | Ingram 100 Mustang begins at the point when the childhoods of five orphaned sisters in the

You can’t argue with Success Posted by: Todd / April 20, 2014 April 20, 2014 At a liberal-arts college such as Pacific Lutheran University where open dialogue is not just encouraged but expected a healthy argument between students is a common occurrence. But no one crafts strategic arguments like the Lutes of PLU’s historic Speech and Debate team. You could argue that PLU’s rich history of success in the arena of competitive debate is one of the university’s best-kept secrets: Debater Andrew

NSF REU with the Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites Posted by: nicolacs / January 18, 2019 January 18, 2019 Since the summer of 2017, the Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites (CB2), has established a new Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site designed to provide undergraduate students a chance to participate in industry-directed fundamental research opportunities in the fields of bioplastics and biocomposites. The students will gain hands-on experience with synthesis

Virtual Career Fair with the U.S. Dept of State Posted by: nicolacs / October 27, 2022 October 27, 2022 The U.S. Department of State is excited to host its second virtual STEM Diversity Career Fair on Thursday, November 17, 2022, from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time.  This year’s event will again focus on STEM careers in the Foreign and Civil Service as well as student programs and professional fellowships within the Department. We seek architects, engineers, IT professionals, electronic

February 9, 2014 Coach Justin Eckstein, left, addresses the Speech and Debate team, including Pam Barker ’14 (behind Eckstein) and David Mooney ’14 (corner of table). (Photo: John Struzenberg / PLU student) You Can’t Argue with Success PLU Speech and Debate Carries on a Tradition of Excellence By Katie Baumann ’14 At a liberal-arts college such as Pacific Lutheran University—where open dialogue is not just encouraged but expected—a healthy argument between students is a common occurrence. But