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October 28, 2011 A passion for learning is explored By Chris Albert The route to being an educator may vary, but a key ingredient is being passionate about being a life-long learner. It’s a sentiment the panel of current educators and PLU alumni shared with students during the Career Connections in Education discussion in October. A panel of PLU alumni share their experiences with current students about life as educators. “You have to have that whole idea that you’re going to be a life-long

January 22, 2013 PLU chef Erick Swenson ’91 checks on a tray of shrimp from the oven. Food For Thought By Katie Scaff ’13 Twenty years ago, you’d never find pav bhaji – a curry dish served on dinner rolls – alongside the burgers and fries in the University Commons – but a lot has changed in 20 years.  Two decades ago Erick Swenson ’91 was a junior studying music at PLU. He’d eat dinner with fellow choir students at long industrial, cafeteria style tables that have since been replaced by smaller

January 29, 2014 PLU Relay for Life Wins 5th National Top 10 Award Participants in PLU’s 2013 Relay for Life raised more than $25,000 for the American Cancer Society. (Photo: John Froschauer / PLU) By Sandy Deneau Dunham Content EditorIn April 2013, more than 400 Lutes participated in PLU’s Relay for Life, not only raising cancer awareness but also raising enough money to gain major national acclaim. Again. PLU’s 2014 Relay for Life Date and time: 6 p.m. Friday, April 25 More info

Simulating for Success PLU's new center uses 21st century tools to teach next-gen nursing Posted by: Logan Seelye / November 1, 2021 November 1, 2021 By Lora ShinnResoLute Guest WriterA pair of nursing students in grey scrubs knock on the door, wash their hands, and greet little Jillian, who rests in a bed connected to beeping monitors. The child opens her eyes and whimpers, then coughs. As the students listen to Jillian’s lung sounds, the patient moans in pain as her breathing becomes more

site broadens participation in STEM. In collaboration with their peers and faculty mentors, the undergraduate students undertake individual projects including core-shell plasmonic nanoparticles for applications in anti-counterfeiting, metal-organic supercontainers for biomass conversion, computational methods to improve f-block element separations, organic semiconductor materials from perfluoroalkylated aromatic molecules, nanoparticles with tailored surfaces for specific cellular surface targets

February 14, 2008 Get ready, Relay for Life set for April For the third time in as many years, PLU will host a Relay for Life event on campus. The annual fund-raising event for the American Cancer Society also celebrates cancer survivors and caregivers and remembers those who’ve died from the disease. Relay events are held in communities across the nation. Teams of students, faculty, staff and alumni are already forming for PLU’s 18-hour walk around the university track on April 25 and 26. This

has funded the Out to Innovate Scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year, which includes first ($5000) and second ($2500) place graduate and undergraduate scholarships. Application due June 4th. Learn more at:  https://www.outtoinnovate.org/scholarships Read Previous Data Science in Oceanography Summer Program Read Next Research Technologist I with Bloodworks Northwest LATEST POSTS Mississippi State University Now Accepting 2025 Summer REU Environmental Science Applications November 15, 2024

Colorado Conference for Underrepresented Students In Mathematics Posted by: nicolacs / January 30, 2023 January 30, 2023 April 14-16, 2023 – Colorado State University Undergraduate and first-year graduate students from underrepresented groups (self identified) are invited to participate in the conference and to present work on a research topic. There is no registration fee and pre-approved airfare and local expenses for the 14th – 15th will be covered by conference funding.  Space is limited

Graduate Studies Program – Institute for Shock Physics Washington State University Posted by: alemanem / October 30, 2023 October 30, 2023 The Institute for Shock Physics is a multidisciplinary research organization within the College of Arts and Sciences at Washington State University.  Institute faculty participants from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Engineering and Architecture study the response of materials at extreme conditions. Students from various academic departments can carry

program and submit your application at www.acs.org/ireu. Deadline for completed applications is January 25, 2016 Read Previous ACS page for undergraduate research internships Read Next Marine/environmental chemistry interest? Summer REU in Aquatic Chemical Ecology at Georgia Tech LATEST POSTS Mississippi State University Now Accepting 2025 Summer REU Environmental Science Applications November 15, 2024 Dept of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship October 30, 2024 2025 Fred Hutch Summer