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  • Dr. Elizabeth Brusco speaks at the Women's Center's 20th Anniversary Gala on March 22, 2010.

    . Elizabeth Brusco speaks at the Women’s Center’s 20th Anniversary Gala on March 22, 2010.Applications for the 2022-23 school year will be open April 11th- April 30th.  Interviews will be conducted the first week of May. Awardee will be determined by Friday May 13th.Apply Today!Past Recipients2010-2011: Lauren Fuglevand (Biology) 2011-2012: Audrey Lewis (Chinese Studies & WMGS) 2012-2013: Malia Oshiro (Secondary Education) 2013-2014: Jenny Taylor (Hispanic Studies) and Leslie Ducay (Communications–Public

  • Seattle Children’s is seeking undergraduate students to participate in a 10-week paid summer internship. The program is for students from backgrounds that are historically underrepresented in the biomedical and health sciences. Students must have a strong background and interest in one of the following fields:…

    Paid Summer Scholar Program at Seattle Children’s Hospital Posted by: nicolacs / February 6, 2023 February 6, 2023 Seattle Children’s is seeking undergraduate students to participate in a 10-week paid summer internship. The program is for students from backgrounds that are historically underrepresented in the biomedical and health sciences. Students must have a strong background and interest in one of the following fields: biology, biochemistry, microbiology, neuroscience, mathematics

  • Peace forum livestreamed at PLU Three speakers at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum will be livestreamed at PLU on March 8,9 and 10. Discussion by faculty will follow. March 8: The first lecture will be by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, the father of the micro-credit…

    Zabriskie (business). March 9: On Saturday, a talk by Dr. Paul Farmer, one of the world’s leading thinkers on health and human rights, will be live streamed at 1:30 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. Faculty-led discussion will be led by professors Matt Smith (biology) and Gina Hames (history). March 10: Finally on Sunday, Nobel Laureate Tawakkol Karman, a Yemeni journalist will talk about safety and the rights of women and children in Yemen. She will be live streamed at 1:30 p.m. in room 133 of

  • By Michael Halvorson, Benson Chair in Business and Economic History. On Friday, December 8, 2017, three PLU students will present the results of their summer research projects in a public presentation connected to PLU’s Business and Economic History program. The presenters are Michael Diambri, Teresa…

    .” Michael is working towards a History degree at PLU and is scheduled to graduate in May, 2018. Teresa Hackler’s project is entitled “Exclusion laws in Oregon and the context of African American health outcomes.” Teresa is a History major on the way to nursing school, scheduled to graduate from PLU after J-term 2018. Alex Lund’s project is entitled “Trains, Grains, and Elevators: Economic and Cultural Shifts of Agricultural Communities in Northeastern Montana, 1910-2003.” Alex is a double major (Biology

  • DESCRIPTION The Cind M. Treser Memorial Student Scholarship program (formerly the Ed Pickett Memorial Student Scholarship) gives recognition to outstanding and deserving undergraduate students majoring in Environmental Health (or in an allied discipline) and who intend to take employment in the field of Environmental Health…

    : biology & microbiology, organic & inorganic chemistry, epidemiology, biostatistics, and environmental health topics. Be a student member of WSEHA or become a member upon receipt of the scholarship. (Click here to access the WSEHA Membership Application.) Demonstrate his/her intent to become employed in the field of environmental health in Washington following graduation. Be willing to submit a photograph if awarded the scholarship. Intend to attend the WSEHA Annual Educational Conference to receive

  • Earth & Diversity Week is an opportunity to explore the interconnected relationship between diversity, justice, and sustainability and how these values experienced in our contexts today. Earth & Diversity Week is hosted annually during the week of Earth Day and features Earth Day lectures, campus…

    and actions from the eighteenth century onward that illustrate how they have made and continue to maintain the surrounding marine waters as their own.” The cover of "The Sea is my Country" by Joshua L. Reid, published by Yale University Press. PLU History DepartmentLearn more about what the PLU History Department has to offer! The lecture will be on April 17 at 7 p.m. in Xavier 201. Admission is free and open to the public! This lecture is being held amidst many notable anniversaries. 2024 is the

  • See all the projects and art that our Art and Design seniors have created.

    degree at Olympic College. She’s intrigued by anything involving studio and fine arts. She has strong experience in drawing, painting, crafting and is learning graphic design.Portfolio Nicholas SpanglerBA, Studio Art | BS, Biology Nicholas Spangler has always appreciated the beauty and complexity of nature. When choosing subjects to study, he found both biology and art to be equally important to how he sees and interacts with the world.Portfolio Kayla SpenceBFA, Graphic Design | Specialized Marketing

  • Emily Struck ’23 made the most of her chemistry major at PLU, conducting individualized research with professors and tutoring other students on campus. As she takes her next step in the fall pursuing a Ph.D. in organic chemistry at Purdue University, Struck reflects on her…

    plant biology at PLU Read Next Opening Doors: PLU Partnership with PNWU creates new opportunities for PLU pre-health sciences graduates LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 The Passing of Bryan Dorner June 4, 2024 Student athlete Vinny D’Onofrio ’24 excelled in biology and chemistry at PLU June 4, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to

  • Editor’s Note: Dr. Michael Haglund gave the Distinguished Alumnus Lecture during the Homecoming 2013 festivities in October.  Neurosurgeon, alum follows his heart and passion to Africa By Heather Perry ’13 May 18, 1980 is the day Mt. St. Helens blew its top , but Dr.…

    at Duke University, and he recently received an endowed Chair in the Department of Surgery. “PLU really helped lay a lot of foundations,” Haglund said. “It will always have a soft spot in my heart.” That soft spot remains in part because Haglund met his wife in PLU’s Mortvedt Library, and they have now been married for 32 years. It’s also because of the close, personal relationships he developed with recently retired chemistry professors Charles Anderson and Larry Huestis and especially biology

  • Parker Simpson ’24 is spending his summer working at an assisted living facility in his hometown of Spokane, Washington. He comes from a family of healthcare professionals and has always wanted to help people. We sat down with him to discuss his experience taking classes…

    discuss his experience taking classes in the Rieke Science Center, which is currently undergoing improvements to ensure students like Simpson get the best educational experience possible.Why did you want to study nursing? I chose to study nursing because caring for others is extremely important to me, and I am also extremely interested in biology. So, combining those two aspects in a major like nursing seemed like a great idea. Also, my grandma is a nurse, my brother’s a nurse and my sister’s a nurse