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Mark Lee, Mimi Granlund and Matt Hubbard and the apparatus they built to help them understand how the roughness and size of a tongue would affect the amount of water an animal could lap up and still be efficient. (Photos by John Froschauer) What exactly…
re-emit energy in the form of light. Jenny Stein ’13 is hoping her time in the lab looking at small glowing crystals will eventually lead to a job researching solar energy. The glowing crystals are called colloidal quantum dots, and Stein has been studying their capacity to absorb and re-emit energy in the form of light. “I really do like the whole concept of renewable energy and applying this to solar cells,” she said. Stein entered PLU with hopes of going to medical school but then switched to
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Originally published in 2016 As scholars of the Humanities in the 21st century we find ourselves working in unusual settings. Places of faith and worship, educational contexts like high schools and public libraries, in newspapers, in comment forums, on radio shows, our “workplaces” often do…
are mean and scary.” “Because they trick people.” “Because they kill small things, cute things.” “Because they hide in the dark and come out at night.” Students and Faculty interact in the Digital Humanities Lab in 2018 I laugh at their enthusiasm and my co-facilitator, a Lakewood branch librarian, steps in: “Right, but are wolves the only animals that do these things?” Again, hands shoot up. “Bears.” “Lions.” “Sharks.” “Alligators.” “Tigers.” I pause for a moment, and then I ask: “What about
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When Matthew Conover ’19 was a student at PLU, he recalls someone telling him there were two types of software engineers: the ones who chose to chase the money, and the ones who had no other choice. “I fall into the latter camp,” Conover said.…
-computer science courses I took at PLU. Physics, for instance, is an amazing way to learn problem solving. I find myself using many of the soft skills from the humanities courses as I am regularly trying to persuade people of my position’s correctness or trying to better communicate the intricacies of my solutions. While at PLU, you had the opportunity to study away. How was that experience? I spent the fall term of my fourth year at King’s College London. I also spent J-Term my second year in
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Travis McDaneld ’23 is entering his fourth year at PLU as an economics major, minoring in data science. When he enrolled at PLU, he had every intention of majoring in business, although he admits to not having any idea about what he wanted to do…
discrimination because you haven’t been there very long. It’s a very healthy working environment. More practically, though, I get to use the skills I’ve built over my time in school in an atmosphere surrounded by finance, which is close to what I major in and love. That’s an amazing opportunity to get to do before I’m even out of college. How did your internship differ from the work you do in the classroom? Often in school, when you’re working with data, it’s very small data sets, but these are really large
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In high school, Peyton Noreen ’23 loved participating in theatre productions. Noreen’s passion for the stage wasn’t something they were ready to give up on when they enrolled at Pacific Lutheran University. It’s why they chose to major in theatre and why they’re spending the…
far want to be there, and they want to do theatre, and they want to have fun and play and use their imaginations. It’s really fun to see. The other aspect of the internship is that I teach a different topic every week. So, in my first week, I taught imagination, teamwork, and collaboration skills to kindergarten through third graders. And then last week, I was teaching improv to fourth through sixth graders. Then this week, I’m working with 13 through 16-year-olds, just giving them a feast, a
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Originally published on the PLU Library blog . Reposted with permission. During J-Term 2021, students in Assistant Professor Kate Drazner Hoyt’s Media Literacy COMA 388 explored topics such as: the role that the press plays in sustaining democracies; the different forms of online misinformation and…
the acceptable communicative behaviors on these apps. They should also come to an understanding that these are all sources meant for forms of social interaction. As long as people approach social media with a basic understanding and critical thinking skills, social media will generate more educated and healthy online communities.Read full project briefLovely McKay: 8 Things to Look For: Identifying Reliable News Artist Statement: I created an infographic for people to consider while they’re
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Jodie Rottle ’10 Finds Fame Even Without a Direct Roadmap By Shunying Wang ’15 and Sandy Deneau Dunham, PLU Marketing & Communications As far as Jodie Rottle ’10 can recall, she started to play the flute because her sister randomly suggested it. Good call, Jodie Rottle’s sister. Rottle,…
remember fondly her stellar performance of Prokofiev’s wickedly difficult Sonata for Flute and Piano in her senior recital.” So while Rottle’s PLU plan might have been a little up in the air, one thing was certain: After earning a bachelor’s degree in Music, there was no question she was a musician. And she wanted even more. “Being a student, you need to get the credentials and skills,” Rottle said. “Especially being a performer, it is less about the academic side of it; it is more about the training
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Isabel Moore plays with her new therapy dog Luka. (John Froschauer 2011) Canine offers friendship, safety for child By: Katie Scaff ’13 This fall, 4-year-old Isabel Moore made more than a new friend when she met Luka, a one-year-old therapy dog. A few students in…
, and for the dog and child to have the strongest possible bond. “Isabel is already ready for Luka because Liz, her mom, has been taking her to see dogs… and working on her skills with dogs.” Luka came to live with Isabel in mid November, thanks to the money raised by Woods and others in the MFT program, and others who have donated either directly to the family or through other fundraising efforts. In addition to providing comfort and support, dogs like Luka are also a social bridge for children
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UPDATE: SAAC’s Inclusion Initiative Just Keeps on Winning By earning the first-ever NCAA Division III Diversity Spotlight Initiative award, PLU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) has received its highest-profile recognition yet for its focus on inclusion—and it’d already received quite a bit. The NCAA’s new award…
sexual orientation. It seeks to challenge the culture of locker rooms and spectator areas by focusing only on an athlete’s skills, work ethic and competitive spirit. Universities, professional sports organizations and celebrities alike have joined the You Can Play movement via video contributions that let athletes and fans know that LGBT athletes are welcome on their teams, in their locker rooms and in the stands. PLU’s SAAC took the You Can Play message one step further, including in its video. To
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A Flutist’s Unplanned Path to Success Internationally renowned flutist Jodie Rottle ’10 advises undergraduates without a clear plan to pause, make slow progress and explore as many new possibilities as they can. (Photo courtesy Jodie Rottle) Jodie Rottle ’10 Finds Fame Even Without a Direct…
perfectly, and it was a very memorable performance. I also remember fondly her stellar performance of Prokofiev’s wickedly difficult Sonata for Flute and Piano in her senior recital.” So while Rottle’s PLU plan might have been a little up in the air, one thing was certain: After earning a bachelor’s degree in Music, there was no question she was a musician. And she wanted even more. “Being a student, you need to get the credentials and skills,” Rottle said. “Especially being a performer, it is less
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