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  • Fiona Ashton-Knochel ’24 is spending her summer on a bird refuge in Brigham City, Utah. The Environmental Studies major sat down with us to discuss her exciting internship and to offer suggestions for anyone looking to land their own internship working in conservation. Why did…

    me a little about the internship. What are you doing, what are you learning? As a Bio Tech at this refuge, I work under the supervision of the head biologist to catalyze hydrologic restoration for bird habitats, test the water (mainly salinity, conductivity, and temperature at various sites,) establish baseline vegetation data sets, network with land agency professionals, set up bird nest-monitoring technology, eradicate invasive species, build an outdoor education center, and work on wetland

  • 20 semester hours including: Three core courses are required 12 semester hours PPAP 301/ENGL 311/COMA 321: The Book in Society (4) PPAP 302/ENGL 312/COMA 322: Publishing Procedures (4) PPAP 321/

    : Photography 3: Color (4) ARTD 470: Printmaking 2 (4) PPAP 322: Art of the Book II (4) PPAP 491: Independent Study (1-4) PPAP 495: Internship (1-4) History Approved courses in English, History, or Publishing & Printing Arts: ENGL 235: Children’s Literature (4) ENGL 334: Studies in Literature for Young Readers (4) HIST 248: Innovation, Ethics, Society (4) HIST 346: History of Innovation and Technology (4) PPAP 491: Independent Study (1-4) PPAP 495: Internship (1-4) As part of their minor in Publishing and

  • Making Marty is no easy task. Martin Luther sculpture at PLU, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Spencer Ebbinga, associate professor of art and design, has been busy working on a special project: 17-inch statues of Martin Luther. These colorful gems are hidden around…

    with an emphasis in ceramics and sculpture, and later went on to receive a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture from Arizona State University. I was hired as an assistant professor of art at PLU 10 years ago, and have been making gigantic messes ever since! Read Previous Just a spark: Student-faculty research explores technology and argument Read Next Helping one bowl at a time LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Junichi Tsuneoka August 20, 2024 Pacific Lutheran University Communication students help forgive

  • Fiona Ashton-Knochel ’24 is spending her summer on a bird refuge in Brigham City, Utah. The Environmental Studies major sat down with us to discuss her exciting internship and to offer suggestions for anyone looking to land their own internship working in conservation. Why did…

    -monitoring technology, eradicate invasive species, build an outdoor education center, and work on wetland delineation. What do you enjoy about your internship? I love this amalgam of scientific research and manual labor. There are plenty of chances to read and evaluate data, but it’s also truly satisfying to learn by physically living here. It may sound sentimentalized to say this; there’s something irreplaceable about waking up in nature, working outside, and listening to the outdoors. You’d be

  • Bonnie Nelson ’08 on top of a bactrian camel in Mongolia. (Photo courtesy of Bonnie Nelson) A volunteer experience in an elementary school sets alum on path to Mongolia By Barbara Clements University Communications After growing up in a small town near Chehalis, Wash., Bonnie…

    surprised me,” she said. “I’d be in a grocery line and someone in traditional dress would be buying something like an iPad.” Aside from the fact there are no trees within eyeshot, or mountains – “I miss Mount Rainier!” – Nelson has had to get used to the cold. She has a nice apartment at Mongolian University of Science & Technology, sometimes the heater doesn’t work. And when it’s 20 degrees below out, that can be a problem. “I wrap up in all the blankets I have and get near a space heater,” she laughed

  • Look What (and Who) is New at PLU The newest members of PLU’s faculty gather in front of the library. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications It’s a historic time at PLU as we mark our 125th academic year, but…

    new program—and a new way to teach—that includes eight wide-ranging blended or hybrid courses this fall that combine in-class and self-directed online learning: •    BUSA 302: Business Finance •    BUSA 308: Principles of Marketing •    COMA 360: Public Relations Writing •    ECON 111: Principles of Microeconomics: Global and Environmental •    ECON 322: Money and Banking •    EDUC 394: Technology & Teaching •    MUSI 120: Music and Culture •    PHED 100: Personalized Fitness program In addition

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 22, 2015)—Ariel Wood ’17, an International Honors student majoring in French and Global Studies at Pacific Lutheran University, is one of three national winners of the first-ever Why We Care Youth: Emerging Leaders for Reproductive Rights contest. Winning entries were chosen in…

    explore the intersection between global initiatives and technology with many renowned international leaders and activists. I’m also going to be featured on the U.N. Foundation website and recognized as a Why We Care Youth Champion.” Why We Care Youth serves as a platform for young people nationwide, ages 18-25, to raise their voices and spark change globally. To enter, emerging young leaders shared powerful personal stories about what access to reproductive health and contraception has meant in their

  • Fiona Ashton-Knochel ’24 is spending her summer on a bird refuge in Brigham City, Utah. The Environmental Studies major sat down with us to discuss her exciting internship and to offer suggestions for anyone looking to land their own internship working in conservation. Why did…

    -monitoring technology, eradicate invasive species, build an outdoor education center, and work on wetland delineation.  What do you enjoy about your internship? I love this amalgam of scientific research and manual labor. There are plenty of chances to read and evaluate data, but it’s also truly satisfying to learn by physically living here. It may sound sentimentalized to say this; there’s something irreplaceable about waking up in nature, working outside, and listening to the outdoors. You’d be

  • Each year, around 10,000 teams participate in The Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling , an international contest where teams of undergrad students have 99 hours straight to create a mathematical model addressing a complex social or scientific issue. Each year, the top awards go to large…

    encouraged by the interdisciplinary arm of the contest. The Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications also hosts the Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)—the “pure math” side of the competition. This year the simultaneous contests drew 20,000 teams and played out at thousands of locations across twenty-one countries. At PLU, the ultramarathon-style drama unfolds in the Morken Center for Learning and Technology, where, this year Duffy, Madeline and Matthew listened to the Vines for six hours

  • Senior Physics capstone presentations will take place Monday, May 6th starting at 2pm in Rieke 103B. 

    will give students the chance to create models for the involved phenomena themselves, which will give them a better understanding of the material and more responsibility over their own work. 3:10pm Break 3:30pm Colton Schmidt – “Transconductance and Transistors” Transistors are an integral part of our society and one of the most basic building blocks of our technology. However, I would not call them basic. Of the many types of transistors out there, I wanted to focus on studying the most common