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Award-winning science journalist, microbiologist, and author Bryn Nelson to speak at Rachel Carson Lecture PLU’s College of Natural Sciences is excited for Bryn Nelson to deliver “From Revolting to Revolutionary: How Poop Has Transformed Science and Reshaped the World,” the 2024 Rachel Carson Science, Technology and Society Lecture, on February 21 at 7:00 P.M. in the Anderson University Center… January 22, 2024 BiologyChemistryEnvironmental Studies
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Chinese Studies Capstone Presentations Spring 2021 Dr. Paul Manfredi, Seminar in Languages & Literatures May 21, 2021 presentations will be in person2:00-2:30pm - Kelli GreeneFrom Traditional to Contemporary: The Transformative Adaptation of Pu Songling’s Classical Tale into Geng Xue’s Porcelain Doll Stop-Motion2:30: 3:00pm - Kevin ConklingSoft Power: Who are movies for nowadays, Americans or Chinese?3:00-3:30pm - Carlos AlvarezChimerica: The End of the Beginning or the Beginning of the End
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ANNUAL RAPHAEL LEMKIN LECTUREBosnian Genocide: Denial, Glorification, and Triumphalism, 30-years onPresented by Ehlimana Memišević, a legal historian and genocide scholar. April 20, 2022 11 a.m. | VirtualEhlimana Memišević presented “Bosnian Genocide: Denial, Glorification and Triumphalism: 30-years on” virtually from Sarajevo, Bosnia. In her lecture, Ehlimana highlighted the genocide and subsequent denial of it during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995. The violence resulted
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Carow ’12 Major: Business with marketing emphasis Internship: The Puyallup Fair Annika Carow is a busy person. She has a full class load of 17 credits, and is the assistant general manager of MediaLab, PLU’s student-run media organization. But when she locked-down a coveted 40-hour-a-week internship in the public relations department of the Puyallup Fair, she couldn’t pass that up. More >> Aaron Hushagen ’11 Major: Sociology Internship: 88.5 KPLU-FM Aaron Hushagen is a sociology major. He’s also an
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Math CareersMany students think the only possible careers for mathematics majors are in educational fields, but this misconception has been readily disproved by past graduates from PLU. While many of our graduates are accomplished mathematics teachers and district leaders, others have found successful careers as financial analysts or engineers, data scientists, actuaries, consultants, lawyers, software engineers, statisticians, government contractors, scientific researchers and in a variety of
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Program Learning OutcomesBy the completion of a degree program, students should be able to demonstrate these learning outcomes—either as integrated into the capstone as a demonstrable task—or as documented by key tasks across a program. Example: Sociology Major Learning Outcomes The first three LO’s are related to research, involving asking research questions, and collecting and analyzing data. Students will be able to formulate sociological research questions. Students will be able to utilize
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subscribe to any faith, but if you were to label him, the best term may be humanist. “I don’t think you have to be religious to be moral,” Leraas said. Whether it’s Gandhi, Buddha or Christ, the approach of self-sacrifice to help others is a mission Leraas believes more people should adhere to. The pre-med major has spent time overseas in Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Mali. In Mali, he worked in a Leprosy clinic. The disease may be something of a rarity in the U.S., but in a third-world country it’s
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ErgonomicsErgonomics is the study of the kind of work you do, the environment you work in, and the tools you use to do your job. The goal of office ergonomics is to set up your office work space so that it fits you and the job you are doing. Office ergonomics can help you be more comfortable at work. It can help lower stress and injury caused by awkward positions and repetitive tasks. It focuses on how things are set up in your office work space, such as: Your workstation set-up, how you sit
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at PLU about her views on how scientific fields need to include more women in leadership positions. Rolison currently heads the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Advanced Electrochemical Materials section and serves as an Adjunct Full Professor of Chemistry at the University of Utah. Forty percent of chemistry Ph.D.’s go to women, but only about 10 percent apply for high-level positions, according to Rolison. The few women who advance in their academic and research institutions are often
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Musician turned math major is excited about teaching in his community Posted by: Marcom Web Team / April 29, 2022 April 29, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing and CommunicationsKevin Canady-Pete ’22 has a history with the Pacific Lutheran University campus. He grew up down the street, just a couple of miles from the university. The Franklin Pierce High School graduate came to PLU intending to pursue a music education major. While he enjoyed playing music at PLU, he discovered he had a passion
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