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  • When Hilde Bjørhovde returned to Norway, fresh out of PLU’s journalism program, her home nation had one television station.

    first Norwegian students. He remembers her as bubbly, outgoing and a natural at the craft. “Her writing was just so good,” Rowe said. Bjørhovde credits her degree, in part, to her longtime mentor. Originally, she intended to come to the United States for one year and one purpose: to study journalism. When she arrived on PLU’s campus in 1977, all the classes she planned to take were full. She needed Rowe’s approval if she had any chance of enrolling in that first news-writing class and sticking to

  • TACOMA, WASH. (June 13, 2016)- Kiana Norman ’17 wears a lot of hats. She’s a singer, an actress and a writer. She’s a student, a sister and a daughter. A future world traveler, online journalist and theater critic, if all goes according to plan. But…

    . Now, I can figure out the steps to take care of myself."- Kiana Norman '17 Norman said writing a letter to herself for Lisosky’s assignment seemed like a natural approach. “The idea just came to me,” she said. It was an instant hit with her classmates. Lisosky said she had to get it published somewhere. So, Norman decided to shoot for the stars and submitted it to The Washington Post, The New York Times and other notable publications. After a series of “no” responses, Norman stumbled across The

  • Immersive experience in classrooms on the other side of the world teach PLU students how to learn on the fly, one of many skills they bring home with them.

    provides an ideal location for students in education and the natural sciences to study at the University of Namibia and gain necessary work experience through an internship and practicum. View the Namibia program In Namibia, he gained experience dealing with issues that teachers in those situations face — poverty, language barriers, lack of resources — in a global context. Not all the teaching moments were easy, but Sam said they were necessary. “Struggling with things is where learning happens,” he

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 28, 2016) – The Pacific Lutheran University Department of Languages and Literatures  will host the Tournées Film Festival this fall for screenings of nine recently released films representing a wide variety of cultures and historical periods. (Film trailers and descriptions below.) A…

    Guzman’s words “to travel from the Stone Age to the Industrial Revolution.” Weaving together archival photos of Patagonians, interviews with their descendants and sympathetic scholars, and breathtaking footage of natural wonders on earth and in space, Guzman has created a film of unusual, cruel beauty, as accessible as it is mind-boggling.* Languages: Spanish, Kawésqar MustangFriday, Sept. 30 | 5:30 p.m. | Ingram 100 Mustang begins at the point when the childhoods of five orphaned sisters in the

  • tribes to treat various ailments. Its medicinal properties have not been previously characterized. Samples of Ribes divaricatum were tested in a typical natural products determination procedure. Mueller-Hinton bioassays indicated a zone of inhibition on the polar stem extract against Staphylococcus aureus. GC-MS spectra of the polar stem extract revealed a quantitative presence of stigmasterol and γ-sitosterol among the various fractions, as well as two fatty acids and many other unknown compounds

  • current methods of research for quantitative analysis of tannins included in this work are Fourier transformed mid-infrared (FT-MIR) spectroscopy and an electronic panel based on the combination of an electronic nose, an electronic tongue and an electronic eye. These methods have shown promise in targeting tannins in red wines and are a step towards understanding the aging process of red wines. 1:50 pm - Antimicrobial Properties of Bark and Root Extracts from Native Ribes species Kelly King, Senior

  • using Natural Products in Antibiotic Resistance Raven Lirio, Senior Capstone Seminar The antibiotic resistance crisis is a priority in medical research due to the rapid growth of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria. Previous research has primarily focused on the extraction of natural products in nature as a means of combating evolving bacteria, but a number of different techniques and strategies are being explored. Methods like semisynthesis and natural product antibiotic combinations are more

  • . The ideal candidate must have strong people skills and be able to work in close proximity with colleagues or independently. Required Qualifications: A Bachelor of science degree with major study in natural science, chemistry, environmental science, or other closely allied field AND three years of experience in sampling and chemical analysis of consumer products or related environmental media such as soil, water, waste or air. A Master’s degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, or biochemistry

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