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bachelor’s graduates and 100 percent of master’s degree graduates passed their state boards at first sitting. One more PLU graduate received a Fulbright Fellowship, bringing our 34 year total to 80. Our student Mathematics Modeling team won a meritorious award, the second-highest award possible, and the student MediaLab received a college division Emmy Award for their film “Illicit Exchanges: Canada, the US, and Crime.” At the end of the academic year,  the University Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band

my first two years, I worked intensively on the History major, and then over the last two I worked on Economics.” College Life Michael: “The people reading this blog would love to know a little bit more about you, I think. Do you mind telling us a movie or two that you found interesting over the last year?” Marc: “Sadly, college students don’t get to watch too many movies! But, the film that really struck me over the past year is La La Land, the musical about dreams of success in L.A. I really

August 15, 2012 Blue (and green) heaven By Steve Hansen Back in high school, Erica Boyle was on her way to a soccer tournament in Alaska when she looked out the window of her plane. “That’s a lot of water down there,” she thought to herself. “I should check that out.” Below was Puget Sound. For someone who loved to hike and explore the arid slopes of the Rocky Mountains near her hometown of Lakewood, Colo., the lush green mountains and the shimmering blue water had an undeniable appeal. Erica

October 5, 2012 In Edwin Black’s book “IBM and the Holocaust” he examines IBM’s complicit work in creating a database for the Third Reich’s final solution. ‘IBM and the Holocaust’ By Barbara Clements University Communications Edwin Black remembers walking into the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum with his parents in Washington D.C. when something caught his eye by the door. “One of the first things you saw was an IBM punch card system,” he recalled. “No one knew what it was for. IBM and the

March 1, 2014 Danish Resistance and Rescue Scandinavian Cultural Center During the Powell-Heller Holocaust Conference, a educational display about the Danish Resistance and rescue will be available or public viewing. Prepared by the Danish Resistance Museum in Copenhagen, the exhibit tells the story of the effort by Danes to rescue Jews from the threat of German deportation. In October 1943, word leaked that Germany was planning to round up and deport the Jews of Denmark. Approximately 8,000 of

optimal process parameters for high resolution printing at any length scale. The tasks of someone involved in this project would involve resin formulation, polymerization kinetic analysis, use of a laser scanning confocal microscope, 3D printing experiments, and scripting in Python. I think it would be a great experience and let students see a little bit of what life is like at a government lab. It will also result in one or more publications for any grad school/job applications in the future. Caleb

Lutheran University. From serving as ASPLU president her junior year, to spending a semester in Trinidad and Tobago, to using film as a catalyst for change, Chan has spent her time at PLU highlighting the experiences of her community members—especially those who haven’t traditionally held a seat at the table. Chan has spent several seasons working with Hmong flower farmers in Seattle as part of her PLU journey, complementing her double major in communication and gender, sexuality, and race studies

Pacific Lutheran University. From serving as ASPLU president her junior year, to spending a semester in Trinidad and Tobago, to using film as a catalyst for change, Chan has spent her time at PLU highlighting the experiences of her community members—especially those who haven’t traditionally held a seat at the table. Notably, Chan has spent several seasons working with Hmong flower farmers in Seattle as part of her PLU journey, complementing her double major in communication and gender, sexuality, and

possibilities. “As you go through college and graduate college, there are so many opportunities that you may not know about, and the world is so expansive,” she says. “I wouldn’t have thought that I would be in the position I’m in unless I had these detours.”Interested in studying art?The Department of Communication, Media & Design Arts offers a strategic and creative curriculum to prepare students for careers in diverse fields including print and digital design, journalism, PR & advertising, film & media

the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo with focus on the ultraviolet (UV) emissions from the Sun observed with instruments on sounding rockets and the space shuttle Challenger. His work focused on dynamical aspects of the Sun and measuring variations in solar UV radiation. Since 1993 he participated in the Norwegian involvement’s in preparing the EUV spectrometers CDS and SUMER on Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) and was in charge of developing analysis software for