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teaching Caribbean literature and history.  Altogether, we have 34 students, plus staff assistance from PLU Head Baker Erica Fickeisen for the first week; Dr. Miller’s Assistant, Julie Paulsen, for the second week; and PLU Director of Dining and Culinary Services Erin McGinnis for the third week.  Most of our class time is spent in separate classrooms in the conference center of the ship, but we gather both classes the night before each new port of call for “Port Reports”:  the literature students

, and everyone is just spewing ideas. It is the most chaotic and one of the most creative times.” Duffy, Madeline and Matthew competed in 2022 as well, solving a problem on asteroid mining, an experience which set them up to assist associate professor of mathematics Mei Zhu in running the workshop that prepares students for the annual competition in February. Zhu has taught the J-term class on overload for almost twenty years. Before PLU had a BS in Applied Mathematics, it was one of the few

marine biology. Immersing myself in different cultures has helped me broaden my worldview, and both have been valuable experiences both with learning about the culture as well as the class material I was learning about at the time. I also really enjoyed working in the biology department as a TA and lab prep. I gained valuable experience that I will take with me to graduate school. The bio department also offered me a lot of learning opportunities, and the faculty were fundamental to my personal and

is really where my heart in music education lies,” Delos Reyes says. “If my students don’t go on to play an instrument or continue into college, I don’t mind. To me, success is defined by whether you feel good about yourself and whether you felt like you accomplished something in my class.” Next fall, Delos Reyes will continue her student teaching before looking for a new opportunity to inspire students’ love of music. Still, it’s hard to imagine another experience like her time in Namibia, where

being instrumental in launching her marketing research career.  From being responsible for many marketing aspects in the non-profit sector, to getting more specific into research itself, Riley has realized her passions in the field of marketing.  Hansel Doan,class of 2017, came into the MSMR program with a specific goal: to work in corporate Starbucks. Once he realized this goal, he followed the advice of a mentor and started working part time as a Starbucks barista while also working for PLU and

his senior year, including his capstone project about autonomous cars and his internship with NASA. How did you first become interested in computer science? I originally came to PLU as a business major, and to play football. I had to quit football because of an injury, and I discovered that being a business major was not for me. I spent some time exploring other things and found that I have a passion for computer science. One of my friends who was taking a computer science class at the time

away two times during my time at PLU. The first was to Uruguay during J-Term in 2020 for extensive Spanish study, and the second was to the Bahamas this past J-Term to study marine biology. Immersing myself in different cultures has helped me broaden my worldview, and both have been valuable experiences both with learning about the culture as well as the class material I was learning about at the time. I also really enjoyed working in the biology department as a TA and lab prep. I gained valuable

graduated its first full class in 2007. Despite the program’s youth, many of the students have won awards, gained national recognition, and published poems, stories, essays and books. Read Previous The impact of eating Read Next Student production offers musical varieties COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS PLU Director of Athletics and Recreation Mike Snyder named

school graduation – he went to boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, graduated meritoriously, and was promoted to private first class for earning a perfect score on his Marine Corps physical fitness test. After attending combat training and occupation specialty school, he checked in with his reserve unit at Fort Lewis in December 2006. In the fall of 2007, Bollen’s first semester at PLU, his unit received activation orders for deployment to Iraq. He took that “ready-to-go” attitude

, staff and returning students are also encouraged to pick up the book, as part of a “Full Campus Read.” The goal is to have as many people as possible read the novel by New Student Orientation, ensuring that nearly everyone has at least one shared experience with the incoming class of 2017. http://youtu.be/utHC6tgwmfA Seth Dufault ’16 read the book last year as part of the program. The second-year student from Yakima, Wash., said the arrival of the novel was an enjoyable, and interesting, way for him