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Murdock College Science Research Program in November in Vancouver, Wash. The Mount Rainier research was funded through a PLU Division of Natural Sciences and the Wiancko Charitable Foundation grant through the environmental studies program at PLU. Read Previous New Center for Media Studies takes the classroom into the community Read Next PLU Highly Ranked in U.S. News & World Report’s ‘Best Colleges 2015’ Guidebook COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you
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Voters Read Next PLU environmental studies students chart the challenges facing the nearby Clover Creek Watershed 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 Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in
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, will reflect on the intersection of art, Earth and spirit that informed their successful advocacy for environmental remediation by a mining company in the Cascade Mountains. The Wang Symposium concludes with Justin Spelhaug, who will deliver the 16th Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. Spelhaug leads the Tech for Social Impact group at Microsoft Philanthropies. He’ll explore the role that technology companies are taking in global efforts to fight inequality, eliminate poverty
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you miss a day of class, I feel like professors are in tune with knowing that and seeing how to help and support their students — that is something definitely unique to PLU. Where do you plan to teach after graduation from the MAE program? I hope to stick around the South Sound region — it’s close to home, and I like the area. I’ll take all the rain, sun and snow rather than just one or the other. Read Previous PLU senior Allison Sheflo discusses her triple major in geosciences, environmental
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Unlocking the Magic of Colloidal Nanocrystals Associate Professor Andrea Munro and students Aidan Hopson ’24 and Rebecca Smith ’24 spend the summer studying colloidal ZnSe nanocrystals. Posted by: Marcom Web Team / August 11, 2023 Image: Double major in chemistry and environmental studies, Rebecca Smith ’24, chemistry major Aidan Hopson ’24, and associate professor of chemistry Andrea Munro examine how liquids and tiny particles affect nanocrystal growth, mastering the art of precise material
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prompts our commitment not only to vocation but also to issues of diversity, justice, and sustainability. This month marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, which is credited with sparking the environmental movement in which PLU has been such a dedicated player. As much as Carson’s call to environmental action warned of danger, she also inspired us to care for the beauty of the earth, not merely its utility, when she noted that: “Those who contemplate the beauty
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environmental sustainability continues campus-wide, most notably last year with the adoption of the a Climate Action Plan that sets out a goal of the campus being carbon neutral by 2020 through conservation, new technologies and carbon offsets. Student Life The members of the Student Life Division and Vice President Laura Majovski play a key role in supporting the academic, the co curricular, and the campus living experience of every student. A key focus of their work, along with Dean of Student Academic
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Cliff Rowe. She described the city as “the epitome of wealth.” “Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Times Square have nothing on Dubai,” she wrote in a Jan. 9th post. “The architecture, the shopping, the city’s structure itself; every aspect demonstrates money, power, and high, high class.” Within this wealthy society, Knutson doesn’t see value placed on environmental stewardship or sustainability. The city built three man-made structures off its coastline and has large numbers of skyscrapers are under
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classroom, and become the first in his family to attend college. These stories are all familiar to Michael Farnam, himself a veteran and currently working on his environmental studies degree at PLU. He plans to graduate in 2013. Veterans find a welcoming home and academically supportive environment on campus, Farnam said. As PLU’s VetsCorps Representative, Farnam helps the approximately 130 veterans navigate through financial aide and scheduling questions, to whether they should go back to school at all
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have been equally successful in their careers, from forensics and foreign relations to education and environmental policy-making. The PLU filmmakers are talking to them all, exploring the deep relationship these Namibians have with each other and with the university they call their “home away from home”— all the while gleaning insights into themselves as well as the graduates. “In the film, each of the Namibia Nine describes how what they lived and learned at PLU is engrained in every aspect of
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