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, I obviously recognize that I am one.” The button that Auman and roughly 60 faculty and staff members across campus wear carries a simple but profound declaration: “Proud to be first in the family.” It serves as a conversation starter, signaling to current first-generation students that these members of the community can offer guidance from the perspective of someone who has walked in their shoes. And in Auman’s division alone, there are a lot of those shoes. Several biology faculty members
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support first-generation students, I obviously recognize that I am one.” The button that Auman and roughly 60 faculty and staff members across campus wear carries a simple but profound declaration: “Proud to be first in the family.” It serves as a conversation starter, signaling to current first-generation students that these members of the community can offer guidance from the perspective of someone who has walked in their shoes. And in Auman’s division alone, there are a lot of those shoes. Several
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, helped him land a summer internship with the Portland Pickles, a baseball team with an unforgettable name and a legendary Portland brand. 1. What was your internship experience like working with the Portland Pickles? The internship was a lot of work. It was about 60-ish hours per week. A typical game day would have us getting to the field at 11 a.m., we would set up the stadium, set up the merch tent, put up posters, etc. Then we’d have a production meeting to discuss what the day is going to look
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How to Conduct a Virtual Class Session Posted by: Marcom Web Team / March 5, 2020 March 5, 2020 By Dana Shreaves, Instructional Designer When students or instructors cannot meet in the same physical location, virtual class sessions are one alternative to consider. Virtual meetings are intended for live communication, but some software allows meeting facilitators to record and share videos after a session ends. Be sure to communicate to students how and when to join your virtual class session
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December 1, 2009 Perspective – The view through safety goggles Folks around Rieke Science Center – and sometimes in other parts of campus when I’m running late for a meeting – often see me donning a certain accessory that is quintessential to chemists worldwide: safety goggles. We all wear them. Our laboratory students often complain that the goggles are uncomfortable or fog up during a frustrating lab day. But as a regular user through my years in research, I’m indebted to them for reasons
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What is the DJS Fee?The DJS Fee is a $10 fee per semester per student that helps support diversity, justice, and sustainability initiatives on campus. The money collected is used to fund DJS Fee Priorities identified by the student body. Each priority has an individual budget that is overseen by campus departments who contribute to designing opportunities to best meet the goals of the priorities. The DJS Fee is set on a two-year budget cycle allowing for continuity and sustainability of
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Employee Health ProgramThe Public Health Service and the United States Department of Health and Human Services has mandated institutions to develop a program to promote the health and safety of those individuals who have substantial contact with animals. The goal of such a program is to prevent occupational injury and illness by avoiding, controlling or eliminating hazards that may exist in the workplace. An effective program must encompass all individuals that have contact with animals
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The Saint John’s Bible will be on display at PLU from September 2016 through May 2017. (Photo / John Froschauer, PLU.) The Saint John's Bible at PLUThe Lutheran Reformation was inspired by the scholarly study of the Bible as a charter for the reform of church and society. As PLU begins to mark the 500th anniversary of Lutheran education, we welcome to the campus the first hand-written and illuminated Bible created since the invention of the printing press in the 15th century. Commissioned by
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September 1, 2009 Digging into history When Bradford Andrews looks at an obsidian core in his hand, he doesn’t see its indigo beauty, as it sparks back against the spotlight. The palm-sized flake gives PLU’s assistant visiting professor of anthropology a window into the everyday life of a complex society that called the mountains just east of Mexico City home in the 16th century. Obsidian flakes and tools, how they were found, how they were made, where they were made and in what quantity opens
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January 19, 2011 PLU on the Vine There are selections from five wineries with PLU alumni connections available at 208 Garfield. Benson Vineyards Estate Winery is family owned and operated by Scott Benson ’96 and Rebecca (Gilge ’98) Benson. Scott says, “Most of the vineyard’s 25 acres is planted to Syrah. It’s pretty much what we are known for.” The Mediterranean-inspired estate winery overlooks Lake Chelan, one of Washington’s newest wine growing regions. Today they are producing a little more
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