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changing Tacoma, the Puget Sound region and the world. YWCA Pierce County CEO Miriam Barnett will talk about charitable giving in a presentation titled “Intent and Impact; When Making a Difference Doesn’t.” She says that she’s enjoying the challenge of planning a compelling talk that fits TEDxTacoma’s five- to eight-minute standard. “TED talks are unique because they are a concentrated way to plant seeds of change,” Barnett said.  “I am excited to share a message meant to do exactly that — plant a seed

internships but also created opportunities allowing many students the ability to intern virtually. Experiences like these are the result of groups —on and off campus —working together to make systematic change that results in more equitable and inclusive opportunities for students – ones that will impact the trajectory of the students’ lives.McKenzie Meyer '22 in her natural habitat as an intern at Wildlife Safari park in Winston, Oregon.McKenzie Meyer '22 in her natural habitat as an intern at Wildlife

July 7, 2008 A summer job that doesn’t suck By Steve Hansen Of all the potentially tedious summer jobs, here’s a new one: spending hours on your knees, rolling over one boulder after another, just to see what’s underneath. For Stephanie Agoncillo ’08 and Melissa Youngquist ’09, this was a coveted gig. And when Assistant Professor of Biology Michael Behrens is doing the rock-rolling, all the better. Students and faculty take their summer research projects into the wilds of the Pacific Northwest

projects, but there are no limits to what students can find through the Volunteer Center. There are opportunities in schools, in hospitals or even environmental clean-up projects – Reece’s favorite. “I’m a hands on, get dirty kind of girl, so working on things like creek preservation projects fits me,” she said. “I like that sort of stuff.”Words like “project” shouldn’t deter people from looking into volunteer opportunities, Reece said. Just because it’s a project doesn’t mean it can be a time suck for

Molecules Meet Materials (M3) REU Site University of South Dakota Posted by: alemanem / January 23, 2024 January 23, 2024 The Molecules Meet Materials REU site at the University of South Dakota will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during summers 2022-2024. In this program, participants pursue collaborative research projects, with a focus on chemistry at interfaces in which molecular processes occur on surfaces. The site will train students to use spectroscopy, electron