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Two PLU students spend the summer reading the stars https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2023/08/28/reading-the-stars/

. YouTube videos, books, movies, and shows, I used to want to know everything about this field of study, so when I saw that my two favorite professors were leading an astronomy summer research, I knew I had to be a part of it.” In the mesmerizing depths of the universe lies a treasure trove of history known as globular clusters. These stellar time capsules are home to some of the oldest stars in our galaxy, holding secrets of the past. Jessica Ordaz spent the summer studying these ancient star clusters

Heven Ambachew ’24 combines her passions and experiences to design major in innovation studies https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2024/06/04/heven-ambachew-innovation-stem-ethiopia-mexico-marketing/

is an interdisciplinary program focused on creative solutions, using design thinking, collaboration, and entrepreneurial mindsets. Working in teams, students develop opportunities and solutions for contemporary problems. The program’s class options span the gamut from video game history to business to graphic design. A makerspace in Hinderlie Hall offers sewing machines, electronics, paints, and more for crafting inventions. In an innovation seminar, Ambachew learned about the cyclical creative

“All Tradition is Change”: Redefining Community in the SCC https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/all-tradition-is-change-redefining-community-in-the-scc/

create surges of culture that inspire human connections. For example, both world wars inspired poetry and fiction that brought peoples together. These cultural products changed people, created new connections, and led to more cultural change. “And that really shapes a lot of history…the stories that come out of [crisis], how people reacted, helps us to understand yourself now.” “Humanities [are] how we define ourselves and make ourselves and relate to one another.” Schroder continued. “Think about

Rediscovery: Dr. Jenkins and the Texts of Hermann Broch https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/rediscovery-dr-jenkins-and-the-texts-of-hermann-broch/

Geistesgeschichte and has two further articles currently under review with the Journal of Austrian Studies. Clayton Regehr is a senior English / Writing major, also completing minors in History and Holocaust and Genocide Studies. He completed this article as part of his work in English 320: Intermediate Creative Nonfiction. Read Next The Trail to Social Justice: Ultrarunning Meets Dark Green Religion LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May

Henri Coronado-Volta ’23 discusses his global studies major, studying away, and his plans to attend https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/henri-coronado-volta-23-global-studies-uws-public-health-epidemiology/

teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024 Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market May 20, 2024

Internship with the Portland Pickles: 8 questions with Simon Luedtke ’24 https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/internship-portland-pickles-simon-luedtkes/

music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024 Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market May 20, 2024

Matthew Conover ’19 explains how PLU helped prepare him for a career in software engineering https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/matthew-conover-19-explains-how-plu-helped-prepare-him-for-a-career-in-software-engineering/

a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024 Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market May 20, 2024

Multi-talented senior and composer TJ Wheeler ’22 views music as his vocation https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/multi-talented-senior-and-composer-tj-wheeler-22-views-music-as-his-vocation/

of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024 Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024 Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market May 20, 2024

Q&A with Sophia Barro ’22 on her student teaching experience https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/qa-with-sophia-barro-22-on-her-student-teaching-experience/

a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024 Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market May 20, 2024

Summer Internships: Economics https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/summer-internships-economics/

, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024 Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024 Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market May 20, 2024