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Passion for solving unanswered questions drives PLU alum’s research career TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 24, 2019) — Research has become Pacific Lutheran University grad SarahAnn McFadden’s life. This year, McFadden ‘11 landed a position as a postdoctoral associate at the Yale Institute of Global Health in New Haven, Connecticut, where she spends her time analyzing factors… January 7, 2020
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November 1, 2010 Why does Chelsea Putnam care about social justice? “My goal is to help students learn the importance of social justice in a smaller community,” Chelsea Putnam said, “because it’s the first step to promoting social justice on a larger scale.” By Kari Plog ’11 When Chelsea Putnam ’12 thinks back to high school and her exposure to diversity issues, one word comes to mind: sheltered. “I had no background or experience,” she recalled. “I just knew I wanted to make a difference.” All
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Two PLU students spend the summer reading the stars Did you know that PLU has an observatory ? See how students and professors spent this summer learning about the stars. “Capturing astronomy images is rewarding but can be challenging,” said professor of physics Katrina Hay. “It requires long exposures or stacked images, focusing in… September 5, 2023 AcademicsCurrent StudentsResearchStudent/Faculty Research
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In their own words: Global Studies majors on what it’s like to study (and study away!) at PLU We asked just-about-to-graduate global studies majors to share their thoughts on what it's like to be a global studies major at PLU. Here's what they had to say. Posted by: mhines / July 21, 2023 July 21, 2023 Why global studies at PLU? “As a first year, I enrolled in GLST 210 ‘just because’ and by the end of the year had switched my intentions of a pre-med degree to declaring both a Global Studies
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Psychiatric Mental Health CurriculumThe Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) curriculum consists of the DNP core coursework (information systems and patient care technology, epidemiology, analytical methods, translating research into practice, and health policy), a DNP Scholarly Project, the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner specialty coursework, and the clinical specialty core. The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner core coursework focuses on primary care services to the
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Bamana Mask Bamana Mask Artist: Unknown Bamana Artist Name: Kiwarani mask from the Ntomo society Origin: Bamana people of Mali Made of: Wood, mirrors, cowrie shells, seeds, animal horns Dimensions: 31 x 8 x 20.5 in. (79 x 20 x 52 cm) From: Gift of Hans and Thelma Lehmann, 1983 1983.01.004 On display in the PLU’s Mortvedt Library (2nd floor) Mali Description: The mask is an oval shaped face with a long nose, no mouth, and three crowning horns that curve backward. The mask’s face is decorated
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Thad Williams CIWA Director, K-12, International Education Administrator managing dual language and world language in Seattle Public Schools. Phone: 206.252.0191 Email: tbwilliams@seattleschools.org Biography Biography Dr. Thad Williams is the Director of the K-12 Confucius Institute of Washington. He is in his second year as director after taking over from the now retired Dr. Michele Aoki. Thad works closely with co-director Dongmei Huang to support K-12 CIWA projects and Confucius Classrooms
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Jason Padgett is an aspiring number theorist and mathematician with acquired savant syndrome and synesthesia. His memoir, Struck By Genius, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2014, is the story of his transformation from mullet-sporting college dropout to mathematical marvel via a traumatic brain injury he received during a violent mugging. His art, drawings of the grids and fractals he sees synesthetically, won Best International Newcomer at the Artoconecto A-B(o)MB show at the
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John Englehardt Tuesday, October 5, 2021 7PM, Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC This event is open to the campus community for in-person, socially distanced attendance. John Englehardt is a writer and educator from the Pacific Northwest. His first novel, Bloomland, won the Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction, the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, and was named a book of the year by Kirkus Reviews and Electric Literature. He has previously taught writing at Seattle University, Hugo House, and
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Innovations in Nuclear R&D Student Competition Posted by: nicolacs / January 26, 2023 January 26, 2023 The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) announced a new request for applications (RFAs) for the Innovations in Nuclear Energy Research and Development Student Competition, seeking to recognize and award published graduate and undergraduate students for innovative nuclear energy research. This program was formerly known as the Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D
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