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the connections Thompsen ’94, ’97 made as a Norwegian while attending Pacific Lutheran University. Thompsen has more than 16 years of experience working internationally within sales, marketing and product management. After graduating from PLU, he managed Natilus Publishing in Seattle and returned to Norway in 2000. Currently, he is the head of Bid Management and Sales Support for Intelecom Group out of Norway. Thompsen and his wife have three children. To some extent, it was by chance that he came

quality of the people is just great,” said David, who met Leah’s mother at PLU. “It’s a pretty special place.” Now, it’s time for Leah to create her own PLU experience. She will live in Hong Hall, in the International Honors Program wing, and take classes in poetry, Norwegian and calculus. And she’s ready to leave high school behind: “I’m just excited about the community at PLU and getting to know people, taking cool classes that are interesting. The whole college experience is something I’ve been

teaching Caribbean literature and history.  Altogether, we have 34 students, plus staff assistance from PLU Head Baker Erica Fickeisen for the first week; Dr. Miller’s Assistant, Julie Paulsen, for the second week; and PLU Director of Dining and Culinary Services Erin McGinnis for the third week.  Most of our class time is spent in separate classrooms in the conference center of the ship, but we gather both classes the night before each new port of call for “Port Reports”:  the literature students

scholar Deborah Miranda to campus. “Scott was teaching a class in Native and Indigenous literature…I was teaching the Creative Nonfiction Capstone. We decided that it would be great to have someone come who was a contemporary Native writer.” She adds, “In addition to doing her public events, Miranda also talked to the Native and Indigenous literature class.” Call made it clear how inspirational it was for students to hear Miranda’s stories in her own voice, an experience that increased many of her

Biology. In addition to the research activities, students receive training and opportunities in: Literature: search, read, and interpret journal articles related to their project Research skills – experimental design, statistical analysis, and data interpretation Instrumentation: hands-on training in the fundamentals, usage, and data interpretation Professional development, communication skills, ethical considerations and research integrity Career planning Professional networking Diversity in science

plasmid platform. The secondary project will focus on retrospectively collecting interpretation information for a future database project for copy number variants. Additional projects may be assigned as company needs dictate and personal interests of the intern. Read relevant literature, perform laboratory work, and present findings related to test development. The student will have the opportunity to learn about genetic testing including Sanger and NextGen sequencing and array CGH technologies. At

plasmid platform. The secondary project will focus on retrospectively collecting interpretation information for a future database project for copy number variants. Additional projects may be assigned as company needs dictate and personal interests of the intern. Read relevant literature, perform laboratory work, and present findings related to test development. The student will have the opportunity to learn about genetic testing including Sanger and NextGen sequencing and array CGH technologies. At

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activist Maude Barlow to an assembled crowd in Lagerquist Concert Hall. “There’s lots of water, until there’s no water at all,” the keynote speaker of the 2012 Wang Symposium – Our Thirsty Planet, told the crowd. The address marked the inaugural PLU Norwegian-American Annual Lecture. “First and foremost, we are a planet running out of water,” Barlow said. “What we actually have to get our heads around is we are actually coming to the end of water.” In many parts of the world, rivers and fresh water

. I’m especially interested in the proximate experiences of two immigrant groups in our area, the Chinese and the Norwegians. As the Norwegian immigrants were looking to found a college to educate their children (that became PLU), Chinese immigrants were expelled from Tacoma and dispossessed of their flourishing businesses in the area. By putting PLU’s history in the broader community context, I want to help us think about how connections and exclusions have been developed and continue to shape our