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Summer Internship: Environmental Studies major works as a bio tech at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Posted by: nicolacs / July 22, 2022 Image: Image: Environmental Studies major Fiona Ashton-Knochel ’24 spending the summer at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. (Photo courtesy of Fiona Ashton-Knochel) July 22, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsFiona Ashton-Knochel ’24 is spending her summer on a bird refuge in Brigham City, Utah. The Environmental Studies major sat down with

PLU alumnus Scott Foss ’91 serves as a top paleontologist for the Department of the Interior Posted by: Zach Powers / March 20, 2017 Image: Scott Foss ’91 on the rooftop of the Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 20, 2017 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsWashington, D.C. (March 20, 2017)- When Scott Foss ’91 enrolled at Pacific Lutheran University, he dreamed of becoming a paleontologist and pursuing a career outdoors

Gurjot Kang ‘21 grows her skills and makes an impact as a Tacoma Housing Authority intern Posted by: bennetrr / March 11, 2021 March 11, 2021 By Rosemary Bennett '21PLU Marketing and CommunicationsDespite the challenges and uncertainty of life during the pandemic, PLU student Gurjot Kang '21 is focused on her future after graduation. Kang is interning with the Tacoma Housing Authority to help build her skills and improve the community through this difficult time.Kang—a communication and

Summer Internship: Environmental Studies major works as a bio tech at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Posted by: Silong Chhun / July 22, 2022 Image: Environmental Studies major Fiona Ashton-Knochel ’24 spending the summer at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. (Photo courtesy of Fiona Ashton-Knochel) July 22, 2022 By Veronica CrakerMarketing & CommunicationsFiona Ashton-Knochel ’24 is spending her summer on a bird refuge in Brigham City, Utah. The Environmental Studies major sat down with us to

Human Rights, leading anti-racist systems transformation efforts at the city level. The path to the position started at PLU. After three years of college in Texas, Woods married and moved to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, only a semester shy of graduation. Soon, she heard great things about PLU’s care for students and career placement program. “I remember the care and concern of the professors and the administration,” Woods says. “I felt like they cared about me as a person and were invested in helping

Ann Kullberg ’79 Draws on Her PLU Education to Create an Art Empire Posted by: Sandy Dunham / August 10, 2015 Image: Ann Kullberg’s painting ‘Broken Rules.’ (Courtesy Ann Kullberg.) August 10, 2015 By Nanci SmithPLU News Contributor FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (Aug. 6, 2015)—Ann Kullberg ’79 has never taken a formal art course, but her work is internationally known—and her story is as colorful as her art. Though the lines were not always straight, and there were rough patches along the way, Kullberg

Saving the World with a Starship Mathematics professor Daniel Heath’s Starship Design class uses interstellar travel as a lens to focus on issues here on Earth. Posted by: Logan Seelye / November 3, 2022 November 3, 2022 By Anneli HaralsonResoLute Guest WriterOn day one of PLU Professor of Mathematics Daniel Heath’s Designing a Starship class, students have no idea what they have signed up for — and that’s exactly how Heath wants it.The course is part of PLU’s International Honors Program (IHON

May 18, 2012 PLU recognized as Green College in Princeton Review PLU has been recognized as one of 322 green college leaders in the 2012 edition of The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges. The guide, which highlights campuses that demonstrate a strong commitment to sustainability, commended PLU for a variety of efforts, including goals for waste diversion, the reduction of water and electricity consumption, LEED certified buildings, and carbon neutrality (by 2020). To read the full

Saving the World with a Starship Mathematics professor Daniel Heath’s Starship Design class uses interstellar travel as a lens to focus on issues here on Earth. Posted by: nicolacs / November 3, 2022 November 3, 2022 By Anneli HaralsonResoLute Guest WriterOn day one of PLU Professor of Mathematics Daniel Heath’s Designing a Starship class, students have no idea what they have signed up for — and that’s exactly how Heath wants it.The course is part of PLU’s International Honors Program (IHON

values its relationship with the educational service districts and school districts in seeking to address this need.” The Tacoma School District is the third-largest in Washington, representing principals who lead roughly 30,000 K-12 students. Read Previous PLU Earns Multiple, Major National Honors Read Next Hispanic Heritage Month at PLU: A New Student Group and Annual Lecture, and More COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled