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when that growth is interrupted by a worldwide pandemic, there’s no real way to adjust to that. It’s been challenging for a lot of people. “I think that PLU has done a great job of making sure that students know that what they’re going through is not normal and that it’s okay to adjust the way you need to.” At Pacific Lutheran University, students, staff and faculty are creatively and compassionately leading efforts to ensure resources are available to PLU students who are experiencing mental
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kids in the picture has made this recent development frightening. “It has made everything get really real – really quickly,” Yvette Drews said. “It is scary to think about what the future could be, raising two children, one on the autism spectrum, by myself.” But hope is not lost, just pricey. “Until now, the system up here works generally by you walking into a doctor’s office or an emergency room and popping down your care card on the back of your driver’s license,” Keven Drews said. “There is
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a Lute, is there an experience or mentor relationship that was especially meaningful or formative? Absolutely, that’s an easy one for me. Beyond receiving a great education, I had the opportunity to be part of the PLU football team. Frosty Westering was the coach during my time there. He was a one-of-a-kind leader and a real mentor for me. I learned from him that a combination of strength of character, humility, drive, and competitiveness – all packaged together – is powerful. He was a
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at least twice in the six sequential academic years beginning in 2024-2025; as part of the process, we’ll have an initial conversation with your chair or dean to determine how to best to fit a new or existing course into your schedule The Innovation Studies Committee will complete its review of your course proposal within two weeks and reply to you promptly. Grant Expectations – Stipend recipients are expected to do part-time work on their proposed course development project during the semester
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simultaneously examine the expression levels of tens of thousands of mRNA transcripts in a single experiment. I am currently using the microarray analysis service provided by the Genome Consortium for Active Teaching (GCAT) to investigate the differential gene expression profile induced by estrogen in cultured astrocytes. It is hoped that results obtained from this study will provide a number of estrogen-responsive genes to further explore in the coming years with real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR
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Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in Oxford Posted by: Zach Powers / June 12, 2024 Image: Kaden Bolton ’24 is a political science major from Enumclaw, Washington. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) June 12, 2024 By Mark StorerPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer For the graduating class of 2024, freshman year was online and confined. So by the time fall came around for sophomore year, they embraced in-person classes, study groups, lunches, dinners, and
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in 2004 when he reconnected with his biological family after a three-month search — he can finally say he feels a sense of belonging there. “This is the first time I’ve truly lived in Colombia,” he said. “I’ve only ever been a tourist before.” Still, even before he considered Colombia home, it was his family there who motivated him during a turbulent time as a student at Pacific Lutheran University. Taylor-Mosquera arrived on PLU’s campus, after earning an associate degree from Tacoma Community
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for Second Half of Spring Semester: Tips for Utilizing Spring Break to Rejuvenate Take a break, for real. Slow down and give yourself time to decompress. Get outside. Spring in the PNW is beautiful — go for a walk, nap or read outside, take time to marvel at nature and experience wonder and awe Move your body. Yoga with Adriene is an accessible yoga program to relax and keep flexible mind, body, and spirit Read something new! Campus Life recommends anything by: Adrienne Maree Brown Rest your mind
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and financial aid generally remain the same.” “These gradual tuition increases often throw off the careful financial calculations that students and their families made to enroll,” Belton continued. “Some students and families can end up cumulatively paying upwards of $10,000 to $12,000 more for education due to these incremental tuition hikes, and these are real costs that don’t have additional scholarship aid. This can push families into financial hardship or force students to leave their
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the Lutheran church’s shifting stance on queerness, and how she and other leaders paved the way for a less religiously prescriptive, more affirming campus. This project is intentionally titled “A Queer History” because it is far from comprehensive. Instead, it is the first iteration of what will hopefully be a living, cross-generational historical project preserving these real stories.Perspectives Click on each image to read the accompanying story. Click the button below to explore the timeline
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