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Charitable Trust funds the scientific exploration of the natural world and supports projects that will enhance the quality of life in the Pacific Northwest. Prominent among Murdock grants last year were three awarded to PLU assistant professors of biology. Michael Behrens, Julie Smith and Jacob Egge received grants totaling more than 120,000 dollars to fund two years of student-faculty research looking into the ecology of the Pacific Northwest and species divergence in several Mississippi river
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program was the perfect marriage of all her interests. Growing up, her mother — who is half Norwegian and half Swedish — shared a lot of Norwegian traditions with her. She wanted to study in Norway to reconnect with those roots, and her biology-environmental studies double major lined up well with the curriculum. “It just worked out so well with everything,” she said of the program. The cherry on top was the small town with lots of outdoor recreation opportunities. “You can walk around in a half hour
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raised in Washington State, she came to PLU four years ago with the intention of being a biology major, but her love of art soon led her to turning her passion into an everyday part of her life. She graduates Pacific Lutheran University this Spring as a Graphic Design major with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Arianna enjoys spending her days with family and friends, constantly challenging herself to explore new things and better herself as both artist and person. With a fascination of psychology and
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States,” Davidson said. Students in the cohorts claim a variety of backgrounds — with families from countries all over Central and South America, for example — and their majors are as diverse as they are: biology, education, philosophy, social work, kinesiology, and more. But Davidson said their shared experiences are key to creating the sense of community, a primary factor that has contributed to the cohorts’ near-perfect retention rate, despite the challenges first-generation students of color
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expecting,” she said of the individualized experience. “I took every possible class you could take in the master’s program and created extra ones.” Christina Pepin, clinical assistant professor, studied at PLU for her undergraduate (2004) and graduate (2007) nursing degrees (she also earned undergraduate degrees in biology and English at the University of Wisconsin-Superior in 2001). She never planned on being a nurse, but eventually realized she had the gift of connecting with patients on a deeper
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