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June 13, 2013 Commencement Weekend 2013 For the family, friends, alumni and 2013 graduates who joined with us to celebrate Commencement Weekend, we offer a brief slideshow of the recent festivities. For those PLU students who will be graduating in future years, please note that changes are taking place. This December will be the final PLU December graduation. And for those graduating in May 2014, Commencement will take place on Saturday, May 24. For more about the 2013-2014 academic calendar

works by two guest choreographers, Dayna DeFilippis and Gabrielle Cardillo McNeillie. This is the first performance under the direction of Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Ariella Brown. Brown started at PLU in September, taking the place of now-retired dance professor Maureen McGill. She runs the dance program, which offers a dance minor and this spring’s performance opportunity. “I find PLU dancers to be incredibly welcoming and supportive of one another,” Brown says. “They create a family

athlete’s ability to manage the mental challenges. “We try to help athletes reach their individual and collective potential as athletes and teams,” she said. “We try to increase their highest level of performance, then how to sustain that level of performance over time and to bring the best when the best is needed.” In addition to working with athletes, this year Hacker has been charged with facilitating the Olympic friends and family program for the United States. In Beijing, she’ll provide friends and

.   What is your background? I was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. When I was eight years old, my family began attending a Presbyterian church in town that did not have any musicians. My mom and I had a deep desire to help that community, and so we both started learning how to play the organ. That was the beginning of a musical path that has taken me to many places, all the way here to PLU! Brazil is a very diverse society, and so I grew up listening to – as well as playing – a variety of

Scholarship Fund was established by family, friends and former students to provide scholarship awards to outstanding chemistry students. Dr. Ramstad founded the chemistry department at Pacific Lutheran University, teaching from 1925-1960. Emma began PLU’s work with alumni. The first scholarship was awarded in 1984. Our current Ramstad Scholar is Maddie Smith (’17). Read Previous Analytical chem interns needed at I.P. Callison & Sons in Lacey, WA Read Next Mathematics/Chemistry seminar this Wednesday 3/2

relishes the chance to both sing and help with the productions of the relatively new company. “People really appreciate doing business with people they like, and that’s all the more true for the arts world,” Surkatty said. “In opera, a lot of the castings begin with recommendations. That’s eventually how you land the big gigs.” That, and a passion for your craft. Surkatty was born in the United States and then traveled back with her family to Indonesia when she was only a few weeks old. Her family

history, the stories of people who were oppressed, needs to be recorded so that the things that happened to them don’t happen again.” Kishaba’s commitment to this project also has a personal element. Her own grandmother was imprisoned in Heart Mountain, a Japanese Internment Camp in Wyoming, during the second world war. She had the opportunity to visit Heart Mountain with her family, and it has inspired her own writing. “Once I wrote that essay about going to Heart Mountain, I couldn’t stop writing

). Who should apply: Students with interest in any Chemistry related area. Students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds are encouraged to apply (first in the family college students, community college students, POC, non traditional students) Applications submissions accepted through February 2023 For more information and the application form, please go to https://reu.chem.ufl.edu/the-program/ Read Previous Open Lab Manager Position Read Next UNT Chemistry REU Program Summer 2023 LATEST

. Three key themes emerged from the interviews. The first focused on the role of family support in the natural-hair journey. Some of the participants reported that they received support from other family members who embrace their natural hair, while other participants were met with confusion and disapproval from family. Another theme assessed the relationship between natural hair and understandings of femininity and masculinity. For example, one participant who identified as genderqueer shared their

family and eat a nice home-cooked meal.But PLU’s service-based nursing club, Delta Iota Chi, has a way for students to help those in the community who may not have a home or a meal waiting for them on Thanksgiving Day.   During the holidays, some families in the Parkland community worry about putting food on the table. Each year, Delta Iota Chi works to organize the Thanksgiving Basket Drive for community members. They collect Thanksgiving baskets, which include items such as turkeys, potatoes