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PLU’s 2024 Earth and Diversity week kicks off with two keynote events on campus, the Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture and the Steen Family Symposium.
PLU will launch into Earth and Diversity Week with the Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture and the Steen Family Symposium

Earth & Diversity Week  is an opportunity to explore the interconnected relationship between diversity, justice, and sustainability and how these values experienced in our contexts today. Earth & Diversity Week is hosted annually during the week of Earth Day and features Earth Day lectures, campus…

April 9, 2024
Environmental Studies
Inspired by his study away experience in Oxford, England, Elijah Paez ’24 founded the Birders of PLU club.
Elijah Paez ’24 developed passions for environmental justice, mathematics and bird watching during his PLU years

Elijah Paez ’24 is a double major in  environmental studies  and  mathematics . While at PLU, he founded  Birders of PLU , served as a  Peace Scholar , and  studied abroad in Oxford, England, and Oslo, Norway. We recently met with Paez to learn more…

March 27, 2024
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Award-winning science journalist, microbiologist, and author Bryn Nelson to speak at Rachel Carson Lecture

PLU’s College of Natural Sciences is excited for Bryn Nelson to deliver “From Revolting to Revolutionary: How Poop Has Transformed Science and Reshaped the World,” the 2024 Rachel Carson Science, Technology and Society Lecture, on February 21 at 7:00 P.M. in the Anderson University Center…

January 22, 2024
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Student researchers spent the summer analyzing marine microorganisms and samples collected in the Puget Sound with assistant professor of chemistry Angie Boysen. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean)
Lydia Flaspohler ’25 and Ryan Fisher ’24 dive into the secrets of marine microorganisms

Have you ever wondered how the ocean’s tiniest inhabitants play a significant role in shaping our world? Marine microorganisms, minuscule life forms, wield a vital influence over our planet’s climate. They manage crucial components like carbon and oxygen within the vast oceans and the atmosphere.…

September 28, 2023
BiologyChemistryEnvironmental Studies
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Annica Stiles ’25 explores Iceland’s wilderness and culture

Embarking on a journey to study in Reykjavik, Iceland, during the summer is a unique and life-changing experience that offers an extraordinary blend of academic enrichment and natural wonder. Imagine being immersed in a land of fire and ice, where the midnight sun never sets,…

September 5, 2023
Environmental Studies
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Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and Kenzie Knapp ’24 discuss their climate science musical

Together, senior Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and junior Kenzie Knapp ’24 created an innovative climate science musical performance on PLU’s campus in 2022. Both students are majoring in environmental studies and theatre, and the duo drew on their passions to create art, transforming audience perspectives on…

June 8, 2023
Environmental Studies
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PLU senior Allison Sheflo discusses her triple major in geosciences, environmental studies and religion

Senior Allison Sheflo will graduate this spring with a triple major in  geosciences ,  environmental studies  and  religion  and a minor in  mathematics . She forged her own trail at PLU, welcoming the adventures that piqued her curiosity and let that lead her way. “It’s…

April 24, 2023
Environmental StudiesGeosciencesMathematics
Group of interns stands with Tacoma Tree Foundation Director.
PLU interns combat climate change one tree at a time

A group of PLU students interning with the Tacoma Tree Foundation spent the summer increasing the number of trees in the city to reduce polluted stormwater runoff and heat during the summer months and improving the livelihoods of those who live in urban areas. The…

November 8, 2022
Environmental Studies
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PLU receives a major gift to fund environmental issues programming

Pacific Lutheran University is excited to announce the establishment of the Steen Family Symposium on Environmental Issues. David ‘57 and Lorilie Steen ’58 have generously donated funding to the PLU Environmental Studies program to support this new annual symposium. The gift is being invested in…

October 3, 2022
Environmental Studies
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Summer Internship: Environmental Studies major works as a bio tech at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

Fiona Ashton-Knochel ’24 is spending her summer on a bird refuge in Brigham City, Utah. The Environmental Studies major sat down with us to discuss her exciting internship and to offer suggestions for anyone looking to land their own internship working in conservation. Why did…

July 22, 2022
Environmental Studies
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