Scientists discover new species of enigmatic marsupial in Ecuador
Scientists discover new species of enigmatic marsupial Along the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador , Reed Ojala-Barbour ’11 and a team of scientists discovered a new species of shrew-opossum. Their dive into discovery started more than two years ago, when Ojala-Barbour had…
Life of the Mind
Life of the Mind: Democracy & the American Dream – for DREAMers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Pk401CS6M About the DREAM Act – and DREAMers Named after the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, a measure first proposed in 2001, DREAMers are undocumented immigrant high-school graduates who are…
He Speaks for the Trees
He Speaks for the Trees By Valery Jorgensen ’15 Pacific Lutheran University’s Sustainability Department has a new Sustainability Lead with a suiting name for the profession: Lorax. Nick Lorax, a 2011 graduate, joined the PLU staff in May and has found a home here—for the…
PLU’s School of Business ranked as one of the best
Assistant Professor Brian Maeng works with a student in class. Maeng teaches Operations Management and Management Information Systems at Pacific Lutheran University. (Photo by John Froschauer) PLU’s School of Business ranked as one of the best in the U.S. Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business…
Modeling the Early Universe
Auberry Fortuner ’13 and Assistant Professor Bret Underwood did research into understanding what gave rise to the expansion of the universe. (Photo by John Froschauer) Modeling the Early Universe By Katie Scaff ’13 None of us was around for the Big Bang , but one…
‘Making Seafood Sustainable’
‘Making Seafood Sustainable’ Mansel G. Blackford will be this year’s speaker for the Ninth Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic history at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 in the Anderson University Center. Blackford, Emeritus Professor of History at the Ohio State University, will…
Kennedy memories
Did You See This? Share Your Slice of History On Sept. 27, 1963—just weeks before his death—President John F. Kennedy spoke at a joint PLU-UPS Convocation at Tacoma’s Cheney Stadium. Speaking to a huge crowd of rapt Lutes and major-league dignitaries (including then-PLU President Robert…
Editor’s Note
Editor’s Note: A Warm Winter Welcome Welcome to the winter edition of Scene —and, in the spirit of the season, a stockingful of newness. Starting with me. My name is Sandy Deneau Dunham, and I’m Scene ’s brand-new editor. As a journalist who’s been away…
Our Middle Name
Our Middle Name: People of Wondrous Ability Editor’s note: This essay is the first in a series of writings in Scene from various authors on Lutheran outreach in the world, and the impact and meaning of a Lutheran higher education. By Professor Samuel Torvend, Chair…
A Veteran Soccer Player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq3lW0AVSJo A Veteran Soccer Player By Valery Jorgensen ’15 PLU’s men’s soccer team gained a veteran player this season—in every sense of the word. Jeremy Dornbusch ’15, a transfer student with sophomore standing, is a war veteran and a seasoned soccer player. In his eight…
What exactly is a ‘CAPSTONE’? (And how will it get me a job?)
Mark Lee, Mimi Granlund and Matt Hubbard and the apparatus they built to help them understand how the roughness and size of a tongue would affect the amount of water an animal could lap up and still be efficient. (Photos by John Froschauer) What exactly…
The changing Constitution
The changing Constitution By Valery Jorgensen ’15 In celebration of the 226 anniversary of the United States Constitution , Pacific Lutheran University hosted speaker Leno Rose-Avila, and a panel discussion on immigrant rights. Rose-Avila is the Executive Director of Seattle’s Office of Immigrant and Refugee…