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alone all the time. There was nobody at night to share what you saw that day, to share what you learned. I really enjoy that part of the research.” Maier agrees. “Research like this is all about the relationships,” she said. “Yes, we are working with birds out in the forest, but we’re really working with people. I realized that’s what I really enjoyed about it.” These types of experiences don’t just happen in the South Hills. In the 50 grant-supported student-faculty research projects that take

the university. Inspiring bright, young Lutes to “put on their goggles” and ask their own questions about “stuff” is key to our work as faculty in the chemistry department. Students at PLU receive excellent hands-on training in the classrooms and laboratories of Rieke. Now is a particularly exciting time in the chemistry department. With near record numbers of majors, student-faculty research projects recently have ranged from investigating additives that would give polymers or plastics new

funds supplemental salary for the Mayer Chair, research and travel related to scholarship, enhanced library resources, student-faculty research fellowship opportunities, coordination of the annual Lemkin Student Essay Contest and the Lemkin Lecture (named for Raphael Lemkin, who coined the term “genocide”), as well as the annual Holocaust conference. At first glance, PLU might seem to be an unlikely place to be a center of Holocaust study and scholarship. But really, it embraces the Lutheran

November 22, 2011 Isabel Moore plays with her new therapy dog Luka. (John Froschauer 2011) Canine offers friendship, safety for child By: Katie Scaff ’13 This fall, 4-year-old Isabel Moore made more than a new friend when she met Luka, a one-year-old therapy dog. A few students in PLU’s Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) program helped that happen. It all began when Maggie Woods, a second year student in PLU’s MFT program, read an article about Isabel in July. Isabel was diagnosed with autism in

this college and all they do to help others, it is very inspirational. The school we visited, the John Wesley Primary and Secondary school, serves about 1000 children of which 90 percent are extremely poor. This primary and secondary trade and vocational school is the biggest employer around the village. Amy Olson (right) dancing battling a student. He was clearly a better dancer than her, Olson said. Some children have to travel 45 minutes a day to get to school and then to get back home, some

to, for example, has benefited from chemicals that came from a plant—aspirin came from willow, originally,” said Assistant Professor of Biology Romey Haberle. “Having all Biology majors take botany classes is because of our commitment as a liberal arts institution to educate the whole individual, and doctors, for example, need to understand all of biology.” Additionally, the greenhouse will serve research needs and faculty/student collaborations. Professors such as Neva Laurie-Berry, Mary Ellard

are only endorsing and signing off on well qualified folks."- Garrett Wade “It’s demonstrating that the state is supporting our model of preparing teachers,” she said. In addition to student scholarships, the money will cover administrative costs and activities tied to student development, such as mentoring and workshops. The individual scholarship amounts are valued at $8,000, covering nearly half the cost of tuition.   Hibbs said ARC gives access to individuals who otherwise might not have the

aspects of a student or person. “We tend to lean more towards the negative because it’s easiest to identify,” Cushman said. “But once you have validated and affirmed, then you can build a bridge.” The instinct to identify the negative is something that Cushman says happens all too often. During his symposium talk, Cushman recalled a conversation he had with a substitute teacher who was surprised that students at Stadium High School weren’t as well behaved as students at Lincoln High. The stark

PLU alumna serves as interim director of Tacoma’s Rainbow Center Posted by: Kari Plog / March 8, 2017 March 8, 2017 By Brooke Thames '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March 8, 2017)- Laura Brewer ’03 was no stranger to activism when she started volunteering at the Tacoma Rainbow Center in 2000. An active Lute, Brewer engaged in a variety of LGBTQ advocacy work on Pacific Lutheran University’s campus through Harmony, known today as Queer Ally Student Union. Now, Brewer is ushering

collaborative faculty-student ethnographic research project focuses on Washington State’s Salvadoran and Honduran migrant communities. For the past 18 months, he’s attended Pierce and King County community events with a student, from protests to celebrations. They’ve conducted interviews with Honduran and El Salvadoran immigrants on why they came (and stayed) in Western Washington and their strategies for survival. Before returning to campus in January to teach, he’ll attend an American Anthropological