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PLU climbed three spots, from 14th to 11th, in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of the best regional universities in the West. PLU was one of only three Pacific Northwest universities ranked in the top 12 of the highly competitive category that…
PLU Rises to 11th in the West in 2023 U.S. News Rankings Posted by: Zach Powers / September 14, 2022 Image: PLU students Isabella Daltoso ’23 (left) and Jenny Kamimura ’24 (right). September 14, 2022 By Zach Powers ‘10Marketing and CommunicationsPLU climbed three spots, from 14th to 11th, in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of the best regional universities in the West. PLU was one of only three Pacific Northwest universities ranked in the top 12 of the highly competitive category
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TACOMA, WASH. (March 9, 2016)- Mosquitoes are pests to some, but for Rebekah Blakney ’12 they carry a wealth of information that can unlock solutions to global health issues. Now with the outbreak of the Zika virus, that’s as important as ever. Blakney isn’t at…
contributors to breeding patterns,” she said. “There’s a lot of very important things to be done right now.” Rebekah Blakney '12 collects adult mosquitoes from catch basins in an Atlanta park to identify and test for West Nile Virus (Photo courtesy of Blakney). Read Previous Lutes at the Legislature: PLU students and alumni contribute at every level of the legislative process Read Next PLU professor, local archaeologist team up with students to study prehistoric artifacts from Mount Rainier COMMENTS*Note
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Dr. Samuel Torvend spent his sabbatical during the 2019-20 school year researching environmental consciousness and sustainability in early medieval monastic communities. Early medieval monasteries were built to last, he emphasizes. “When these monastic communities were established, they did not think they were going to be…
present and asked how they could preserve their portion of the earth. We could use more of their wisdom and practice.” Scholarship, Sleep & SelfPrism 2021 Read Previous A Passion for the Classics with Professor Luke Parker Read Next Teaching during a Global Pandemic LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May 26, 2022 Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom May 26, 2022 Introduction May 26, 2022
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From the right, Kim Wilson ’76, Sheri Tonn, Tom Absher, Brad Cheney, Laurie Turner, Bruce Bjerke ’72, Frank Hewins ’86, and Thomas Suek ’12, shovel dirt. (Photo by John Froschauer) Groundbreaking sets all-purpose field plans in motion By Chris Albert This past Friday, April 13,…
April 13, 2012 From the right, Kim Wilson ’76, Sheri Tonn, Tom Absher, Brad Cheney, Laurie Turner, Bruce Bjerke ’72, Frank Hewins ’86, and Thomas Suek ’12, shovel dirt. (Photo by John Froschauer) Groundbreaking sets all-purpose field plans in motion By Chris Albert This past Friday, April 13, a groundbreaking ceremony took place for the first of two all-purpose fields on the PLU campus. “This day is a culmination of a long wish of a lot of people,” said Bruce Bjerke ’72, chairperson of the
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For the 2012-2013 fiscal year, twelve classrooms have been funded for technology upgrades. Funding came from the Central Equipment Fund, Office of the Provost, and Instructional Technologies. Those classrooms funded for upgrades include: Hauge Administration 208, 210, 212, 214, and 216 Ingram 109 and 115B…
will be furnished with a smart podium and equipped with a computer, computer projector, speakers, VCR/DVD player, and a smart switcher. The “plug and play” switcher will make it very easy to use and switch media in classes by pressing one button for on-off and another to select the media to be projected on the screen. Read Next Xavier 150 and Ramstad 206 Classrooms Receive Technology Upgrades LATEST POSTS Major Sakai Upgrade in August March 1, 2022 Fall 2023 Technology Workshops February 3, 2022
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PLU’s BAP Team Puts the ‘Best’ in Best Practices PLU’s winning BAP team, from left: Nicholaus Townsend-Falck, Jessica Reid, Jessica Resop and Courtney Forbis. Takes 1st Place in Regional Competition By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications How’s this for best practices? PLU’s chapter…
, PLU’s team earned $500 for its first-place finish. Gupta said the chapter will use that money to educate Accounting and Finance students about the BAP chapter, and its role in shaping their careers, in hopes of enhancing membership. BAP’s annual Best Practices Competition challenges teams to present a proven method of efficacy that organizations can implement. Each year, the boards of directors of Beta Alpha Psi and Deloitte LLP select topics that encourage students to create and execute programs in
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LAKEBAY, WASH. (Feb. 23, 2015)—Communities In Schools is a national chapter organization working in 27 states to help create solutions for K-12 school districts. In partnership with public schools facing the greatest dropout challenges, CIS chapters work to generate and coordinate resources and volunteers on…
in-school reading program. “We had one reading program at Vaughn Elementary in 2003, and we now have programs and services in 10 of the 15 schools in our district.” Speer and Shultz say CIS of Key Peninsula, as well as chapters all over Washington State, is always in need of new volunteers and new contributors. “We can always use volunteers in our after-school programs to help struggling students keep up with their peers, and we can always use additional funds to help sustain the work we are
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The active research groups of the Montana State University Electrical and Computer Engineering Department will offer approximately 10 REU positions for Summer 2021. The REU program will run from June 1–August 6, 2021. Participants must be full-time undergraduates, typically finishing their freshman, sophomore or junior years.…
REU in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Montana State Posted by: alemanem / December 18, 2020 December 18, 2020 The active research groups of the Montana State University Electrical and Computer Engineering Department will offer approximately 10 REU positions for Summer 2021. The REU program will run from June 1–August 6, 2021. Participants must be full-time undergraduates, typically finishing their freshman, sophomore or junior years. Applicants from underrepresented groups are
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Curious about what move-in day looks like? Take a look at PLU’s New Student Orientation, and see how we welcomed our students with open arms and plenty of helping hands.
New Student Orientation & Move in day Posted by: vcraker / September 7, 2022 September 7, 2022 Curious about what move-in day looks like? Take a look at PLU’s New Student Orientation, and see how we welcomed our students with open arms and plenty of helping hands. Read Previous Summer Internships: Economics Read Next Communications major lands job helping to create an equitable education LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube
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Jenny Kamimura ’24 studied abroad during January Term in Oxford as part of the International Honors Program. She shares some of her adventures from Week 1!
YouTube Short: Week 1 in Oxford Posted by: shortea / March 1, 2023 March 1, 2023 Jenny Kamimura ’24 studied abroad during January Term in Oxford as part of the International Honors Program. She shares some of her adventures from Week 1! Read Previous You Ask, We Answer: I’m undecided on my major, so should I even go to college? Read Next Quan Huynh ’25 Discusses her Internship at the Washington State Senate LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean
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