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campus for both his passion for student learning and also his knack for teaching design principles to all students, including those lucky enough to be Design majors in the B.F.A. program. Avila’s influence on PLU’s Innovation Studies program is significant. Because of his guidance, all students working toward the Innovation Studies minor must develop essential skills in either Communications or Design, in addition to the essential coursework that they take in business, economics, history, and ethics

. Thankfully, a PLU education thoroughly equips graduates with those skills—and more. Kline said PLU graduates leave with a great mentality, and that’s why they choose to go through this rigorous process. “The kinds of skills and attitudes of reflecting on their practice—this lines up directly with the mission of PLU: ‘building lives of thoughtful inquiry,’” Kline said. “Those are the kinds of intellectual skills and the kinds of knowledges that we seek and the values that we seek to impart.” Hanson said

New partnership leads to new opportunities for PLU pre-health sciences graduates Are you thinking about going into pre-health sciences - medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine and other related fields? Posted by: mhines / June 26, 2023 Image: A PLU student works on pipetting skills in a lab at PLU. (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) June 26, 2023 PLU just launched a new partnership with the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) to help PLU students apply to medical or

standard by introducing the keyboard and video display screen as input/output devices, as well as using a beige, plastic case rather than the typical metal frame of earlier personal computers. It even offered display in 16 colors, which other computers at the time did not offer. Aside from these features though, it was advertised as a home computer for people aside from just businesses and hobbyists. In an advertisement in the same May 1977 Byte magazine issue introducing the new computer, the Apple II

linguistic philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein spoke of “word games.” As Wittgenstein said, “Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.” Language exists not simply to mirror passively some given world of objects. Imaginative language creates new meanings, defines new worlds. [3] Our own PLU poet laureate Rick Barot was interviewed recently by The Mast. Beauty was his initial inspiration, he said, but now his words strive with the conjunction of beauty and harsh reality. It is

and diversity in STEM.  The program starts in April with “Gear Up for Research”, a series of virtual lab group meetings designed for RISE participants to meet their faculty mentors and research teams, learn about their summer project, and learn basic skills and research protocols for the summer program. Important Dates: Gear up for Research: April 15 – May 15 Residential Program: June 2 – Aug 15 Application Deadline: February 15, 2022 Notification Date: Early-mid March 2022 Stipends: $6000 stipend

mountaineering course. That Reidel had never done this before didn’t matter. She wanted to challenge herself. The basic mountaineering class, taught by university fellow and archeologist Don Ryan, familiarized students with knots and carabineers, climbing techniques and how to survive in the wild. He uses these skills while shimmying up and down ropes into Egyptian tombs on his research trips. The half-semester class included an overnight trip nearby into the Cascade Mountains to test skills outside the gym

quantitative skills and learning how to do your own research. (Access to student-faculty research opportunities is a great strength of PLU’s program.) The Psychology major at PLU requires (just) 42 semester hours, and this flexibility allows for students to explore other courses of study in addition to those required for the major. This is where the Innovation Studies minor can come into play. With just a 20 semester hour curriculum, Innovation Studies offers a simple and flexible plan that can be a great

, seeking to develop high performing individuals and teams through teaching the technical and leadership skills needed to achieve success in their chosen arenas. The team-building and applied mental skills interventions I learned at PLU greatly enhanced my skills as a coach and facilitator in all my professional roles. As I seek to take the next step in my educational and professional journeys, I was eager to jump at the opportunity to join PLU’s inaugural cohort in the MSK program to continue to learn

PLU launches new Master of Social Work (MSW) degree Posted by: mhines / September 13, 2023 Image: (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) September 13, 2023 By MacKenzie HinesPLU Marketing & CommunicationsPLU has added a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree to its offerings and is now accepting applicants for the fall of 2024. Rooted in PLU’s tradition of academic excellence and community engagement, the new MSW program will equip aspiring social work professionals with the skills and knowledge needed to create