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— is at the heart of a well-rounded Lutheran higher education. That’s why Pacific Lutheran University offers study away programs to students through its Wang Center for Global Education. The center’s mission: “educating to achieve a just, healthy, sustainable and peaceful world, both locally and globally.” Global education dovetails with PLU’s mission — nurturing academic freedom, inspiring critical thinking, and encouraging students to help others and the world. Travel is eye-opening, Steves said

society is crucial, and the worldwide demand for nurses is constant — and growing. The PLU School of Nursing views nursing as a caregiving process based in scientific knowledge, humanistic theory and health care technology. As a nursing student, you’ll be part of a dynamic and supportive learning environment where you’ll work with and learn from outstanding faculty and staff to gain knowledge and skills, share professional experiences with expert clinical preceptors, and become an exceptional nurse

United States and Canada were able to  improve vital public speaking, critical thinking, research and analytical skills. After a hiatus, the 2014 revival of the T.O.H. Karl tournament marked the team’s commitment to encouraging young students to pursue debate at a college level. The tournament was a prestigious Tournament of Champions qualifier, giving top competitors points toward eligibility for the National Individual Events Tournament of Champions in 2015. High school students competed in student

the moment and leaning into the moment to be able to communicate and express yourself in a specific way. And that’s just not possible without the ability to also explore different perspectives. (upbeat music) Meet the professors More Stories Visit About The PLU Communication degree, part of the Department of Communication, Media & Design Arts, is designed to provide you with both theory and practice in the field— meaning you will learn how to explain and predict, but also apply directly what

, thermodynamics, electromagnetic theory and even quantum mechanics, and regularly apply what you’re learning in hands- on laboratories taught by professors (never teaching assistants!). When you graduate, you’ll be well- prepared for graduate study in many areas of the physical sciences and engineering, or to pursue professional careers in the industry. Graduates from the last 5 years: Their jobs Engineer Officer, United States Army Reserve Systems Design Engineer, Thermo Fisher Scientific Test Engineer

the debris went through entrainment and tractional contact with the bed, likely through a subglacial fluvial system. Evidence of a large moulin and surface crevasses back up the theory of origin for the proglacial zone by being an avenue from which debris that has fallen onto the glacier can make its way into the entrainment process and on to the terminus of the glacier. A very large and complex proglacial stream system suggests a powerful subglacial fluvial environment capable of eroding the bed

eleventh president of the school.Loren J. Anderson, 1992-2012 Loren J. Anderson was born on July 6, 1945 and was raised in Rugby, North Dakota. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from Concordia College and a master’s degree in rhetoric and public address from Michigan State University in East Lansing. He also earned a doctorate in communication theory and research from the University of Michigan in Ann Harbor. Loren Anderson became president of Pacific Lutheran University in 1992

leave loaded with this desire and urgency and bewilderment. All at once. Because you’ve now just been inundated with really great poetry, with really great thoughts on poetry, with a cohort that is writing really great poetry, and now you get to go home and figure out where you fit in all of that.” The remainder of the MFA work happens between the students and “intentionally attentive” faculty mentors, as Barot describes them. Each month, students work on assigned readings and write critical papers

patients in areas facing health care shortages. Tracy Pitt — associate director of advising, admission and student support in the School of Nursing — said that by the end of the 27-month program, each individual has completed more than 1,000 clinical hours. Seavor said the community-based experience graduate students gain increases their confidence and makes for a smoother transition from theory to practice after graduation. “That’s building the lifelong learning process,” Seavor said. “We couldn’t do

Temple University, Philadelphia and is a specialist in military ethics, just war theory, philosophy of law and applied ethics. She is Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA and teaches courses in military ethics, warfare, business ethics, social and political philosophy and history of philosophy. Recent publications include: When Less is not More: Expanding the Combatant/Non-Combatant Distinction; With Fear and Trembling: A Qualified Defense of Non