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New American Colleges and Universities Summer Institute to be held at PLU – Call for proposals The 2018 New American Colleges and Universities (NAC&U) Summer Institute will be held at Pacific Lutheran University June 19-21. The Summer Institute theme is Engaging Civility: Leading Dialogue In and Beyond the University. PLU is excited to welcome colleagues from across NAC&U institutions to campus… February 8, 2018 faculty developmentfaculty newsletterLectures and Events
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A conversation with 2016 Benson fellows Marc Vetter and Matthew Macfarlane Posted by: Julie Winters / June 6, 2017 Image: 2016 Benson Summer Research Fellows Marc Vetter and Matthew Macfarlane in Xavier Hall. Photo: Halvorson June 6, 2017 By Michael HalvorsonBenson Family Chair in Business and Economic HistoryPLU Student-Faculty Research on Health Care and High TechnologyA conversation with 2016 Benson fellows Marc Vetter and Matthew MacfarlaneThe following excerpts were gathered from a May 26
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Connecting Inquiry and Community In and Beyond the ClassroomOne of the things that makes PLU unique is its steadfast commitment to community. Whether abroad or at home, we challenge ourselves and our students to see connections between the work we do in the classroom and the lives we live outside the walls of the academy. This is particularly true of the Division of Humanities, where relationships between inquiry and community are written into our DNA. As a division committed to educating the
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foundation in Chinese language, culture, and history, and an opportunity to focus on the religious-philosophical world view and the economic structure of China. Economics The Pacific Lutheran University Economics department offers a multitude of ways to study the field of economics. Are you interested in understanding how choices made individually and collectively affect issues such as immigration, health care, environmental issues, or income inequality? English The study of English offers excellent
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partnership with PLU’s MediaLab has been very successful. Over the years, it has given more than 100 students real-world experience in areas ranging from journalism to public relations, marketing to photography, radio and television broadcasting to business administration and advertising to documentary filmmaking,” writes David Zeeck, president and publisher of the News Tribune. “Even during these challenging economic times, more than 80 percent of MediaLab graduates have garnered offers of full-time
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their university with debt but without a degree. We need to stop that cycle.” University officials are confident in the potential benefits of the tuition guarantee, both to the well-being of students and to the enrollment of the institution. “This guarantee has the potential to widen our pool of prospective students, but most importantly, we think it has the potential to substantially improve graduation rates by removing the unnecessary financial burdens caused by tuition increases,” said Mike
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Curriculum and ProgrammingThe curriculum for the Business and Economic History program at PLU is administered by the History department, and taught by the Benson Family Chair. Currently, the program consists of six courses taught on a rotating basis, providing students with an introduction to major themes in U.S. Business and Economic history, and providing greater depth in the fields of business ethics, human centered design, and the history of technology. At least two courses offered each
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LATEST POSTS Pacific Lutheran University Communication students help forgive nearly $1.9M in medical debt in Washington, Idaho, and Montana May 20, 2024 PLU Faculty Directs Local Documentary November 8, 2022 Scholarship Application Tips October 17, 2022 PLU’s Student-Radio Station Lute Air Student Radio Produces Monthly Concerts August 18, 2022
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Ebenezer Scrooge, Martin Luther, and the Power of the Past and of Language Posted by: alex.reed / May 25, 2022 May 25, 2022 By Eric NelsonOriginally published in 2012There’s something strange that goes on with texts, readers, writers, and time. I mean, look at you: there you are, reading this now, in the spring of 2012. And here I am, in your past, and it’s not even (technically) winter 2011. I’m sitting next to the Christmas tree (as yet untrimmed), finals and graded papers drifting around the
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participated in our 2015 College Hopes & Worries Survey, 61 percent told us that having information about a school’s commitment to the environment would influence their decision to apply to or attend the college.” Sustainability at PLU focuses on three key components: care for people, care for the planet and prosperity, both now and in the future. These values emphasize the inseparable relationships between environmental, economic and ethical principles that call on all individuals and communities to
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