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Theatre (acting and technical). SOAC artistic achievement awards are offered in amounts ranging up to $10,000 per year and are in addition to academic scholarship students may receive. About PLUPacific Lutheran University purposefully integrates the liberal arts, professional studies and civic engagement. With distinctive international programs and close student-faculty research opportunities, PLU helps its 3,300 students from all faiths and backgrounds discern their vocations in life. Founded in 1890

Smith, explores the intersection of diversity & justice with weekly channel themes such as Community, Care and Resiliency. Physical Fridays, hosted by PLU women’s basketball student-athlete Katie Taylor, encourages viewers to take care of their physical health during quarantine, embrace the outdoors and stay connected with fellow Lutes through responsible exercise. Read Previous PLU, Dean Waldow receive NSF grant to continue lithium-ion battery research Read Next Answering the call: PLU nursing alum

, and all of its collaborators, was an example of the PLU community’s aptitude for innovation. “The university came a long way during this process, and important groundwork has been laid that helped establish an institutional culture of innovation” he says. The Commission, using criteria shared by the campus community, clustered and defined select ideas into ten broader categories. To help research and create actionable plans, the commission created working groups. A total of 77 faculty, staff and

throughout the university, that core priorities are being upheld, and that progress is being measured and accounted for, so the school can adapt, respond, improve and thrive. “The work itself involves the intentional integration of strategic leadership, assessment, institutional research and accreditation,” McConnell says. “Ultimately the goal is to support people and processes and help move the university forward with intentionality and integrity to our mission.” McConnell joined the PLU faculty as a

practitioner with over 25 years of healthcare experience in both the military and civilian settings. In addition to her role as associate dean for Academic Affairs and faculty member, she is extremely active in professional organizations, on the board of ARNP’s United, and maintains an active clinical practice. The Academy is an honorific society that recognizes nursing’s most accomplished leaders in policy, research, practice, administration, and academia. Academy Fellows, from nearly 40 countries, hold a

redefine any given problem. Once a problem can be redefined, a more nuanced understanding can be achieved. Naturally, this process lends itself to discovering innovative and creative ways of thinking that prioritizes solution-making. This is a tactic I try to practice in my personal and professional life every day. Read more stories from the Fall 2022 issue of ResoLute Magazine. Read Previous Music and Medicine: Elizabeth Larios ’21 returns to Namibia to research infections and teach marimba Read Next

second goal is to provide the best possible support for you, the remarkable faculty and staff of PLU, the heart and soul, and, yes, the head, of this great place. So, I am pleased that both last year and now moving forward, we are maintaining all faculty and staff leadership, professional development and recognition programs. We are also maintaining all research support, sabbatical leaves, and our modest travel budgets. We were able last spring to make a series of important promotion, market and

, communities, and organizations. If you are excited about tackling some of today’s major social challenges and enjoy working with people, then social work may be just the career for you!Reyes dedicated herself to the study of social work, and the PLU program’s blend of social justice, egalitarianism, pluralism and compassion for the oppressed resonated with her. Inspired by her personal experience, Reyes spent her senior year immersed in a research-intensive capstone project that examined the correlation

skied from upper to lower campus. I studied away in Windhoek, Namibia, for one semester (though it was cut short by COVID). Learning about the history of Namibia was fascinating and eye-opening. Traveling to National parks and seeing elephants, giraffes, zebras, and cheetahs is something I’ll cherish for the rest of my life. Being able to study away without it costing more than my regular cost of attendance was amazing. In Namibia, I started a biochemistry research project on the potential chemical

Programs provided the basis for her winning Fulbright proposal when it gave her – along with her professor and mentor, Joanne Lisosky – a research grant to study human rights at the U.N. in Geneva. That PLU is extremely successful at placing graduates in the Fulbright program should also be no surprise. In 2007, PLU was named by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the top four masters-level institutions in the United States, in terms of the number of students participating in the Fulbright U.S