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  • TACOMA, WASH. (June 18, 2015)- PLU Economics students past and present have selected their major with a seemingly endless list of vocational sectors in mind. However, most seem to share many of the same core qualities and passions: a penchant for research, a love of…

    , and War: A General Theory and 900 Years of Empirics from Ancient Rome,” which asks and helps answer the question,  “How do political institutions shape the incentives to go to war?”‘ Among the most convoluted of the social sciences, PLU Professor of Economics Norris Peterson explains, Economics is founded in inquiry, research and critical thinking. “Economics develops skills in taking very complex problems and breaking them down to understand them better and ultimately to help solve them,” he says

  • American Chemical Society Online Journals (Search ACS Journals) Accounts of Chemical Research ACS Chemical Biology-NEW!

    Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research I&EC Fundamentals (1962-1986) I&EC Process Design and Development (1962-1986) I&EC Product Research and Development (1962-1986) Inorganic Chemistry Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data I&EC Chem and Eng Data Series (1956-1958) Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling Journal of Chemical Documentation (1961-1974) Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation—NEW! Journal of

  • The art and design programs at PLU stress individualized development in the use of mind and hand. An art student at PLU is able to chart their own path through a variety of artistic styles and media.

    Why the Department of Art and Design?The art and design programs at PLU stress individualized development in the use of mind and hand. An art student at PLU is able to chart their own path through a variety of artistic styles and media. Students use methods ranging from a ten thousand-year-old technique to make pots to cutting-edge and industry standard technology to generate high-tech computer images. Art history and theory courses engage students in critical analysis of major artistic

  • A Statement from Founder Dr. Peter C.C. Wang: A First Decade of International Activities.

    PLU in 1960 and later earned a Ph.D. in probability theory at Wayne State University. Grace Wang holds a Ph.D. in chemistry, also from Wayne State University. The Wangs have enjoyed careers in teaching and research, success in real estate acquisition and management, and committed lives as volunteers and philanthropists. The Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education focuses on PLU’s efforts to educate for a just, healthy, sustainable and peaceful world.Wang FoundationDr. Peter & Dr

  • By Brenna Sussman ’15 PLU Marketing & Communication Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Nov. 24, 2014)—Longtime teacher (and former PLU student and instructor) Andrew Milton has released his first book, centered on the regulations and social expectations that are harmful to our schools. Milton has been…

    brief stop at PLU from 2000-02, when he was a visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science. A political science researcher first and teacher second, Milton says his research and teaching of bureaucracy and institutional change forced him to look at schools and education from that standpoint. Working in a middle school in 2006, Milton first became interested in the effects of government regulations on school systems, the basis of his new book. Milton’s book, The Normal Accident Theory of

  • 3/17/2015 Strategic Planning Work Group edits 3/31/2015 Strategic Planning Work Group edits 5/27/2015, SNO Meeting, Approved

    service for and with others, their communities, and the world. Nursing and Health The School of Nursing believes that nursing is a theory- and science-based discipline that focuses on person-centered care across all settings and states of health and illness. The art and science of nursing is relationship-based and directed by humanitarian values of human dignity, interdependence, and social justice. As a practice discipline, Nursing works to improve the health and well-being of clients and systems

  • Major in Economics Minimum of 32 semester hours Required Courses for all Economic Majors 20 semester hours ECON 101, 102, and 499 ECON 301 or 302 STAT 231 or MATH/

    undergraduate students with introductory study not available in the regular curriculum. The title will be listed on the student term-based record as DS: followed by the specific title designated by the student. (1 to 4) ECON 301 : Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis Theory of consumer behavior; product and factor prices under conditions of monopoly, competition, and intermediate markets; welfare economics. Prerequisites: ECON 101 or consent of instructor; and MATH 128 or 151. (4) ECON 302 : Intermediate

  • Friday, May 7th Join the Mathematics Department on Zoom to hear the senior capstone presentations. If you’d like to join the online capstone session, please email Professor Jessica Sklar at

    study of natural numbers and their simplicity leads to some fascinating problems and comparisons to other number systems. This capstone will focus on the Gaussian integers, their properties, and their analogous nature to integers. 1:30pm – Medical Decision Making: A Game Theoretic Approach Brittany Iverson Game theory has many possible games to be analyzed, as well as many different applications of those games. This paper will explore Nash equilibrium in two non-zero-sum games, Chicken and the

  • Lecturer - Band Studies; Conductor - Concert Band | School of Music, Theatre & Dance | veghmb@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Matt Vegh graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 2012 with a Bachelor’s of Music Education (K-12 band and K-12 music) and Central Washington University in 2016 with a Master’s of Music in wind band conducting, where he studied with Lewis Norfleet and Mark Lane. Professor Vegh also teaches at Steilacoom High School.

    band and K-12 music) and Central Washington University in 2016 with a Master’s of Music in wind band conducting, where he studied with Lewis Norfleet and Mark Lane. Professor Vegh also teaches at Steilacoom High School. At SHS, he directs Wind Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, and has taught AP Music Theory. His concert bands consistently receive Superior ratings at festivals, while percussion ensemble frequently performs at the WIAA/WMEA State Ensemble Contest, and has

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  • Lecturer - Band Studies; Conductor - Concert Band | Music | veghmb@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Matt Vegh graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 2012 with a Bachelor’s of Music Education (K-12 band and K-12 music) and Central Washington University in 2016 with a Master’s of Music in wind band conducting, where he studied with Lewis Norfleet and Mark Lane. Professor Vegh also teaches at Steilacoom High School.

    band and K-12 music) and Central Washington University in 2016 with a Master’s of Music in wind band conducting, where he studied with Lewis Norfleet and Mark Lane. Professor Vegh also teaches at Steilacoom High School. At SHS, he directs Wind Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, and has taught AP Music Theory. His concert bands consistently receive Superior ratings at festivals, while percussion ensemble frequently performs at the WIAA/WMEA State Ensemble Contest, and has

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