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recommend we focus on the “Net Tuition Revenue Per Student” (NTRPS) rather than the discount rate.  Our NTRPS is steadily rising and that’s a solid indicator of the market’s perception of our quality and value.  Nationally, the NTRPS has been flat for private colleges, so our rising figure is all the more notable.  Our sticker price is right in the middle of our peer group in the Pacific Northwest, which is probably about where it should be.  I pay attention to the discount rate, but I only worry about

he’s passionate about educating people and giving people the opportunities that come with education. “It looks appealing and it speaks to me in so many ways,” Akuien said. He hopes to return to Sudan as an educator. He hopes to make his country great. “If you know where you’ve gone, you know where you’re going and you know where you’ve got to go.” His earliest memories are of being carried by a cousin with a group of refugees through thousands of miles of harsh wilderness and a homeland ravaged by

High, with an associate’s degree in gender studies from Green River College already under her belt. A committed activist, Ahmed served as the founding Interfaith Coordinator at Campus Ministry, worked at the Center for Student Success, and was part of “the collective,” an unaffiliated, grassroots group of organizers. Her award-winning Capstone project, on black women’s transformative resistance in higher education, sought to diagnose “benevolent racism,” which “operates under the guise of being

Major Minute: Paul Sutton on Education Posted by: vcraker / August 18, 2021 August 18, 2021 Dr. Paul Sutton, Ph.D., Professor of Education, shares why it’s a great time to study education and why PLU is a great place to do so! Read Previous Major Minute: Tom Smith on Theatre & Dance Read Next Major Minute: Sergia Hay on Philosophy LATEST POSTS Summer Reading Recommendations July 11, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13

Save the Date! Please join us for a presentation by Dr. Anne McCoy, Natt- Lingafelter Professor of Chemistry and the recipient of the 2022 ACS Francis P. Garvan–John M. Olin Medal Posted by: alemanem / October 20, 2022 October 20, 2022 Read Previous Dept of Energy Office of Science Summer Undergraduate Internships Read Next Virtual STEM Career Fair with the US Dept of State LATEST POSTS ACS Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Respect (DEIR) Scholarship May 7, 2024 Environmental Lab Scientist in

Faculty Spotlight: Catherine Ha Posted by: Lace M. Smith / August 16, 2019 August 16, 2019 By James CarpenterGuest WriterDr. Kyoungnam Catherine Ha is an accomplished researcher and professor in the field of marketing analytics, with publications and honors in the U.S. and abroad. But when she was young, her aspirations were in a different direction.“Believe it or not, I wanted to be a pianist,” she remembers. “When I was in elementary school, my piano teacher even recommended me to a

PLU researchers shine light on RNA activities Professor of chemistry Neal Yakelis works with five summer research students to gain a deeper comprehension of RNA and its intricate workings within the realm of cells. Posted by: mhines / November 8, 2023 Image: Professor of chemistry Neal Yakelis leads his students in summer research in the Rieke Science Center at PLU. The team employed advanced organic chemical synthesis methods and characterization techniques. These include NMR spectroscopy

that there is a lively and vibrant group of students and faculty (including our President) who gather each week around the Word and Sacraments as University Congregation. Don’t judge us by the number of Lutheran students or faculty we have, although I can also tell you that while our numbers may be smaller than they once were, we are mighty! The fact that there are so many non-Lutherans at PLU is a testament to the power of Lutheran higher education. They want to what PLU has to offer! Judge us by

those in the traditionally privileged white community—need to hear and understand stories about the experience of racism long before we can sit down and think effectively about what to do about it.I started one such race chat with a story from a conference I attended last winter.  I was sitting with a small group of college presidents, discussing these issues, when one woman told the story about being at a weekend workshop for college presidents.  Her seatmate was a black male college president, and

Margaret Murdoch ’24: Contributing to a cure at Fred Hutch Cancer Center Posted by: Ava Edmonds / October 18, 2023 Image: Margaret Murdoch ’24 spent the summer at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center researching acute myeloid leukemia cells. (All photos provided by Murdoch.) October 18, 2023 By Ava EdmondsMarketing and CommunicationsMargaret Murdoch ’24, a biology and religious studies major with a minor in gender and sexuality studies, spent their summer in Seattle alongside some of the nation’s best