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  • TACOMA, WASH. (March. 16, 2016)- Charles Reinmuth ’19 didn’t think twice when he was offered the chance to spend five weeks in the summer getting acclimated to life at Pacific Lutheran University and earning his first six college credits for free. “I couldn’t pass up…

    new program. “Students who go through the Summer Academy program are going to have a real leg up,” Ciscell said. “They will already have a connection with this university that is going to anchor them and keep them here for all four years.” Summer Academy requires all participants to enroll in a class called University as Text (Global Studies 287) and choose between Sociology of Education (Sociology 287) or Mathematical Explorations (Math 107). "Students who go through the Summer Academy program

  • Major in Earth Science 34 semester hours in the following earth science courses, plus 4 semester hours in supporting courses The bachelor of arts degree is the minimum preparation for the field and

    The bachelor of arts degree is the minimum preparation for the field and is best combined with other degree programs, such as another major or minor. Students interested in Earth Science and completing a bachelor of arts in education often combine it with this degree. Required: ESCI 201, 401, 498, 499 8 semester hours from: ESCI 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, or 109 16 semester hours from: ESCI 325, 327, 331, 332, 336, 345, or 387/388/389 Required supporting non-earth science course: CHEM 104 or

  • Major in Mathematics 32 semester hours of mathematics, plus 4 semester hours of supporting courses 32 semester hours of mathematics: MATH 152, 242, 253, 317 or 318 or 319, 331, 433, 455, 499A, 499B 4

    the education degree by taking MATH 123 and MATH 124 (MATH 115 provides preparation for MATH 123). Those majoring in a different area but planning to apply to PLU’s Master of Arts in Education elementary program need to take MATH 123 only. For students who plan to take only one mathematics course, a choice from MATH 105, 107, 123, 128, 140, or 151 is advised, depending on the student’s interests, preparation and mathematics placement results. Mathematics Placement Evaluation A Math Placement test

  • Join the Computer Science Department to hear the senior capstone presentations. Student presentations will take place Friday and Saturday. All talks are scheduled in Morken 203.

    through either Wifi or network data, as well as the phone’s location services and orientation sensors. 2:20pm – Dual Mode RC Surveillance Drone Jesus Reyes (BSCE), Caleb Ice (BACS), Justin Janker (BSCE) The purpose of this project is to design an Android application capable of sending commands and viewing a live video stream from a server hosted on a Raspberry Pi 3. The basic idea is to use an Android OS device to command a remotely controlled (RC) vehicle through a wireless network. The two primary

  • Information literacy (IL) is often assumed to focus solely on research skills, but it comprises so much more than that.

    about how best to incorporate the ideas in this guide into one of your lessons or courses, don’t hesitate to contact Roberto Arteaga (rarteaga@plu.edu). This guide was developed by Roberto A. Arteaga and Christine M. Moeller and is licensed, unless otherwise noted, under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Last modified: May 1, 2023

  • Angie Jimenez ’14 will walk across the Tacoma Dome stage as she graduates from Pacific Lutheran University on May 24, grateful for the support of her parents, Dale Benson and the Minds Matter program. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Graduate overcomes tight budgets, ice storms and bureaucracy…

    girl, but when she started high school, it began to hit home just what being an undocumented student meant. A driver’s license was out of the question. So was applying for student loans. The thought of paying for a college education seemed impossible. “I couldn’t apply for financial aid, so it just seemed out of reach,” she said. But when the Minds Matter tutors came to her school to offer any sophomore, free of charge, an intense three-year tutoring program—with the caveat that they must show for

  • By Dana Shreaves, Instructional Designer When instructors want to communicate with students at a distance, one option is to create video or audio recordings. Many faculty dislike seeing or hearing themselves recorded. Others are intimidated by the process of creating recordings. However, recordings can be…

    , such as Screencast-O-Matic, can be used to create recordings that display video from a webcam, content on a computer screen (including images from a document camera), or a combination of both. Faculty and staff at PLU can download a license for Screencast-O-Matic PRO by contacting the Instructional Technologies Team. Sakai’s text editor allows users to record and share short audio clips and Audacity software can also be downloaded and used to create longer audio recordings. When creating recordings

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 6, 2015)—Every year, the Business Examiner selects outstanding South Sound business and community leaders for its prestigious 40 Under 40 program—and this year, five of those are Lutes. On Aug. 4, the honored Lutes joined the rest of the 40 Under 40…

    so many different industries and walks of life; I’m sure we could all learn a ton from each other.” Matthew Simon ’03, Financial Advisor at Edward Jones. Simon grew up in Kent, Washington, and attended Kentridge High School before coming to PLU and earning a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. He holds a Life Accident and Health Insurance Agent License and FINRA 7 and 66 registrations, and an AAMS® designation. “The ability to impact lives has always been my goal,” Simon wrote on his

  • “The massacre of innocents in Orlando prompts us to pray for those who grieve, to resist homophobia and Islamophobia, and to work diligently for an end to the easy purchase of deadly weapons. A Lutheran university, inspired by the non-violent life and inclusive love of…

    . We should consider learning from the Americans who know the most about weapons–the U.S. Armed Forces; they take weapons safety seriously: private weapons must be stored in the secured armory on the base–no private weapons are allowed in houses on base.  People with weapons have to have annual safety and marksmanship training and a current license.  If they live off base, they’re expected to own a weapon safe to keep them. I also agree with my barber, who is a marksmanship instructor: we need

  • We are committed to supporting PLU’s mission to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care–for other people, for their communities, and for the earth.

    online tool that faculty use to adopt course materials and MBS Direct is the vendor we use to provide course materials to students. Why two vendors? Because of the complexity of the MBS online adoption system we’ve partnered with Verba Collect to be our adoption system. This decision is not without costs: The yearly license fee for Verba is more than $3600. Adoptions must be extracted from Verba and manually entered into the MBS adoption tool. But it does add convenience and ease of adoption for PLU