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studied away a total of four times. In my study away programs I had classes ranging from politics to environmental studies, languages to archaeology. The classes were all amazing and life changing, but what made the experience worthwhile were the skills I brought from PLU. The professors have so much passion for their subjects and there is an abundance of course topics to choose from. These classes showed me a new way to look at the rest of the world. Anthropology taught me how to think
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Achievement Award applicants. Since 2014-15, we have grown 29% in the number of annual scholarship auditions, interviews, and portfolio reviews conducted by our Music, Theatre, Dance, Art & Design and Forensics (Speech & Debate) programs. In addition, our matriculation rate of these award recipients has increased 6.4% – now to a point that more than 50% of all award recipients accept and attend PLU. Increased freshman-sophomore retention rates. Since 2010, we have increased our freshman to sophomore
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director of PLU’s opera programs, started talking with Youtz. They agreed fall 2016 would be the time PLU professor of music and composer Greg Youtz (photo by John Froschauer) to just “go for it,” as Youtz described it. Youtz quickly wrote the rest of the opera and turned it over to Brown, who was tasked with bringing it from page to stage. “At first — I have to be honest — I was a little daunted by the difficulty of the music,” Brown said. “I’ll admit I was worried that our students wouldn’t respond
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with the way that geology can tell stories millions of years old from the rocks that are still here. I settled into those programs and thought I was done, but when the PLUS Year was announced … I realized that I had really enjoyed taking the religion classes I took … and that with the PLUS Year, I would be able to complete a major in it. Religion is so influential in people’s lives, studying it felt like a really good way to open up my understanding of individuals and society. What is next, and why
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level equivalent to the required minimum TOEFL/IELTS scores of the applied program. Other waiver conditions may be allowed subject to the determination of individual graduate programs. Minimum TOEFL or IELTS requirements are as follows: Business Master of Business Administration: Minimum TOEFL-iBT of 83 or minimum IELTS score of 6.5. Master of Science in Marketing Analytics: Minimum TOEFL-iBT of 83 or minimum IELTS score of 6.5. Creative Writing Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing: Minimum TOEFL
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addressing the needs of both our PLU community and the wider community through the programs that we’re providing, the impact our students can have while still students, and then of course the impact of our alumni who graduate and go into the community and serve. PLU College of Health ProfessionsThe College of Health Professions is home to the School of Nursing and Departments of Kinesiology, Marriage & Family Therapy, and Social Work. Program offerings include undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well
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on the geology of national parks and fell in love with the way that geology can tell stories millions of years old from the rocks that are still here. I settled into those programs and thought I was done, but when the PLUS Year was announced … I realized that I had really enjoyed taking the religion classes I took … and that with the PLUS Year, I would be able to complete a major in it. Religion is so influential in people’s lives, studying it felt like a really good way to open up my
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. “PLU gave us a good start toward our careers as successful business people. This gift was a way to recognize the support we received while making a difference for current students,” Don Wilson said. Avid skiers, Don, Kim and Stacy were members of the ski team while at PLU. “I didn’t play football, soccer or lacrosse at PLU, but I know that the field will strengthen these programs and general recreation there,” he said. “Athletics is an important part of the university experience and the new field
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sustainable development and conservation is an understatement. Bill was a foreign study pioneer developing programs in Central America and the Galapagos Islands in the 1980s at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. While at Furman, he chaired the Latin American Studies concentration, implemented an interdisciplinary program among five departments, and supervised dozens of undergraduate research projects. After several years in the 1990s teaching undergraduate biology, he heard about the
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universities across the U.S. Eight Namibians who were part of this sponsored program graduated from PLU. Laura Sorgenfrei ’08 with her grade 1 support class at Van Rhyn Elementary in Windhoek, Namibia. In the years since, this history of educational exchange has continued via USAID grant-supported teacher development programs, study away programs and Fulbright scholarships. Yet the Uukumwe Project is unique—not only for its focus on teachers, rather than students, but also because for every American
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