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You Ask, We Answer: Is campus welcoming to the LGBTQIA+ community? Posted by: shortea / September 8, 2023 September 8, 2023 “PLU seeks to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care – for other people, for their communities and for the Earth.” Within that mission statement, the highlight here is “for their communities.” We recognize and value the differences and diversity of our students, who they are and what they bring to the campus community. With care in

PLU announces new mathematics major, engineering minor Posted by: Marcom Web Team / March 14, 2022 March 14, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing and CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University leaders recently announced two new natural sciences programs. Officially launching in fall 2022, students will be able to pursue a major in applied mathematics and/or a minor in engineering and industry.The applied mathematics major builds upon the existing mathematics courses, incorporates

PLU announces new mathematics major, engineering minor Posted by: Silong Chhun / March 14, 2022 March 14, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing and CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University leaders recently announced two new natural sciences programs. Officially launching in fall 2022, students will be able to pursue a major in applied mathematics and/or a minor in engineering and industry.The applied mathematics major builds upon the existing mathematics courses, incorporates interdisciplinary

2018-19 FYEP Common Reading announced Posted by: hassonja / December 11, 2017 December 11, 2017 The Common Reading Selection Committee is delighted to announce that for the 2018-2019 FYEP Common Reading, we will revisit Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. The text, drawing from an autobiographical account of the author’s youth, is written in the form of a raw, emotional and at times poignant letter to his teenaged son depicting the feeling, symbolism and violent reality of being black

Intersections: The Tradition’s Wisdom in a Time of Pandemics Posted by: abryant / December 1, 2020 December 1, 2020 Cover art Cross of Life by Tom Stancliffe Intersections, Number 52, Fall 2020Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning, and teaching within Lutheran higher education. It is published by the

Study away at PLU Posted by: Marcom Web Team / April 2, 2018 April 2, 2018 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardPLU Marketing & Communications“It was an incredible experience that left my brain, heart, and hands full,” said Christiana Slater ‘20 of her study away trip to Oaxaca, Mexico. “My favorite expedition was to Mexico City, because I’d dreamed about visiting since I saw textbook pictures when I began studying Spanish in middle school.” Study away participants can pick from semester or full-year programs

Mississippi State University Summer REU Posted by: nicolacs / November 30, 2023 November 30, 2023 The Mississippi State University Chemistry Department seeks applicants for an interdisciplinary NSF-supported summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program occurring in 2024. Students who have completed their freshman year of college and who have not yet graduated can participate fully in the Food, Energy and Water Security Summer Research Program activities and work on a research

Carrie Cracknell’s Anne Elliot is a Girl with a Rabbit Posted by: ramosam / September 5, 2022 September 5, 2022 By Adela Ramos As Katherine Voyles’ insightful essay on the discourse around Persuasion (2022) demonstrates, historical inaccuracy has been pegged as one of Carrie Cracknell’s unforgivable misdeeds, especially related to the use of contemporary language and even the protagonist’s bangs. Yet when I finally watched the film, I was pleasantly surprised to find that Cracknell draws on the

Data Science in Oceanography Summer Program Posted by: nicolacs / April 19, 2023 April 19, 2023 The School of Oceanography at the University of Washington, with support from the eScience Institute, is excited to announce an undergraduate summer program, “Data Science in Oceanography.” The goal of the program is to provide undergraduate students with opportunities in contemporary data-driven research in oceanography and attract them to exciting possibilities of career paths in oceanography

June 15, 2009 MediaLab wins Emmy award Four student researcher-filmmakers in Pacific Lutheran University’s MediaLab program won a 2009 College Division Emmy Award at the 46th Annual Northwest Regional Emmy Awards Ceremony. Junior Melissa Campbell and seniors Julie Olds, Shannon Schrecengost and Emilie Firn were honored for their originally produced “Illicit Exchanges: Canada, the U.S. & Crime,” a 30-minute film that explores the effects of crime, drugs and gangs in communities across North