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Barr reflects on her PLU education, work overseas Career diplomat Joyce Barr ’76 spoke to the Class of 2008 and their families during Spring Commencement on May 25 at the Tacoma Dome. The following is the text of her speech: Chair Gomulkiewicz, President Anderson, Provost…
best that people can give. The Foreign Service: Excitement & Enlightenment Since my graduation from PLU, I have spent most of my career working for the Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer. It has been exciting, enlightening and at times enormously difficult but I have found it to be not only extremely satisfying but a lot of fun! The State Department is looking for intelligent, well educated, and highly motivated people like you to promote and protect American interests abroad. The U.S
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President’s Remarks Good morning! I’m delighted to welcome you all to the 2015 University Convocation!
Forces. My father had helped found the Army Community Service, which included many resources for combating racism and helping the Armed Forces become the first major American institution to desegregate.And my father, with my mother’s important help, founded the Defense Race Relations Institute to train professionals to deal with racism and bias. As a child, I remember protesters waving the Confederate flag and spitting invective at my parents and their coworkers. The murders in Charleston happened
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The traditional undergraduate program is designed for students who do not hold licensure in practical or registered nursing. The L.P.N. to B.S.N.
of Nursing is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the National League for Nursing (NLN). Washington State Approval The School of Nursing is approved by the Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission. Accreditation The BSN program is accredited and approved by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org) and Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission. High School Preparation Applicants are
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PLU President Thomas W. Krise welcomes faculty and staff back to campus, highlighting the strengths of PLU and his goals for the future. (Photo by John Froschauer) “A University of the First Rank” By President Thomas W. Krise Good morning and welcome to the 2012…
which to work and live. I attribute much of this great spirit to our tradition and continuing commitment to the ideals of Lutheran higher education. As I like to say, Martin Luther—Professor Martin Luther—not only made Lutheran universities better, he made all universities better, even Catholic and public universities. In many ways, the superb American system of higher education—with its firm commitment to academic freedom, its rigorous questioning of all received opinions, and its belief in the
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For the 2012-2013 academic year, 877 students will have graduated from PLU. Spring Commencement takes place Sunday, May 26 in the Tacoma Dome. (Photo by John Froschauer) In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a chapter…
. She said that being a DIII athlete was all about the balance of excellence as a student, excellence as an athlete, and being able to get the complete college experience. My PLU experience: My PLU experience would be summed up in one word…growth. I came to PLU without much confidence, without much sense of the world around me, and without a lot of challenges. That all changed when I came on campus. Within the first months, my coach, Erin Van Nostrand, told me that I would be an All-American by the
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TACOMA, WASH. (August 10, 2015)- Each summer PLU students fan out across the globe — working, researching, studying or just plain relaxing. Many students leverage the summer months as an opportunity to add depth to their resumes by completing internships at local and corporate businesses,…
PLU Students Check In From Summer Internships Posted by: Zach Powers / August 10, 2015 August 10, 2015 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (August 10, 2015)- Each summer PLU students fan out across the globe — working, researching, studying or just plain relaxing. Many students leverage the summer months as an opportunity to add depth to their resumes by completing internships at local and corporate businesses, nonprofit organizations and government agencies
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The following is a list of the most commonly utilized sanctions. This list is not exhaustive, and other sanctions may be determined by PLU in its sole discretion, to be necessary and appropriate.
the residence halls), student employment, and co-curricular involvement (i.e., exclusion from seeking or holding appointive or elective positions in student government or clubs and organizations, or varsity athletic participation). This sanction may be stated for a specified period of time and may be deferred.Assessment with Required RecommendationsConsistent with the nature of the violation, a student may be assigned an assessment (i.e., substance use, anger, mental health) to be provided by a
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Once you've started your application, you can check on the status of each checklist item through our application portal.
APPLY Every year, PLU welcomes international undergraduate and graduate students from over 30 different countries. First Year UndergraduatesApplication information for international students who are coming directly from upper secondary school See InformationTransfer UndergraduatesApplication information for international students who are transferring from another college (including American community colleges and other four-year institutions) See InformationGraduate AdmissionApplication
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In January, we announced a change that realigns PLU’s Commencement with the tradition the university has had in place for over 100 years: Commencement is returning to the PLU campus.
Justice Economics English French & Francophone Studies Gender, Sexuality and Race Studies Global Studies Hispanic & Latino Studies History Holocaust & Genocide Studies Individualized Majors Languages and Literatures Master of Fine Arts Native American & Indigenous Studies Philosophy Political Science Publishing & Printing Arts Religion Sociology STEM Education Minor College of Natural Sciences Biology Chemistry Computer Science Dual Degree Engineering Earth Science Environmental Studies Geosciences
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The conventional wisdom around the most recent cinematic take on Jane Austen’s Persuasion (2022) hardened almost immediately. Too Fleabag- y, too Bridgerton -y, and not Austen-y or Persuasion -y enough to tempt me was the consensus. I focus here mainly on U.S. based publications and…
of another’s, and some very fine ones … have subjected Austen’s work to any number of cultural, temporal, geographical and vernacular liberties.” Definitely okay with an up-to-the-minute Austen; the LA Times has company on just this score—many of the elements here are present in other reviews. Some sort of explicit “of course I like modernizations” is a signal feature. I myself profess a wish, if we’re going on about twists on Austen’s novels, that American reviewers could find it within
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