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history students regularly study away for a semester, year or January term in places like England, Namibia, Trinidad & Tobago, Scotland, Australia, Greece, and more. Did you know? PLU is ranked the #3 best colleges for History in Washington. -Niche Did you know? History is a popular major for transfer students; we accept most accredited classes and the major can be completed in two years. Did you know? History students have an opportunity to participate in paid student-faculty research projects each
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(with one Emmy win), along with 32 other national and international video and documentary awards, including three First Place Grand Prizes from the National Broadcasting Society and major film festival screenings in New York City, Los Angeles, Vancouver and elsewhere. “It just grew, it mushroomed, and became this 700-pound gorilla that it is today,” Wells said. One of MediaLab’s first community-oriented projects involved writing stories, taking photographs and editing copy for a weekly newspaper
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PLU, Brian was engaged in both regional mapping projects with the Canadian Geological Survey and mineral exploration with several mining companies; his experience ranged from Labrador to British Columbia. This passion for fieldwork continued at PLU and he has always been dedicated to getting students out into the field as often as possible to experience geology first hand. Every semester he has offered field trips to various sites around Washington. He is renowned for his geological narration on
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: New members will participate in orientation. May 12: Formal induction ceremony during the Celebration of Leadership. “Having a Mortar Board chapter at PLU will allow students from across campus to meet together on a regular basis to perform service projects around Tacoma with the support of a nationally recognized organization,” said ASPLU president Aaron Steelquist ’14.Students not only will benefit from Mortar Board—they also helped bring the chapter to PLU. Amber Baillon, Associate Director of
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career—and take him further than ever.Holland planned to major in English but became fascinated by the varied projects offered by PLU’s computer science major. With family in the tech, interest in computer science runs in the family, he says. Through the PLU IHON-Oxford Program, he took a distributed systems course. “It had very interesting, hard problems that interested me.” Overall, this is what he enjoys most—finding efficient ways to solve problems. “Computers give you immediate feedback on
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are typically 6-8 years in length. They are organized to give students strong theoretical and methodological training. Students spend a significant amount of their time in a doctoral program pursuing independent research projects; any student thinking about pursuing a Ph.D. should have a strong interest in academic research. Students spend the first 3-4 years of the Ph.D. program satisfying course requirements, writing the thesis (usually defending the thesis at the end of the 2nd year), and
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and plans to stimulate the local economy and fund their projects. The highlight of Luke’s service was the opportunity to find a shared humanity with people that live such different lives, something he had never thought would be possible. When he first arrived in Senegal, he never could have imagined how comfortable he would feel within his community, how close he would grow to his host family and friends, and how much reciprocal knowledge was shared between himself and others. He describes this
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Services will assess a fine for students who no-show for appointments or cancel a scheduled appointment less than 24 hours in advance. Students receive a warning for their first infraction for each academic year and are charged $50 (effective August 1, 2023) for each subsequent infraction. Infractions are counted separately for Health Services and Counseling Services. If for any reason you are unable to attend or must change the time of your appointment: If the appointment is within 24 hours, please
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, the WTSC Legislative and Media Relations Manager, expressed the necessity of WTSC and their Target Zero project. This project aims to have zero road fatalities and injuries by the year 2030. According to Baldwin, 94% of crashes are due to human behavior. The top 3 behaviors causing fatalities on the roads are involved with impairment, speeding, and distraction 1. WTSC aims to change that. In a video on their website, WTSC representatives ask Washington residents what the traffic fatality goal for
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November 29, 2011 Paris Cochran ’13 was the first American, and female student, to go into rural Oaxaca with HELPS. “I was able to change their opinion about what Americans, and students, are capable of.” Paris Cochran’s cool internship: HELPS International By Steve Hansen Every student who participates in PLU’s Gateway study-away program in Oaxaca, Mexico, has to participate in a four-week internship. Based on the students’ interests, there are many internship options during the semester-long
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