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Ownership, Support, Government: The University is owned and operated by Pacific Lutheran University, Inc., a Washington corporation whose purpose is higher learning. The PLU corporation meets annually on the PLU campus to elect regents and to conduct other business. The corporation consists of up to 50 delegates from the six synods of Region I of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Board of Regents includes members of ELCA congregations, representatives from the Alumni Association

Values Based EducationWe think college is the time to ask the big questions. What will you live for? What are you called to be and to do? How will you make a genuine contribution to the world? What is your purpose, your passion, your unique talent? At PLU we help you recognize your connection with the world and your responsibility to serve it. And our Lutheran heritage gives PLU a uniquely broad idea of what it means to be successful. We prepare students to land that good job and become leaders

Brief History of Lucia Fest at PLUIn December 1950, Rev. E. Arthur Larson, professor of Swedish, introduced the Lucia custom to the PLU campus. At 5:30 on a cold, December morning, a group of female Swedish language students were honored with a visit from Sankta Lucia. The white-robed saint, wearing a crown of candles and a red satin sash, knocked at the doors of Harstad Hall. In her hands were a plate of cookies and a pot of fresh-brewed coffee. The saint’s real name was Lola (Murk) Gracey ’54

The PLU School of Nursing is committed to actively cultivating and promoting safe and respectful environments to ensure equitable opportunities for all students, faculty and staff to learn and work to optimal capacity. Learning environments, structures, systems, policies, and procedures will be based on a positive, productive culture of meaningful, collaborative relationships and attention to a safe, orderly, and respectful learning and working environments. This respect is illustrated by the

The School of Nursing reserves the right to reassign students to a new faculty advisor when need arises. Such changes most often occur when faculty leave the department, when new faculty are hired, and/or when a faculty member’s availability and/or status changes. Students are also allowed to request a change of advisor. A change of advisor form is available from the School of Nursing office. Keep in mind that change of advisor request is not granted unconditionally. Students benefit greatly

Definition of TermsA Bias Incident is conduct, speech, or expression that is motivated by bias, but does not rise to the level of a crime. Bias incidents encompass a broad spectrum of activity, from silently avoiding contact with someone because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics, to hosting a private party where participants dress up in blackface. Bias incidents arise from the expression of both explicit biases and implicit biases that an

Students who function and live in a university environment are encouraged to exercise freedom of expression and to participate responsibly in the freedoms of membership in a democratic society.  Every student has the right to express a personal opinion as long as it does not infringe on the rights of others, disrupt community or university events, or otherwise violate university policy, or local, state or federal laws.  The University welcomes opportunities for students, faculty, staff and

a Novel Thermo-cleavable System of Affinity Chromatography. Pho Q. Doan, Senior Capstone Seminar In the presented research work, we have tested the ability for modifying β-keto ester by SN2 alkylation reaction. We tested the Von Pechmann reaction with various homogenous acid and Lewis acid catalysts. We also noticed the difference in the isolation of the 7-hydroxy coumarin and the 7-amino coumarin products and proposed an isolation method for each of the compound and proposed a purification