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  • For the graduating class of 2024, freshman year was online and confined. So by the time fall came around for sophomore year, they embraced in-person classes, study groups, lunches, dinners, and more. That’s true at least for political science major Kaden Bolton ’24, who graduated…

    city council and the political parties at play.”  “My hypothesis was that the younger people would be happy with the policy and pleased with the pedestrian-only area, and that older people would be less happy with it. But what I found was that support for the policy was relatively stable throughout, and that in the youngest residents, between about 18 and 25, people were actually fairly skeptical of it and they felt that it was a way to placate the environmentalists who lobbied for it.” Bolton says

  • Housing is something many of us take for granted. Much more than just a place to sleep and a structure to shelter us from the elements, our homes provide the space we need to maintain a functional life. It’s where we manage our mental health,…

    victim to predatory lending schemes. Harmon now oversees shelters, affordable housing programs and funding as the housing assistance bureau chief for Arlington County in Virginia. Affordable housing work is “a passion that found me,” Harmon says. “It showed me tangible ways I could help make a real difference in people’s lives. Safe, decent and stable housing is the American Dream.” “Becoming a housing advocate, working for our most vulnerable, puts you on the front lines to fight for policy and

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 14, 2020) — In a parking lot outside Stony Brook University Hospital, two tents allow physicians to triage up to 100 patients per day. They discern between the “worried well” and those showing more severe symptoms of cough, fever and low oxygen…

    saw or experienced at work, and provide each other a listening ear. It’s unnerving to watch patients rapidly decline, Sean says. Not just elderly people, but those his own age or a little older. “We sign out of work, and they’re in stable condition and speaking in full sentences,” he says. “But a little miserable. A few hours later or overnight, they decline and need a ventilator or other aggressive interventions. Some go on to die.” To alleviate the intense pressure of work, they enjoy exercising

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 14, 2020) — In a parking lot outside Stony Brook University Hospital, two tents allow physicians to triage up to 100 patients per day. They discern between the “worried well” and those showing more severe symptoms of cough, fever and low oxygen…

    couple share war stories of sorts­ — tales of what they saw or experienced at work, and provide each other a listening ear. It’s unnerving to watch patients rapidly decline, Sean says. Not just elderly people, but those his own age or a little older. “We sign out of work, and they’re in stable condition and speaking in full sentences,” he says. “But a little miserable. A few hours later or overnight, they decline and need a ventilator or other aggressive interventions. Some go on to die.” To

  • This spring, the Strategic Enrollment Management Advisory Committee (known as SEMAC) will finalize PLU’s philosophy of enrollment, with the intention to ask our Board of Regents to adopt a final draft statement with enrollment targets in May. (See the current draft here  on the Provost…

    ongoing evaluation of a strategic enrollment management plan, and to help the institution achieve and maintain the optimum recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of students. An important part of SEMAC’s work is to help the administration set enrollment goals that allow for the long-term fiscal sustainability of the institution so as to better provide a high-quality educational program for our students, and a stable and vibrant work environment for our employees. PLU will benefit if we set

  • A year of achievement and a Decade of Change Dear Colleagues and Friends, It is a great joy for me to welcome each of you to University Fall Conference as we prepare to launch the 2010-2011 academic year, the 121st year in the life of…

    . INTRODUCTION It is my honor and privilege this morning is to report to you for the 19th time on the “State of the University.” I have titled this report “A Year of Achievement — A Decade of Change” and my central thesis is that the university is strong and stable.  We continue to perform with excellence and distinction in a time of real challenge and, I believe, we have the resolve and the resources to engage this new year, and the decade before us, with well-founded assurance and confidence. My exposition

  • Associate Professor of Biology Jacob Egge works with students during a summer semester research project. (Photo by PLU Photographer John Froschauer) Faculty-Student Research Provides a Cornerstone of the PLU Mission By Pacific Lutheran University Marketing & Communications and the Office of the Provost This year’s…

    Environmental Research Cobaloximes have been studied for decades as model compounds for vitamin B12. More recently, the chemical behavior of cobaloximes in general has been the subject of focus. The chloro(pyridine)cobaloxime is very stable and can be used as a precursor to many other cobaloximes. Specifically, the reduction of chloro(pyridine)cobaloxime gives a very nucleophilic Co- ion, which can react to form new cobalt-carbon bonds. The cobalt-carbon bond can be broken either thermally or photolytically

  • In Times Challenging and Uncertain: Plans Change – Values and Mission Endure By President Loren J. Anderson Welcome to our 2009 University Fall Conference. This morning we gather and prepare to launch the 120th year in the life of Pacific Lutheran University. We do so with…

    graduate programs, is once again stable.  That is very good news. And one more important point: As we built our operating budget for this current year, both the economy and our projections suggested that it would be prudent to plan for a small enrollment adjustment, so we built our financial plan for this year assuming a modestly smaller total enrollment.  As a result, our anticipated enrollment is well aligned with support our budget model for the year. Goal # 2: Support for Faculty and Staff Our