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on data the company collected from its survey of administrators at several hundred colleges in each region, as well as staff visits to schools over the years and the perspectives of college counselors and advisors. “We also gave careful consideration to what students enrolled at the schools reported to us about their campus experiences on our student survey,” Franek said. The survey asked students to rate their colleges on several issues—from the accessibility of their professors to the quality

the classroom and more importantly, to give back to the environment and instead of just talking green, do something green.” Most recently, Farnum partnered with some environmental studies classes at PLU to bring students in, collect data and document the species on the land. The Clover Creek Reserve plot of land is owned by Forterra, which is a Tacoma-based nonprofit that purchases land to preserve regionally. Farnum first got involved as a volunteer land steward with Forterra. He’s in charge of

insights that will guide the project’s evolution and help pave the way for future scalability. And, as the initiative unfolds, student research assistants at PLU and other partner institutions will have opportunities to contribute to the implementation, evaluation and reporting process. “We’ve designed a great project and we have a huge number of sites and high-quality researchers and practitioners involved. By harnessing the power of data and collective expertise, the project will shape the future of

realized one of her favorite parts was the data analysis. Her love of math has also been a way to serve the wider PLU community. “While completing these degrees, she also had time to be an SI (supplemental instruction) leader for precalculus in 2020 [and] to grade for multiple instructors,” said chemistry professor Dr. Andrea Munro. “She is an incredible student.” Jackie’s sense of initiative has also been developed by club activities outside the classroom. As an Outdoor Rec trip leader and Ultimate

realized one of her favorite parts was the data analysis.Study Away at PLUVisit the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged EducationHer love of math has also been a way to serve the wider PLU community. “While completing these degrees, she also had time to be an SI (supplemental instruction) leader for precalculus in 2020 [and] to grade for multiple instructors,” said chemistry professor Dr. Andrea Munro. “She is an incredible student.” Jackie’s sense of initiative has also been developed by club

more academic disciplines. “Within the culture and fabric of PLU are these interdisciplinary approaches,” Teska said. “It makes us stronger.” A workshop sponsored by the grant on May 27 to 29 examined the state of Clover Creek. Workshop participants will look at data gathered each spring by the “Environmental Methods of Investigation” course, which charts the health of the creek and the community, and determine what’s changed, what needs to be done and how it can be done better. The final activity

sound to get the best data. The spectrometer contains a series of chambers, with the outside chamber forming a vacuum jacket. The new chamber is then filled with liquid nitrogen, which is at a temperature of minus 321 degrees Fahrenheit. Inside the chamber, a superconducting magnet sits in a broth of liquid helium, which is even colder, at minus 452 degrees Fahrenheit, or just a few degrees above the lowest known temperature in the universe. The magnet is charged with electricity, which aligns the

international implications—and a multifaceted mission. CREP (rhymes with “grape”) not only helps validate psychological research findings; it also allows undergraduate students, including those at PLU, to engage in potentially publishable research. “Most student projects, the data go nowhere,” Grahe said. “In my classes I’ve always tried to get undergrads to do projects that might be publishable, but the problem is as one-off projects, they almost always are unpublishable.” But with CREP, he said, “Ideally

may be thanks to consideration of new data released last year by the Obama administration. For the first time, the publication’s 2016 rankings included incomes of students 10 years after enrolling at a given college, how likely they are to be paying down principal on loans and the percentage of first-generation students at each college. Earlier this summer PLU was named one of the top colleges in the country for awarding creative arts scholarships by LendEDU, the PLU School of Nursing was ranked

held enterprises, and supply chain management. The marketing analytics program prepares students for careers in data analysis, business marketing, social media, and brand management. The kinesiology program combines academic rigor with an emphasis on real-world training and practice and students may specialize in sports psychology and exercise science. To be eligible for streamlined graduate admission, PLU and Puget Sound alumni will have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above and complete an online