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  • readiness Academic fit (i.e. meets Major/Minor/Gen Ed or other personal or professional goals) Motivation, intellectual curiosity, prior engagement with the site or program’s academic goals Responsibility, maturity, patience, flexibility, humor, good judgement, empathy Interpersonal skills, including sensitivity to others’ diverse perspectives and experiences Desire to understand and engage with other cultures Strong Faculty/Professional recommendations Applicants must: Be in good standing Meet any

  • ,” Zimmerman said. “Global education and travel does that on a larger scale.” Taylor, the study away advisor, said global education provides students opportunities beyond pursuing their academic interests. “Beyond just the academics, I think students can gain a lot from study away, like learning more about themselves, gaining independence, adaptability to challenging situations,” he said. “Those are great skills coming back from your study away experience to use for whatever job you are applying for.” PLU

  • ,” Clifford said. “It is interesting to look at similar subject matters from alternative perspectives.” Clifford graduated with the MSMR degree last May. She said, “what I love about the program is that it provides students with a set of transferable skills that are desirable to employers in many industries and will help me have flexibility in what I do and where I work.” Read Clifford's Full StoryStudents from Around the WorldIn Fall 2017, 14 new graduate students came from different parts of the world

  • 253.535.8227 www.plu.edu/gender-sexuality-race/ gsrs@plu.edu Jennifer James, Ph.D., Chair The Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies (GSRS) program at PLU provides students with an innovative curriculum that examines how gender, sexuality, and race are embedded in complex dynamics of power and resistance, offers intersectional and interdisciplinary ways to understand identities and imagine new configurations of power, and provides students with opportunities to develop skills that will prepare

  • and self-confidence in mathematics, and to sharpen critical thought in mathematics. Topics selected by the instructor. Prerequisite: Eligibility based on PLU Math Placement Exam, or permission of instructor. (4) MATH 115 : College Algebra and Trigonometry - MR, NS A review of algebra emphasizing problem solving skills. The notion of function is introduced via examples from polynomial, rational, trigonometric, logarithmic and exponential functions. We also explore inverse trigonometric functions

  • programs like PLU OR offer, and the importance of their preservation. “It provides a tremendous opportunity to teach leadership skills,” Wade said. “Those skills are transferable to whatever somebody wants to do next, whether it’s related to the outdoors or not.

  • Properties of Mn:ZnSe/ZnS Nanorods” Andrea M. Munro oral presentation at ACS Northwest Regional Meeting (June 2019) “Development of a Lab-Based Food Chemistry Course : Meaningful Distance Learning for Non-Majors” Andrea M. Munro poster presentation at Western States Chemistry Education Group Meeting (April 2019) “Synthesizing Doped Dot-in-Rod Quantum Dots for Use in Luminescent Solar Concentrators” Andrea M. Munro, Jenise Cavness, Toriana Vigil poster presentation at Gordon Research Conference

  • September/October time frame. Computer lab and classroom computers are updated separately and are also replaced on a scheduled replacement cycle. Department Purchase– Equipment can also be purchased using department funds, pending approval of the department budget head. Requests for purchase should be made to the I&TS Computer Purchasing Coordinator, who will provide a quote and help to determine any potential compatibility issues that need to be addressed. When an account number is provided, the

  • your area, placing a video on your website to explain a complex subject, or to have a short clip to recruit students to your department, this introductory workshop is for you. Presenter: Tommy Skaggs, Instructional Technologies Room: Library Design Lab Maximum Capacity: 182:15-3:15PM | Halfway There: A Retirement CheckupHalfway There: A Retirement CheckupJoin us for a mid-career financial checkup to evaluate your current savings, formulate a plan to reach your savings goals, and learn how to manage

  • trying out a new online resource for making a digital map of different Spanish dialects, thanks to support from PLU’s Digital Humanities Lab (led by professors Adela Ramos and Scott Rogers), which we are continuing during our asynchronous time. PLU: Has teaching Hispanic studies through a distance-learning model been challenging? What are some new tools you’ve developed or embraced? Yaden: I’ve taught HISP 101 and 102 fully online now for several years in the summer, so I guess I was as prepared as I