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Chemistry https://www.plu.edu/catalog-2023-2024/undergraduate-program/program-curriculum-information/chemistry/

compounds, and that supports their educational goals, whether toward graduate study, the medical and health professions, biotechnology, forensic science, education, business, or as a complement to other studies. For good reason, chemistry is often called “the central science.” The Department of Chemistry’s courses, curriculum, faculty, and facilities are approved by the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the department offers ACS certified degrees. Students get hands-on experience using sophisticated

Pacific Lutheran University Inaugural Address https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2012/09/04/pacific-lutheran-university%E2%80%A8-inaugural-address/

ensuring their education, and for fostering leaders committed to service to others finds itself well represented in PLU’s mission statement: We seek to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership, and care—for other people, for their communities, and for the earth. At PLU today, our distinctive expression of American higher education includes a superb liberal arts curriculum—with its stellar faculty and students in the sciences and social sciences, in the humanities, in music

Kari Plog ’11 – Resolute Online: Winter 2018 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2018/author/plogkr/

major and a Japanese American. Both Kitajo’s maternal and paternal grandparents were detained during the war. For the past six years, Kitajo has traveled to the Minidoka National Historic Site as part of the annual Minidoka Pilgrimage — a four-day educational journey that helps Japanese Americans reconcile their past. The Minidoka National Historic Site houses what remains of the Minidoka War Relocation Center in Jerome County, Idaho. The camp operated from 1942-45 and held more than 9,000 Japanese

French & Francophone Studies https://www.plu.edu/academic-programs/program/french-francophone-studies/

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Q & A with ASPLU Environmental Justice Director https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/q-a-with-asplu-environmental-justice-director/

for her to get into Environmental studies and why she felt like they didn’t fit in, especially as a student of color because of how the environmental field has unfortunately been perceived to be predominantly white folks, despite indigenous leadership through the years. I had a crash course on indigenous governments and the road to sovereignty as far as intergovernmental relations. We also had a public service fair where we went into breakouts so we could talk to individuals who are working in

Sustainability https://www.plu.edu/dining/health/sustainability/

Sustainability @ PLU Hospitality Services & Campus RestaurantsPLU recognizes the importance of sustainability, so much so that it is integrated into the University mission statement, “to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care – for other persons, for their communities and for the earth.” It is the responsibility of not only the students, but the faculty and staff as well, to become conscious of their effects on the environment and to help us make strides

Annual PLU Events https://www.plu.edu/hospitality/annual-events/

Leadership InstituteStudent Involvement and Leadership300AugustPI Orientation Guide TrainingStudent Involvement and Leadership50August Visiting Writers SeriesOffice of the Provost75Dates VaryPI Chapel - MWF 10:30am-11:00amCampus Ministry30-80Weekly University Congregation - Sundays 11:00am-12:00pmCampus Ministry100-200 (guess)Sundays Music & Theater PerformancesSchool of Art and CommunicationDates Vary KeyPI = President Involvement. Event planners -consult w/Pres Office to set or change dates. AC = All

PLU adds Innovation Studies minor, helps students transition from college to career https://www.plu.edu/innovation-studies/news/plu-adds-innovation-studies-minor-helps-students-transition-from-college-to-career/

is to create a companion program that supplements a student’s major — a bridge from academia to the professional world. “Let’s say you have an art degree and you are a person who’s working on graphic design,” Halvorson said. “But maybe you don’t regularly meet with business or computer science students, and you want to develop a broader range of entrepreneurial skills. The Innovation Studies program is meant to help you achieve the career and leadership goals that you want out of your art program

PLU will launch into Earth and Diversity Week with the Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture and the Steen https://www.plu.edu/natural-sciences/news/plu-will-launch-into-earth-and-diversity-week-with-the-schnackenberg-memorial-lecture-and-the-steen-family-symposium/

PLU’s Earth & Diversity Week. Steen Family Symposium Steen Family Symposium on Environmental Issues April 17-19 | Free and open to the public Established in 2022 through a gift from David ‘57 and Lorilie Steen ’58, the Steen Family Symposium brings informed speakers who challenge current thinking and propose healthy change to the PLU campus for the purpose of contributing to educate for “lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care — for other people, for their communities and for the

An invaluable asset https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2008/08/14/an-invaluable-asset/

students can’t contribute. That’s an invaluable asset to have on campus.” Take Riley Relfe, a transfer from Green River Community College. At Green River, she had been extremely involved, working as the president of the local honor society and at the local radio station. When she came to PLU, there was never any question that she’d get involved – the only question was where. Then her advisor suggested that she might consider getting involved in student leadership with ASPLU. The next day, she was