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  • charter member of the Health Sciences Committee, he immersed himself in pre-med and pre-dental advising. He was truly influential in the successes of many dozens of PLU students who eventually became physicians and dentists over the years. Jerry’s high-quality teaching established his classes as rigorous and comprehensive. He was a global scholar, using his early sabbaticals to pair travel with research interests, in places such as Cambridge, England, and Melbourne, Australia. His university

  • Next Tapped Out Explores our Global Water Crisis LATEST POSTS Pacific Lutheran University Communication students help forgive nearly $1.9M in medical debt in Washington, Idaho, and Montana May 20, 2024 PLU Faculty Directs Local Documentary November 8, 2022 Scholarship Application Tips October 17, 2022 PLU’s Student-Radio Station Lute Air Student Radio Produces Monthly Concerts August 18, 2022

  • ,” says Dr. Mathews. Students traveling abroad this J-term will be sure to have a scholarly, active, immersive experience. Museums will become the classroom, a rare and delightful opportunity. The School of Arts and Communication and the Department of Art & Design are excited to work with our partners across campus, like the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education, to provide high-impact educational opportunities for Lutes such as this study away course. Read Previous PLU Student

  • statistics are the following: Biostatistics to help design clinical and pharmaceutical trials for medical treatment Market research to determine and analyze consumer demands Government surveys to assess labor statistics for employment Economics to determine trends in the national and/or global economy Improved quality control in manufacturing to produce better products Campus EmploymentSeveral employment opportunities at PLU utilize students with mathematical training. Students are hired to tutor in

  • April 3, 2008 SOAC Week highlights creativity, tradition The School of Arts and Communication Week kicked off with a showing of student Andrea Calcagno’s documentary about global climate change, and performances by saxophonist Jamie Rottle and vocalists Kari Liebert, Morgan Ostendorf and Maggie Smith. The annual event spanned a week in April and featured speakers, panels, workshops and performances. Under the theme “SOAC Week: Creative Community Building on Tradition,” the activities

  • creating dialogue about bigger questions and creating a global discussion about the challenges the environment faces. It’s one of the reasons Arnesen and Bancroft came to PLU to share their dream. “At PLU we’re surrounded by big thinkers and big dreamers,” Bancroft said. Read Previous Climbing the wall Read Next Newspapers get SOAC’ed COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST

  • September 8, 2009 Convocation – A generation of globalists The incoming and returning students at PLU are part of the first global generation, said President Loren J. Anderson during Convocation on Sept. 8.“Quite simply you are globalists,” Anderson said to more than 1,000 students, faculty, staff and guests at the ceremony officially marking the start of PLU’s 120th year. The advancements of technology have made it a smaller world and brought down borders that before only few could or would

  • Center for Global Education. But when someone suggested she apply for an internship where she would ride her bike 800 miles through Massachusetts, she said to herself: “I have to do this.” Never mind that Alyssa didn’t own a bike. In fact, she hadn’t really ridden much since her junior-high days. But after a completed application and visit to the “bikes for sale” section of Craigslist, Henry found herself pedaling across Massachusetts for what she later called the most amazing summer she’s ever had

  • global strategic environment. The lecture is at 2 p.m. Friday, March 2 in the Scandinavian Cultural Center in the UC. The lecture is entitled, “A Voyage Around the North Pole: Modern Exploration and Climate Change.” Changes to the environment and climate of the Arctic are offering new opportunities for competition and collaboration among states in its periphery. Dynamism will only increase in the coming decades, as water levels rise, gas and oil reserves are explored, and territorial claims are

  • keynote address on three problems in food ethics from Paul B. Thompson, the W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food and Community Ethics at Michigan State University. About 50 students, staff, professors, and community members turned out for the event, including junior Political Science and Global Studies double major Kenny Stancil. “Food is just one of my general academic interests,” Stancil said. “I was intrigued when he pointed out both Singer and Sen’s frameworks for thinking about food ethics