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Graduate nursing education is a multifaceted, dynamic, and rigorous process organized to prepare professional nurses for advanced nursing practice roles.
indirect care to diverse groups of people, in a variety of settings, within the current, complex health care systems environment. Click here for dates of upcoming MSN Information Sessions.DNP Degree Program Our Doctor of Nursing Practice degree program prepares graduates in two advanced practice specialty areas of Family Nurse Practitioners (FNP) and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP). Graduates are able to develop and evaluate quality within a health system, collaborate with inter
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The Computer Science Department senior capstone presentations will take place Saturday, May 6th. If you’d like to join the capstone Zoom session, please email Assistant Professor Jeff Caley at
2023 Computer Science Capstone SymposiumThe Computer Science Department senior capstone presentations will take place Saturday, May 6th. If you’d like to join the capstone Zoom session, please email Assistant Professor Jeff Caley at caleyjb@plu.edu. Saturday, May 6th9:30am – Ray Tracer Hongsen Zhao (BS) Ray tracing is a widely used rendering technique for generating realistic images by simulating the behavior of light in virtual scenes. In this project, we focus on enhancing the quality of
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Congratulations to Justin Eckstein, Assistant Professor of Communication and Director of Debate, who was recently awarded the 2017 Daniel Rohrer Award for Outstanding Research by the American Forensics Association. His research is titled, “Sound Arguments, Argumentation and Advocacy”. Among the most important activities of the…
Association is recognizing achievement and quality in commitment to argumentation and public advocacy. The award is a recognition of top scholarship within the Speech and Debate practice area of Forensics. “Dr. Eckstein’s “Sound Arguments” is pushing the study of argument in exciting new directions. Especially in the world in which we now live, many arguments are indelibly tied to sound – to the sound of someone’s voice (one thinks of Churchill), to music (one thinks of advertisements), or to the absence
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The Wang Center is dedicated to supporting faculty, students and staff with the resources necessary to advance PLU’s distinction and vision for global education of “educating to achieve a just,
, healthy, sustainable and peaceful world” through faculty development and grant opportunities, delivery of study away programs, on-campus programming on pressing world issues, and a commitment to best practices when engaging with education partners, both locally and globally.PLU is a globally focused university that remains committed to providing high quality study away programs as a high-impact experiential practice that enhances students’ capacity for critical thought, written and verbal expression
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Ed.D. with Superintendent Certification 60 semester hours Superintendent Strand - 16 semester hours EDUC 741: Educational Law, Policy, and Governance (2) EDUC 742: Human Resources in K-12 (2) EDUC
will learn the steps in designing and conducting a program evaluation, as well as considerations when contracting for program evaluations, as many educational grants and programs require outside evaluation. (2) EDUC 731 : Educational Leadership: Instructional Leadership In this course, students will learn both the field's best knowledge of what high-quality learning is and how to generate it at a systems level. Students will read, discuss, collect and analyze data around learning at all levels of a
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by Layne Nordgren Now that the semester is underway and much of the heavy lifting of creating and populating your Sakai course site is complete, perhaps you’re ready to consider some fine-tuning to improve your course site for students. One option to consider would be…
Quick Tips for Improving Your Sakai Site for Students Posted by: Jenna S / October 1, 2015 October 1, 2015 by Layne Nordgren Now that the semester is underway and much of the heavy lifting of creating and populating your Sakai course site is complete, perhaps you’re ready to consider some fine-tuning to improve your course site for students. One option to consider would be to review your course using the Quality Matters Rubric Standards checklist, but that may take more time than you have to
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Careers in kinesiology-related fields are oriented toward evidence-based service of others, and professionals in these fields get to build a life helping others overcome critical physical and mental
change an individual’s quality of life for the better, bringing them greater joy, comfort, and confidence. A master’s in kinesiology opens the door to full-time teaching, coaching and strength-and-conditioning positions in colleges and universities, as well as administrative and leadership roles in the health and fitness industry. With a graduate degree, you can expect to qualify for jobs such as a strength and conditioning coach, a sports psychologist, exercise physiologist, and more. We understand
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Global focus nets Fulbrights When PLU was named by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the top four masters-level institutions in terms of the number of students currently participating in the prestigious U.S. Fulbright Student Fellowship, everyone at the university was pleased with…
Chagas disease in the Pastaza province of Ecuador. scholars and professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide. However, they couldn’t have been surprised – PLU has been doing this for years. In fact, since 1975, 78 PLU students have received the award. “That PLU ranked so high testifies not only to the quality of PLU, but to the quality of a liberal arts education,” said Troy Storfjell
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Exploring Egyptian tombs By Chris Albert The moment before the chamber door of an ancient tomb cracks open, a sensation of excitement, of discovery is running through Don Ryan ’79 – renowned archeologist and Egyptologist and PLU faculty fellow. PLU Faculty Fellow Don Ryan knows…
. Ryan had done his homework and had approximated its location from Carter’s notes. “People think I have a special touch for finding things,” he said. “I’d say it’s more of doing one’s homework than anything else.” In the tomb, burial remnants were found along with the second mummy, still lying on the floor. The quality of the mummy was striking a royal pose: left arm bent at the elbow diagonally, the left fist clenched and the right arm straight along her side. The pose and the quality of the
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Shelia Smith, new Dean of the School of Nursing. John Froschauer, Photographer Liberal Arts and Nursing. A Perfect Match of Science and Compassion By Barbara Clements PLU Marketing and Communications Pacific Lutheran University’s new Dean of the School of Nursing, Dr. Sheila Smith, says she…
quality and the small university atmosphere. “The liberal arts component of the program has a progressive feel to me, and that means a lot of me,” said Smith just before students started arriving on campus this month. “I feel very strongly that the liberal arts component should be a part of the nursing program,” she said. “Nursing is a very complex field and there needs to be an understanding of human nature and the complexities of the human experience. “To do this work well, you need to be well
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