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The Role of Computer Science in Liberal Arts Education & SocietyComputer Science integrates three fundamental processes: theory (from mathematics), abstraction (based on the scientific method), and design (from engineering) [1]. The problem solving perspectives emphasized in CS provide important mental models for addressing problems in many disciplines. This is sometimes called “algorithmic thinking” or “computational thinking.” As described by Walker et. al., “methodologies within computer

Tips and Resources for Parents and Caregivers of StudentsSending your student off to college is an exciting time.  Many parents feel it is the culmination of years spent raising, educating and caring for their children.  However, it can also be a time of sadness and grief for parents.  You may be familiar with the popular term, ‘Empty Nest Syndrome’, which is not actually a clinical syndrome, but rather a common reaction to children transitioning out of the family home; it is characterized by

Step 3: Understand the basic outline of the HPRB processThe online HPRB application process in Mentor will have you:A. Complete pre-survey and HPRB proposal formHere are is an overview of the process:Mentor will walk you through a series of questions to: get essential information about your project and your research team; determine whether your project is considered “research” requiring HPRB review, and if so, what level of review (see below); and obtain specific information regarding your

Step 4: Understand the basic outline of the HPRB processThe online HPRB application process in Mentor will have you: A. Complete pre-survey and HPRB proposal formThe pre-survey in Mentor will walk you through a series of questions to: get essential information about your project and your research team; determine whether your project is considered “research” requiring HPRB review, and if so, what level of review (see below); and obtain specific information regarding your study. There is much

7. Service to the advancement of life, health, and wholenessOne of Martin Luther’s essential reforming insights insisted that while human beings are called to work diligently in this world, they can do nothing to work for or earn God’s favor. This counter-intuitive insight, discovered in Luther’s study of the New Testament, contradicted the cultural perception that human beings are called to strive for “perfection” or keep many religious rules and, in so doing, earn the favor of the divine. To

Videos Spotlighting the Master of Fine Arts in Creative WritingJasminne Mendez ‘21 Talks About the PLU Rainier Writing Workshop (MFA program)The Rainier Writing Workshop is PLU’s MFA in creative writing program. It is the Pacific Northwest’s premier low-residency Master of Fine Arts in creative writing.Three-year Individualized MentorshipCelebrating more than a decade of accomplishment, The Rainier Writing Workshop has been helping writers to answer those questions, and to generate new, even

Apply to the Master of Science in Marketing Analytics ProgramThe School of Business accepts both Standard and Fast Track Applications for admittance into its graduate programs. A Fast Track application process is available for current PLU undergraduate and graduate students from any major and recent PLU alumni seeking admission to a School of Business graduate program. Space for Fast Track students may be limited and competitive. Learn about the Fast Track application and conditions of

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God Is Our Refuge - Songs of Faith, Hope and Inspiration Choir of the West – Kathryn Lehmann, Conductor Order CDfrom Garfield Book Company at PLUGod Is Our Refuge, the title chosen from this album is from the text included in Dr. Richard Nance’s setting of Psalm 36. Dr. Nance composed this Psalm setting in response to the tragic death of James Holloway, a beloved colleague in the PLU music department.   Compact Disc – 2005 PLU Multimedia Recordings — Pacific Lutheran UniversityProgram