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When it's not an emergency but you need medical or mental health support, just visit anytime, from anywhere.
common health issues, including colds, flu, and allergies. TalkNow: 24/7, on-demand emotional support to talk about anything, including anxiety, relationships, depression, and school-related stressors. Scheduled Medical: Choose the day, time, and medical provider that best works for you. Scheduled Counseling: Choose the day, time, and mental health provider that works best for you. (12 visits per year) Health Coaching: Develop healthy lifestyle behaviors for nutrition,sleep habits, time management
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Sustainability at PLU focuses on three key components: care for people, care for the planet, and prosperity, both now and in the future.
environments. Thus we: ● Work collectively to reimagine models and practices that create ecological, social, and economic systems and relationships where all can thrive, today and in the future. ● Affirm sustainability efforts that respect, care for, and lift up those communities most disadvantaged by ecological degradation, communities both human and non-human, both local and global. ● Immediately establish and nurture a long-term sustainability strategy, which permeates throughout the PLU community and
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Have you been reading headlines about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (aka the FAFSA) in the news? That’s because this year, the federal government is rolling out a brand new form, and while it’s designed to be more streamlined and easier for students…
resources to their story. Here are a couple of FAFSA Walk Through Videos—one from uAspire and one from Utah’s College Awareness Program. 6 Things Students Need Before They Fill Out the 2024-2025 FAFSA It’s also important to know there are scholarships and financial resources you can and will receive from PLU before we get your FAFSA info, and we hope these will help you get a start on planning and comparing your college costs: Merit Scholarships – 100% of our admitted students receive a merit
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by Rustin Dwyer, PLU Videographer If you have a smartphone in your pocket you are a filmmaker. The question is, how good of a filmmaker do you want to be? Filmmaking is all about choices – what to
Video Tips for the Traveling Studentby Rustin Dwyer, PLU Videographer If you have a smartphone in your pocket you are a filmmaker. The question is, how good of a filmmaker do you want to be? Filmmaking is all about choices – what to show, what not to show; what to highlight and what to obscure. Every decision you make behind the lens impacts the end result. Let’s take a look at a couple of tips to help you make the choices that will tell the most important story of all- YOUR STORY! Story: First
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The PLU Department of Mathematics offers a broad choice of educational and career goals. We offer three degree options: a BA and BS in Mathematics and a BS in Mathematics Education.
of courses, including statistics, geometry and mathematics applied to computation or to science. Students who choose a B.S. degree in mathematics often couple it with a minor or second major in such related fields as Computer Science, Physics and Actuarial Science. Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics: This degree is frequently selected by students who wish to obtain both a mathematics major and a second major in a liberal arts subject. Recent mathematics graduates have taken a second major in such
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Helping students connect with what’s next New initiative aims to help students prepare for life after PLU. By Barbara Clements Students come to Pacific Lutheran University with passion, creativity and a resolve to change the world for the better. Now PLU has a program that…
are really meant to do in this world,” Hughes said. “With this new project, we’re going to be leveraging all the tools we now have, plus a couple of new ones, for the benefit of the student.” Some of these new initiatives include a Virtual Career Center, an online interview option via Interview Stream, an online four-year plan for students, job postings exclusively for PLU students, and a guide for working and living abroad. Career Connections also has links for employers who want to post jobs or
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Poster courtesy of Pierre Sauvage. Hiding in Plain Sight: Filmmaker researches his roots and into the rescue of Jews at Le Chambon-sur-Lignon By Barbara Clements Content Development Director Pierre Sauvage, just 18, remembered being shocked by the news: He was Jewish? And his parents survived…
of the villagers wondered why anyone was bothering to tell their story. But one couple opened up, and then another. “Word of mouth is a wonderful thing,” he laughed. “They were matter-of-fact heroes,” he said. “They don’t really like to be called heroes. These were not people who agonized over what to do. They did it.” Sauvage hopes that viewers of his film will take away the sense that this is not a story in another place and time. But that “this is a film about us. “It’s about human nature, and
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After graduating from Emerald Ridge High School in Puyallup, Raphi Crenshaw ’24 enrolled at PLU with plans to major in biology. “I was going to become a dermatologist, but when I started taking the classes, well, I wasn’t a fan of it,” Crenshaw remembers. By…
taking the classes, well, I wasn’t a fan of it,” Crenshaw remembers. By the fall of his first year, Crenshaw knew that it was time for a change. He turned to the humanities. Specifically to major in criminal justice. “I had taken a couple of pre-recs already, and I talked with my counselor,” Crenshaw says. “One of my biggest fears has always been changing my mind about these things, but it was OK, and I changed my mind.” He didn’t tell his family at first that he had switched majors, but slowly, he
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Confucius Classrooms are local institutions, based in U.S. schools, which stimulate and support innovative teaching and learning of Chinese language and culture.
School (Seattle) Happy Valley Elementary in (Bellingham) Skyline High School in (Issaquah) These partnerships are a symbol of friendship and a commitment to Chinese language and cultural activities in the region. Read the Hanban news article. The Confucius Institute of the State of Washington is working with additional schools in Washington to develop Confucius Classroom relationships with schools in Chongqing, China through CIWA. If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, email ciwa@uw.edu
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Associate Professor of Kinesiology | Department of Kinesiology | martin@plu.edu | 253-535-7372
) Bakner, E. & Martin, N., Coherence Monitoring with EmWave Biofeedback to Decrease College Student Presentation Anxiety, Northwest ACSM Regional Conference, Tacoma, WA. (2016) Cady, T., Tucker, L., & Martin, N., Relationships Between Familiarization of Fitness Apps and Likelihood of Use Among College-Age Students, Northwest ACSM Regional Conference, Tacoma, WA. (2016) Schmick, A., & Martin, N., Using Technology to Enhance Physical Activity Habits in Elementary School Aged Children, Northwest ACSM
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