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Acting Provost Joanna Gregson discusses how PLU faculty members embrace their identity as teacher-scholars, and the value of “learning by doing” for students who engage in collaborative research
behavior in Hawaii, faculty members and students featured in this edition dive deeper into the complex topics and issues that extend beyond the borders of PLU’s campus. Students who participate in research with faculty members develop meaningful relationships with mentors. They are prepared to enter graduate school, begin careers with impressive work experience on their résumés and serve the world with a rich background of demonstrated thoughtful inquiry. These collaborations benefit faculty, as well
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On Exhibit: Library Resources about Homelessness “’Homelessness’ refers to much more than the situation of individuals who find themselves without an adequate place of residence. The standard legal definitions of homelessness . . . overlook the conditions of detachment or separation from mainstream society that…
knowledge, and codes of behavior, which help them survive and cope with the adverse conditions under which they live. Nevertheless, most members of mainstream society who encounter homeless men and women neither understand nor appreciate the root causes of homelessness, the intelligence and resourcefulness of the homeless community, and the daily struggles for survival on the street.” — From Deutsch, J. I. (2013). Homelessness. In C. G. Bates, & J. Ciment (Eds.), Global social issues: An encyclopedia
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Elaina Bonar, Senior Capstone Seminar Piscidin is an antimicrobial, cationic, amphipathic peptide that is 22 amino acids in length and adopts an α-helical shape.
characterized by NMR and GPC and resulted in narrow polydispersity with the desired compositions. These copolymers are now under investigation for their compatibilization effects on the phase behavior of a polybutadiene/polystyrene blend. Tuesday, April 28th, 20091:50 pm - Phase Boundary Behavior of a Polymer Blend Modified by Addition of Diblocks Varying in Composition and Concentration Added Michael Barich, Senior Capstone Seminar Phase behavior of a polystyrene (PS), polybutadiene (PB), and diblock
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The School of Nursing's conceptual frameworks, undergraduate and graduate, are guided by the mission of PLU and the mission of the School of Nursing.
policy, finance, organizational structure, and information management). The professional relationship between nurse and person is transformational leadership as the nurse interacts with person in four advanced professional roles: (1) provider of direct/indirect complex care; (2) designer, manager and/or coordinator of systems; (3) inter-professional collaborator; and (4) contributor to the profession. Transformational leadership involves advocating for, implementing, and evaluating change toward the
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The discipline of history focuses on critical analysis of text-based evidence from the past and seeks a detailed, complex understanding of individual and collective human behaviors as they have
that affect individual lives over time and how individuals, in turn, influence the world in which they live. Students of history develop lifelong habits of critical thinking, inquiry-based reading of texts, effective research skills, and appreciation of complexity and diversity in human behavior. History majors also develop the skills needed to work collaboratively, organize and deliver oral presentations on historical subjects, and produce substantial research papers that demonstrate the student’s
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By Sarah Cornell-Maier When I think of social innovation, the first thing that comes to mind is a creative combination of new social practices and existing infrastructure. Some useful examples include certified fair trade organizations, which provide equity in trading relationships through an integrated supply chain, and the new Enable Talk smartphone app, which allows...
aligned with the University’s mission and fits well for those who want to make the world that we live in more equitable, just, and sustainable. Social Innovation Projects at PLU I got the chance to sit down with Professor Mark Mulder at PLU for a conversation about Social Innovation and his work in the field. Professor Mulder teaches in the School of Business and he specializes in Marketing and Consumer Behavior. He also has a background in Social Innovation, and frequently leads a program that works
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TACOMA, WASH. (August 6, 2015) — Thanks to a major award, one Lute is spending her summer in a juvenile detention center — as a mentor who is paying it forward. Jessica Milian ’15 is the second recipient honored with the Patricia L. and Thomas…
labeled ‘bad,’” she said via email. “I dropped out of high school after my freshman year and was caught in a cycle of shortsighted behavior.” What saved Milian was someone who could see her for what she was — more than her mistakes, and simply a child who felt “misguided, struggling and invisible.” “They not only saw me,” she said, “they believed in me. They gave me permission to believe in myself and to demand more of myself.” Now, as Milian enters the community of youth she was once grouped into
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Pacific Lutheran University has selected award-winning scholar, longtime business professor, and alumnus Mark Mulder to lead its business school. Mulder will serve as the dean of the PLU School of Business, a nationally recognized program offering a major and minor in business and graduate programs…
, consumer behavior and decision making, branding, and transformative change—all lenses he plans to apply in his new role. A researcher at heart, one of his first projects as dean will be spending time listening and researching. “I’ll be speaking with more than 100 people from businesses and nonprofits to understand some of the things they see as needs in business and in the world, as well as what they would like to see from a business school,” he says. “This insight will help us as we consider future
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News for Pacific Lutheran University.
The Evolution of Behavior Assistant Professor of Psychology Corey Cook has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to serve as a visiting researcher at the Social Cognition Center Cologne at the University of Cologne in Spring 2022. Cook’s project, titled “Investigating the influence of fundamental motives on social cognition,”… November 12, 2021
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May 4th and May 5th Join the Mathematics Department to hear the senior capstone presentations. Student presentations will take place Friday and Saturday. Talks are scheduled in Morken 214 and 216.
will address the principles that hold for complex numbers such as, addition, multiplication, and operations on complex numbers. Furthermore, we can analyze different complex numbers through matrices and geometric representation. Finally, we will connect the representations and properties to the three high school standards for complex numbers in Common Core Standards.Saturday, May 5th, Room 2169:00am – Exploring the Behavior of Two Dimensional Oscillators Ashley Clendenen This paper is an
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