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  • Dr. Charles Bergman begins his phased retirement in Summer 2015 after thirty-eight unusually interesting and accomplished years at PLU.

    and nonfiction focusing on fathers and sons, love, and friendship. He has compiled an anthology of AIDS memoirs that lays out a vital literacy and cultural history. And he is currently at work on Son: Life and Letters, a collection of and about his fifty-one years of correspondence with his father. Tom’s projects are always organic to who he is and what he values in the world. On the last day of class last semester, a student in Tom’s British Traditions in Literature waited after class to thank

  • Major in Kinesiology Health and Fitness Education Concentration 66 semester hours BIOL 205: Human Anatomy and Physiology I (4) BIOL 206: Human Anatomy and Physiology II (4) KINS 277: Foundations of

    Anatomy and Physiology I (4) BIOL 206: Human Anatomy and Physiology II (4) BIOL 225: Molecules, Cells, and Organisms (4) BIOL 226: Genes, Evolution, Diversity, and Ecology (4) Two courses from: CHEM 105: Chemistry of Life (4) CHEM 115: General Chemistry I (4) CHEM 116: General Chemistry II (4) CHEM 331: Organic Chemistry I (4) CHEM 333: Organic Chemistry I Lab (1) STAT 231: Introductory Statistics (4) OR STAT 232: Introductory Statistics for Psychology Majors (4) KINS 277: Foundations of Kinesiology

  • Will students avoid difficult or challenging courses with this design? We do not feel that an effective course is necessarily one that is “difficult.

    the evolution of the program (e.g., the applied learning requirement, etc)? In our initial presentations on the proposed revision, we mentioned several design revisions we considered but did not include. They were: 1) a required minor, 2) an applied learning requirement, 3) a second writing-intensive course, and 4) a second DJS-focused course. Additionally, there are many potential core revisions outlined in our synthesis of faculty priorities for general education. While we cannot mandate

  • Formal admission to Pacific Lutheran University. Admission to the university does not guarantee admission to the School of Nursing.

    Admission Requirements for All ApplicantsPrerequisite InformationTraditional BSN Program Prerequisites: Bio 205: Anatomy and Physiology I with lab, taken within the last 6 years Bio 206: Anatomy and Physiology II with lab, taken within the last 6 years Chem 105: Chemistry of Life (Organic and Biochemistry), taken within the last 6 years Bio 201: Microbiology with lab, taken within the last 6 years Psych 320: Developmental Psychology — Lifespan (Psych 101: Introduction to Psychology is a

  • President Loren J. Anderson enters the Tacoma Dome on May 27, 2012 to give his last commencement speech. (Photograph by John Froschauer) President Loren J. Anderson’s final commencement address to the Class of 2012 “GRATITUDE . . . WONDER . . . AND COURAGE” Distinguished…

    great curiosity that continues to fuel my wondering and my learning.  As you look back on your PLU education, I hope you will see a similar pattern. Because you see the search for truth and understanding is continuous, never ending, and what we “know for sure” is organic; and that reality requires of us a kind of intellectual humility, an openness to the possibility of being wrong, and then learning anew.  I lived for over 60 years knowing there were nine planets, now we are not sure how many, or

  • PLU chef Erick Swenson ’91 checks on a tray of shrimp from the oven. Food For Thought By Katie Scaff ’13 Twenty years ago, you’d never find pav bhaji – a curry dish served on dinner rolls – alongside the burgers and fries in the…

    started working with Crown S Ranch, which raises cattle, pigs, sheep, and poultry without toxic drugs or chemicals on organic pastures in Winthrop, Wash. “I’ve been out to the farm and they have the chickens running around between the sheep, eating what chickens like to eat, and living a life chickens should live,” Swenson said. Swenson said knowing where the food comes from makes him feel a lot better about serving it. Dining uses the farm’s whole chicken and recently switched completely over to its

  • The Wang Center Research Grant Program is designed to support students, faculty, and faculty-student teams that seek to conduct original research in an international setting.

    and Matthew Anderson, East German-Chinese Cultural Relations in the Cold War Amy Grinsteiner and Andrew D’Antonio, Music as a Hub in the London Community Barbara Temple-Thurston and Rae-Ann Barras,Using Culture to Shape Environmental Attitudes and Activism Robert Wells, Elizabeth Herzfeldt-Kamprath, Kari Plog, Lorna Rodriguez,Oil Literacy 2009-2010Student Projects Austin Goble, Exploratory Research of Organic Farms in Turkey Jessica Lupton, A community’s Response to a Government’s Neglect

  • 34-38 semester hours depending on program M.A.E. with Teacher Certification The Master of Arts in Education with Teacher Certification Program helps prepare preservice teachers to establish a

    of the IRB process. (2) EDUC 793 : Instructional Leadership and Equity Applied Project & Seminar This is the first course in the Ed.D. Instructional Leadership and Equity Applied Project series. Throughout this sequence the Ed.D. student will plan, implement, evaluate, and disseminate the results of an Equity Focused Applied Project that represents a synthesis of the learning throughout the doctoral program. (4) EDUC 794 : Instructional Leadership and Equity Applied Project & Seminar This is the

  • The Spanish word, Duende (du-end-ay), has come to refer to the mysterious power that art has to deeply move a person. Soon-to-be graduates in the Department of Art and Design chose this word to rally around for their senior exhibition in the University Gallery, opening…

    invite contemplation and restraint while using surface decoration to define the character of the piece. Subtlety of form is an important consideration in the creative process. Too much ornamentation can result in a discordance between the shape of the piece and the glaze. As such, I prefer to forgo ornate embellishments and excessive altering of my work in favor of letting different glaze combinations mingle and flow in an organic pattern. My work has primarily been shaped by inspirations found in

  • Earth, Sea, Sky: Selections from the PAC Featuring work in a variety of media, this exhibition showcases expressive, realist, and even abstract landscapes drawn from PLU’s Permanent Art Collection.

    -20112010-2011 Gallery SeasonSept 8 – Oct 6: PLU Faculty Show Oct 13 – Nov 10: University of Puget Sound Printmaker Janet Marcavage’s new work uses patterned imagery and the repetitive process of printmaking to explore the routines and surroundings of everyday life. Nov 17 – Dec 15: Juried Student Exhibition Feb 9 – Mar 9: Ceramicist and PLU alumna Heather Cornelius juxtaposes the human figure with other organic forms, drawing out truths about the feminine condition and human life in general. Mar 16