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, but two of our “You ask, we answer” series made it into the Top 5! Here are the top questions of 2023: What is NCAA Division III and Where do I find my PLU student ID number? RELATED: We recently posted a fall 2023 sports recap; check it out to see the sports PLU offers. Spoiler: We had three NCAA national tournament qualifiers! We know why “Your PLU student ID number” ranked so high in our Top 5: It is vital for recently admitted students who are ready to take their next steps. Were you recently

and games! PLU offered the opportunity for me to simultaneously pursue my passion for engineering and my love of music, and I just could not turn down an opportunity like that. My PLU experience: Adventure, growth, friends, Frisbees, The Big Bang Theory, music, and trebuchets. Over my four years I have grown as a student, musician, scientist, human being, and global citizen. I have learned the value and importance of community from my friends and mentors in the alumni office, the physics

, specialized in marketing analytics and research. It is offered as a fully online program or a hybrid program with some classes that will be held on the PLU campus. The MSMA fills a critical industry gap that other business analytics programs miss. Many analytics programs only teach data analysis, and ignore research. The PLU MSMA helps students understand not only what the data is saying (vs. what it’s not saying), but to understand the research behind it. Further, the program teaches research and data

interact with specific ions like europium(III) or terbium(III), they exhibit an extraordinary light-absorption property. This results in the ions emitting prolonged luminescence, which surpasses the typical fluorescence we’re more familiar with. Simply put, imagine having a special marker that attaches to objects in a room and makes them glow under a UV blacklight. Now, envision this concept magnified to a molecular level. Funded by a collaborative three-year grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable

://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThB2kRSmK78 Okuda was with the Choir of the West under long-time director Maurice Skones between 1977 and 1978. Skones was the Choir of the West director at PLU from 1963 to 1984. In all, he taught 54 years at the university, according to his son, Paul Skones ’74, who is also a music teacher in the Portland area. Even though Skones directed a choir, that doesn’t mean you could hide among the voices, Okuda said. If you were off key or missing a word, “he knew immediately who did it

prospective students in their beautiful home,” Van Beek said. “We became friends and stayed in touch over the years. “When they retired and moved to Seattle in 1991, Art and Jennie became more involved and supportive of university activities.” Art and Jennie Hansen ’34. Their support continued through significant bequests to the university. The couple made countless generous donations to PLU, including gifts to the Rieke Science Center, the Mary Baker Russell Music Center, and $2.5 million to the Morken

general research areas of the laboratory. There are also opportunities for collaboration with researchers and faculty at the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM), and that can connect modeling and laboratory-scale studies to the larger field-scale, geological-scale, and remote sensing observations. The interested candidates are encouraged to (i) apply directly to the Ph.D. programs in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Houston, and (ii) fill out the application form