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  • BSN pathway to the MSNPathway: The BSN to MSN Care and Outcomes degree allows students with a BSN degree to focus on care management and improving patient outcomes in a continually changing healthcare environment. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) The Future of Nursing:  Leading Change, Advancing Health (2011) report calls for more nurses with advanced education in order to meet the health care needs of the public.  MSN COM-prepared nurse is the ultimate “Care Manager” with skills in coordinating

  • Grants and Scholarships www.plu.edu/student-financial-services/types-aid/scholarships-and-grants List of Active Restricted awards Scholarships and grants are “gift assistance,” funds that do not have to be repaid. Gift assistance is included in a student’s award when eligibility criteria have been met and awarding guidelines and funding levels allow. Gift assistance programs are funded by the federal and state governments as well as PLU. When a student’s gift assistance funding is from PLU only

  • The PLU Master of Science in Nursing curriculum is in alignment with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education (AACN, 2021, April) and equips nurses for roles within a complex health system. Master’s education at PLU prepares nurses with the knowledge and skills to lead change, promote health, and elevate care, regardless of the setting. 1. Implement evidence-based practice, incorporating theory, models, and science to

  • The PLU Master of Science in Nursing curriculum is in alignment with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education (AACN, 2021, April) and equips nurses for roles within a complex health system. Master’s education at PLU prepares nurses with the knowledge and skills to lead change, promote health, and elevate care, regardless of the setting. 1. Implement evidence-based practice, incorporating theory, models, and science to

  • An advanced course providing students the opportunity to design and conduct ongoing research and review current research in a psychology subdiscipline. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: PSYC 242 and consent of instructor. (4) PSYC 483 : Seminar Selected topics in psychology as announced. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (2 to 4) PSYC 487 : Special Topics in Psychology To provide undergraduate students with new, one-time, and developing courses not yet

  • Geological Society of America National Association of Geoscience Teachers Society for Sedimentary GeologyMany PLU graduates pursue advanced degrees in graduate programs at research universities. A master’s degree provides an opportunity for further personal and professional training as well as an advantage for career advancement in industry and or government agencies. A Ph.D. degree in a geological specialty prepares graduates for college-level teaching and for employment as a research scientist in

  • more aware of how many areas and careers the concept of sport psychology can be applied to. The variety of interests in the cohort really exemplified how applicable these concepts that we were learning about (performance enhancement, resilience, effects of social interaction, equity, etc.) to many different career fields (education, military, coaching, recreation, medical, etc.)Achieving long-term career goalsThis program prepared me to achieve my long-term career goals by helping me to understand

  • School in Seattle, WA. This is my first varsity head coaching position and I couldn’t be more excited! What inspired you to join the MSK program at PLU? I have a passion for sport and physical activity that has greatly evolved in scope and practice over the past decade. Nothing has been more impactful on my athletic and professional journeys than my undergraduate studies in exercise and sport psychology, a minor I received at PLU (Class of 2013). My time at PLU launched me on a mission-driven path

  • Willy Østreng Senior Researcher, Oceans Future; Vice-President, Norwegian Academy of Polar Research, Norway Biography Biography Willy Østreng is senior researcher and chairman of the research institute Ocean Futures in Oslo and affiliated faculty at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He was scientific director/professor at the Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters from 2003-2009, director of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute Norway from 1978-2003, and adjunct

  • intercollegiate soccer team at PLU and led the team to 11 conference championships, district and regional championships, and to five national tournaments, three of which they won. Hacker was on staff for the U.S. National Soccer Team’s first gold medal win in 1996, the 1999 World Cup Championships, a gold medal win in the Goodwill Games, a silver medal in the 2000 Olympic Games and gold-medal wins in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. She also was on the 2008 Olympic Coaching Staff for USA Field Hockey when the