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described her visit as “fantastic” and lauded the students she’d met throughout the day. “The students here at PLU were smart, engaged, thoughtful,” said Noujaim. “They asked really great questions, stumped me a few times, but really got me thinking.” The day of shared laughter, shared tears and shared perspectives ended with many PLU students dreaming of the stories they might someday share through their own lenses. Zach Powers '10 Zach Powers '10 worked as PLU's media and content manager until April
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of retail jobs,” Siegesmund said of her college years. “I also had a job on campus. Part of my financial aid was a work-study job in the library. I loved that job. For the last couple years of school, I was working close to full time.” Siegesmund said leaving her small Wisconsin town for the big city, living on campus and being exposed to the life-changing power of education was worth the struggle. Kate Luther '02, Chair of Sociology “Discovering ideas about new ways of thinking and ways of
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Five Guys, One Basketball and Fifty Years Five Guys, One Basketball and Fifty Years https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2019/wp-content/themes/blade/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Logan Logan https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/df88b9152697d03169d961f6b1582ddd?s=96&d=mm&r=g June 10, 2019 June 13, 2019 By Bob Ericksen, ’67 First, about those five guys and one basketball. I arrived at PLU in the fall of 1963, thinking I might play a little basketball. There I met five guys who were bigger
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thinking and ways of exploring questions — it was transformative for me,” she said. Siegesmund says that when her PLU students spot her wearing her first-in-the- family button, it opens up all kinds of conversations. Some who live on campus, but have family close by, feel the pull from home — parents who expect them home on weekends, when students are trying to make connections on campus. “Their families don’t always understand how much time it takes to be a student,” Siegesmund said. Ellard-Ivey said
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academic programs going forward is under development so that PLU can continue to meet the needs of today’s students, and ways only PLU can. Enrollment Trends PLU welcomed 3,142 students in September, representing the first increase in total enrollment since 2012. We recruited 649 first-year students and 179 transfer students, an increase of 5 and 14 percent, respectively. Total graduate-student enrollment is 372, the highest in 23 years. Strategic investments in student success and well-being sustained
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, whose English was the best in the family. I came to India excited for the prospect of adventure, cultural immersion and professional growth, whereas her avenues for a complete education had already been scuttled during her adolescence without her input. Her life’s path had most likely already been decided by her male elders. I think of this, and then I think of the day I met with the executive director of an international foundation early on during my time in India to discuss their development
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master’s degree in kinesiology are well prepared for a variety of careers, and for that reason, salaries will vary. That said, equipped with graduate-level credentials, you can expect to make thousands of dollars more a year compared to professionals who hold only a bachelor’s degree. The Master of Science in Kinesiology at Pacific Lutheran University combines a rigorous academic experience with real-world and impactful applications designed to intentionally address critical gaps in kinesiology
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most critical issues we could tackle, so I had to commit myself to this work. But I also grew up in the community and high school theater scenes. Storytelling is such an important aspect of the human experience. I was encouraged to connect the two and have realized that environmentalism, activism and art have historically been interconnected. Climate change involves a lot of data. Numbers and statistics are a lot for folks to digest, but art, theater, visual and music can help get information
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Step 4This is a critical component of the HPRB application. Informed consent is necessary for all research studies (even exempt research). The goal of informed consent is to make sure research participants are treated with dignity and respect and they understand: what they will be asked to do any risks and/or benefits involved they can choose not to answer any questions they always have the right to decline or withdraw from any study without consequence how their data will be used and protected
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measuring sea level rise due to the warming polar ice caps, or the number of susceptible individuals in a population struggling to confront novel disease, these systems exist all around us. Their interactions lead to complicated dependencies and often chaotic behavior. Numerical analysis provides methods of analysis that enable us to find and describe trajectories, assess stability and equilibrium around critical points, and make inferences about long-term behaviors. One set of methods centers on the
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