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something off-campus. I can tell them what are the good places and bad places. Why did you decide to switch your major to math? I was in the music education program, but then I kind of just discovered that math was the better topic for me. Music was a hobby, really, and math was more of a passion. Once I took an actual college math class, I realized that’s the area I want to be in.Did you always want to pursue teaching? Since I was in elementary school, for whatever reason, I’ve always wanted to be a
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summer research with professors Sean O’Neill and Katrina Hay at PLU’s W.M. Keck Observatory, working some nights between 8 p.m. and 1 a.m., learning how to operate the equipment, including the 16-inch telescope, and talking about space. It was a culmination of a childhood passion for astronomy and astrophysics. “My first class at PLU was a physics course with Dr. Bret Underwood,” said Kop. “I knew it was going to be difficult, and it was. But the new experience of a small class with a professor who
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and OAA staff (e.g. informing the Manager of any concerns of potentially unreasonable accommodations.) The Student’s Responsibility Meet academic and technical standards (attributes a student needs to qualify for a class or program). Request accommodations/provide consent to notify faculty through OAA in a timely manner. Applications must be submitted two weeks before final exams begin. Accommodations cannot be requested in a retroactive manner. Provide documentation that establishes a disability
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Opportunities Yoga Class (9:30 - 10 a.m.)Grassy area between Hauge and KHP, led by Elizabeth from Elizabeth’s Holistic Health. Bring a mat or towel.Meditation Class (10:15 - 10:45 a.m.)Grassy area between Hauge and KHP, led by Elizabeth from Elizabeth’s Holistic Health. Bring a mat or towel. Group Walks (meet at 9:30 a.m.)Led by members of President’s Council, meet by the clock tower at 9:30 a.m. Walks will be approximately an hour in length and may include trash pickup along the route.Community Garden
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Rick Barot making a presentation during the Rainier Writers Workshop at PLU, which he directs. In the teaching that I do, particularly in creative writing classes, the notion of the two desks is a central element of my pedagogy. For many, the idea of a poetry-writing class probably draws on a caricature of people having a therapy session in a vaguely bohemian atmosphere, complete with candles and patchouli. This is an image of creativity as self-indulgence, dependent on the idea that poetry —not to
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surprised how quickly it came back to me.” Lindberg revived her rowing career while studying in one of PLU’s Gateway programs. She was part of the second cohort of International Honors students to enroll in the study away experience. It placed her and nine fellow Lutes at Regent’s Park College, one of 39 colleges that make up the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Lindberg and others lived and attended class together, in addition to taking an Oxford-style tutorial class, a one-on-one
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the admission, financial aid, and scholarship process. If the applicant’s high school produces their own weighted GPA, the admission office will use the better of the two. The maximum GPA for PLU admission and financial aid purposes is 4.50.Recommended Prep CoursesRecommended Prep Courses Mathematics – Two years of college prep math Foreign Language – Two years of the same language English – Four years Social Studies – Two years Laboratory Science – Two years College-level Credit PoliciesIf you
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identified as “anonymous.” Today, we follow a convention that keeps the emphasis on the object being art, and identify the maker as an artist from a particular ethnic group, e.g. “Unknown Yoruba artist.” Further, what the viewer can see today in a case or on a pedestal is a decontextualized object that rarely gives a hint of the background and circumstances of how the object would have been utilized, or the nature of the social structure of the society that made it. Missing is our ability to see the
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Sleep 101How sleep affects your health, happiness, and well-being in college.Sleep in CollegeMost college students know sleep matters. But most assume they have to choose between sleep, school, and social life. Fortunately that isn’t true. Not only is healthy sleep the number one predictor of academic success in college, but you can use sleep to your advantage to get the most out of college both in and outside of class.Building sleep into your life is not only a way to boost your GPA but can
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Adoption”, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (March 27-30, 2014) Invited Panelist, 2012 Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association, Book Session: John E. Murray, 'A World of Children: The Charleston Orphan House,1790-1860” (University of Chicago Press, 2012), Vancouver, British Columbia (November 1-4, 2012) Invited Speaker, 2012 Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture’s Fourth International Conference on Adoption and Culture, "Mapping Adoption: Histories, Geographies
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