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years. The village, largely comprised of French Huguenots, banded together to feed, hide and shelter the Jews that came singly and by groups into the village. On Friday, Wilkens shared his experience during the Rwandan genocide. Even though scholars study the Holocaust and unbelievable numbers surround the murdered, it is the stories of the people that make it real. “I promised them when I came back to America I would share their story,” Wilkens told the crowd. “Nothing compares to stories.” During
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staff, current students and alumni even write birthday cards, holiday cards and emails when a student shows success in activities. Admission staff make it their business to get to know each student. Marilyn Knutson Professors know their students, too. PLU has a smaller average class size than most area high schools — a student-faculty ratio of about 12 to 1. Coria-Islas, a double major in Hispanic studies and elementary school education who is also minoring in French, said his instructors can sense
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minoring in French, said his instructors can sense when something isn’t right. “One day I was feeling upset and my French professor noticed how I was not participating the same way I always did,” he said. “My professor made me feel I was not only receiving a well- rounded education, but that my professor cared about my well-being, as well.” When Knutson was a student at PLU, it wasn’t unusual for professors to invite students into their homes for meals, celebrations and even group study sessions. She
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times.” In early April, Earlywine presented with Travis and other economics students at the National Undergraduate Research Symposium in Oklahoma. He spoke about his capstone on opioid overdose deaths in California, and if prescriptions were the biggest factor. “Are prescriptions of opioids still a main driver of this epidemic because we’ve seen so much diversion into the black market?” Earlywine posited. His research shows the answer is yes — prescriptions are the main force for opioid addiction
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priority enhancements to academic facilities and equipment, and we have continued to perform critical physical plant maintenance. ● In spite of a difficult economic environment, our fund-raising successes continued. There were more than 10,000 donors to the university last year, that’s more than any time in our history. Progress on our $100 million “Engage the World” campaign was slow in the early months of last year, but a flurry of major gifts over the past six months moved the campaign past the
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Introduces the economy as a whole and major issues such as inflation, unemployment, economic growth, and international trade. (4) ECON 215 : Investigating Environmental and Economic Change in Europe - ES, GE An introduction to the environmental economic problems and policy prospects of modern Europe. Focus on economic incentives and policies to solve problems of air and water pollution, sustainable forestry, global warming, and wildlife management in Austria, Germany, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and
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features such as nurturing a virtual pet and modern advancements, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and enhanced graphics. The mobile app was developed with JavaScript, React Native, HTML, CSS, and designed in Figma, offering compatibility for Android and IOS devices. Players can enjoy immersive experiences across the main game, story mode, and combat mode. In the main game, players interact, feed, and purchase items for their pets using in-game currency. The story mode enriches the experience by
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‘sustainability,’ and how can we arrive at even provisional definitions of it, without considering diverse perspectives on what should justly be sustained — and what not? In modern societies, universities like PLU can and should play a unique role in cultivating and sustaining dialogues about the meanings of such terms, and the various practices intended to address them. Unlike advocacy organizations, which must often homogenize their messages in order to do battle in the marketplace of ideas, universities
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Adleman (RSA) cryptosystem revolutionized secure data transmission by using public-key encryption. In this talk, we introduce the classically used Caesar cipher and compare it to modern RSA encryption. We then discuss contemporary data security and provide an example encryption and decryption of a message using the RSA cryptosystem. Finally, we discuss the mathematics behind RSA cryptography. 3:00pm – Should Linear Algebra be Taught in High School? Kennedy Robillard In this paper, we will work to
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interests,” says Peterson. “For students who show real academic promise and an interest in advanced training in Economics, we steer them toward acquiring the mathematics they will need to be successful in a graduate economics program,” adds Peterson. “For those interested in law school, we encourage our students to work closely with the pre-law advisor and to take a wide variety of applied courses in economics, philosophy, history, and politics. The wide exposure to theory and application in our courses
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