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  • About https://www.plu.edu/hope/about/

    this effort. Each year brings significant changes to the increasingly diverse and challenging world in which PLU graduates will live and work. Some of the challenges these changes bring are new, some are old and some are only now being recognized. Through presentations by professionals, authors, academics and hands-on practitioners, the symposium is designed to stimulate serious thinking on a single global challenge. If one is at all in doubt about this being a different world, consider that there

  • General Education Program Information https://www.plu.edu/catalog-2023-2024/general-education/

    PLU’s General Education Program prepares graduates to ask significant questions, engage relevant knowledge, and wrestle with complex issues. The program is rooted in the classical liberal arts and sciences as understood within the Lutheran educational tradition, and is grounded in an understanding of scientific perspectives, mathematics, languages, and the long-standing traditions of critical discourse about nature, humanity and the world. The array of academic disciplines has developed as a

  • PLU introduces new data science major to meet growing demand in data-driven economy https://www.plu.edu/natural-sciences/news/plu-introduces-new-data-science-major-to-meet-growing-demand-in-data-driven-economy/

    ethics, social responsibility, and conscientious practice.” The program’s student learning outcomes will foster critical thinking, communication, and practical use of math and stats. Students will excel in data through projects, fostering innovation and adaptive problem-solving. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts a 35 percent growth in data science jobs from 2022 to 2032, outpacing the average for all other fields. With approximately 17,700 annual openings for data scientists projected

  • PLU introduces new data science major to meet growing demand in data-driven economy https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2024/05/06/plu-introduces-data-science-major/

    program’s student learning outcomes will foster critical thinking, communication, and practical use of math and stats. Students will excel in data through projects, fostering innovation and adaptive problem-solving. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts a 35 percent growth in data science jobs from 2022 to 2032, outpacing the average for all other fields. With approximately 17,700 annual openings for data scientists projected over the next decade, the demand for skilled professionals in this

  • PLU Scholarship Alumni Thank You https://www.plu.edu/advancement/the-impact-of-your-gift/scholarship-alumni/

    explicitly know it.Joe '11, Classical Studies & ReligionThank you for supporting this community of critical thinking and radical hope! I needed those critical thinking skills to help my congregation navigate safe practices and to keep our focus on the wellbeing of our neighbors.

  • Learning Outcomes https://www.plu.edu/comm-media-designarts/about/learning-outcomes/

    variety of artistic and scholarly contexts; Demonstrate a thorough conceptual process and articulate that process in verbal and written forms; Demonstrate a dedication to craft and technical rigor in their primary artistic, scholarly, and/or entrepreneurial approach; Cultivate self-reliance, curiosity, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving in their art and scholarship. Effective as of July 2022

  • Relevant Exam https://www.plu.edu/pnwu/pre-ot-3/relevant-exam/

    and synthesize information obtained from it, analyze relationships among component parts of sentences and recognize relationships among words and concepts. Quantitative Reasoning — Measures problem-solving ability, focusing on basic concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry and data analysis. Analytical Writing — Measures critical thinking and analytical writing skills, specifically your ability to articulate and support complex ideas clearly and effectively. The GRE is scored on a 130-170 scale

  • Relevant Exam https://www.plu.edu/prehealthsciences/pre-ot-3/relevant-exam/

    and synthesize information obtained from it, analyze relationships among component parts of sentences and recognize relationships among words and concepts. Quantitative Reasoning — Measures problem-solving ability, focusing on basic concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry and data analysis. Analytical Writing — Measures critical thinking and analytical writing skills, specifically your ability to articulate and support complex ideas clearly and effectively. The GRE is scored on a 130-170 scale

  • The Future of Classics at PLU https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/the-future-of-classics-at-plu/

    , PLU’s Classics program is a flagship for the liberal arts side of PLU’s mission and identity. When I talk to prospective students, I use the Classics as a key example of how we achieve our mission. PLU believes that we can best prepare students for thoughtful inquiry, leadership, service, and care by giving them a sense of the historical foundations from which our current world has come, by teaching them long-tested tools of critical thinking that will help them no matter what work they do and where

  • Summer Research Program https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2014/08/06/summer-research-program/

    count— yes, count—yeast cells for the next eight hours. And she wouldn’t have it any other way. Deane, a biology major, is working 10 weeks this summer with Assistant Professor of Chemistry Tina Saxowsky, doing a series of experiments that will look at the evolution of the little critters that make your bread rise. How do they mutate, and how did these traits give them an advantage to survive? How does drug resistance happen? Or tumor growth? “It really helps with critical thinking,” said Deane