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  • Applications Open! Please contact us at impact@plu.edu or visit office hours with any questions!

    The people of Impact are creators, doers, thinkers, and dreamers. Our creative team comprises students of all ages, majors, skills, and backgrounds. And we want you to join us! Impact is currently hiring for Designers and a Photographer/Videographer for the 2024-2025 school year! Applications Open! Please contact us at impact@plu.edu or visit office hours with any questions! Get Started Here Opportunities BoardBusiness DirectorBusiness DirectorThe Business Director is the financial manager of

  • PLU just launched a new partnership with the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) to help PLU students apply to medical or other healthcare professional schools . Located in Yakima, PNWU educates and trains health care professionals emphasizing service among rural and medically underserved…

    New partnership leads to new opportunities for PLU pre-health sciences graduates Are you thinking about going into pre-health sciences - medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine and other related fields? Posted by: mhines / June 26, 2023 Image: A PLU student works on pipetting skills in a lab at PLU. (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) June 26, 2023 PLU just launched a new partnership with the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) to help PLU students apply to medical or

  • Learning Outcomes for BS and BA in Mathematics (BSM, BA) (Developed with reference to the MAA’s 2015 Curriculum Guide to Majors in the Mathematical Sciences.

    Program Learning OutcomesLearning Outcomes for BS and BA in Mathematics (BSM, BA) (Developed with reference to the MAA’s 2015 Curriculum Guide to Majors in the Mathematical Sciences.) Communication: Be able to read, interpret, write about, and talk about mathematics. Computation: Develop computational, algorithmic, and technological problem-solving fluency. Disciplinary Citizenship: Develop collaborative skills, independence, perseverance, and experience with open-ended inquiry. A. Abstraction

  • Graduation year: 2012 Majors: Global Studies and French Studied away in Fort-de-France, Martinque (PLU J-Term), Yaoundé, Cameroon (SIT semester) and Elverum, Norway (PLU Gateway semester at the

    , course content and program structures were quite dissimilar – and each taught my something new, about the subjects I was studying, about the respective cities and countries and ultimately about myself.However, I also felt as though each experience built on the last. In addition to the highly practical language and cross-cultural skills I gained through living and studying in various places, my study away experiences helped to develop my sense of adventure and taught me how to adapt to diverse

  • By Damian Alessandro ’19. In most popular histories of computing, the Apple II personal computer (1977) stands out as a pathbreaker among early devices in the PC Revolution. But how innovative was Apple’s first mass-market computer, and what design features and ideas helped it stand…

    standard by introducing the keyboard and video display screen as input/output devices, as well as using a beige, plastic case rather than the typical metal frame of earlier personal computers. It even offered display in 16 colors, which other computers at the time did not offer. Aside from these features though, it was advertised as a home computer for people aside from just businesses and hobbyists. In an advertisement in the same May 1977 Byte magazine issue introducing the new computer, the Apple II

  • Originally published in 2016 But, for the time being, here we all are, Back in the moderate Aristotelian city Of darning and the Eight-Fifteen, where Euclid’s geometry And Newton’s mechanics would account for our experience, And the kitchen table exists because I scrub it. It…

    linguistic philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein spoke of “word games.” As Wittgenstein said, “Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.” Language exists not simply to mirror passively some given world of objects. Imaginative language creates new meanings, defines new worlds. [3] Our own PLU poet laureate Rick Barot was interviewed recently by The Mast. Beauty was his initial inspiration, he said, but now his words strive with the conjunction of beauty and harsh reality. It is

  • Professor of Kinesiology | Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies | hackercm@plu.edu | 253-535-7363 | Dr.

    Games Coaching Staff Certified Consultant-AASP USOC Sport Psychology & Mental Training Registry Dr. Colleen Hacker has served as a member of the United States coaching staff for five Olympic Games as a Mental Skills Coach and Performance Psychology Specialist. Dr. Hacker began her National Team service in 1995 working with the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team. During her tenure, the National Team won the first Gold Medal awarded in women’s soccer at the 1996 Olympic Games followed by a dramatic

  • The Alumni and Student Connections can help you explore possible majors and careers!

    to meet entrance requirements and prerequisites on time, particularly in majors which require separate applications (nursing, business, education, etc.)? If you completed the majority of requirements for a major, would it make more sense to finish the major you have already started and pick up courses or a minor in an area you are more interested in exploring? Interview a Faculty Member Make an appointment to talk with a faculty member about the skills and areas of expertise you will develop in

  • Research in Interdisciplinary STEM Education (RISE)  is a 9-week residential summer research experience for undergraduate students in chemistry, education, life sciences, mathematics, or physics.  Participants will join interdisciplinary teams mentored by faculty to investigate STEM learning across formal and informal environments with a focus on understanding issues related…

    and diversity in STEM.  The program starts in April with “Gear Up for Research”, a series of virtual lab group meetings designed for RISE participants to meet their faculty mentors and research teams, learn about their summer project, and learn basic skills and research protocols for the summer program. Important Dates: Gear up for Research: April 15 – May 15 Residential Program: June 2 – Aug 15 Application Deadline: February 15, 2022 Notification Date: Early-mid March 2022 Stipends: $6000 stipend

  • The PLU Computer Science department has small class sizes, dedicated and caring faculty, great facilities, and an excellent curriculum.

    Why Study Computer Science at PLU?There are many reasons why studying Computer Science at PLU is a great choice. The CS department has small class sizes, dedicated and caring faculty, great facilities, and an excellent curriculum. Our curriculum prepares students to work in the high technology industry as professional software developers, to continue their studies in graduate school, or to apply their computational skills to another field.  With a degree in computer science you might end up

    Department of Computer Science
    Morken Center Room 252 Tacoma, WA 98447-0003