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Ian Lindhartsen ’20 uses his individualized major to pursue his passion for music https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/ian-lindhartsen-20-uses-his-individualized-major-to-pursue-his-passion-for-music/

Ian Lindhartsen entered PLU with a plan. The 253 PLU Bound scholarship recipient from the Key Peninsula began his first year with plans to major in music education. But best-laid plans often go awry. Lindhartsen soon realized that wasn’t the path for him. He knew…

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Makaela Whalen ’23 pursues newly launched pre-law minor https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/makaela-whalen-23-adds-a-pre-law-minor-to-full-schedule-as-she-prepares-for-law-school/

Makaela Whalen ’23 has a passion for the environment and animals. Her desire to find a meaningful vocation that feeds those passions resulted in her pursuing a degree in either environmental or animal law. “As long as I can remember, I knew I wanted to…

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Musician turned math major is excited to teach in his community https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/musician-turned-math-major-is-excited-to-teach-in-his-community/

Kevin Canady-Pete ’22 has a history with the Pacific Lutheran University campus. He grew up down the street, just a couple of miles from the university. The Franklin Pierce High School graduate came to PLU intending to pursue a music education major. While he enjoyed…

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PLU launches Fixed Tuition Guarantee https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/plu-launches-fixed-tuition-guarantee/

Pacific Lutheran University has just announced a Fixed Tuition Guarantee that will ensure tuition for the 2022–23 incoming class of first-year and transfer students will remain the same throughout their undergraduate years at the university. This guarantee disrupts the general practice of higher education institutions…

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Student-athlete makes entrepreneurship look like a piece of cake https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/student-athlete-makes-entrepreneurship-look-like-a-piece-of-cake/

Some people spent their COVID lockdown time learning to bake homemade bread or bingeing TV shows or, frankly, just trying to survive. Pacific Lutheran University junior Jasneet Sandhu spent the spring of 2021 learning to row and launching a business out of her family home.…

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Students return to in-person research at PLU https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/students-return-to-in-person-research-at-plu/

Thanks, to a $213,500 three-year research award from the National Science Foundation, four undergrad PLU students spent 10 weeks this past summer participating in intensive lab research. “The first week or two of working in the lab was very stressful. I, like my coworkers, lacked…

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You Ask, We Answer: What is public transportation like around PLU? https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/you-ask-we-answer-public-transportation/

While PLU’s Campus is neither in an urban or rural area, our middle of the road residential location of Parkland has plenty of public transportation options through Pierce Transit. Just a block from campus sits the Parkland Transit Center. The two main bus options here…

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Students explore https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2010/03/31/students-explore/

From the opposite sex, to light refraction to puppies – all is explored at regional science fair By Loren Liden ’11 Hundreds of students, of all ages, and from schools all across the region, participated in this year’s South Sound Regional Science Fair on March…

school scientists was Heather Eberhart, a senior in Bellarmine Prep’s Marine Chemistry program. Eberhart designed a light trap to study crab larvae, and won first place for her work. She also received the AAUW Outstanding Research award, the NSPE Innovative Engineering award, and the Possibility Realized Award. Eberhart is looking to study medicine at the University of Washington or at the University of Southern California, but “still would love to study marine chemistry.” Other noteworthy projects

Education major gives back to Parkland community https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/education-major-gives-back-to-parkland-community/

When Kaila Harris ’24 received her PLU acceptance letter, it was a special moment for her and her family. Upon its arrival, Harris read the letter, which included the contents of her financial aid package, aloud to her parents. “When I finished, my dad stood…

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International Honors Program builds a ‘Starship’ https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/international-honors-program-builds-a-starship/

On day one of PLU Professor of Mathematics Daniel Heath’s Designing a Starship class, students have no idea what they have signed up for — and that’s exactly how Heath wants it. The course is part of PLU’s International Honors Program (IHON), which means it…

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