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experience, students develop a tight bond,” said Megan Grover, the assistant director and short-term study away program manager for PLU’s Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. “So it’s a great way for first-year students to meet other students and to have kind of a bonded experience.” The first U.S. college to have concurrent classes on all seven continents, PLU has a proud history of students studying away. Almost 50 percent of the university’s graduating seniors have taken advantage

– significantly less than that daunting $40k from the survey. Let’s Break It Down: Sticker Price vs. What You Actually Pay Merit Scholarships: If you’re doing well in high school, many colleges – especially private schools will award you a merit scholarship based on GPA, grade trend and even course selection. “doing well” doesn’t mean perfect! At PLU, we award merit scholarships starting at around a 3.0 GPA, and so do many private and public schools! Need-Based Aid: If your family has financial need

May 16, 2008 Students participate in economics conference Looking at the cluster of PLU students making last-minute preparations before a mock meeting of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Mark Gould ’91 said it was at a conference much like this where he got his start 17 years ago at the Federal Reserve Bank.“I think they noted they were looking for people,” Gould said during a break at the Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference in May. “I literally graduated on a Sunday and

I’m pursuing the right path.”The council selects one recipient every two years. Last year was Hammerstrom’s first complete year of teaching at PLU – or anywhere else. In 2010, he earned his Ph.D. in religious studies from Indiana University. A northwest native – from the Portland area – he always wanted to return to the Pacific Northwest. Working at PLU provided a great opportunity to return to an area he loves and to follow his passion for Buddhist studies. The accolades haven’t stopped with the

nothing back: If something was wrong with a student performer’s shoes, posture, grammar, pacing or pitch—she called it. Blythe is recognized as one of the best in her generation. She has visited the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the San Francisco Opera and is performing in Semele with the Seattle Opera through March 7. Vocal Studies professor James L. Brown told PLU’s The Mast that Blythe “is an advocate for opera and a champion of the whole gambit of vocal music.” Fifty Lutes applied to perform

Summer Job Spotlight: Nursing Nursing student finds joy in working at assisted living facility Posted by: vcraker / August 23, 2022 August 23, 2022 Parker Simpson ’24 is spending his summer working at an assisted living facility in his hometown of Spokane, Washington. He comes from a family of healthcare professionals and has always wanted to help people. We sat down with him to discuss his experience taking classes in the Rieke Science Center, which is currently undergoing improvements to

January 11, 2008 UC, Morken powered by wind turbines As of Jan. 1, nearly 20 percent of the university’s energy is being purchased from renewable sources. The commitment to purchase “green” energy stems from the culture of the university, said Dave Kohler, director of facilities. Renewable energy is energy generated from natural sources that cannot be depleted, like wind and solar power. He points to the university’s mission to “care for the earth,” President Anderson’s signing of the

General of Germany (based in San Francisco) Rolf Schuette talk about Jewish-German relations at PLU. In addition to years of education and experience as a diplomat, before taking the San Francisco post in 2005, Schuette spent a sabbatical year as a Visiting Fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington D.C., the American Jewish Committee in New York and the Institute of European Studies in Berkeley. Some of his experience also includes work in Israel. “The Holocaust is still the

November 1, 2010 19-year Air Force vet challenges ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ By Steve Hansen When Major Margaret Witt graduated with a nursing degree from PLU in 1986, she began a highly successful career as a flight nurse with the U.S. Air Force. She served in the Persian Gulf, including during Operation Enduring Freedom, earning many medals and commendations. She even received a medal from President Bush for her “outstanding medical care.” That career lasted 19 years, yet it ended prematurely

October 28, 2011 A passion for learning is explored By Chris Albert The route to being an educator may vary, but a key ingredient is being passionate about being a life-long learner. It’s a sentiment the panel of current educators and PLU alumni shared with students during the Career Connections in Education discussion in October. A panel of PLU alumni share their experiences with current students about life as educators. “You have to have that whole idea that you’re going to be a life-long