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The Professional Master’s Program (PMP) in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering (CHE) at Purdue University combines advanced CHE classes with business classes to provide students from both chemical engineering and other STEM backgrounds the opportunity to supplement their undergraduate education with a curriculum that…
semester. The following points are important considerations for students potentially interested in the PMP: The 1.5-year PMP timeframe (August 2020 – December 2021) allows students to attain an advanced engineering degree very efficiently Depending on professional plans, students can choose a curriculum focus in one of six different concentrations: (1) Biochemical; (2) Gas & Petroleum; (3) Energy; (4) Kinetics, Catalysis & Reaction Engineering, (5) Pharmaceutical; (6) Polymers Consistent with the
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Thinking about graduate study in history? Pacific Lutheran University history majors have an excellent track record when it comes to earning an M.A. or a Ph.D. (or both) in history. I recently touched base with Carli Snyder, ’17, about her first year in grad school.…
of recording Schiff’s story in video form. That letter inspired Carli to watch Schiff’s entire testimony, and she devoted half of my first year research paper to a discussion the interviewer/interviewee relationship between Ringelheim and Schiff. Magical moments occur in the archives! Are you thinking about graduate study after you finish your B.A. in History at PLU? Check out Carli’s excellent tips! Time for new friends! Home-made pasta keeps up the energy Tips before you graduate: Attend the
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Originally published in 2005 For two weeks of March, 2000, in the vast jungle along Mexico’s southern border with Belize, I joined a team of biologists and hounds in chasing and capturing a wild jaguar. I was in Mexico as a Fulbright Scholar. It took…
stories run in the 1990s by such magazines as Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News & World Report on the advances in our understanding of animals’ use of language and their mental abilities. As a society we face important questions about how we can make sense out of animals as autonomous living creatures, as well as our ethical relations with them. There are major intellectual challenges in this, of course, but that does not make the task any less important. Yet inside the academy the resistance to taking
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TACOMA, WASH. (August 10, 2015)- Each summer PLU students fan out across the globe — working, researching, studying or just plain relaxing. Many students leverage the summer months as an opportunity to add depth to their resumes by completing internships at local and corporate businesses,…
appreciate it and use it, and it could become a concierge in your pocket! I’ve also been working a lot with a particular type of audience that makes me realize we need to scale our news for our readers and try to bring in students. As of right now, our readers are mostly faculty, staff, visitors and alumni. We want students! So the news and the way we present it will be changing a lot this year to fit what students want. It’s going to be exciting — I promise! Academic Internships OfficeLearn more about
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PLU Ranks 3rd Nationwide for Peace Corps Volunteers PLU Marketing & Communications Pacific Lutheran University has catapulted 15 spots up the Peace Corps’ list of the top volunteer-producing colleges and universities for 2014—from No. 18 all the way to No. 3. The annual list recognizes…
clarify their passions and to build solidarity with diverse communities across the world.” And, as the Peace Corps acknowledges, service contributes globally, locally and personally. “The same passion that launched the Peace Corps more than 50 years ago fuels progress in developing countries today thanks to the leadership and creativity that college graduates bring to their Peace Corps service,” Peace Corps Acting Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet said in a press release. “The unique Peace Corps
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In an index developed at the Brookings Institution, The New York Times ranks PLU in top 10 of “value added colleges regardless of major” in this piece by James B. Stewart: http://nyti.ms/1FMW7q1 One important thing to note here is that two of the schools named in…
PLU Ranks in Top 10 of “value added colleges” in the New York Times Posted by: Lace M. Smith / October 9, 2015 October 9, 2015 In an index developed at the Brookings Institution, The New York Times ranks PLU in top 10 of “value added colleges regardless of major” in this piece by James B. Stewart: http://nyti.ms/1FMW7q1 One important thing to note here is that two of the schools named in Stewart’s article are ELCA institutions and three are New American Colleges and Universities. Take a look at
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High schoolers shine at business week Anyone who looked north of 30 years old in Olson Auditorium could expect one of two things to happen: Either an eager high school student, dressed in tie and slacks, would come up and shake their hand, or an…
culminating project was the June 27 trade show, where students pitched their products to judges. According to Mark Mulder, PLU’s director of auxiliary services, the point is not to create the next Donald Trump or Martha Stuart, but a business guru more along the likes of Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammed Yunus. Yunus is famous for a business model that makes micro-loans to people, specifically women, in developing countries under the Grameen Bank. Teresa Suprak, president of operations at Farrelli’s Wood
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The University of Washington is offering two summer REU programs that are open to rising sophomores and rising juniors. The Clean Energy Bridge to Research focuses on new solar materials, energy storage and grid integration of renewable energy. Learn more at: https://www.cei.washington.edu/training/cebr/ Or view the…
UW Summer REU Programs Posted by: alemanem / November 27, 2019 November 27, 2019 The University of Washington is offering two summer REU programs that are open to rising sophomores and rising juniors. The Clean Energy Bridge to Research focuses on new solar materials, energy storage and grid integration of renewable energy. Learn more at: https://www.cei.washington.edu/training/cebr/ Or view the program flyer for more information cebrflyer2020 The Molecular Engineering Materials Center REU
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (April 21, 2015)— The Washington State Need Grant, a crucial source of tuition support for hundreds of current Pacific Lutheran University students, is at the center of an ongoing debate at the Washington State Legislature. The State Need Grant provides need-based financial aid…
pursuing postsecondary education. Eligible students have a household income that is less than 70 percent of the state’s median household income (currently $58,405). Recipients can use the financial aid at Washington’s public two- and four-year colleges and universities and at many accredited private/independent colleges, universities and career schools in the state. “PLU currently enrolls more than 600 students (more than 20 percent of students) who receive the grant, which amounts to more than $5
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Each year, around 10,000 teams participate in The Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling, an international contest where teams of undergrad students have 99 hours straight to create a mathematical model addressing a complex social or scientific issue. Each year, the top awards go to large technical…
humanities, connections encouraged by the interdisciplinary arm of the contest. The Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications also hosts the Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)—the “pure math” side of the competition. This year the simultaneous contests drew 20,000 teams and played out at thousands of locations across twenty-one countries. At PLU, the ultramarathon-style drama unfolds in the Morken Center for Learning and Technology, where, this year Duffy, Madeline and Matthew listened to the
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