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  • New director joins Campus Safety The new director of Campus Safety is Tony Berger, who began transitioning into the role Dec. 17.“I’ve been adjusting well,” Berger said, noting the quiet time around the holidays has made the transition less stressful. “I’ve been gliding into the…

    roles, including patrol deputy, juvenile investigations deputy, special assault detective, supervisor of the domestic violence investigations unit, and, for the last six years, supervisor of the crime analysis and information unit. Berger quickly notes that his most recent position bears no resemblance to the work portrayed on CBS’s hit drama C.S.I. His team gathered, analyzed and disseminated information about external cases or crime trends, and also scrutinized the effective use of internal

  • Benson lecturer poses question: Would slavery have ended without the Civil War? If the Civil War didn’t end slavery, something else would have, said history professor Peter A. Coclanis. By 1861 slavery was dying out,” Coclanis said , who teaches at the University of North…

    October 7, 2011 Benson lecturer poses question: Would slavery have ended without the Civil War? If the Civil War didn’t end slavery, something else would have, said history professor Peter A. Coclanis. By 1861 slavery was dying out,” Coclanis said , who teaches at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Slavery probably would not have survived much longer. Coclanis presented a lecture entitled, “Would Slavery Have Survived Without the Civil War? A Counterfactual Analysis,” on Monday

  • TACOMA, Wash. (March 24, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University senior Helen “Nellie” Moran has been chosen out of 3,700 submissions to present her Economics Capstone at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) April 16-18. Moran, a double major in Economics and French, began her initial research…

    researched the House of Representatives’ 2010 and 2012 elections as part of her project, looking at open-seat elections—ones where either candidate has run or won before. Karen Travis, PLU Associate Professor of Economics, believes Moran’s Capstone stood out for NCUR because of the subject matter. “Her topic of the role of campaign expenditures in open-seat elections is timely,” said Travis. “In addition, she included both a theoretical framework as well as sophisticated statistical analysis using data

  • Dr. Sergia Hay, Seminar in Philosophy This year’s philosophy capstone course investigated a frequently used and criticized philosophical method: thought experiments.

    addresses the commonalities found in the ancient Greek philosophical traditions and classical philosophical Taoism and how they can help us cultivate the skills to combat climate change. To produce a comparative analysis of the two traditions, The Butterfly Dream by Zhuangzi and The Cave Allegory by Plato will be used as primary sources. Then, by using interpretations of philosophers from their respective philosophical traditions, this paper aims to not offer quick solutions or options of technology to

  • Questions and issues relevant to popular culture and national discourse are frequently and intentionally engaged by PLU’s Philosophy Department.

    Beauvoirian Technological Analysis” Branden Ginther, “Group-Link: How Morals Could Work with Artificial Intelligence” Terrell Hawkins, “The Search for Sophrosyne: Obtaining Moderation in an Age of Technological Excess” Lewis Hitchiner, “A Facebook Status: What’s on Your Mind?” Christopher Johnson, “Cyberbullying: How Technology Altered Communication” Olivia Killingsworth, “The Technology of Globalization and Oppression: A Care Ethics Approach” Jakob Maier, “Are There Aesthetics in the Technological

  • Boeing Materials & Manufacturing Technology is seeking an Entry Level Materials, Process & Physics Engineer (Chemical/Contamination) to support Auburn WA. https://jobs.boeing.com/job/auburn/entry-level-materials-process-and-physics-engineer-chemical-contamination/185/21580511472 Start your Boeing career in materials technology in Materials & Manufacturing Technology – Chemical Technology where you will have an opportunity to work on…

    information to support definition of requirements for tools, equipment, materials, parts and processes used in the manufacture and engineering design of products. Incorporates changes to specifications and other documents to manage the deployment of materials, parts and processes. Performs tests to qualify new tools, equipment, materials, parts and processes to meet requirements. Assists with activities to qualify suppliers to applicable requirements. Conducts basic analysis to determine performance or

  • The Essential Qualifications for Participation in School of Nursing Degree Programs (below) constitute important elements of academic performance criteria in the PLU School of Nursing degree

    analysis of existing data. The student should be capable of recognizing and responding appropriately to life-threatening emergencies. Communication The student must communicate effectively verbally, non-verbally, and in writing in a timely manner with other students, faculty, staff, patients, family, and other healthcare professionals. He or she must be able to express ideas clearly and must be open to giving and receiving feedback.  The student must be able to convey and exchange information regarding

  • The PLU School of Business is a community of compassionate faculty, staff, and administrators who provide an excellent business education in a student-centered learning environment grounded in the

    : Financial Analysis and Strategy (4) BUSA 438: Empirical Finance (4) And 4 credits from the following: BUSA 432: Financial Derivatives and Trends (4) ECON 344: Econometrics (4) Recommended: MATH 151/152 as a substitute for MATH 128 ECON 302 Minor in economics, data science, mathematics NOTE: ECON 102 is a prerequisite for the upper-division economics course included in the Finance Concentration. Management 16 semester hours from the following in a purposeful selection: BUSA 340: Nonprofit Management (4

  • Dr. Andrea Munro didn’t design Chem 103: Food Chemistry in order to teach students how to cook — but everyone agrees it’s been a pretty tasty side effect. Munro, an associate professor of chemistry, intended the general education summer term course to appeal to students…

    into that, so there was a direct connection.” Learn more about PLU's Chemistry majorChemistry at PLUBoth quantitative and quantitative analysis come into play, as Chem 103 students compare and contrast details like texture and taste while experimenting with the impacts of different ingredients over the course of the intensive four-week class. Just like in any laboratory, hypotheses are created, tested, adjusted and tested again in an accumulative process that culminates in a special project. The

  • We asked students Megan B. ‘23 and Peyton S. ‘23 to share their thoughts on what it’s like to be a kinesiology major at PLU. Here’s what they had to say. Wondering what kinesiology includes? Overall, it’s the study of human movement and the science…

    body positivity and I am so so grateful that I had a chance to take it. Absolutely find a way to fit it into your schedule at some point!!” – Megan How is your kinesiology major preparing you for your next steps/career goals? As a future physical therapist/occupational therapist, the PLU Kinesiology department has given me a great base foundation. It has let me dip into all different aspects from biomechanics analysis, psychology and physiology that specifically focused on exercise. It has given me