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  • PLU students spend 96 hours figuring out halfpipes and VHF signals https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2011/02/22/plu-students-spend-96-hours-figuring-out-halfpipes-and-vhf-signals/

    Froschauer) Case and 10 PLU other students, comprising of four teams, spent four days at Morken researching, testing and writing models to solve one of two problems in this year’s MCM which took place between Feb. 10 through 14. The contest tests undergraduate students ability to apply their mathematic skills to solving real-life scenarios. One was building a model to maximize vertical air in a snowboard halfpipe. The other involved line-of-sight transmission and reception of a VHF radio spectrum, with

  • Campus Resources https://www.plu.edu/summer/campus/

    University Center 183 Email: militarysupport@plu.edu Summer Hours All veterans and military affiliated students should have swipe card access to AUC183 from 0730-1900 on Monday-Friday. Call for an appointmentWebsiteWriting CenterThe PLU Writing Center is closed during summer session. However, students enrolled in summer courses (on campus or online) can access writing tips and strategies on the writing center website. Click the tab called “Resources for Writers” to find helpful materials on topics like

  • Articles Posted by https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/author/bennetrr/

    NYT best-selling author Meg Medina to discuss writing about painful experiences for kids at PLU virtual lecture Pacific Lutheran University’s eleventh annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture will be held virtually at 5:30 p.m. on May 5. Meg Medina,, and New York Times best-selling author will deliver this year’s Benson lecture titled “Rough Patch: On Writing About Painful Experiences for Kids“ and… February 9, 2021 Events, Performances, Athletics

  • Funding Opportunities for History Majors https://www.plu.edu/history/opportunities/

    . For more information, contact Beth Griech-Polelle.Benson Summer Research Fellowships in Business and Economic HistoryEach year, 2-3 student research fellows are awarded for paid summer research in the field of Business and Economic History. For more information, visit the Business and Economic History website or contact Michael Halvorson.Raphael Lemkin Student Essay ContestYou can earn money and fame for writing a great history essay? Yup, you sure can! Each year, the History department sponsors

  • Political Science https://www.plu.edu/catalog-2023-2024/undergraduate-program/program-curriculum-information/political-science/

    state, local, and national level. Courses that qualify are: POLS 345, 346, 354, 370. Research and Writing Requirement 4 semester hours One 300-level course designated as an “intensive writing course” indicating that it has a substantial research/writing component. Courses that qualify are: POLS 345, 354, 361, 365, 372, and 373. International/Comparative Politics 4 semester hours One 300-level course in GLST. Courses that qualify are: GLST 325, 331, 332, and 357. Electives 8 semester hours Any POLS

  • A blast of reality from the desert https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2011/09/15/a-blast-of-reality-from-the-desert/

    into focus, he knew things had changed. This fall, during Homecoming 2011 at PLU, Hrivnak will return to the campus as a panelist during the 60th anniversary celebration of the School of Nursing. He’ll talk about his passion for patient care, his experience as a medevac and his journey as a writer. His experience outside of the military includes being an emergency room nurse and today he works as a firefighter for Central Pierce Fire and Rescue. He began writing about his experiences – what he saw

  • Judith Kitchen https://www.plu.edu/mfa/staff/judith-kitchen/

    Judith Kitchen Founding Director, In Memoriam Biography Biography Judith Kitchen (1941-2014)  was the co-founder of the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA program at PLU.  She is the author of four collections of essays, most recently The Circus Train (Ovenbird Books, 2014).  Her other collections are Half in Shade: Family, Photography, Fate and Distance and Direction (Coffeehouse Press) and Only the Dance (U. of South Carolina Press).  She is also the author of a novel, The House on Eccles Road

  • Developed by PLU faculty and managed by PLU students, the Parkland Literacy Center offers support to https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2019/11/04/parkland-literacy-center/

    to go back to middle or high school. For many, those were awkward times in just about every way imaginable. For folks that struggled with reading, writing, communication or other subjects, even the academics of those school days probably felt like huge weights to bear.But students at Keithley Middle School and neighboring Washington High School — both down the street from Pacific Lutheran University — may not share those sentiments if they were polled years from now. That’s because they now have

  • If you lived with your classmates, what would learning look like? https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/linked-courses/

    different perspectives as well.”Residential HallsLiving on campus is an experiencePLU provides quality on-campus living and learning environments that encourage and enhance participation and enjoyment of your college experience.The linked courses take First Year Experience Program Writing 101 classes and tailor them to relate closely to each specific RLC theme. Writing 101: Democratic Citizenship, for example, blends traditional academic writing elements with a focus on social issues — a perfect

  • A Magical PLU Collaboration: Songs for the Spring of Waiting https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2021/04/12/a-magical-plu-collaboration/

    had a lot she wanted to get on paper. Inspired by her writing, PLU Professor of Music and Composer Gregory Youtz set several poems to music. And thanks to the talents of three PLU Music faculty, the poetry has a new dimension as music with lyrics. With Oksana Ezhokina behind the piano keys, vocalists Soon Cho and Cyndia Sieden sang the new melodies for Emmons Turner’s poetry. Due to the necessary physical distancing, everything was recorded individually and then edited together for one grand