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September 9, 2014 PLU Highly Ranked in U.S. News & World Report’s ‘Best Colleges 2015’ Guidebook By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications U.S. News & World Report released its influential “Best Colleges 2015” guidebook Sept. 9—and Pacific Lutheran University is impressively cited three times in the Western region category, as the: •    17th best university in the Western region; •    fourth best university for veterans; and •    10th best value. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best

education. The business graduate program offers an MBA and Master of Science in Marketing Analytics. Students considering an MBA can focus on a major in Business Administration or select a new program in Management Science and Quantitative Methods (MSQM). The Business Administration track focuses on strategy, innovation, and effective decision-making. In Management Science and Quantitative Methods, students build upon strategy and innovation and also learn the quantitative skills used in Business

communication, says a recent Mellon Foundation grant made the curriculum change possible. “This is an exciting development in our department,” Young said. “Our main focus remains media and media studies across a variety of contexts.” The goal in coming years is to design and implement a hallmark PLU program, by harnessing existing faculty interest and leadership in Communication and elsewhere on campus. This is hopefully the start of something big, says Robert Marshall Wells — associate professor of

playing with Google Earth, a free software built using extensive satellite imagery, with the principle focus of exploration. Whereas Google Maps is great for routes and marking distances—perfect for visualizing the Joad’s arduous trek—Google Earth shows faculty and students an overhead view of any location on the planet, and even some in space! You can design tours that include text, pictures, landmarks, close-ups of 3D buildings and geographical features, and more. Some excellent examples of

Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Computational Biology Posted by: alemanem / December 15, 2017 December 15, 2017 Two Thousand eighteen marks the the 9th summer for the TecBio REU program in computational biology at the University of Pittsburgh. Application Deadline:  February 12, 2018 Program Dates:  May 21 – July 27, 2018 Student Support:  $5500 stipend, housing*, and travel More information can be found at  tecbioreu.pitt.edu, which also hosts the program application page.  Also, see

other hundreds of hit songs that have made Beyoncé a worldwide music icon. But it was just one of the questions students tackled in the Women’s and Gender Studies course titled Beyoncé and Black Feminist Theory. “The general premise of the course is to think about Beyoncé as a social, political and cultural figure through the lens of black feminist theory,” said Jennifer Smith, PLU’s first dean for inclusive excellence. Smith co-taught the class with PLU’s Center for Gender Equity Outreach and

by Jim Van Beek in honor of Faye M. Anderson for her 22 years of service at PLU and the community (three awards; $1,000 each). 1.   Devon Johnson ’17 contributed more than 50 hours of service as PLU ELL Program Volunteer co-coordinator and teacher, overseeing one level of ELL class and working with a team to organize the program, outreach, registration and teacher training. 2.    Athena Gordon ’17 contributed more than 100 hours to Club Keithley and RHC, helping students focus in class and

Graduate Study in Applied Chemistry at UC Davis Posted by: alemanem / September 15, 2021 September 15, 2021 The Graduate Group in Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry at UC Davis offers PhD and MS degrees in four broad areas of applied chemistry: Environmental and Analytical, Biological and Toxicological, Food and Wine, and Fiber and Polymer Chemistry.  The application deadline is Jan. 5, 2022.  Interested students may find additional information about the program on their website: https

Lutes Participate in Alumni Job Shadow Program Posted by: vcraker / February 14, 2022 February 14, 2022 Pacific Lutheran University’s Lute Job Shadow Program is an opportunity for current students to connect with alumni working in their chosen careers. The Alumni and Student Connections Office do a great job of connecting students to alums who are working in the field they are interested in. Elli Pippin, PLU’s assistant director for career and experiential learning, said the program was

The Summer @ Roche Intern Program in Seattle Posted by: nicolacs / March 1, 2021 March 1, 2021 The Summer @ Roche Intern Program has been developed to provide students with a fun yet rewarding summer through hands-on experience and numerous opportunities to network with other interns as well as employees in the organization. Additionally, we help our students meet their career development and educational goals while potentially building a future with the Roche organization. Leveraging the