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engaged in exploring the most important issues of our time in local, national, and global contexts. Through generous gifts from donors we can continue our collaborative learning and research endeavors as we seek to better understand human behavior and experience and apply that knowledge to improve society.`` Michelle Ceynar, Ph.D. Dean, Social SciencesMake a GiftInterdisciplinary Studies``Students in Interdisciplinary Studies embody PLU's commitment to diversity, justice, and sustainability. They work
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travelled to the frozen continent just this last December and January. This story appeared in Scene in 2011. A Day in the Life of PLU’s Antarctic Geologists By Claire Todd, assistant professor of geosciences and environmental studies “Mac Ops, Mac Ops, Mac Ops! This is India 1! 5! 6! How copy?” These are the words that woke me and PLU geosciences student Michael Vermeulen ’12 most mornings during our geologic expedition in Antarctica this winter. All field camps participating in the U.S. Antarctic
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a credit analyst in the corporate banking department in Seattle. That incredibly rich summer internship changed my life, relating my classroom studies to the real world. I was given challenging work and real responsibility; I had to deal with deadlines and collaborate as a team member. Relationships developed there proved invaluable after graduation. “Pursue internships or other opportunities where you can experience how classroom work applies to the real world. And do it sooner rather than
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showed differences in soil communities due to height above ground, tree species and location of sampling site. 1:40 pm - Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Using Colloidal Gold NanoparticlesChristopher Bingham, Senior Capstone Seminar Colloidal gold nanoparticles were synthesized and employed in SERS studies of several small molecules. Several synthetic methods were explored in an effort to optimize the SERS activity of the nanoparticles. Hydrogen tetrachloroaurate was reduced using sodium
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Drawings Meghan Gould Art is a central part of many cultures’ rituals and storytelling traditions. One such artistic custom is sand drawing, with groups ranging from northern Africa to India to Oceania incorporating the artwork into their cultural practices. In this paper, we closely examine a particular type of sand drawing from Angola, known as sona, and its inherent graph theoretic properties, specifically as they relate to the properties of a special type of graphs known as Gaussian graphs. We
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Student Rights and Responsibilities defined below support the Student Rights and Responsibilities as defined in the Pacific Lutheran University’s Student Code of Conduct. General Principles – All students have a right to: a safe, supportive, respectful, and professional learning environment that is free from discrimination and accepting of individuals for who they are regardless of cultural/ethnic affiliation, spiritual affiliation, political affiliation, or any other personal characteristic, choice
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1997. “It doesn’t mean they didn’t want what was best for me.” Still, she remembers her mother’s reaction: “You have ideas above your station, young lady.” As Ellard-Ivey would discover, it’s not easy being first. Students whose parents or siblings have not attended college face significant hurdles when they choose higher education. Many not only lack cash, but they also may be deficient in the kind of social and cultural capital that their peers with college-educated parents gain as a birthright
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out of your study away experience? What sort of housing would you prefer? Such as residential halls, apartments, homestays, etc. Would you like to study in a rural environment? Urban environment? Do you want to go with a group of other PLU students? Would you like to be more independent? Would you thrive in a more structured environment with plenty of cultural activities and study tours/excursions, or a more independent environment where you have lots of flexibility and free time? Would you do
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taught at PLU since 1997. “It doesn’t mean they didn’t want what was best for me.” Still, she remembers her mother’s reaction: “You have ideas above your station, young lady.” As Ellard-Ivey would discover, it’s not easy being first. Students whose parents or siblings have not attended college face significant hurdles when they choose higher education. Many not only lack cash, but they also may be deficient in the kind of social and cultural capital that their peers with college-educated parents gain
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Student Support ServicesBelow is a list of resources and information to help you during your graduate studies at PLU.Academic CatalogThe online catalog lists all of the policies and procedures for the university.Academic CatalogAcademic CalendarThe academic calendar lists add, drop and withdrawal deadlines, university holidays and start and end dates for the academic terms.Academic CalendarResearch GuidesEach program has a dedicated research librarian to assist you with your research needs. The
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