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Why Study Environmental Studies?Learning about the environment offers opportunities to integrate studies of nature and natural systems with those of human systems, and to bring both into dialogue with a humanistic understanding of ideas and values. Environmental studies also offer tools and knowledge with which to respond to many of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the coming century. We live in an increasingly endangered and altered world: plants and animals are driven to extinction

Dean's WelcomeA Message from Dean Rhoberta HaleyDear Students, Alumni, Staff, Faculty, and Friends of Nursing: It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Pacific Lutheran University School of Nursing. You are joining a nursing school with a long history of educational excellence and service in the Pacific Northwest. The PLU School of Nursing promotes the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities through education, scholarship and service. Our core values of inquiry, service

New Honor Society Enters LutedomeEvery year, nine thousand students worldwide join Sigma Tau Delta, an English Honor Society founded in 1924. This international group of readers and writers engages in formal and informal discussions about literature, fosters literacy education through outreach programming, and celebrates the impact of words on culture and experience. In the 2014-2015 academic year, Sigma Tau Delta made its way to PLU. PLU students and faculty have joined a conversation that

Diversity & Equity ResourcesIn recent years, it has become clear that in order to achieve equity in healthcare access and outcomes, the U.S. needs to intentionally increase the diversity of its healthcare providers.  The American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) defines underrepresented in medicine (URiM) as those racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population at a regional level.  Here we provide a

Diversity & Equity ResourcesIn recent years, it has become clear that in order to achieve equity in healthcare access and outcomes, the U.S. needs to intentionally increase the diversity of its healthcare providers.  The American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) defines underrepresented in medicine (URiM) as those racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population at a regional level.  Here we provide a

Get engaged, explore your passions, and leave a LUTE legacy Student Engagement is committed to providing leadership opportunities that create spaces for students to gain experience through hands on learning and navigate creating solutions. Professional staff and campus partners collaborate to mentor students. The Student Engagement team structure and initiatives provide opportunities for students to develop interpersonal skills ranging from customer service to diversity and equity training to

Get engaged, explore your passions, and leave a LUTE legacyStudent Engagement is committed to providing leadership opportunities that create spaces for students to gain experience through hands on learning and navigate creating solutions. Professional staff and campus partners collaborate to mentor students. The Student Engagement team structure and initiatives provide opportunities for students to develop interpersonal skills ranging from customer service to diversity and equity training to

253.535.7595 www.plu.edu/social-work/ socw@plu.edu Heidi Brocious, Ph.D., Chair Within a program that is firmly based in the liberal arts, the social work major is designed to prepare students for beginning professional social work practice as well as graduate study in social work. Social work has both a heavily multidisciplinary-based body of knowledge and its own continuously developing knowledge base. The complexity of social issues and social problems that confront the modern-day social

253.535.7252 www.plu.edu/mba/ plumba@plu.edu Mark Mulder, Ph.D., Dean Juanita Reed, M.Ed., Associate Dean AdmissionThe PLU M.B.A. program offers two tracks: a general M.B.A. in Business Administration and an M.B.A. in Management Science & Quantitative Methods. Aspirants may apply for admission to either of the two tracks. The PLU M.B.A. program is competitive. Selection is based on several criteria including work experience and potential contribution to the classroom experience. The Graduate