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college education, and at a time in which some critics compare higher education’s fate to that of the recording  industry. True, universities need to adapt and innovate and respond to the ways in which students learn today. PLU is in the process of creating our own unique blended learning courses with the PLUTO project, PLU Teaching Online. However, there will always be a need for close faculty- student connections, for as David Bell notes in this article – “If mastering complex and difficult subjects

PLU Welcomes the Class of 2028: Trailblazers Posted by: mhines / September 11, 2024 Image: The class of 2028 gathers on Foss Field during New Student Orientation. Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, at PLU. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) September 11, 2024 By Marketing and Communication As Pacific Lutheran University welcomes the Class of 2028, the university celebrates not just a new academic year but a new generation of students defined by the spirit of innovation, resilience, and transformation. The Admission

, which, as I mentioned above, constitute about 10 percent of total revenues). But, we live in a complex world, where we need to be able to support smart students who don’t have the means to afford a college education, and we need to compete in an educational marketplace that includes public universities that receive direct subsidies from the state and private universities with far larger endowments. So, our tuition fee often rises at a rate very similar to those at other colleges and universities

On Exhibit: 2020 “Interrupted” Wang Center Photo Contest Winners Posted by: Holly Senn / March 15, 2021 March 15, 2021 PLU Wang Center for Global Education’s 2020 “Interrupted” Photo Contest Winners During the 2019-2020 academic year, 350 PLU undergraduate students participated in global and local study away programs to acquire new perspectives on critical global issues, advance their language and intercultural skills, form valuable new contacts and lasting connections, and advance their

a lot. It’s had different connotations at different times over the years, both positive and some negative. Through the addition of a new minor, Innovation Studies, PLU students will now get to explore what the concept means conceptually, historically and as a process that builds businesses and unlocks human potential. “We study a range of fascinating topics but our main focus is on social innovation, which is all about making the world better,” said Michael Halvorson, Benson Family Chair and the

: New members will participate in orientation. May 12: Formal induction ceremony during the Celebration of Leadership. “Having a Mortar Board chapter at PLU will allow students from across campus to meet together on a regular basis to perform service projects around Tacoma with the support of a nationally recognized organization,” said ASPLU president Aaron Steelquist ’14.Students not only will benefit from Mortar Board—they also helped bring the chapter to PLU. Amber Baillon, Associate Director of

different connotations at different times over the years, both positive and some negative. Through the addition of a new minor, Innovation Studies, PLU students will now get to explore what the concept means conceptually, historically and as a process that builds businesses and unlocks human potential.“We study a range of fascinating topics but our main focus is on social innovation, which is all about making the world better,” said Michael Halvorson, the university’s Director of Innovation Studies. “We

Hispanic Studies and history? RC: Everything about where we live today, everything about this world, was made by humans. It was made by us. Our language, our culture, our identities… everything. Politics, borders or the lines that separate one country from another, gender roles, everything in this world was made by humans. And just like it was made by humans, it can be un-made, and new things can happen, it is entirely possible. This civilization project and its order, its hierarchies, its structure

April 19, 2010 Claim: You are what you eat Whether you had bacon and eggs for breakfast, a glass of milk and potato chips with your lunch, or a cheeseburger and milkshake for dinner, chances are you ate a lot of corn today. How so? Farm animals in the United States chowed-down on 5.25 billion bushels – that’s 147 million tons – of feed corn in 2008. Their metabolisms convert corn’s simple carbohydrates into the complex animal proteins and fats that make up meat, dairy products and eggs

July 2, 2010 PLU alum gets a ringside seat to history as U.S. plays in World Cup Last month By Barbara Clements PLU alumna Kelsey (Dawson) Goodson, ’08, accompanied her husband and U.S. soccer player, Clarence Goodson IV, to South Africa to represent the U.S. team at the World Cup Although the team lost to Ghana on June 26, Kelsey noted it was great being at the World Cup, rooting for the U.S. and blowing those darn horns until you were blue in the face. She recently described her experiences