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  • Tips and Tricks for Your Virtual Dance Scholarship Application Posted by: Reesa Nelson / January 15,

  • our 83 percent first-year retention rate — a number we’re poised to improve upon next year with a goal of reaching 87% in the next three years. Endowment Performance And the good news continues! For the first time in PLU history, our endowment reached over 100 million dollars earlier this year – and continues to grow! Our students have the lowest four-year student debt of any private school in Washington and PLU was ranked number one for job placement among all Washington schools. We are making it

  • to understand how past events in earth history (i.e. glacial cycles and fluctuating sea levels) have affected the distribution of species in this region. Rosemarie (Romey) Haberle My research uses both phylogenetic and comparative chloroplast genomic approaches to better understand the evolutionary biology of flowering plants. Currently, I am studying members of the bluebell family (Campanulaceae) which is an excellent model system to address different evolutionary biology questions. I use both

  • inclined to know what bridges our differences. One thing I am sure of – I have seen it in the eyes and felt it in the affection of people from India to Spain and Peru to Tacoma – there is a human spirit that we all share, capable of communicating across language barriers, through the walls of history and demographic division we tend to assume separates us. Of all the anecdotes and perspective-shifting experiences I came away with from spending time overseas, I am convinced the one most responsible for

  • Margaret Greenwood ’74 Lisa (Miles ’84) and Tim ’84 Kittilsby Lisa Kind Korsmo ’87 and John Korsmo ’84 Knut Olson ’90 and Kim Morter Olson ’88 Carol Quigg ’58 Brad ’83 and Danielle ’85 Tilden Dale and Jolita Benson (both ’63) established two endowed chairs, the Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History and the Jolita Hylland Benson Chair in Elementary Education. The Bensons have also been major contributors to many campus projects and programs including endowed support for student

  • in collaborating in on-going or continual engagement? PLU Center for Community Engagement and Service Primary Partners (community organizations that we have intentionally developed strong partnerships with because of proximity, alignment of values, and history of working with PLU faculty and students) PLU Center for Community Engagement and Service County-wide partners (community organizations that we have some form of relationships with-this list covers a broader array of geographical and

  • . Finally, my students are free. The asceticism of teaching entails respecting their freedom.While respecting the freedom of my students is prior to all else in teaching humanities, there still is much that I do to invite them into the space where the power of the humanities resides. I introduce them to the field of American religious history in the most engaging way possible, letting them see my own fascination with it. l show them issues; require them to translate material from one frame of reference

  • for classes, the student must: Submit the non-refundable advance tuition deposit or statement of intent to register form Submit the required medical history form Submit the online payment contract If applicable, remove any holds on the student account Registration Process Depending on the graduate program, students will either register themselves or be registered by the program administrator. Information about registration processes (including acceptance of financial aid if applicable, and online

  • of instrumental music ensembles and was a member of MediaLab. Genny Boots ’18 Genny is a communication/mass media and journalism major with a minor in global development at PLU. Since leaving her hometown of Anchorage, Alaska, Genny has been exploring new places. From backpacking in south and central America and central Europe to a semi-settled life in the Puget Sound, Genny has enjoyed writing and telling stories. You can find her work around campus, through PLU’s Division of Marketing and

  • Dressed for Macbeth Success Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / May 1, 2014 May 1, 2014 They call it the cro