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February 22, 2011 PLU students spend 96 hours figuring out halfpipes and VHF signals By Chris Albert Pro snowboarder Shaun White is entering a halfpipe going for maximum vertical air. For hours Dan Case ’11 and his team study the YouTube video of White during a 96 hour Mathematical Contest in Modeling. “We’d pause it over and over again to see how to make a model out of it,” Case said. Four teams, totaling 11 PLU students, spent 96 hours competing in the Math Modeling Contest. (Photo by John
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Olympian and advocate Elana Meyers Taylor to deliver PLU Commencement address Posted by: Zach Powers / April 25, 2023 April 25, 2023 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University will welcome Elana Meyers Taylor to the Tacoma Dome on Saturday, May 27 to deliver a Commencement address to the university’s graduating class. Meyers Taylor will share reflections inspired by her historic career as the most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympics history and a tireless
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PLU to offer (at least) half-off tuition to dependents of nurses and k-12 educators Posted by: Silong Chhun / November 23, 2020 November 23, 2020 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsIn recognition of the hard work and sacrifices nurses and educators make, Pacific Lutheran University is offering a minimum of half-off tuition to their children. PLU launched the Nurse & Educator Dependent Commitment for incoming Fall 2021 first-year students whose parent or legal guardian is a full
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December 1, 2009 What will you do with your one wild and precious life? PLU is a little different from most universities. You can see it everyday on campus – in the classroom, in the residence halls, on the athletic fields. PLU students have a uniquely broad idea of what it means to be successful. A lot of that has to do with our Lutheran heritage. Students are asked to wrestle with issues of value throughout their studies so that they develop the skills and sensibilities to be successful human
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Connect with Fellow Lutes in Minnesota! Photo by Nicole Harrington About the Minnesota Alumni ChapterThe Minnesota Alumni Chapter organizes happy hours, networking events, and much more! Chapter Leaders: Emily (O’Leary) Barker ’06 Caroline Olstad ’12 Are you interested in joining the Minnesota Alumni Chapter? Email pluMNalumni@gmail.comUpcoming Events Previous Events PLU Night at the Twins | The Minnesota Alumni Chapter gathered in July 2018 for Lutheran Night at the Twins. Minnesota Connection
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October 22, 2012 PLU professor presents keynote at premier sports and exercise psychology conference PLU Professor, Colleen Hacker presented the keynote at the annual meeting of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) in Atlanta, Ga. Her speech, “Gold Medal Partnership: Collaboration and Integration for Sustained Excellence,” was delivered to a standing room only crowd of more than 800 sports and exercise psychology professionals. Her keynote was received with a rare and
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at the 10th anniversary concert of the Lagerquist Organ. https://pipedreams.publicradio.org/listings/2019/1924/ Read Previous Choir of the West 2019 Tour – United Kingdom and Germany Read Next Shining a Light on Female-Identifying Jazz Composers LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance
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Charitable Trust will fund three student-faculty research projects. Each year, the trust funds dozens of projects that will enhance the quality of life in the Pacific Northwest by providing grants and enrichment programs to organizations seeking to strengthen the region’s educational, spiritual, and cultural base in creative and sustainable ways. In 2009, the trust funded 43 scientific projects with $2.9 million in grants. “The foundation feels it’s important to support scientific exploration of the
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to medical school Direct access to medical school admissions deans and faculty with individual feedback on personal statements and mock interviews The INMED – RISE program is held in collaboration with: Oregon Health and Sciences University School of Medicine Northwest Native American Center of Excellence Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board University of California Davis School of Medicine Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane Read Previous Pacific Northwest National
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