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the companies and think about what you did in your PLU classes, you have have a leg up on the competition.” Marc: “Regarding how the fellowships work… the expertise of a faculty adviser is not just what they know as a scholar, but what they know about organizing your research and the writing process that is super helpful. Peter Grosvenor helped me to mold the research that I was doing into a policy paper that I felt proud of. As my project grew, I consulted other faculty members as well, and they
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(so well represented here today), and in the fine and performing arts. It also includes a suite of select graduate and professional programs that all seek to build our students’ capacity to serve the world— nursing, marriage and family therapy, finance, education, creative writing, and business. So, you see, the world needs more PLU. Lives of Service and Care As a community and as individuals, PLU people care about the development and success of our students and of each other. We have high
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Center “I put off writing this simply because when I thought about how to convey the impact of the Women’s Center in my life, I became overwhelmed. How could I put into words how deeply the Center had impacted me, both professionally and personally? Would whatever I wrote do that justice? The following is my best attempt to do so: When I arrived as a new employee on the PLU campus in the fall of 2006, I was looking for a place to connect with the larger university community. I had made several
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Reappraising the Rift Between Faith and Reason: Could Science Help Us Think About Religion? Posted by: alex.reed / May 20, 2022 May 20, 2022 By Keith J. CooperOriginally published in 1991Tertullian, an African Christian writing in the second century of the Church, is perhaps most famous for his defiant one-liner about the resurrection, “I believe it because it is absurd.” The only trouble is: he never wrote those words, and wouldn’t have meant them if he had. They are simply a misquotation. In
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of students across the campus, and helping to ensure that PLU graduates will continue to compete with great success. So I was not surprised, but very, very happy this past Sunday evening, to receive Director of Assessment, Karen McConnell’s first report on the results of the Collegiate Learning Assessment. Last year 153 colleges and universities, including PLU, asked both first year and senior students to complete this exam that evaluates writing, critical thinking, problem solving and
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primacy of reason—is rooted in the great reform and revolution sparked by Luther’s protest and his thinking and writing. We are his heirs and I’m sure he would be proud of Pacific Lutheran University. Getting the Word Out I know you’ve been accustomed to hearing a “state of the university” address at Fall Conference, but I thought this year you might prefer to hear instead of my impressions of PLU life so far, my initial sense of our opportunities and challenges, and some sense of where we might be
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May 18, 2012 More than 850 students will graduate from PLU for the 2011-2012 academic year. Spring C
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