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Originally published in 2005 For two weeks of March, 2000, in the vast jungle along Mexico’s southern border with Belize, I joined a team of biologists and hounds in chasing and capturing a wild jaguar. I was in Mexico as a Fulbright Scholar. It took…
stories run in the 1990s by such magazines as Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News & World Report on the advances in our understanding of animals’ use of language and their mental abilities. As a society we face important questions about how we can make sense out of animals as autonomous living creatures, as well as our ethical relations with them. There are major intellectual challenges in this, of course, but that does not make the task any less important. Yet inside the academy the resistance to taking
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Apply via the Common App. It is free to apply to PLU!
the admission, financial aid, and scholarship process. If the applicant’s high school produces their own weighted GPA, the admission office will use the better of the two. The maximum GPA for PLU admission and financial aid purposes is 4.50.Recommended Prep CoursesRecommended Prep Courses Mathematics – Two years of college prep math Foreign Language – Two years of the same language English – Four years Social Studies – Two years Laboratory Science – Two years College-level Credit PoliciesIf you
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Ash Bechtel has always wanted to be in healthcare, but she wasn’t sure which direction to take — nursing or medical school. So, Ash counseled with family and academic advisors before deciding to pursue a biology major that would lead her to becoming a doctor.…
-language medical interpreter over the summer. She sees this as the next step in achieving her goals. “One of my main driving factors in becoming a doctor is to help the Hispanic community and give back,” she says. Read Previous Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 Read Next Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride
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Kate Hall ’17 remembers the job interview that landed her in a communications role at ESD 113. It was memorable — but not necessarily in a good way. “I was so nervous,” she remembers. “My internet died during the Zoom interview.” She was prepared to…
center many of the concepts she learned at PLU. “The programs, students and staff on campus put an emphasis on service and care,” she says. “That’s what drew me to PLU, what kept met at PLU and what has sustained me.” At PLU, she majored in both communications and Hispanic studies. “I took my first Spanish language class in 10th grade, and I fell in love with the language from the start,” she says. Following graduation from PLU, she earned a master’s degree in translation from Kent State University
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Join the national celebration of international education & exchange. PLU International Student Services and the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education invite you to a week of
Morelos Increase Spanish proficiency to advanced, advanced plus or superior through a complete immersion program Learn MoreChengdu, China: Continuity and Change in an Emerging World Power Study at Sichuan University, one of China’s most prestigious universities, with students from all over China and the world Develop your Chinese language abilities with courses available at all levels Engage with local communities through study tours to rural farms, local villages and nearby monuments Deepen your
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The Learning Outcomes for General Education are listed below. Gen Ed learning outcomes were originally approved via EPC in March 2022 (see below).
, and/or historical contexts from which they stem. Students will apply critical frameworks to the study of historical, artistic, literary, and/or cinematic texts. Students will analyze and explain how language and genre shape meaning in cultural and political contexts. Students will develop arguments by drawing on multiple perspectives and relevant evidence. Exploring Values and Worldviews (VW)Exploring Values and Worldviews (4): Students will learn how beliefs and values inform action and shape how
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Admission to the MSW program - determined by faculty evaluation within the MSW Graduate Admissions Committee - is based on a holistic review of your academic preparation, work and volunteer
application for PLU that will make sure you select the right kind of evaluation at a discounted rate. You can access their application here: SpanTran Application – Pacific Lutheran University. Degree Diploma You must provide official proof of your bachelor’s degree completion. You can email a copy to gradadmission@plu.edu. Proof of University-Level English Proficiency Proficiency in English is required for graduate study at PLU. Applicants whose native language is not English must demonstrate English
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While instructors are not clinicians, student wellbeing impacts learning, and it supports our goal as educators to design with it in mind.
students” (Active Minds, 2020). What do we mean when we talk about “wellbeing,” and what are those actions faculty and GE can take “as helpers, not clinicians” that may also be compatible with their own wellbeing? This toolkit strives to address these questions by briefly synthesizing national data about what wellbeing is and why it matters, and by offering a range of strategies, pre-made tools, and draft language to support student wellbeing in the context of your courses.Defining WellbeingIn the book
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The Morken Center for Learning and Technology is the first building at an independent college in Washington to receive gold-level certification under the U.S.
anthropology labs, collaborative learning spaces, a map room and refurbished faculty offices. Mary Baker Russell Music Center with the acoustically acclaimed Lagerquist Concert Hall and the Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ, the largest all-mechanical pipe organ in a West Coast university. Distinctive high-tech Language Resource Center, providing computer, audio and visual tools for learning foreign languages. Rieke Science Center, with its nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, the first of its kind at a
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Speaker: David Treuer, Ph.D. Time: 7 p.m. Date: Thursday, April 13 Place: Regency room (AUC) Free and open to the public.
Holocaust and Genocide Studies Lecture: What Makes a Man Start Fires? The 2018 Natalie Mayer Holocaust and Genocide Studies Lecture: The Language of Hate Learn more about Natalie Mayer and the endowed lecture series
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