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  • Direct and Clear CommunicationOne of the first things that you may notice in talking with Americans is that they do not like interruptions. One person speaks, then another replies. Because the American view is that “time” is limited and tasks must be accomplished, the language favors direct and clear communication. Sentences are often simple and factual. Extensive descriptions and allusions to history or books may make some Americans impatient. Children are told “get to the point”, “just say

  • June 12, 2013 Career Connections Opportunities Board continues to bring employers and job-seekers together Career Connections connects students with PLU’s best academic and career planning services, but one of the most popular resources is an essential online tool – the Career Connections Opportunities Board. According to Executive Director of Career Connections Bobbi Hughes, the new Career Connections Opportunities Board is the central location for all job-search, internship and volunteer

  • About the SeriesThe PLU Gift Planning team is pleased to offer a series of virtual seminars and panel presentations, focused on providing the PLU community with valuable resources related to estate planning, tax planning, and charitable giving.  For more on the information provided in these seminars, visit www.plu.edu/giftplanning. Upcoming EventsMore to come! Past EventsGive a Gift That Pays You Back Join Steve Slotemaker, Relationship Manager at TIAA Kaspick, along with Doug Page and Kaarin

  • Booking Your EventBefore scheduling your event with us, please reserve your room through Hospitality Services. You may visit their website here, call them at 253-535-7450, or visit the office in the Anderson University Center. Dinners, receptions, and conferences of 25 guests or more must be booked two weeks in advance, and for events of 100 or more guests please book at least one month ahead. If you book an event out of the timeline requirements you may be subject to a limited menu and

  • enables researchers to collect data with no identifying information attached, making the survey truly anonymous. PLU has a site license for Qualtrics survey software that includes use for faculty, staff, and students. Information about requesting a Qualtrics account can be found here. Qualtrics instructions for assuring anonymity can be found here. Informed consent For a no-risk or low-risk anonymous online survey, investigators may request a Waiver of Documentation of Informed Consent (part of the

  • ,” she said. OTR trips are a part of new student orientation where students register for an off-campus visit somewhere in the Puget Sound region with a group of other new students and orientation guides. The trips are tailored to different areas of interest and are divided into four categories: service, art and culture, outdoor recreation and just-for-fun. Melanie Deane, student coordinator for OTR, said that choosing places to go is based on what has been popular with students in the past. “I think

  • he felt sitting in his first few classes.“Professors were encouraging students to expand our worldviews, take all sorts of different prospectives into account, and challenge what we previously held to be true,” he says. “I was into it from the start.” Wright has successfully embarked on a career at the nexus of the two driving interests with which he arrived at PLU. After graduating magnum cum laude six years ago, he’s worked for an education foundation and an environmental advocacy organization

  • Spotify Buy NowBuy Workbook Buy Now Read Previous Music of Carnival: J-Term 2020 Study Away in Trinidad Read Next Faculty Feature: Meet Dr. Richard Nance, Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies 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 January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to

  • Previous Organist off the Grid Read Next New piano chair looks forward to a new chapter at PLU 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 January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle

  • surveys, because it enables researchers to collect data with no identifying information attached, making the survey truly anonymous. PLU has a site license for Qualtrics survey software that includes use for faculty, staff, and students. Information about requesting a Qualtrics account can be found here. Qualtrics instructions for assuring anonymity can be found here. Informed consent For a no-risk or low-risk anonymous online survey, investigators may request a Waiver of Documentation of Informed