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,” he said. “They’re a dedicated group and a special group—AP classes are more demanding than typical high-school courses, so it’s like working with another faculty member when it comes to their professionalism and dedication.” Swank has more than a little experience with those traits himself. He began his PLU career as an assistant professor of Chemistry in 1970, then served as chair of the Chemistry Department (twice), Dean of Natural Sciences, director of Interdisciplinary Studies and Chair of

units in which the programs are located, and the decision may include consultation with the associate provost of graduate studies and continuing education. The communication of the admission decision is made by the graduate admission office. Applications for admission are evaluated without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, or sexual orientation. Students seeking admission to any graduate or certificate program must

Diambri (right) presented their Benson summer research projects at the Northern California Regional Phi Alpha Theta conference. History students can follow in their footsteps by applying for a student-faculty research project in Holocaust Studies or Business and Economic History. (Applications due in April for the following summer.) Alex Lund shows off his certificate for the second-place paper on economic history in Montana at the Northern California Regional Phi Alpha Theta Conference, April 2018

his third book of poems, Chord. This is my last year as Dean, and I’m delighted to report that Professor Kevin O’Brien of the Religion Department will be taking the reins. Kevin is a respected scholar of Christian environmental ethics (check out his most recent book in the “Booknotes” gallery) who has served in various leadership positions on campus—including Chair of Environmental Studies and the Faculty Representative to PLU’s Board of Regents. It’s been a great pleasure to meet and communicate

, professional studies and civic engagement. Vocation exploration permeates PLU culture evidenced through experiential learning, academic rigor, student club and community involvement, and undergraduate research – all with caring faculty and staff. Undergraduate Research Symposium is a campus-wide student-faculty collaboration comprised of over 60 presentations ranging from research-based natural and social science presentations to musical compositions and visual arts projects. Communication skills, oral and

Soldiers Home & Colony (and maintained the website SoldiersHomeStories.com) since 2009. Discovery A Study of the CREP New Psychology Program Boosts Science AND Undergraduate Publication Potential amantha... April 21, 2014 Lute Plays Piano “Up Close with the Masters” A Q&A With Natalie Burton '13 Music and Chinese Studies major Natalie Burton graduated magna... April 21, 2014 Katie Hunt ’11 Archaeologist Katie Hunt '11 fought cancer at PLU and wowed the crowd at TED 2014 Let’s... April 16, 2014 Editor’s

include perception, voluntary action, spatial processing, language, memory, emotion, social behavior, and consciousness. Prerequisite: STAT 232. (4) PSYC 442 : Learning and Memory A critical overview of the science of learning and memory. Prerequisite: STAT 232. (4) PSYC 448 : Cognitive Psychology The study of human thought. Topics include attention, perception, memory, knowledge and concept formation, language, problem-solving, and reasoning. Prerequisites: STAT 232. (4) PSYC 481 : Research Seminar

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: Rebecca and Aidan are discussing an experiment in front of a fume hood wearing chemistry lab gear] – I thrive in an environment like that, usually. [video: Rebecca is sitting in a chemistry classroom with a whiteboard and projector screen in the background. There is a front and side video angle. Text on the bottom of the screen reads, ”Rebecca Smith ‘24, Chemistry and Environmental Studies Double Major”] Rebecca: After high school, I was a little confused on what I wanted. I wasn’t quite sure. [video

By Dr. Rob Wells, Director of the Center for Media Studies and Associate Professor of Communication MediaLab, the applied research and multimedia program at Pacific Lutheran University, has won a 2017 Grand Prize Award from the National Broadcasting Society – Alpha Epsilon Rho, for the documentary film Changing Currents: Protecting North America’s Rivers. Changing Currents, which publicly premiered in Tacoma in November 2016, won in the “Video Documentary” category at the 2017 Annual National