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Signed Consent Form (for research assuring Confidentiality, NOT Anonymity) Cover Letter (for use with low-risk, anonymous, surveys in hard copy format) Online Cover Letter (for use with low-risk,
“vulnerable populations” and are extended similar protection as research participants. For more information on these groups, click here. + Conducting the study in another country or in a language other than EnglishThere is supplemental HPRB form for this type of research (part of online application). Research done outside of the US, especially in non-western societies or places where the participants do not speak English poses some problems in obtaining written documentation of informed consent. In these
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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 28, 2016) – The Pacific Lutheran University Department of Languages and Literatures will host the Tournées Film Festival this fall for screenings of nine recently released films representing a wide variety of cultures and historical periods. (Film trailers and descriptions below.) A…
Mortensen) searching for his missing daughter Ingeborg across the starkly changing, hostile wastelands of Patagonia, but soon grows into a meditation on the very nature of time, space, and reality. Part revisionist Western, part metaphysical puzzle, Jauja is as open to interpretation as its desert landscapes are to the wind. But what cannot be questioned is its sheer beauty and grandly theatrical manner of placing the human figure in an ecstatic wilderness.* Languages: Spanish, Danish Hippocrates: Diary
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TACOMA, Wash. (May 23, 2019)— With Commencement on May 25, Pacific Lutheran University sends its next class out into the world—more than 800 Lutes are eligible to graduate, with 700 expected to participate in the Commencement ceremony. Judging by the accomplishments of the Class of…
-olds in Chengdu, China, coaching youth soccer, and teaching yoga; applying for graduate studies in nutrition and naturopathic medicine, to prepare for a career as a health coach Oni Mayer’s career ambition, “to offer accessible, affordable, and sustainable health care services with a combination of western and eastern medicine,” is an expression the values of the PLU community as he sees them. “The conversations and people at PLU forced me to grow as a human and as a future health care provider
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In 2022 — when polarities abound and institutions and individuals alike have been called to reflect, redefine and transform — what does it mean to call the work of equity “innovative”? As a concept, innovation can be used interchangeably with words like ingenuity, progress, newness,…
ACTIONHere’s how the group grappled with how (and whether) equity work and thinking — conceived of as “diversity and inclusion” or “D&I” at PLU — might be considered innovative: Tyler: Well, let me start with this: I think the way that we in the American and Western paradigm understand D&I is through the lens of capitalism. We’re looking for something new, something lucrative, something about ownership and commodity and quotas that can be framed as something innovative, right? And because of that, I get a
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When picking a Common Reading book, we consider how the book addresses PLU's commitments to diversity, justice, sustainability, and global education.
more aware of genres (self-help, coming of age) and identify the relationship between them. Educated, Tara WestoverComment: This is a fabulously written memoir about the author’s journey from growing up in a survivalist family in Idaho, who did not let her go to school or did not believe in western medicine, who went to college and eventually earned two doctorate degrees. This book deals with several issues some of our first generation or first in their family to go to college students face
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He was working by age 8, picking cherries and apples under the Yakima Valley sun. In the spring he worked as a smudger. He’d sleep overnight in an orchard and when the alarms rang he’d sprint to light the smudge pots that warmed the trees…
course we recruit students from states all over the Western United States, and even all over the world, but we pair those efforts with a commitment to provide an excellent education to local students who might not have imagined they would be able to attend a high-quality private university.”Ferguson has worked in university admissions for nearly 20 years, and even she admits it can be a confusing process. That’s why she’s been an integral part of efforts to effectively communicate these new
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A year of achievement and a Decade of Change Dear Colleagues and Friends, It is a great joy for me to welcome each of you to University Fall Conference as we prepare to launch the 2010-2011 academic year, the 121st year in the life of…
Simon Award for Achievements in Global Education. We became on that day the first independent university in the Western United States to be so recognized. It was a fitting recognition of an amazing achievement accomplished over several decades by our faculty. And as if to add an exclamation mark, it was just this past J-term when we had, for the third time, students studying on all seven continents at the same time – including on the Antarctic Peninsula. Last spring, the Princeton Review sponsored a
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Major in Earth Science 34 semester hours in the following earth science courses, plus 4 semester hours in supporting courses The bachelor of arts degree is the minimum preparation for the field and
by the academic unit. (1 to 4) ESCI 401 : Field Trip Field and on-campus study of major geologic sites in western U.S. Trips take place during spring break or at end of spring semester. Prerequisite: ESCI 201 or consent of instructor. A minimum of 4 semester hours of 300-level earth science courses. Pass/Fail. (1) ESCI 487 : Special Topics in Earth Science To provide undergraduate students with new, one-time, and developing courses not yet available in the regular curriculum. The title will be
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Ann E. Buchholz, Senior Capstone Seminar The Nipah virus belongs to the family henipaviridae, a class of deadly zoonotic agents, isolated mainly from fruit bats in Asia and Indonesia.
CDC’s “One Health” aims to teach individuals in affected areas about zoonotic viruses and help reduce the spread of disease. Other laboratory techniques are used to analyze genes and proteins without working with live virus. These include Western blotting, Coomassie staining, PCR, and crosslinking assays. The ultimate goal is to better understand the Nipah virus in order to lead to the development of effective vaccines and other therapeutics. Promising results came out from a 2004 paper which had
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TACOMA, WASH. (August 10, 2015)- Each summer PLU students fan out across the globe — working, researching, studying or just plain relaxing. Many students leverage the summer months as an opportunity to add depth to their resumes by completing internships at local and corporate businesses,…
? So much has struck me, and I have enjoyed many aspects of my internship and summer at Nordstrom. As an intern in Western Washington, I had the rare and exclusive opportunity to support Nordstrom’s Designer Preview Fashion Show at Pier 91 in Seattle. The night was full of high fashion, a full-blown fashion show, hundreds of high-profile individuals and aesthetic beauty. I was backstage dressing a model in Dolce & Gabbana and Dior — it was amazing! It was exhilarating and has made me begin to
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