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  • inflation, leading them to question their earlier assumptions. “It didn’t seem to matter how you started the universe; it always ended up inflating,” Underwood said. “When you’re trying to describe the very early universe, you have to make many assumptions to go anywhere. Isolating which assumptions are important and which are not is part of the game.” One assumption they left out was Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity: While they agreed the theory was true, Underwood said, their assumption was

  • NCAA’s 100 Most Influential Student-Athletes. She has received the NACDA James J. Corbett Memorial Award, the first NACWAA Legacy Award, and the Honda Award for outstanding achievement in women’s college athletics. Judy has received three Hall of Fame inductions and three honorary doctorate degrees. Sharon Taylor, has served on the USOC Board of Directors, as President of the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA), as President of USA Field Hockey, and as President

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  • , faculty development grants, and awards for innovative teaching. Please contact an Advancement Officer  if you would like to create an endowment that supports Faculty at PLU.Endowed Chair in an academic department or disciplineA named endowment fund may be established to permanently support a faculty position and advance the body of knowledge in a particular field of study. Named Endowed Chairs begin at $2,000,000  Endowed Professorship in an academic department or area A named endowment fund may be

  • for certification, 34 semester hours for degree completion The Master of Arts in Education-Alternative Routes to Certification program includes special pathways designed to meet the needs of individuals who are career changers in high needs areas (such as math, science, special education) or who have prior experience in schools as paraeducators or substitutes.  The M.A.E.-ARC program is heavily, but not entirely, based in the field. During the field-based portion of this program, candidates are

  • no longer remember their password. Changing your ePass Password Open your browser and go to epass.plu.edu. Click the link on the left labeled “Change Your ePass Password”. Enter your current ePass username and password if prompted. Type your current password in the Your Password field. Type your new password in the New Password field. Type your new password again in the Re-enter New Password field. Verify that you have not been prompted with any errors and click the Change password button

  • September 1, 2008 Mental skills coach remembers Olympics For the last month, PLU Professor of Movement Studies and Wellness Education Colleen Hacker has worked as the mental skills coach for the U.S. women’s field hockey team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as working with individual players on the now-gold medal winning U.S. women’s soccer team. The event has been beyond description, Hacker said in an e-mail interview from Beijing this week. But she gave a go at it anyway, in an

  • with academic tools and methods within a disciplinary area (e.g., contextual study of texts, practices, histories, theologies, and/or ethics) In addition to the aforementioned, students in upper-division Religion courses should be able to: Reading: Read, critically and empathetically, the works of scholars in the field of religion; identify and describe the vision, theme, or argument in primary and secondary sources Writing: Demonstrate advanced undergraduate writing abilities, including a longer

  • June 16, 2008 Playing in the mud Outfitted in waders and armed with oranges, shallow plastic trays and pH testing kits, faculty members and alumni trudged into Clover Creek. Under the watchful guidance of environmental studies faculty, the group was learning to collect field data about the creek, which is an important watershed in this area, explained Jill Whitman, geosciences professor. It’s the same type of work students in the “Environmental Methods of Investigation” course learn to do. The

  • designed to provide a comprehensive look at the field of kinesiology, and how a master’s degree in this field will improve career prospects. In this resource, we explore: Why kinesiology is important to human health and happiness Reasons to Pursue a kinesiology master’s degree What you can do with a master’s degree in kinesiology How to choose a master’s program in kinesiology Pacific Lutheran University’s Master of Science in Kinesiology Download the Guide