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the ratings. Given the un-nuanced proposals coming out of the US Dept of Ed so far, it looks like the proposals will do great harm to colleges that try to provide access to low income students, or have programs in areas like social work, education, social entrepreneurship, and counseling that tend not to lead to high-paying jobs. College is not just a job skills factory. The fact that this proposed ranking system is opposed by presidents and faculty members from the full range of colleges–from
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chooses you. This is essentially what happened to me. I tried to explore other majors as well as working in accounting and sales. Music was the only place I was happy. What is your favorite class to teach and why? This is in a way like asking who your favorite child is. I love conducting the Wind Ensemble. Exploring great masterworks as well as premiering new works is a very invigorating activity. During the 15 years I have been on faculty at PLU the Wind Ensemble has performed 29 world premieres and
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of religion’s influence in American and global life. In a nation marked by great religious diversity and where most people claim a religious tradition, it becomes increasingly necessary to understand something of America’s religious landscape if you want to understand co-workers, friends, neighbors – even spouses or partners. PLU invites its students into the study of religion so that they might better understand a global phenomenon that gives meaning and purpose to billions of people. *Note: All
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and getting them beds, furniture, and other essential household items. What did you study at PLU and how was your academic experience? When I started at PLU I had really no idea what I was doing. I was in the IHON (international honors) program, and that had a big impact. Eventually, I came around to double majoring in political science and global studies, plus a minor in Hispanic studies. I really connected with global studies at PLU. I had a great IHON experience and I was in the Wang Center a
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Blog Post: Why Do Tuition Fees Increase, and Where Does the Money Go? Posted by: Thomas Krise / February 24, 2015 February 24, 2015 ASPLU President Sarah Smith gave a very good speech to the PLU Board of Regents earlier this month on the subject of tuition fee increases. The gist of her speech was, “We’d like to know more about why tuition fees increase, and where does the money go?” These are great questions, and worthy of being answered. We’re working on having a series of discussions for
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.” Dr. Wiegman was unequivocal in his belief that, as a Christian school, PLU should be deeply engaged in service and community engagement. “I consider one of my greatest accomplishments at PLU the fact that I had students graduate during my administration that were in tune with the times,” Dr. Wiegman told The News Tribune in 1975. “The challenge of the 70s should fill us with a zest for living and a great promise,” Dr. Wiegman said in a 1974 speech. “We are faced with the awesome responsibility to
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rather swiftly. And they crucified people a lot, he noted. One mass crucifixion (the remains of Spartacus’ rebellion) stretched for 300 miles along the Via Appia leading from Rome. Romans considered the convicts subhuman and not worthy of mercy, he noted. Animals captured for the shows in the great Coliseum weren’t torture, but in the end, did die. During the time when the great shows were at their height, between the first and third century AD, thousands of animals from tigers to hippos, died. So
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company’s office hours in Arkansas, working on a team to develop an app to manage cargo and logistics. “I learned a lot doing an internship with a bigger company,” Holland says. Internships are a great benefit to students, he says. Students often create projects from scratch in school, but you’re usually refining existing systems in the out-of-school world. “You’re just the little cog that keeps the machine going,” he says. The PLU career center connected Holland with the NatSci Mentoring program, which
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was doing. I was in the IHON (international honors) program, and that had a big impact. Eventually, I came around to double majoring in political science and global studies, plus a minor in Hispanic studies. I really connected with global studies at PLU. I had a great IHON experience and I was in the Wang Center a lot. The study away program was one of the main things that drew me to PLU. I studied abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico and completed an internship at a rural development organization that was
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Rick Barot and Ann Pancake Discuss PLU’s MFA in Creative Writing and the Impact of Creative Writing (Podcast) Posted by: Zach Powers / July 27, 2015 Image: MFA Director Rick Barot and MFA mentor & instructor Ann Pancake at KPLU’s recording studio in downtown Seattle. [Photo by Zach Powers/PLU] July 27, 2015 By Zach Powers ’10PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WASH. (July 27, 2015)- Known as the Rainier Writing Workshop (RWW), Pacific Lutheran University’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative
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