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  • in the nation. Since 1961, PLU has produced 242 volunteers in the Peace Corps. “Every year, graduates of colleges and universities across the United States are making a difference in communities overseas through Peace Corps service,” said Peace Corps Acting Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet. “As a result of the top-notch education they receive, these graduates are well prepared for the challenge of international service. They become leaders in their host communities and carry the spirit of service

  • a mortgage slightly higher than their monthly rent (but at 0% interest), and they’ll put in 500 hours of sweat equity—working on their home; attending financial-literacy and homeownership classes; and helping out at Habitat, whether in the office or, in Sullivan’s case, starring in a promotional video. On Sept. 4, 10 days before the official house “wall-raising,” Potter and Habitat Director of Family Services Elliot Stockstad filmed Sullivan at PLU to chronicle her path to The Woods. They met at

  • Education’s Uukumwe Project, an educational partnership between Pacific Lutheran University and Namibian educators. And at N/a’an ku sê, Delos Reyes had a unique opportunity: to teach Western music concepts to students who wouldn’t otherwise have access to music education. It was a life-changing experience. “I have never had so much fun teaching in my life,” Delos Reyes says. She loves her current practicum at a small K-8 school outside of Olympia but says the connection that develops when you’re relying

  • Balanced Lifestyle: Dentistry offers flexibility to balance professional and personal life Empower Your Patients: Give patients smiles they are proud to wear Technology and Research: Be involved with the scientific advancement of dentistry Be a Leader: Earn respect from your family, friends and community Prevention/Education: Be an educator on the importance of oral health Detect Disease: Treat oral health and detect disease – including cancer and cardiovascular Be Creative: Use your artistic and

  • Balanced Lifestyle: Dentistry offers flexibility to balance professional and personal life Empower Your Patients: Give patients smiles they are proud to wear Technology and Research: Be involved with the scientific advancement of dentistry Be a Leader: Earn respect from your family, friends and community Prevention/Education: Be an educator on the importance of oral health Detect Disease: Treat oral health and detect disease – including cancer and cardiovascular Be Creative: Use your artistic and

  • Alice Steinglass Visits October 9 for Workshop and Lecture Computer science drives innovation throughout the US economy, but the subject remains neglected or marginalized in K-12 education. Can more be done to improve student access to this important way of thinking? Please join Alice Steinglass of Code.org  on October 9, 2018 at Pacific Lutheran… October 1, 2018 Alice SteinglassCode.orgcomputer science educationDale E. Benson LectureInnovation Studies

  • Alice Steinglass Visits October 9 for Workshop and Lecture Computer science drives innovation throughout the US economy, but the subject remains neglected or marginalized in K-12 education. Can more be done to improve student access to this important way of thinking? Please join Alice Steinglass of Code.org  on October 9, 2018 at Pacific Lutheran… October 1, 2018 Alice SteinglassCode.orgcomputer science educationDale E. Benson LectureInnovation Studies

  • attitude, loving and serving young women on campus. They truly hold themselves to a higher standard and look to pick up anyone that needs it on a given day. We have embraced an idea that we will have “No Opportunities Wasted” within Luteball. That may be an opportunity to sweep the dugout, talk with a recruit, tutor a teammate, or start in left field. No matter the opportunity we will look at it as if we are blessed and embrace a Championship MindSet to be the best. We know we will fail, but in the

  • into academic divisions—Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, the School of Arts & Communication, the School of Business, the School of Education & Kinesiology, the School of Nursing and Interdisciplinary Programs. We’d like you to meet some recent PLU graduates—one from each academic division—who share their success stories and how PLU helped them find their true vocation. Explore all our majors at www.plu.edu/majors. School of Education & Kinesiology Kelly Nagan, Class of 2008 Degree

  • Neuroscience The Brain From Top to Bottom Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences Neuroscience and Biomedical Sciences Virology and Immunology This Week in Virology Zoology Herpetology at the Burke Museum The Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Instructor-Related Resources Advances in Physiology Education Cells Alive! Cool Science for Educators Laboratory Exercises in Evolution Life Sciences Education The Biology Project The Sourcebook for Teaching Science Virtual Classroom Biology WormClassroom