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class.  “She was sitting in the front row, pen in hand, notebook out, and with a copy of “Pride and Prejudice” ready for class discussion. I welcomed Kathryn’s enthusiasm for the course, especially given that each year fewer students seem to be aware of the influence that this British literary celebrity has on the popular culture that they watch,” Ramos said “I soon learned that she was taking the course out of an already well-established love for Austen, a love that I have benefitted from not only

Venice Jakowchuk ’23 travels through time, a dancer’s journey toward archaeology Posted by: mhines / May 23, 2023 Image: Venice Jakowchuk ’23 is a history and anthropology double major and a dance minor. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) May 23, 2023 By Emily Holt, MFA ’16PLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterFor Venice Jakowchuk ’23, a single general education class sparked a passion that has since taken her—literally and/or metaphorically—from Herefordshire, England and Aberdeen, Scotland to the

On Exhibit: Cardboard Containers sculptures by 3-D design students Posted by: Holly Senn / May 15, 2023 May 15, 2023 This exhibit of student work is based on an art class assignment in which students were given everyday objects and tasked with replicating and constructing forms using sheets and rolls of cardboard, self-adhesive paper tape, and hot glue. The project covered scale, mathematical reasoning, armatures, product design, logo and graphic design, and the aesthetics of commercialism. To

interesting and valuable for their own experience. At the end of the day, it’s up to you to decide—guided by the knowledge and expertise of professors—what this can and will mean in the 21st century.” When students are empowered to identify what matters in these texts and how they should be understood, they are active and engaged, they participate in the Classics.  Professor Parker wants students leaving his class to not only have learned from the texts they read, but also to realize that they can go

senior year of high school. That was the first year my high school actually had AP Biology. I had an amazing teacher who taught the class, essentially, like a college course. She gave us a lot of freedom, she let us guide how we could learn, what was best for us. Also let us guide what we covered, which was fantastic. That class is what really opened my eyes to majoring in biology. College was always important to my parents. Neither of them went to college and it was always clear growing up that the

maintaining physical distancing. Take our virtual tour to see/remember what it’s like to walk across campus, experience the beautiful Lagerquist concert hall, attend a science class, and more. Smaller class sizes. PLU’s smaller class sizes — with a student-to-faculty ratio of 12:1 — make it easier to accomplish physical distancing. Fully 76% of classes in Fall 2019 had 25 or fewer students — and just 2% of all sections were at full classroom capacity. Roughly two-thirds of all PLU classes could

Q&A with RHA president Hezekiah Goodwin ’22 Posted by: vcraker / November 18, 2021 November 18, 2021 By By Zach Powers '10Director of Marketing and Communications The PLU Residence Hall Association, or RHA, brings students together for social events, community forums, and to advocate for residence hall-related issues. RHA president Hezekiah Goodwin ’22 thinks of his role in building a vibrant student community as a campus vocation. We met with him on the first day of class to discuss the

Hello from England! 🇬🇧 Posted by: mhines / January 30, 2024 January 30, 2024 January Term (J-Term for short), PLU’s month-long term between fall and spring semesters, is when many of our students take advantage of our incredible study away options in multiple places around the world. Planned and coordinated by professors and PLU’s study away center, J-Term study away class options range from Marine Biology in the Bahamas to a Political Science course on the Presidency in Washington D.C. Check

research groups, including both experimental and computational researchers, drawing on University of North Texas’ world-class resources in both instrumentation and high-performance computing. In addition to a meaningful research experience, this program includes a career program involving career-active researchers at major international chemical companies, tours of local companies to see how chemistry plays a role, “hands-on” learning experiences and training in scientific communication (written and

receive an email confirmation and the workshop will be added to your Google Calendar. Customized Workshops If you have a particular need for specialized and customized technology workshops for your class or department, contact Misty Berlin (berlinm@plu.edu, 253-535-7260) and we’ll do our best to meet your specific needs. Instructional Technologies provides a Design Lab with computers and software for digital editing projects. The Digital Design Lab is located on the first floor of the Library near the