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Like many students, Heven Ambachew ’24 wasn’t yet sure of her major when embarking on her PLU journey. Four years later, thanks to PLU’s individualized major pathway, she is the university’s first graduate with a major in innovation studies . Innovation Studies at PLU Courses…
individualized major pathway, she is the university’s first graduate with a major in innovation studies. Innovation Studies at PLUCourses in the Innovation Studies minor teach fundamental skills like design thinking, collaboration, and building an entrepreneurial mindset. You then form teams and develop your own solutions to contemporary problems and strategic opportunities. An Innovative Major Ambachew’s family moved to the United States from Ethiopia. She first heard about PLU from her older sister, who
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“Doesn’t the world need good schools and educated persons?” With this simple question, Martin Luther urged the leaders of his nation to establish public schools for children and reshape the
questioning, the preparation of citizens in service to the world, and its own ongoing reform. They express and support what rightly rests at the center of personal and national life: a vibrant intellectual tradition committed to asking significant questions. 1. Critical questioning of current knowledge and values Early in his academic career, Martin Luther gained a reputation for questioning the economic, educational, political, religious, and social norms which many of his peers took for granted. Such
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After millenniums of sex and centuries of poetry, the love poem as understood by Shakespeare and Donne, and by Oxford undergraduates – the true-life confessions of the poet in love, immortalizing
university give their students foundational knowledge and methodologies necessary to discuss contemporary problems of interest to that discipline and contribute to their solution. How that plays out, however, depends on each discipline’s focus. English, for example, may ask students to become familiar with the literature of a particular time and place and how “critical traditions critical traditions frame our approaches to texts and define the issues that keep them meaningful and relevant in our lives
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Students are encouraged to do research with a faculty member during their undergraduate experience at PLU.
process of teaching and learning that may be critical both to learning and to ensuring that the classroom environment is equitable for all students. I am studying the role of what instructors say in the classroom that is not related to content but may impact student motivation, resistance, and buy-in to course activities and concepts. Through this qualitative research project I am developing a rubric for Instructor Talk that can be used to assess the quantity and types of Instructor Talk present in
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Major in Psychology 42 semester hours, including: PSYC 101, 242, 499 One of PSYC 310, 315, 320, or 330 Two of PSYC 440, 442, 448, or 481 At least 2 semester hours from PSYC 495, 496, or 497 12
Psychology Research Conference held every term. Psychology (PSYC) - Undergraduate Courses PSYC 101 : Introduction to Psychology - ES An introduction to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Topics include learning, memory, perception, thinking, development, emotion, personality, mental illness, and social behavior. (4) PSYC 148 : Minds, Brains, and Computer: Introduction to Cognitive Science An introduction to the interdisciplinary study of the mind. Students will explore how the mind
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The Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library’s collection policy guides the Pacific Lutheran University librarians’ collective selection, maintenance, and deselection decisions regarding the library
support of critical thinking and reasoned insight. As such, library resources are chosen for their suitability and applicability to the study of academic subjects taught at PLU, for comprehensive programs such as FYEP, or in support of the academic research mission more broadly.Library collection development is guided by an ideal of comprehensive disciplinary coverage.Insofar as it is feasible in accordance with the previous guidelines and available funding, the library strives to build a
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The Alumni and Student Connections can help you explore possible majors and careers!
studying the disciplines they teach. Ask about employment of recent graduates in this area and internships that majors have completed or are completing. Consult with a member of the Academic Advising staff about planning for your possible major. Meet with an advisor to review degree plans to determine the time line for completing major and General University Requirements. Ask Yourself Without thinking about a future career: Am I interested in a subject matter? Do I enjoy reading and learning about this
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Pacific Lutheran University students and faculty have found the perfect recipe to fill empty bowls around Pierce County. The sixth annual Empty Bowls will be held from 4-6 p.m. November 18 outside Old Main Market in the Anderson University Center on the PLU campus. Each $10…
in bowls available will increase the number purchased and raise more money for those in need. “It’s about the connection of the artist to user,” ceramics student Sarah Henderson said. “I am connected to whoever uses my bowl and vice versa. I’m thinking about the relationship throughout the whole creative process; to have someone pick one of my bowls out of the group. That’s the best feeling.” PLU’s Dining & Culinary Services will be serving up Zupa Ogorkowa, a Polish dill pickle and potato soup
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Poetry | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Geffrey Davis is the author of three books of poems, most recently One Wild Word Away (BOA Editions 2024).
prosody that is grounded in the synergetic relationship between reading and creativity. But the art of writing (like thinking) is an ongoing and lived engagement with how our voices and our hands shape and get shaped by the world. That engagement should evolve and thrive beyond the particulars of any single learning context. As such, I think of workshop as an interim where we cultivate habits of mind and sensitivities to craft that a writer can adapt according to their everyday grind and develop
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Studio Theater production shows a dark side On April 17 and 18 at 7:30pm, PLU senior Cameron Waters brings to life playwright Tracy Letts’ Bug, a tale of paranoia and conspiracy that is riveting, exciting, and thoroughly entertaining. Bug follows Agnes, a lonely waitress, who…
thinking about how they treat others,” Waters says. “[The play] encourages people to empathize with fellow human beings who may have different life experiences. I want people to see parts of themselves in the characters onstage, even though they may have very little in common with them on a surface level.” The spring Vpstart production will run for one weekend only in the Studio Theater of the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets can be purchased for $5 at the Campus Box Office
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