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  • 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…

    interdisciplinary minor. The program equips students to find creative solutions to pressing problems and ethical dilemmas, such as providing equitable access to high-tech instruction. Alice Steinglass, President of Code.org Speaker Biography At Code.org, Alice Steinglass manages teams that build curriculum, tools, and software to support introductory computer science classes for students from kindergarten through high school. In addition, her team partners with education and software companies across the high

  • To: All students and families From: Office of the President Date: Wednesday, April 29 at 3:30 p.m. Dear students and families, My oldest son, a first-year university student, recently quipped, “Remote learning was okay for a few weeks, but I just want to get back…

    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

  • PLU chef Erick Swenson ’91 checks on a tray of shrimp from the oven. Food For Thought By Katie Scaff ’13 Twenty years ago, you’d never find pav bhaji – a curry dish served on dinner rolls – alongside the burgers and fries in the…

    January 22, 2013 PLU chef Erick Swenson ’91 checks on a tray of shrimp from the oven. Food For Thought By Katie Scaff ’13 Twenty years ago, you’d never find pav bhaji – a curry dish served on dinner rolls – alongside the burgers and fries in the University Commons – but a lot has changed in 20 years.  Two decades ago Erick Swenson ’91 was a junior studying music at PLU. He’d eat dinner with fellow choir students at long industrial, cafeteria style tables that have since been replaced by smaller

  • 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…

    the photos from students this J-Term studying in England! Are you interested in learning more about travel away J-Term classes? See where PLU students can spend their J-Term in 2025. Lutes in Oxford are studying the contested history of religion and politics through visiting sites where people fought for freedom from imperial Christianity, where early evangelicals registered their dissent against the established order, and where future prime ministers and other members of Parliament developed

  • Applications for the  Neurological Surgery Summer Student Program (NSSSP) are now open. If you have an interest in the neurosciences and desire lab experience in neurological biomedical research, please apply. Applicants chosen to participate in the program will receive stipends of $3,200 over the duration…

    available for out-of-area students. Program participation includes: Eight-week lab placement in one of our neuroscience labs Weekly Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds lectures Weekly Neurological Surgery Resident Education Hour discussions Weekly neuroscience faculty lectures, specifically developed for the students Neurological surgery OR observations Neurological surgery clinical observations Student capstone presentation Over 20 students from our earlier classes have now been accepted into medical

  • Meningococcal Release – can’t pronounce it, have to do it Okay, maybe you can pronounce meningococcal better than the author of this post, and if so, kudos. The  Meningococcal Release Acknowledgement  is a form you have to fill out only once as a PLU student,…

    student account will be put on hold and we won’t be able to register you for classes until it’s complete. It may be hard to pronounce, but an easy thing to get checked off your to-do list!Meningococcal Release Acknowledgement Read Previous Payment Agreement Read Next Request your New Student Registration Appointment LATEST POSTS Language Placement Evaluation May 27, 2020 Request your New Student Registration Appointment May 22, 2020 Payment Agreement May 14, 2020 Learning Communities May 13, 2020

  • This is the exciting to-do checklist item! Once you’ve completed the steps to prepare, you’re now ready to request your New Student Registration (NSR) appointment , where you’ll receive your fall class schedule! Make sure you’ve completed these steps first (click on each for details):…

    Acknowledgement Math Placement Evaluation Got these all done? Great. Then you can head over to www.plu.edu/nsr and complete the request form for your virtual appointment! If you do not complete the above steps, your student account will be put on hold and we will not be able to register you for classes, even if you’ve requested an appointment. Appointments are available throughout June and the beginning of July. During your appointment, you’ll meet virtually with a PLU advisor to review your Fall 2020 class

  • Meningococcal Release – can’t pronounce it, have to do it Okay, maybe you can pronounce meningococcal better than the author of this post, and if so, kudos. The  Meningococcal Release Acknowledgement  is a form you have to fill out only once as a PLU student,…

    student account will be put on hold and we won’t be able to register you for classes until it’s complete. It may be hard to pronounce, but an easy thing to get checked off your to-do list!Meningococcal Release Acknowledgement Read Previous Payment Agreement Read Next Request your New Student Registration Appointment LATEST POSTS Language Placement Evaluation May 27, 2020 Request your New Student Registration Appointment May 22, 2020 Payment Agreement May 14, 2020 Learning Communities May 13, 2020

  • This is the exciting to-do checklist item! Once you’ve completed the steps to prepare, you’re now ready to request your New Student Registration (NSR) appointment , where you’ll receive your fall class schedule! Make sure you’ve completed these steps first (click on each for details):…

    Acknowledgement Math Placement Evaluation Got these all done? Great. Then you can head over to www.plu.edu/nsr and complete the request form for your virtual appointment! If you do not complete the above steps, your student account will be put on hold and we will not be able to register you for classes, even if you’ve requested an appointment. Appointments are available throughout June and the beginning of July. During your appointment, you’ll meet virtually with a PLU advisor to review your Fall 2020 class

  • Applications for the  Neurological Surgery Summer Student Program (NSSSP) are now open. If you have an interest in the neurosciences and desire lab experience in neurological biomedical research, please apply. Applicants chosen to participate in the program will receive stipends of $3,200 over the duration…

    available for out-of-area students. Program participation includes: Eight-week lab placement in one of our neuroscience labs Weekly Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds lectures Weekly Neurological Surgery Resident Education Hour discussions Weekly neuroscience faculty lectures, specifically developed for the students Neurological surgery OR observations Neurological surgery clinical observations Student capstone presentation Over 20 students from our earlier classes have now been accepted into medical