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request to participate in the program at any other time is neither guaranteed nor implied, and is on a space-available basis, if at all. I must complete all college courses prior to entering the nursing program with a minimum grade of 3.0 (B) on a 4.0 scale. This applies to nursing prerequisites, electives, and general education classes, taken at PLU or another institution. With the exception of courses only offered as pass/fail, all courses must be taken for a letter grade and may not be taken on a
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love. The payoff often comes in the midst of the commotion. Read about four local educators who are embracing the challenges after pursuing continuing education opportunities through PLU’s School of Education. Read More Barista Creations It didn’t take long for Hansel Doan ’17 to find the perfect place to photograph his “barista creations.” Read how the MSMR grad turned break-time Instagram photos into a corporate dream job. Read More Wall Street State of Mind A younger Pape Samba ’18 watched
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Welcome Tamara Williams, executive director of the Wang Center for Global Education, discusses PLU’s holistic approach to global education and its role in an increasingly interconnected world amid conflict and uncertainty. Read More Oaxaca An undocumented PLU student shares her experience going back to Mexico — for the first time since her family relocated to the United States — as part of the Oaxaca Gateway program. She opens up about her identity struggle and the valuable lessons learned abroad
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science minor. Statistics (STAT) - Undergraduate Courses STAT 145 : Statistics for Biologists - QR An introduction to statistics with a focus on topics and data relevant to biologists. Descriptive statistics and data representations, correlation and regression, experimental design, basic probability, binomial and normal distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, chi-squared test, ANOVA. Cross-listed with MATH 145. Prerequisite: MATH 140 or proficiency through MATH 140 as determined by
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masculinity, sports, and war in American Christian history. His book Family Values: Gender, Authority, and the Rise of the Christian Right is forthcoming from the University of Pennsylvania Press.5:30 P.M. Dinner Break7:30 P.M.Evening Keynote Lecture - In Honor of Dr. Thomas Krise Thirteenth President of Pacific Lutheran University Dr. Larry Rasmussen, “New Wineskins: The Lutheran Contribution” – Science describes present changes to the planet as geophysical change and even announces a new geological age
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promptly used her new position to meet with organizers, where she was able to offer suggestions and work to implement them. For Relfe, now a continuing senior political science major who is considering PLU’s graduate program in Marriage and Family Therapy, this was a perfect opportunity to join her past experience on another campus with PLU’s focus on plugging students into situations where they can best succeed. “The chance to get involved and make real changes – that makes you feel powerful,” she
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endeavored to move a several-hundred – pound whale skeleton from the chicken coop – located at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife storage facility in Lakewood – to PLU earlier this year. He propped up the third – obviously older jawbone- in the corner, and then turned his attention to the other two. With a heave, these were placed in the back of a pickup. On to the next group of bones. For two hours, Behrens, along with Audrey Thornburg, the Rieke Science Center’s biology lab manager, and
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gathering point for all Antarctic expeditions and scientific research. Once at McMurdo, they will spend two weeks learning about how to survive on the ice (they’ll be living out of a tent, 500 miles west of McMurdo), packing their food, and going over their itinerary for their six-week stay. Joining them on this expedition, which was funded by a $125,000 National Science Foundation grant secured by Todd, will be two University of Washington students, a researcher from the University of California
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Science Center in Seattle. “This is a rare opportunity to have these kinds of objects in Seattle,” said archaeologist Donald P. Ryan, director of the Pacific Lutheran University Valley of the Kings Expedition. It’s been more than 30 years since Seattle has seen the wonders of the King Tut exhibit, and the current North American tour showcases twice as many artifacts as before, many of which have never been seen before in the United States. During a dig in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, Don Ryan
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,” added Lagercrantz. He said that although it’s been shown that infants seem to be attuned to sounds of their mother tongue, this same effect now seems to occur before birth. This surprised him. “Previous studies indicate that the fetus seems to remember musical rhythms,” he said. “They now seem to be able to learn language partially.” Kuhl added that infants are the best learners on the planet and while understanding a child’s brain capacity is important for science, it’s even more important for the
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