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  • Supporting WellnessStudent Worker Payroll CalendarSupporting Wellness Health Center – Student appointments at the Health Center are free. Students workers can use their WA Paid Sick Leave to cover an absence from work as a result of a planned or urgent visit to the health center. Counseling Center – Did you know that the Counseling Center has walk-in appointments Monday through Friday? Helping Students in Distress – The Counseling Center put together this amazing guide to responding to

  • Introduction to Health & Safety HandbookDear PLU Faculty, Staff, and Students: This handbook is designed to provide an overview of Pacific Lutheran University’s health and safety system and to answer frequently asked questions. It is intended to be a valuable reference for your office, and we encourage you to familiarize yourself with its contents. We all strive to become better informed and to follow good safety practices. Please be aware of general safety practices for your department and

  • 35 feet of the work area. Protective dividers such as welding curtains or non-combustible walls will be provided to contain sparks and slag to the combustible free area. 6.0 Hot Work Permits (See Appendix B)A hot work permit will be issued for all welding/cutting performed outside of designated welding areas. The Maintenance Supervisor or Environmental Health & Safety Manager is responsible for evaluating and issuing hot work permits for all campus operations. See the permit in Appendix B for

  • Ann Auman, professor of biology and program director for the study away program in Namibia, is bringing a research component to her students’ semester away in spring 2017 thanks to Wang Center

    approach by also reflecting on the factors they believe impacted the changes, as well as what those findings mean for Namibians’ microbiomes. Auman noted that many of the diseases that affect microbiomes are often Western diseases. “Our Western culture tends to diminish the diversity of microbiomes,” she said; the diversity of them correlates with human health. In other words, more diversity of microbiomes means healthier people. Auman left for Namibia Jan. 8, 2016, with her 12-year-old son and 15-year

  • Sleep 101How sleep affects your health, happiness, and well-being in college.Sleep in CollegeMost college students know sleep matters. But most assume they have to choose between sleep, school, and social life. Fortunately that isn’t true. Not only is healthy sleep the number one predictor of academic success in college, but you can use sleep to your advantage to get the most out of college both in and outside of class.Building sleep into your life is not only a way to boost your GPA but can

  • Employee Health ProgramThe Public Health Service and the United States Department of Health and Human Services has mandated institutions to develop a program to promote the health and safety of those individuals who have substantial contact with animals. The goal of such a program is to prevent occupational injury and illness by avoiding, controlling or eliminating hazards that may exist in the workplace. An effective program must encompass all individuals that have contact with animals

  • PLU French & Francophone Studies. At PLU, you will learn to speak, write, and comprehend French through interactive classes grounded in diverse media forms and cultural contexts.

    Bon appétit! Sometimes you just have to seize the day, cancel class, and have a French pique-nique. Learning Styles: The French & Francophone Studies program honors a diversity of learning styles. Here students build their interpretation of Christine de Pizan’s City of Ladies. High Impact Educational Practices: These students were the first to translate Louise Dupin’s “Preliminary Discourse” into English after first transcribing it from 250-year-old manuscripts. Cultural Events on Campus

    French & Francophone Studies Program
    Administration Building Room 222-G Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • www.plu.edu/healthsciences/   The overwhelming majority of students entering the professional schools for the careers listed below have earned baccalaureate degrees, each securing a broad educational background in the process. This background includes a thorough preparation in the sciences as well as study in the social sciences and the humanities. The Pre-Health Sciences Advising Team in the College of Natural Sciences advises students aspiring to careers in the health sciences. Students

  • Information on AnxietyTypes of AnxietyGeneralized anxiety disorder (GAD) – Constant, severe anxiety that interferes with day-to-day activities. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) – Unreasonable thoughts, fears and obsessions that lead you to repetitive behaviors or compulsions. Panic disorder – Characterized by frequent sudden attacks of terror, panic and constant fearfulness. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – A condition that’s triggered by experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event

  • Information on AnxietyTypes of AnxietyGeneralized anxiety disorder (GAD) – Constant, severe anxiety that interferes with day-to-day activities. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) – Unreasonable thoughts, fears and obsessions that lead you to repetitive behaviors or compulsions. Panic disorder – Characterized by frequent sudden attacks of terror, panic and constant fearfulness. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – A condition that’s triggered by experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event