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Community Engagement and Service (CCES). This position, he says, has provided him with an opportunity to bring community members together. "The core of my involvement at PLU is centered around social justice, diversity education and providing resources."- Jonathan Adams Through his work with CCES, Adams has developed a youth late-night program that brings local middle school students to PLU for events, games and conversations about college. Adams also recently completed an internship with the Washington

.”Study mathematics at PLUContemporary mathematics has played an integral role in the development of computer technologies, search algorithms, financial investing strategies, physical models of nature, fair redistricting voting models, and more.Among her favorite student experiences was a math festival where PLU partnered with University of Washington Tacoma students, bringing the event to both universities and Lincoln High School in Tacoma.  “The goal was to bring mathematics in new, fun, and

Administration Minor Why PLU? I’m from Minnesota and knew that I wanted to experience a new part of the country. I looked at schools in the Pacific Northwest because my favorite food is salmon (seriously!). My family had never heard of PLU until I got a postcard in the mail during my junior year of high school. It was the Lutheran heritage that attracted me here and the study away opportunities that sold me. My PLU experience: After four years of being a part of the Lute community and through many

UW Master of Applied Bioengineering Posted by: alemanem / January 2, 2020 January 2, 2020 The University of Washington Master of Applied Bioengineering(MAB) program is an innovative degree that combines an immersive Clinical Preceptorship with engineering design and entrepreneurship education to creatively address unmet clinical and healthcare opportunities. MAB is a fast-paced 12-month program. Strong candidates hold a B.S. or higher in an engineering, biomedical or other interdisciplinary

broader institutional knowledge and other data sources.) Analysis of two years of MAP-Works data (fall 2013 and fall 2014) shows that African-American students, but not other students of color, report significantly lower levels of belonging than white students. This difference persists after controlling for first-generation status, commuter status, gender and high school GPA. Thus, the differences in black and white students’ reported belonging cannot be explained away by these other factors. Race

June 15, 2009 PLU wins Simon Award This spring, PLU received a powerful acknowledgement that it continues to be seen as a leader in globally focused education. The university was awarded the 2009 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization, a prestigious award that honors outstanding efforts on and off campus to engage the world and the international community. PLU is the first and only private college in the West to have received this honor. “This kind of recognition confirms a

district like Franklin Pierce, a public school system with nearly 70% students from low-income families, we’re addressing educational and economic inequities faced by the next generation. Disrupting these inequities at their earliest stages means increasing economic opportunities that will impact life expectancies and community wellness.  Our faculty are working with community members, K-12 teachers, students, and administrators to design high impact programs like the Parkland Literacy Center where PLU

classes they will take are Biology 125 and 126. The two-semester set, called the biology introductory core sequence, seeks to lay the educational foundation for the many students who hope to enter fields of biological study including the medical profession. Sean Boaglio ’13 is one of those students. He says he’s seen a lot of students – the best at their high schools – have difficulty adjusting to the intensity of the coursework. It is just so different from high school. “You really have to connect

President’s Inaugural Concert features our world-class faculty musicians Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / September 21, 2012 September 21, 2012 The Department of Music and School of Arts and Communication honor the inauguration of President Thomas W. Krise in a special concert featuring 31 of our world-class music faculty on Tuesday, September 25 at 8pm in Lagerquist Concert Hall. Performances will feature all the faculty resident ensembles – Regency String Quartet, Camas Wind Quintet, Lyric Brass

the whole person and the well being with relationships with God, other human beings and all of creation, he asserted. Salvation can be understood as a healing process of moving wounded human beings and the wounded world toward shalom, Bonhoeffer concluded. Brocker will discuss these views and the need to motivate people to be fully engaged in major ecological reform – turning from focus on one’s self and one’s own kind to love toward God, human beings and the earth. As a student at PLU, Brocker