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Thank you to all of the students that participated in our annual Wild Hope Essay/Video Contest! This year's theme was care.
Wild Hope Video and Essay Contest Winners2024 Winners We appreciate everyone who participated in this year’s Wild Hope Essay/Video Contest! This year’s prompt revolved around the Blue Zones Project here in Parkland Spanaway. Click below to see the winning entries.2024 Essay - Lily Jenkins2024 Essay - Josiah Johnson2023 Winners Thank you to all who participated in this year’s annual Wild Hope Essay/Video Contest! This year, we encouraged students to touch on how global engagement promotes human
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By Michael Halvorson, Benson Chair in Business and Economic History. On Monday, February 19, 2018 (President’s Day), students at Pacific Lutheran University are invited for a special tour of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters (HQ). The event is being sponsored by Amazon and PLU’s office of Career…
Alexa and Innovation Research at Amazon Posted by: halvormj / January 31, 2018 January 31, 2018 By Michael Halvorson, Benson Chair in Business and Economic History. On Monday, February 19, 2018 (President’s Day), students at Pacific Lutheran University are invited for a special tour of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters (HQ). The event is being sponsored by Amazon and PLU’s office of Career Connections and Alumni and Constituent Relations. Interested PLU students get a tour, free lunch, and the
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The pre-professional program at PLU is a course of study (not a major) that prepares you for admission into a professional school or training program following your undergraduate study.
Why Study Health Sciences?The pre-professional program at PLU is a course of study (not a major) that prepares you for admission into a professional school or training program following your undergraduate study. Except for pre-physical therapy, there are no specific pre-professional majors at PLU. You would not major in pre-medicine or dentistry or the like. Rather you should select a major which best matches your interests and talents, and which best prepares you for your career choices
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The pre-professional program at PLU is a course of study (not a major) that prepares you for admission into a professional school or training program following your undergraduate study.
Why Study Health Sciences?The pre-professional program at PLU is a course of study (not a major) that prepares you for admission into a professional school or training program following your undergraduate study. Except for pre-physical therapy, there are no specific pre-professional majors at PLU. You would not major in pre-medicine or dentistry or the like. Rather you should select a major which best matches your interests and talents, and which best prepares you for your career choices
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Before you go… Research the culture, history, and language of the place you plan to visit. Open your mind to new things and experiences. While are you are away… Keep a journal.
that self-care plan, reach out for help, and locate positive resources. Resources Resilient Traveling: Stress Management & Enhancing your Experience Abroad (University of Michigan) Resources from PLU Counseling, Health and Wellness Services Process Your ExperienceJournal Prompt Ideas As you prepare to study abroad, you’re probably already aware that you’re on the brink of a life-changing experience. From the moment you take off, you’ll visit many places and see many wonderful things, but without a
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TACOMA, WASH. (April 21, 2016)- Senior Tyler Dobies and first-year Caitlin Johnston say spring break changed their lives. While some Pacific Lutheran University students may have gone on vacation or had fun in the sun, other Lutes – like Johnston and Dobies – were busy…
Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. In partnership with the PLU Diversity Center, the trip sent eight students to Georgia and South Carolina to study environmental justice in a civil rights context. The trip focused largely on the history of racism and slavery, the importance of primary resources in an economic context and modern devices in society that unjustly divide people into different socioeconomic and racial areas. “The whole experience was very meaningful,” Dobies said. “It put
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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…
Supported by a generous endowment from the Benson Family, the Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History is designed to bring leading experts in the fields of history, business, and economics to campus to address the PLU community. Jolita and Dale Benson at a recent Benson Lecture. Along with the business and economic history curriculum, the lecture is designed to encourage the study of business organizations, entrepreneurs, workers, products, and consumers, as well as the economic forces
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A happy accident landed Sandra Estrada ’20 in her “Global Human Rights” course. It resulted in research on child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, which she presented at an academic symposium at
being distributed to communities that are lacking.” Estrada pulled from her personal interests when deciding on this topic. “I’ve always been passionate about kids,” she said. “Sometimes, we’re blind to problems that go on outside the U.S. Children are dying from preventable diseases.” The research has helped Estrada reinvent her vocational path, too. The 253 PLU Bound Scholar and commuter student initially came to the university to study engineering. After quickly realizing it wasn’t a good fit
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The PLU Computer Science department has small class sizes, dedicated and caring faculty, great facilities, and an excellent curriculum.
Why Study Computer Science at PLU?There are many reasons why studying Computer Science at PLU is a great choice. The CS department has small class sizes, dedicated and caring faculty, great facilities, and an excellent curriculum. Our curriculum prepares students to work in the high technology industry as professional software developers, to continue their studies in graduate school, or to apply their computational skills to another field. With a degree in computer science you might end up
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Graduating seniors are even eligible for some of these programs sponsored by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA). This is one listed below is devoted to food/environmental toxicology at a lab in Arkansas. There are also more divisions of the FDA that sponsor…
, Chemical, and Engineering Sciences), Nanotechnology, and Computer Science (Scientific Computing and Informatics). Other eligible areas of study include life health and medical sciences and other physical sciences. Apply online at https://www.zintellect.com/Posting/details/1683 • The application deadline is February 19, 2016. Read Previous Interested in Materials Chemistry? Read Next ACS page for undergraduate research internships LATEST POSTS Mississippi State University Now Accepting 2025
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