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have the job-ready skills, knowledge, and practical experience employers need. The competencies you gain will also make a valuable addition to your resume and LinkedIn profile. 1 x SkillUp Online TechMaster Certificate 1 x Certificate of Completion with from Pacific Lutheran University’s (PLU) Continuing Education 4 PLU Continuing Education credits with official PLU transcript Skill development and mapping to 4 industry-recognized Microsoft certifications Skill development and mapping 8 IBM

that the employee moves to the regular benefits eligible position. COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY Pacific Lutheran University is committed to providing a comprehensive program of higher education. The university recognizes that the people who comprise its faculty and staff are central to achieving this objective. In order to assure that employees are recognized and rewarded within the constraints of its financial resources, the university supports a pay system that: Is compatible with and supportive of

transformative power of education as part of the human experience. Many of our students, especially those taking philosophy as a part of their General Education program, remark that they would not have taken philosophy of their own choice, but found the material, process and communal experience to be valuable and transformative, regardless of their major or professional track.  In a recent article in the Mast Magazine, music student Mollie Parce noted of her January term Ethics and the Good Life course, “I

, to paraphrase PLU’s general education goals.  When that inquiry unfolds within a community of writers, its power resonates beyond one person’s “aha!” moment to affect how others make meaning and see the world.  As a teacher of writing, I subscribe to my discipline’s definition of inquiry.However, my understanding of inquiry in community has also been shaped by a process I call “third rail” inquiry: asking timely questions about charged topics in micro-communities that take shape outside of

schools require a course in oral communication ENGL – most pharmacy schools require two English courses MATH 151 Many pharmacy schools requires one Statistics course PHYS 125 & 126 or 153 & 154 (with accompanying labs) PSYC 101 SOCI 101 Pre-Optometry Although two years of pre-optometry study is the minimum required, most students accepted by schools of optometry have completed at least three years of undergraduate work. A large percentage of students accepted by schools of optometry have earned

continue receiving financial aid, you must be making satisfactory academic progress. Minimum grade point average and credit load requirements, as well as maximum terms of eligibility are outlined in the Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy for Undergraduate Students or Graduate Students14: Work study awardWork-study provides an opportunity for employment for eligible students to work either on-campus or off-campus and earn up to the amount specified on the Offer of Financial Aid for the academic year

your classes. You will need to be successful in your upper-level physics classes if you want to succeed in graduate school, so take the time now to learn as much as you can! Explore Options. Talk with faculty about their graduate school experiences. What did they enjoy about it? What did they struggle with? Learn about different research fields in physics, and different career options. Remember, most undergraduate physics students take a job in the workforce when they graduate, so this might be an

a Issaquah-based commuter student and continues to coach soccer once a week. “This has been a complete 180,” Deines said of her new journey. “It’s just been a total whirlwind and I can’t believe it’s been about a year of not playing already.” Deines said she has always loved soccer. She grew up playing in the Seattle area, joining the Seattle Sounders Women when she was still in high school. She played for the University of Washington while completing her undergraduate degree in communication

majored in economics and psychology at PLU, says he made it to law school because of the graciousness of his support network and the rigor of his undergraduate experience. He spent four years at PLU: working 30 hours a week to pay for living expenses, taking full course loads and leading co- and extracurricular groups in his free time. “I thank Pacific Lutheran University,” Kim says. “It is my prayer that this institution continues to raise up generations of world-changers. It is also my prayer that

area of biology that really interested me,” she said. “I had never done field research before, so I thought it would be valuable to obtain that type of experience and exposure.” After completing the internship, the students presented their research on campus at the inaugural Undergraduate Research Symposium in April, followed by the Natural Sciences Academic Festival in May. Haglund said it was amazing that people wanted to learn more about the group’s research. “I liked that they showed interest