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program’s student learning outcomes will foster critical thinking, communication, and practical use of math and stats. Students will excel in data through projects, fostering innovation and adaptive problem-solving. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts a 35 percent growth in data science jobs from 2022 to 2032, outpacing the average for all other fields. With approximately 17,700 annual openings for data scientists projected over the next decade, the demand for skilled professionals in this
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an integral part of a community. Encouraging student belonging means doing more than welcoming students as guests to an existing community; it means creating a culture that sees the needs of all students as equally important and creating educational conditions that support the success of all students. Belonging is important in higher education because it is directly related to student persistence. Researchers have found that the strongest predictors of persistence are students’: • level of
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DCHAT Podcast: PLU School of Business Dean Chung-Shing Lee answers alumni questions Posted by: Zach Powers / November 17, 2016 November 17, 2016 TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 17, 2016)- The second episode of Pacific Lutheran University’s DCHAT podcast features a discussion with Chung-Shing Lee, Professor of Technology and Innovation Management and dean of the PLU School of Business. An award-winning educator and accomplished researcher, Dr. Lee was named dean of the PLU School of Business in July 2016
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on the part of the U.S. government. He designed the figures with no arms, standing at attention and looking as if they could be placed in a coffin. “I have a small voice as one person, but my voice is somewhat larger with what I contribute as an artist,” McCuistion writes. “Through my work I am able to contribute to the long tradition of the artist as teacher, recorder and seer.” Anne Johnston Schuster is a printmaker who has taught studio art, art history and art education at the junior high
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Annica Stiles ’25 explores Iceland’s wilderness and culture Annica Stiles, an environmental studies major with minors in communication and Indigenous and Native American studies, spent the summer interning with Global Treks & Adventure. Posted by: mhines / September 5, 2023 Image: Annica Stiles ’25 spends the summer interning with Global Treks & Adventure in Iceland. (Photo provided by Stiles) September 5, 2023 Embarking on a journey to study in Reykjavik, Iceland, during the summer is a unique
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normal, making it invisible. “It’s important to recognize that we are all racialized beings,” Ciabattari said. “Moving toward racial justice means we all need to have a stake in it.” Ciabattari has worked hard to create opportunities for people to discuss and work through the feeling of vulnerability around this issue. It’s the focus of a Tacoma-based gathering she’s participating in next week called Think & Drink. The event, titled “We Gon’ Be Alright? The State of Race in America,” focuses on race
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other hundreds of hit songs that have made Beyoncé a worldwide music icon. But it was just one of the questions students tackled in the Women’s and Gender Studies course titled Beyoncé and Black Feminist Theory. “The general premise of the course is to think about Beyoncé as a social, political and cultural figure through the lens of black feminist theory,” said Jennifer Smith, PLU’s first dean for inclusive excellence. Smith co-taught the class with PLU’s Center for Gender Equity Outreach and
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Faculty Innovators Four examples of how PLU professors across campus help drive the university forward — inside and outside of the classroom. Posted by: Zach Powers / June 6, 2022 June 6, 2022 Innovation in the classroom: “I do, and I understand”If you search for the CV of Assistant Professor of Computer Science Renzhi Cao, Ph.D., you’ll find a list of published research papers longer than Foss Field. He says it’s a great feeling when a new piece of research is published. But what he finds most
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with. “I was surprised to find out during the education process that only 40 percent of the people that were selected as a match ultimately decide to donate,” said Bainter, a kinesiology major from Bothell, Washington. “I would think it would be the other way around and that 60 percent of people chosen would donate.” In March 2023, the all-conference quarterback completed the procedure, laying in a hospital bed for five hours as blood was removed from one arm, passed through a machine that collects
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ACS Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Respect (DEIR) Scholarship Posted by: nicolacs / May 7, 2024 May 7, 2024 The Puget Sound Section of the ACS has extended the deadline for their $2000 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect Scholarship. Applications are now due May 15th. Go here for all the details: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vAqpwv1EGik22b63KOmU6IcsQQ0wAM1_/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=110557007756855628016&rtpof=true&sd=true Eligibility: Applicants must be currently enrolled in a
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