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beats hearing from students who are already living the PLU experience. During your visit, whether in-person or virtual, try to connect with current students. They can give you real, unfiltered insights into what it’s like to live, study, and have fun at PLU. Pro Tip: Check out PLU’s social media channels for student takeovers and Q&A sessions—they’re a great way to hear directly from current students.For more information and to schedule your visit, check out PLU’s Admission Visit page. Read Previous

Saturday, March 21 at 3pm. “I would argue, we seem irrelevant because we are lousy at talking about what it is we do, what it is we study, and why it matters,” Young says. Young researched this phenomenon in part of her new book, Prophets, Gurus & Pundits: Rhetorical Styles & Public Engagement (Southern Illinois University Press, 2014) where she describes the following. Until the early part of the 20th century experts, or “public intellectuals,” could translate expertise for audiences outside of their

Spotify Buy NowBuy Workbook Buy Now Read Previous Music of Carnival: J-Term 2020 Study Away in Trinidad Read Next Faculty Feature: Meet Dr. Richard Nance, Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to

Harstad Hall, and Clover Creek flowed freely through the center of campus. She has continued to bring groups of young conservationists to campus in the last several years to teach them about the flora and fauna that remain PLU. “I am so pleased that colleges like PLU are doing so much to make a sustainable world,” she said. “It’s wonderful to see happening because it’s just so necessary.” Read Previous Recognized for top study away programs Read Next Polar adventure COMMENTS*Note: All comments are

audiophile. So, during his senior year when he was taking an audio production class, he found himself thinking that he’d like to learn more about it. It didn’t matter that it didn’t have anything to do with his major. More >> Paris Cochran ’13 Major: Environmental Studies and Hispanic Studies Internship: HELPS International (Oaxaca, Mexico) Every student who participates in PLU’s Gateway study-away program in Oaxaca, Mexico, has to participate in a four-week internship. In Paris Cochran’s case, she was

people brought in things that weren’t artifacts, like geodes and petrified wood. “Those are cool,” said Taylor. “But they aren’t archeological.” “Artifact Day was very successful and I hope to teach the class again next J-Term.” Read Previous Real-World Mentors Read Next Study away blog roundup COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first

iPhoneography has even been on the cover of Time magazine. As part of the class, she had her students post photos to Flickr and had her past students critique the class’s images online. “The mobile revolution is incredible,” Geller said. “Students are getting comments about their art and are now published.” Read Previous Real-World Mentors Read Next Study away blog roundup COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently

policy for The Washington Post. Wright has also been a fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace as well as Yale, Duke, Stanford, and the University of California. Read Previous Study away blog roundup Read Next ‘For the love of chocolate’ COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a

the election the first day. “My co-worker looked for me,” she says with a laugh. “When he told me, I didn’t believe him. I thought he was playing a joke on me.” As a councilmember, Reynolds spends time researching city issues and attends public City Council meetings on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, and a study session the third Monday of each month. People at PLU “definitely encouraged” her to run, said Reynolds, who will graduate in May. Reynolds said she hopes to get her MBA after

projects where business students can ‘learn by doing,’ allowing them to experience and wrestle with real-world marketing challenges within an organization/company,” Mulder said. “In this case, the impact is that the students’ research, branding and final marketing plan will provide direct support to EnVia.” EnVia, headquartered in Oaxaca, Mexico, seeks to empower female entrepreneurs through business funding and education. Oaxaca is one of PLU’s “Gateway” Study Away programs, and PLU students have