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  • Minor Requirements https://www.plu.edu/innovation-studies/minor-requirements/

    Games – CX (4), offered Spring 2026 Surveys the social and cultural impact of video games in society, including how historical figures and events have been represented in popular games. Combines the study of visual media theories and the creative process with social and political issues in gaming, including ethical behavior, violence, gender, ethnicity, religion, and environmental concerns. COMA 248 — Innovation, Ethics, and Society (4), offered Fall 2024 HIST 248 – Innovation, Ethics, and Society

  • Full Circle: Brandi Hilliard, Director of Career, Learning & Engagement https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2023/02/17/brandi-hilliard/

    sizes where professors knew my name and offered office hours to chat about academics, career options and life in general. How did your experience and background prepare and inspire you for your new role as Director of Career, Learning & Engagement?  Working with teenagers (as a high school English teacher) taught me that one of my biggest passions is helping students find their vocational calling, and then helping them turn their dreams into reality. Are you working on any projects that you would

  • Humanities Events 2017 https://www.plu.edu/prism/humanities-events-2017/

    also a challenging, disturbing experience that called into question their identities and their most important relationships. In the documentary, the children–today adults in their 30s and 40s living in Denmark, Italy, Spain, Belgium and Uruguay– opened up to Martínez Pessi to talk about their feelings then and today about their famous trip and the impact it had in their lives. The screening of “Your Parents Will Come Back” and Pablo Martínez Pessi´s visit were possible thanks to the support of

  • New Science Lab Ups Interactive Learning https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2011/01/14/new-science-lab-ups-interactive-learning/

    winter, the only way to instruct the students on correct steps to generate a graph in excel, for example, was to have the professor move from one work station to the next. The combination of the SMART board, computers station and overhead projector will enable the professor to show how the procedure is done, while students follow along at their own work stations. Although there will be much new about the labs, one thing that won’t change is the student work stations, said Professor Angelia Alexander

  • Speakers https://www.plu.edu/lutheran-studies-conference/speakers/

    order to make significant changes in your life. Sometimes, you just need a place to breathe, focus and figure out your next steps. I combine various therapy techniques, in order to challenge you, keep you focused and allow space for you to discover your authentic self. Humor is also an important element of the process! If you are ready for deep and lasting change, then contact PLU Counseling Services and let’s get started! PLU Faculty ProfileDr. Eva FreyWho: Dr. Eva Frey, PLU Dean of Students Bio

  • A roundtable discussion about innovation, diversity and inclusion https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2022/06/05/roundtable-discussion/

    Froschauer/PLU) REFRAMING THE QUESTIONNarrator: What do you think of the idea that the very act of prioritizing diversity and inclusion work in an institution is innovative? And that those leading D&I-related change must think in innovative ways — as we are here as we do the unpacking Jen mentioned — to bust through structures that have been erected? Jen: Well, I think the structures are actually underneath us. Because we pushed them down and suppressed them. The very foundation of the work we do is on

  • Faculty Research https://www.plu.edu/biology/research/

    systems. Much of my past research has focused on interactions between herbivores and algae in marine systems. This has included studies of geographical gradients of herbivorous fish diversity and how temperature effects on physiology may play a role in driving this pattern and the effects of fisheries and disease on sea urchins and kelp forest ecology. My current research projects include studies of the community ecology of rocky shores of Puget Sound, disease ecology of sea urchins, and larval

  • Social Work https://www.plu.edu/catalog-2023-2024/undergraduate-program/program-curriculum-information/social-work/

    practitioners. A volunteer experience in the field is a required component of this seminar-style course. (4) SOCW 175 : January on the Hill - VW, GE An intense experience of service and community work on Tacoma's Hilltop District and/or Tacoma's eastside where students learn firsthand about poverty and participate in community projects. (4) SOCW 232 : Research Methods This course will prepare students to demonstrate basic competencies in the knowledge, values, and skills of research methodology to analyze

  • Finding a special place at PLU https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2010/04/21/finding-a-special-place-at-plu/

    flights ahead. The 1970s at PLU were a time of change, a theme I later realized would repeat itself regularly. The 4-1-4 calendar was in its first iteration, with the January term called the Interim. Students were required to take two interim courses in their four years; faculty was encouraged to teach innovative courses outside the regular curriculum and even outside their specific disciplines. President William O. Rieke came to PLU in 1975 and soon after capital construction projects resumed

  • Scene Perspective https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2010/04/01/scene-perspective/

    -country flights ahead. The 1970s at PLU were a time of change, a theme I later realized would repeat itself regularly. The 4-1-4 calendar was in its first iteration, with the January term called the Interim. Students were required to take two interim courses in their four years; faculty was encouraged to teach innovative courses outside the regular curriculum and even outside their specific disciplines. President William O. Rieke came to PLU in 1975 and soon after capital construction projects resumed