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  • Across campus, there are recycling containers labeled to guide the PLU community on what to recycle where.

    peanuts to a separate bag or box) Trash (often in a black/grey container labeled Landfill, or green Landfill totes, and dumpsters for Residence Halls) Anything not listed above. Some common items that are placed in recycling but are actually trash are: ALL plastic materials besides bottles, tubs and jugs (Plastic: films*, bags*, cups, lids, straws, buckets, plant pots) Plastic packing/ bubble wrap* Shredded paper Paper/ Plastic plates Paper cups Styrofoam food containers Tissues, Paper towels, and

  • The discipline of history focuses on critical analysis of text-based evidence from the past and seeks a detailed, complex understanding of individual and collective human behaviors as they have

    (Critical Thinking). The study of history builds experience in dealing with and assessing various kinds of evidence-the sorts of evidence historians use in shaping the most accurate pictures of the past that they can. Learning how to combine different kinds of evidence-public statements, private records, numerical data, visual materials-develops the ability to make coherent arguments based on a variety of data. This skill can also be applied to information encountered in everyday life. The Ability to

  • Build historical knowledge. Develop historical methods. Recognize the provisional nature of knowledge, the disciplinary preference for complexity, and the comfort with ambiguity that history

    presentations. History 499: Seminar. (Typically offered during the Spring term.) Students will: 1. Conduct research and formulate a coherent and significant argument for a capstone research project (typically 25-pages in length), using appropriate primary and secondary sources and related materials. 2. Read and synthesize works of historiography, in order to demonstrate contextual awareness of their project and how it engages historical debates. 3. Engage in exchange of ideas and feedback with peers at an

  • Below you will find step-by-step instructions for submitting your program to the Jury Committee for review before your recital jury.

    naming your files before you upload them for submission: __Program __Translations Example: “Jones_SrBME_Program” Single Program TemplateShared Program TemplateSingle Program SampleShared Program Sample Writing Guides for Programs, Notes, and TranslationsThe following files contain useful guides for constructing programs, notes and translations for your recital. Your program materials represent an opportunity to make a favorable and lasting impression on

  • The Office of the Provost works in close collaboration with the Wild Hope Center for Vocation to facilitate New Faculty Orientation, and to provide various New Faculty Development opportunities

    2024 New Faculty Orientation ScheduleThe Office of the Provost works in close collaboration with the Wild Hope Center for Vocation to facilitate New Faculty Orientation, and to provide various New Faculty Development opportunities throughout the academic year. 2024 New Faculty Orientation will be held on Wednesday, August 21 and Thursday, August 22, 2024. Current schedule information is listed below; resources and materials will be updated as orientation approaches. If you have not already

  • New nursing labs raise the bar When the School of Nursing ordered 10 new hospital beds for its improved nursing laboratory, the process of moving them into the third-floor space of Ramstad Commons didn’t appear to pose a challenge. But once the computerized Stryker hospital…

    nursing students. Also on its way is a maternal and neonatal birthing simulator, complete with newborn Hal. As the name suggests, the wireless patients will help nursing students simulate the childbirth process and possible complications. The remodel includes the addition of a learning resource center that features four computer stations for licensure examination reviews and audiovisual materials. “Our challenge now becomes developing instructors who can maximize the new learning opportunities

  • Growing season begins at community garden On Sunday, April 20, the grand opening of the PLU Community Garden’s permanent site officially kicked off Earth Week. Located on 121st Street South behind Ingram Hall, the 10,000-square-foot site is much larger than the garden’s previous a 150-square-foot…

    ‘local’ really means, and what a plant looks like and how to care to for it.” Eventually, Mares would like to see the garden become a place where students meet and a venue for events, such as master gardening workshops, a harvest festival and musical performances. Plans are in the works to build a greenhouse, and in the future, a tool shed and gazebo. Volunteers are invited to work in the garden every Sunday from noon to 3 p.m., and donations of tools, materials or even compostable food scraps are

  • University Center earns LEED silver The renovated University Center has reached silver-level certification in the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.“It makes you feel good; we’re not creating more problems for the world,” said John Kaniss, construction projects manager…

    . Another LEED point-getter: the UC is powered entirely by renewable energy, which is generated from natural sources that cannot be depleted, like wind and solar power. PLU signed a two-year commitment to purchase wind energy through Parkland Light and Water and the Bonneville Power Administration. Established in 1993, the LEED program evaluates buildings in five areas: sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, and indoor environmental quality. Points are

  • Giving a people a voice, a face Filmmaker Neda Sarmast stood in front of more than 200 attending PLU students preparing for the screening of her documentary. Her film, “ Nobody’s Enemy: Youth Culture in Iran ,” takes the viewer into Iran to learn about,…

    the screening of the film. The film is extending the conversation about Iran that began with the reading and discussion of the book Persepolis. First-year students read the book as part of the Common Reading Program. “Our goal with the Common Reading Program is really to encourage a common learning community,” said Amber Dehne, co-chair of CRP. Throughout the semester more learning opportunities will be offered, so students are able to broaden their minds in finding learning materials in a variety

  • TACOMA, WASH. (June. 23, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University’s Scandinavian Cultural Center (SCC) is one of two Tacoma-area museums selected for a service project by Registrars to the Rescue (R2R), an initiative of the Washington Museum Association. Curators with R2R will visit the SCC on June…

    museums throughout the state by extending the experience of trained museum professionals to cultural centers, heritage organizations and local museums.Scandinavian Cultural CenterThe Scandinavian Cultural Center is dedicated to increasing and sharing knowledge of Scandinavian history and culture with the wider community of the Tacoma and South Puget Sound area.“Registrars to the Rescue volunteers will be supplying needed materials and teaching us how to create supportive and non-toxic storage