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  • Teranejah Lucas, 28, is now in her senior year at Pacific Lutheran University, and majoring in social work. She’s preparing to do great things—after already accomplishing significant wins—and wrapping up a fascinating capstone. “As a single parent, first-generation college student, I’m out here defying the…

    . “PLU makes space for the non-traditional student, so even a non-traditional student can still get the full college experience,” Lucas says. A Captivating Capstone Lucas has received high praise from PLU faculty for her capstone, “Resistance to the Roots of Colonization: Protected Crowns,” which focuses on the personal and political aspects of Black hair.  “There’s still not a lot of research on Black hair,” Lucas says, referencing the historical lack of Black representation within ideal beauty

  • See the complete list of Honorary Degree Recipients here.

    of World War II through the Chinese Revolution (1949), the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) and well into the Reform Era of Deng Xiaoping, Professor Rittenberg was witness to extraordinary historical events. He was, however, far from passive. During his three decades in China, Sidney Rittenberg was a direct participant in China’s chaotic and often dangerous political culture, becoming personally acquainted with China’s top leadership—including Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and others—and often directly

  • John de Mars ’09 spends a lot of time outdoors, and his passion helped inform the recipe for the most recent product for his hot sauce company.

    of workload I could take on,” de Mars said of PLU. “I tested my redlines.” “I challenged myself to see what kind of workload I could take on,” de Mars said of PLU. “I tested my redlines. Among his college commitments, de Mars played tennis and served as president in student government, a fitting extracurricular for the business and political science double major. “I was busy there,” he said. De Mars continues to work with a business advisor to improve his business model. He says a new business

  • Ed.D. with Superintendent Certification 60 semester hours Superintendent Strand - 16 semester hours EDUC 741: Educational Law, Policy, and Governance (2) EDUC 742: Human Resources in K-12 (2) EDUC

    in districts impacted by many social, economic, and political factors; thus, leaders must maintain a clear understanding of these issues in order to implement change. This course will provide an in-depth analysis of current trends and issues impacting leadership. This will enable the candidate to focus on personal growth and development of characteristics of leadership. This course will explore and study the current issues and trends related to the field of education leadership through several

  • The Department of History is proud to present our senior capstone presentations. Click on each student name below to see their presentation title and synopsis.

    in Japan. Most scholars saw it as a way to westernize, but other scholars view temperance as an important factor of Japan. Which provides a huge gap of understanding of temperance in Japan. There are sources to support temperance as an important factor in Japan like which includes a lot of photographs of Japanese women who were involved in Japanese WCTU in way of teaching in Japanese culture, and how temperance was used to benefit the economy and women education in Japan. Dawson Cook“The Role of

  • Melodramatic, selfish, pouty Mary Musgrove is the only Persuasion (2022) character who says anything meaningful about Regency womanhood that is congruous with gender expectations today. Her lines in Carrie Cracknell’s adaptation are like Reductress captions, with just a little less of the same satirical punch.…

    hating everything”. Mary might be childlike and a bad mother, but she is not childish. She already has two children older than five years old in the movie, and estimating her age from Austen’s novel, she is twenty-two. She demonstrates how Regency girls must grow up quickly in a marriage economy that values worth in terms of their youth, beauty, and reproductive organs. If this sounds familiar, that’s because two-hundred years later this Western standard of worth still has its aftershocks. In the

  • Major in Communication 40 semester hours, plus a minor Concentrations Students in this program select a concentration in either Film & Media Studies or Strategic Communication.

    , directors, and the numerous and varied tasks involved with production, all culminating in student-generated creative works. (4) COMA 211 : Debate This course introduces the practice of academic and political debate. It introduces principles and theories of argument. Students will have opportunities for in-class and public debates. May be repeated up to 2 semester hours. (0 to 2) COMA 212 : Public Speaking Introduces the basic techniques of public speaking. Students complete several speeches and learn

  • The traditional undergraduate program is designed for students who do not hold licensure in practical or registered nursing. The L.P.N. to B.S.N.

    semester hours of liberal arts courses prior to beginning the nursing program, in such study areas as anthropology, fine arts, history, languages, literature, philosophy, political science, religion or writing. Graduates are required to meet the PLU 48-semester-hour general education program. Courses in the classic liberal arts & sciences are integral to developing the baccalaureate-prepared nurse. Admission to the University Applicants must be accepted by the University before consideration for

  • From Diversity Abroad: Minority & Students of Color Abroad In the U.S. you might be classified by your ethnicity, but abroad, you may be identified first as an American.

    experience warm hospitality and there is a good chance many Australians will ask you multiple questions about the state of political affairs and immigration in the United States. You may have varying experiences based on your identities. Christianity is the primary religion practiced in Australia. Christian students will have no problem finding faith communities. Students that practice Islam will find small, but growing numbers of followers and a number of religious centers to worship in. Generally

  • Our data science major and minor are about ethically stewarding and gleaning insights from data. We are committed to developing data scientists who understand the weight of their contributions and

    Elective using the form given in the Documents Section of this site.  BUSA 310: Information Systems and Database Management (4) BUSA 467: Marketing Research (4) COMA 342: Applied Research (4) COMA 461: Advertising, PR + Campaigns (4) Selected CSCI 387/388/389/487/488/489: Special Topics in CSCI Courses (4) ECON 344: Econometrics (4) GEOS ESCI 331: Maps: Computer-Aided Mapping and Analysis (4) NURT 318: Research Methods (2) with NURT 319: Healthcare Technology (2) POLS 301: Political Science Methods (4