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Pacific Lutheran University has just announced a Fixed Tuition Guarantee that will ensure tuition for the 2022–23 incoming class of first-year and transfer students will remain the same throughout their undergraduate years at the university. This guarantee disrupts the general practice of higher education institutions…
program. The pledge offers a critical safety net to new PLU graduates by ensuring that once they are employed after graduation, if they earn less than $50,000 per year, PLU will help them repay their student (and parent PLUS) loans. PLU is also known for its 253 PLU Bound Full Tuition Scholarship, which is offered to students who are College Bound eligible, attend a high school in Washington State, and have a 3.30 or higher weighted cumulative GPA. Students who qualify are awarded full tuition for
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MultiCare Health System is a not-for-profit health care organization that’s been caring for communities in Washington state since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital in 1882. MultiCare has grown from a Tacoma-centric, hospital-based organization into the largest, not-for-profit, community-based, locally-owned health system in the state…
, community-based, locally-owned health system in the state of Washington. Hundreds of PLU alumni serve in critical roles throughout MultiCare Health System — the vast majority of them as nurses. For this “Lute Powered” feature, we featured three PLU alumni who serve behind the scenes. Leading with careTerri Card ’83 doesn’t just care about people. She cares about caring for people when they need it most. Card is the chief operating officer of outpatient operations for MultiCare Behavioral Health, but
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Elijah Paez ’24 is a double major in environmental studies and mathematics . While at PLU, he founded Birders of PLU , served as a Peace Scholar , and studied abroad in Oxford, England, and Oslo, Norway. We recently met with Paez to learn more…
set of premises, and find out what you can build from it, or what patterns you can find and connections you can make. When did you decide on environmental studies? My Writing 101 course was “Evolutionary Biology and Taxonomy.” The purpose of the class was to learn scientific technical writing, but I was surprised at how arbitrary taxonomy is. That got me interested in animal studies and a critical lens of the sciences, which is why I added environmental studies. "The first thing I noticed on the
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When to start the application process? While it is never too early to start thinking about law school, you want to seriously beginning preparing for applying for law schools 18 months before you
will want 2 – 4 letters of recommendation; however, schools will specific the number of letters they will accept. Be sure to follow the school’s guidelines. From who should I get letters? If you are in college or a recent college graduate, schools want letters from your professors, specifically, professors who know you well, like you, can testify to your strengths as a students with regards to critical and analytical thinking, reading, and writing. Schools will accept letters from your employers
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2015 Commencement Remarks to the Class of 2015 Your Majesty, Your Excellency, Ladies and Gentlemen. Welcome to this happy celebration of achievement! Congratulations to the graduates of 2015, and a warm welcome to your family and friends who helped you on your journey! On this…
for their communities and care for the earth. This triple repetition aligns perfectly with our principles of Diversity, Justice and Sustainability, which we strive to consider not as three separate issues, but as one interrelated cause demanding critical thought and action. These guiding values help our students, alumni, faculty and professional staff members to act as globally conscious citizens and creative leaders. So as we celebrate the graduation of this, the largest class in PLU’s history
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A hallmark of PLU’s global education profile is the high level of participation of its faculty. To sustain this level of participation, the Wang Center is committed to supporting faculty through
://studyabroad.sit.edu/advisors-faculty/seminars-abroad-for-faculty/ • School for Field Studies – www.fieldstudies.org Since 1980, the School for Field Studies (SFS) has been teaching students to address critical environmental problems using an interdisciplinary, experiential approach to education. Students on SFS programs study at research stations in Costa Rica, Turks and Caicos, Australia, New Zealand, Panama and Bhutan examining the interdependent cultural, economic, and ecological aspects of real-world
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Check out this article about Volleyball's Jessica Herklotz and her experience studying away in Oaxaca over J-Term 2023!
On March 7-8, 2024, the 11th Wang Center Symposium will bring together academics, activists, and practitioners whose life’s work addresses what the U.S. Surgeon General has referred to as a critical health concern and a key determinant to community well-being. Learn More Congratulations to the 2024 Photo and Video Contest Winners! Check out the winners from this year and previous years! More Global Education Topics Volleyball's Jessica Herklotz Studies Away in Oaxaca over J-Term (March 21, 2023
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Housing is something many of us take for granted. Much more than just a place to sleep and a structure to shelter us from the elements, our homes provide the space we need to maintain a functional life. It’s where we manage our mental health,…
. We talked to PLU alumni in each of these roles to try to better understand this critical social emergency.LUTES GET TO WORKAfter graduating from PLU, Susan Boyd ’90 moved to Seattle to work at Compass Housing Alliance (formerly Lutheran Compass Center). Back then, her clients receiving a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) check would routinely find a basic apartment for around $330 per month. But affordable housing for those earning equivalent income today largely doesn’t exist in Seattle any
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& Yonge, 2004). Preceptors empower and support as much as they lead and teach (Wardrop, Coyne, Needham, 2019). References for What is a preceptor?Refs: Billay, D. B., & Yonge, O. (2004). Contributing to the theory development of preceptorship. Nurse Education Today, 24, 566-574. Wardrop, R., Coyne, E., & Needham, J. (2019). Exploring the expectations of preceptors in graduate nurse transition: A qualitative interpretive study. Nurse Education in Practice, 34, 97-103. BenefitsWhy have students in your
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Pacific Lutheran University is located six miles south of Tacoma, in suburban Parkland, Washington, on a 156-acre woodland campus.
-Faculty Research. Expanded student-faculty research opportunities have enhanced the highly valued educational experience of students and faculty working one-on-one and in small groups to delve deeply into issues critical to disciplines across the curriculum. There are now several endowments for collaborative research: the Kelmer Roe Research Fellowship in the humanities; the Severtson/Forest Foundation Fellowship in the social sciences; as well as Undergraduate Research Funds in the natural sciences
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