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educator, I have made a template for a lab experiment connecting electrical and thermal energy, gathered volunteers to complete trials of the lab to gain feedback to revise the experimental procedures manual. Results will be presented, as well as observations made during the volunteer’s trials. 2:15pm Caimin Boland – “Optimizing a Putt-Putt Boat” A Putt-Putt Boat (PPB) is a simple-looking toy with a complex explanation. Analysis of a PPB provides some very deep problems in fluid mechanics and

Editor’s Note On Campus Discovery Research Accolades Lute Library Blogs Alumni News Alumni Profiles Homecoming 2015 Twin Cities ‘Waste Not’ Seattle Connections Easter Egg Hunt Night at the Rainiers Alumni Events Class Notes Family and Friends Submit a Class Note Calendar Home Cover Story About Kurt Mayer Kurt Mayer was born Jan. 14, 1930, in Mainz, Germany, to Joe and Emmy Mayer. The family escaped to the United States during the Holocaust and settled in San Francisco. In 1957, Mayer moved to Tacoma

China in Washington Today, China is Washington State’s third-largest and fastest-growing trading partner, generating $20 billion in revenue each year. One in three Washington jobs is tied to international trade. Learn about where you can find China right in Washington State. For Students If language learning were confined to the classroom, arguably a learner would never become proficient! See our listing to find books, travel opportunities, excursions, websites, and much more for learners of

Faculty HandbookThe Faculty Handbook is now currently on PLU’s WordPress platform.  This change in platform will not only ease access to the Faculty Handbook, but also streamline the process of making changes and revisions approved by the faculty.  You can find the link here or the button below (please note that you can still generate a PDF of the entire Faculty Handbook using the yellow “Download Faculty Handbook” button at the very bottom of the page).  In keeping with current practice, the

University facilities shall not be made available for purely political speeches. Organized student political groups may sponsor political figures on campus, provided that the activities are limited to institutional audiences and that the general public is not invited. Official organizations of the university may invite political figures to the campus for educational and lecture purposes only. Partisan campaigning on the campus is precluded. Personal or political mail not involving university

Smart BoardsSmart boards are interactive whiteboards that can be drawn on with touch-sensitive pens. Some are free-standing screens with a projector that displays the full screen image. Others are wall-mounted like a large LCD screen. And others, like the Smart Podium, are smaller computer displays that can be operated on a podium with a touch pen and displayed to a large screen. Smart boards allow instructors to draw onto the screen, just like a white board. They can also be used to add

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Craig Chamberlain:Craig Chamberlain, Mathematics ’13 went on to receive his M.S. in Data Analytics from Oregon State and currently works as a Budget Analyst.  He chose PLU because he found it to be the best fit and recalls that he selected Natural Sciences because the Math professors kept convincing him to take more math courses! He also credits the PLU faculty with aiding him in the path he chose following graduation. Craig’s fondest memory of being a student in Natural Sciences was learning

Publishing ProceduresPublishing Procedures is a workshop course in the techniques that professionals in the publishing industry use to select, edit, design, and market texts. Students learn the specialized language and concerns of individuals working at each stage of the process and gain experience generating and responding to the kinds of documents and requests that keep the whole process moving. This course includes an intensive unit in copyediting according to the guidelines of the Chicago