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Peace Corps Prep https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/peace-corps-prep/

program and its commitment to funneling students into the Peace Corps after graduation aligns well with PLU’s vision for global education. “It’s not about getting people to study abroad,” Zylstra said. “It’s about how do you raise consciousness about where we fit into a global society and I think this is one more helpful mechanism to do that.”Get started now Apply Inquiry Read Next If you lived with your classmates, what would learning look like? LATEST POSTS Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer

Q&A with a PLU Palmer Scholar https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/qa-with-a-plu-palmer-scholar/

Yakima area students find a home away from home Read Next Act Six scholar gained confidence to study abroad LATEST POSTS Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024 Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024 Cece Chan ’24

Big picture learning: Physics major Julian Kop ’24 studies the universe and his family background at https://www.plu.edu/natural-sciences/news/big-picture-learning-physics-major-julian-kop-24-studies-the-universe-and-his-family-background-at-plu/

, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ‘24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County May 22, 2024

From Oxford, England to Oaxaca, Mexico, Jackie Lindstrom ’23 uses math to understand migration https://www.plu.edu/natural-sciences/news/from-oxford-england-to-oaxaca-mexico-jackie-lindstrom-23-uses-math-to-understand-migration/

D’Onofrio ’24 excelled in biology and chemistry at PLU June 4, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community May 22, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ‘24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County May 22, 2024

PLU’s culturally sustaining STEM program helped prepare Becca Anderson to be a dynamic teacher https://www.plu.edu/natural-sciences/news/plus-culturally-sustaining-stem-program-helped-prepare-becca-anderson-to-be-a-dynamic-teacher/

biology and chemistry at PLU June 4, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community May 22, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ‘24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County May 22, 2024

Timely Research https://www.plu.edu/natural-sciences/news/timely-research/

demonstrating transformative care LATEST POSTS The Passing of Bryan Dorner June 4, 2024 Student athlete Vinny D’Onofrio ’24 excelled in biology and chemistry at PLU June 4, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community May 22, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ‘24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County May 22, 2024

New nursing labs raise the bar https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2008/01/25/new-nursing-labs-raise-the-bar/

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

NMR opens doors for undergrad research https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2009/03/09/nmr-opens-doors-for-undergrad-research/

starts appearing on the computer. To an untrained eye, the readouts seem like random squiggles and blobs. But the frequencies mean quite a bit to the chemists. It tells them – on a molecular level – how atoms comprising a molecule are bonded together and what parts of the molecule are in motion with respect to the other parts of the molecule. On a more basic scale, it will help them decipher the compound they are looking at. Some solid samples need to spun inside the magnet at nearly the speed of

From Harstad Hall to the Morken Center, donors have built the academy https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2010/08/23/from-harstad-hall-to-the-morken-center-donors-have-built-the-academy/

for student-faculty research and student-faculty collaboration,” Tonn said. “We just didn’t have that kind of space before.” It provides for academic programs that require a higher level of technology such as mathematics, computer science and business, which previously had limited technology available to them. The renovation of Xavier Hall did the same thing for social science programs: improved teaching space, collaborative space and improved infrastructure and technology. The building was

PLU students spend 96 hours figuring out halfpipes and VHF signals https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2011/02/22/plu-students-spend-96-hours-figuring-out-halfpipes-and-vhf-signals/

. Many of the students are mathematic, computer science and physics majors. Working in teams and a addressing problems outside the context of textbooks is how they’ll be using their skills after graduation, Case said. They won’t know who won the competition until later this spring, but the experience is reward enough. Nicole Pennington, first year, thought one of the great challenges and exciting aspects of the contest was the students had to come up with the tools they needed to build the model