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July 7, 2008 Alumna aids medical work abroad The dirt landscape of southern Sudan stretches for miles, and roads are few and far between. Villages dot the landscape. One of these villages, over the last decade, has grown particularly large. Located hundreds of miles from any road, this village is anchored by a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) health care center. It provides care to the hundreds of people suffering from hunger, disease and the conflict of Sudan’s 30-year
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Residence Halls - There's a Place for Everyone!At PLU, we don’t call our living facilities “dorms” – residence halls are so much more! PLU provides quality on-campus living and learning environments that encourage and enhance engagement in and enjoyment of your college experience. Residential students are supported academically and socially where they make their home on-campus so they can thrive holistically while at PLU. Upper Campus Harstad Hall is the most historic building on campus, once
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August 24, 2010 Endowment for scholarships: a direct investment in students Agnes Berge Smith graduated from Pacific Lutheran College in 1932 with a vision. During the spring of that year, she traveled with the Choir of the West to sing at the Chicago World’s Fair. The trip was the premier occasion of what she called many “liberating experiences” that she had while studying music here. Smith never forgot the powerful influence that the PLC experience had for her and she was determined to ensure
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New Delete Kinesiology Academic Programs all programs program website Kinesiology Undergraduate Major & Minor College of Health Professions Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science Video Transcription Why Paphawee loves Kinesiology Transcription [video: Paphawee stands outside of PLU’s Olson Building, she waves to the camera.] Paphawee: Hello hello my name is Paphawee and welcome to PLU I’m a third year at PLU majoring in kinesiology. Exercise science is my concentration, so right now we’re standing
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situation where your resources, both mental and fiscal, are stretched to their limit. His second? Consider public service, even if it’s not your primary vocation, at least volunteer for a cause you believe in. Campbell was the Meant to Live speaker at Friday’s Homecoming event. It was definitely a homecoming for Campbell as well – as his New Yorker accent attests. He has spent most of his career in the Big Apple, dealing with everything from homelessness, the AIDS crisis to the aftermath of 9-11 in his
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2016 Retreat January 8-9 | 92 first-year students | 12 facilitator triads The theme for “EXPLORE! Because the world awaits,” encouraged students to explore vocations with respect to their learning and potential majors but also encouraged them to consider their vocations in the larger context of the needs of the world. EXPLORE! unfolded over the course of 24 hours beginning on PLU campus on the first Friday in J-Term and continuing off campus the next day at the Dumas Bay Center in Federal Way
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- Faculty Newsletter SeriesDean of Inclusive Excellence Jen Smith features inclusive excellence tips and resources as part of a regular series in the Faculty Newsletter. Peruse the archive and look for new content every Tuesday. Embracing SilenceWhile silence in our classrooms sometimes feels awkward or unproductive, it can actually be essential to creating a climate where more students are comfortable participating in the discussion and the responses that students share have more depth and complexity
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, garnering recognition until her retirement from the sport in 2015. When Deines made a pivot from professional sports to the finance master’s program at Pacific Lutheran University, it was a bit of an adjustment. “Soccer came easy. I’ve always known it’s something I’m good at. But with finance I’ve had to work really hard to prove myself,” said Deines, who graduated last month with a Master of Science in Finance. “It was scary to go from soccer and my identity as a soccer player and go into the
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Locating relevant sources is only one step of the research process, but for many students, it’s the end goal. By shifting the focus away from sources as containers of information, the act of locating sources is reframed as one step in a process that changes constantly as more information is gathered and as you learn more about what you are writing. To the seasoned researcher, a source of information will provide details about the context in which the source was created, the process through
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Jump to: BEQ · Resiliency · Facilitators · Photos The theme for this year’s “EXPLORE! Because the world awaits,” encouraged students to explore vocations with respect to their learning and potential majors but also encouraged them to consider their vocations in the larger context of the needs of the world. A total of 92 first-year students joined 13 facilitator triads comprised of faculty, staff and students for the 11th annual EXPLORE! retreat held January 9-10. During the retreat, students
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