Search

the low student-teacher ratio along with the percentage of students studying a semester abroad that especially caught my attention. I’ve had a lot of nice experiences at PLU. The small and friendly community at the school and the intramural [sports] provided some great moments outside of the scholastic environment, and everything around my semester abroad in Barcelona was very professional and enjoyable.  It’s been three great years. Madeleine BrekkeMS in Marketing Research, 2016 & Psychology

Sociology, got both financial and emotional support for college from her family, as well as a financial aid package from PLU. She graduated with a degree in sociology and psychology, then went on to earn her master’s and Ph.D. in sociology at University of California, Riverside. Ann Auman, Dean of Natural Sciences “My parents always wanted me to go to college,” said Luther, the oldest of three siblings and the first to attend college in her family. Her parents — a homemaker-turned-paraeducator and a

those five guys reaching the age of forty and starting to gather at least once a year, usually for golf and always for reconnecting and reminiscing. In addition to their remarkable three-plus decades of togetherness, despite several thousand miles of separation in three directions, they were a notable group: Doug Leeland, an MD; Tom Lorentzsen, a doctor of optometry; Al Hedman, a PhD in psychology; Tim Sherry, with an MA in English from the University of Chicago and an impressive career as a teacher

the PLU Department of Sociology, got both financial and emotional support for college from her family, as well as a financial aid package from PLU. She graduated with a degree in sociology and psychology, then went on to earn her master’s and Ph.D. in sociology at University of California, Riverside. Ann Auman, Dean of Natural Sciences “My parents always wanted me to go to college,” said Luther, the oldest of three siblings and the first to attend college in her family. Her parents — a homemaker

and Social Science, 621(1), 111-131. McLanahan, S., & Garfinkel, I. (2012). “Fragile families: Debates, Facts, and Solutions”. In Marriage at the Crossroads: Law, Policy, and the Brave New World of Twenty-First-Century Families, 142. Timmins, Nicholas. The Five Giants: A Biography of the Welfare State, Harper Collins 1995. Fiona Larkin, '20, Psychology:My tutorial was called “Cross-cultural Psychology.” Each week I was asked to quickly read the assigned topic in a few textbooks for a brief overview

Health System Oregon Health & Science University Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Seattle Children’s Hospital Swedish Medical Center Seattle Surgical Society Tacoma General Hospital University of Washington Medical Center Loading... It’s FREE to apply to PLU When you're ready, we're here. Apply now and fulfill your potential! Get Started Related Programs: Biology Business Chemistry Hispanic & Latino Studies Kinesiology Pre-Health Sciences Psychology Religion PluSchoolOfNursing My favorite class was

Monday from 5pm-6pm Where: DJS Lounge Club Email: prismclub@plu.eduPsi ChiDescription: Psi Chi is the International Honor Society in Psychology, which exists to recognize scholastic achievement and to encourage leadership, research, and creativity in the field of psychology. Membership in Psi Chi is open to students who are majoring or minoring in psychology and have earned an overall GPA that is in the top 35% of their class in general scholarship. Once inducted, one is a Psi Chi member for life and

concept that at the time was unheard of. “What we take for granted as public education, which is supported through taxes, is a Luther invention,” he said. But Torvend argues perhaps the most important Lutheran innovation in education was allowing every subject to exist independently. “That meant that professors in religion could not tell professors in geology or biology how to go about the study of their discipline; it meant that professors in psychology could not tell professors in English how to go

,” she said. “I understand a lot of things they have experienced.” Sabet-Kazilas says gaining graduate-level admission to PLU represented years of hard work and resilience. She graduated in 2008 with a degree in psychology from the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education, which was founded in 1987 in response to the Iranian government’s campaign to block Baha’i followers from pursuing higher education. She earned a bachelor’s degree despite a lifetime of intimidation in Iranian primary schools. “With

background. Her mother never made her or her siblings feel like they went without, and inspired them to speak success into existence. That upbringing taught Rojas Apodaca to take ownership of her future, and informs her continued path toward law school. “She was always very motivating, and I think that transcended into my own motivation,” Rojas Apodaca said. “She’s a really good role model for me.” Cristina Flores ’19, who is majoring in psychology with a minor in Hispanic studies, says her first