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Eligibility for Keys Keys will be issued based on an individual or department need versus the convenience of the individual.
their supervisor and Campus Safety of a loss or theft within 24 hours via email or phone. An official report must also be completed. The report form is located on the Access Department website via the Lost Key form. Lost cards can be remotely turned off, preventing access, so notification to Campus Safety immediately is critical. Campus Safety: 253-535-7441, Select Option 1. Returning Keys Return all keys to Access Department immediately at end of employment. Return access cards to Campus Concierge
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Join the Computer Science Department to hear the senior capstone presentations. Student presentations will take place Friday and Saturday. All talks are scheduled in Morken 203.
bioinformatics, we developed models to predict the functional role that a given protein performs within a living organism. First, we trained neural networks, random forests, and support vector machines on proteins with known functions. Next, we submitted predictions on a set of over 130,000 proteins with unknown functions to CAFA (The Critical Assessment of protein Function Annotation algorithms), an international, competitive experiment, for assessment. Finally, we have developed a web application enabling
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Carol Sheffels Quigg Award for Excellence and Innovation Purpose: The Quigg Award provides support those who demonstrate unusually inventive, original, and creative approaches to advance the mission
complete the form, “Notice of Intent to Apply for a Grant,” that helps the author address critical components such as deadlines, matching requirements, and grant implications. At least one week before final submission, a “Grant Approval Form” should be completed. This is an important document that PLU will use once the grant has been awarded to delineate the financial responsibilities and obligations. Both of these forms are available from the website for the Office of the Provost. Obtaining the
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Lute Plays Piano ‘Up Close with the Masters’ Natalie Burton ’13 plays a Bach piece on the piano for master pianist Vladimir Feltsman during Portland Piano International’s Up Close With the Masters series. (Photo courtesy of Portland Piano International) A Q&A With Natalie Burton ’13…
beautiful room with chandelier lights and large windows—it was really wonderful. Then I walked out and played my piece. Mr. Feltsman’s first comments were uncushioned criticisms, and I was a little shaken even though I knew to expect it. After the class, I took notes on all he had told me and watched the other students. It seemed as if Feltsman was pretty blunt in his comments to all of his students—how did you react to that? Yes, he was very blunt! His initial words were particularly critical, but I
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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 12, 2016)- Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D., says Pacific Lutheran University already exhibits academic excellence in a variety of ways: rich global education, robust student-faculty research, world-class faculty members and, of course, eager students who are ready to change the world. But Brown…
with the status quo. “It’s about engaging in difference,” she said, stressing that the university as a whole must ask big questions — including asking why there isn’t more faculty of color. “We all own this,” Brown said. “That is critical.” To do that, she explained, PLU must do two things: embrace implicit bias training across the board and critically look at hiring practices to see what’s missing. She says implicit bias training combats the tendency of people to hire those who look like them and
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Tune in: The People’s Gathering is streaming live TACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 27, 2017)- Genesis Housing and Community Development Coalition will host a professional development conference called The People’s Gathering on the campus of Pacific Lutheran University on Friday, February 24. The full-day conference will focus…
, Africans and African-Americans relations, and critical service-learning as a pedagogical practice in peace education.DR. ROBIN DiANGELORobin DiAngelo, Ph.D., is director of Equity for Sound Generations, Seattle/King County, and a consultant and trainer for over 20 years on issues of racial and social justice. Growing up poor led her to explore class oppression and how her experience differed from others in poverty because she is white. Her work on “white fragility,” a defensive response to real
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 18, 2020) — If you’ve ever wondered whether leaders are born or made, the answer is both. At least it is when you’re referring to Pacific Lutheran University graduate Amy Spieker ’09. Growing up in a Navy family, Spieker moved her fair…
the secret to her success. Hint, there is no “I” in team. You have a big job — tell us a bit about what you do. I love it and feel like I get to be a part of exciting work that makes a difference. I see three main parts to my work with the hospital. The first is my role in conducting the community health needs assessment and health-improvement plan with our community partners. All nonprofit hospitals are required to do this every three years under the Affordable Care Act. This is critical work, as
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Shortly after John Wolfe ’87 graduated from PLU he went to work for a Seattle-based company called SeaLand Shipping Line. In the years that followed he worked in sales, marketing, and operations for a variety of marine cargo companies and agencies. Eventually, he was appointed…
of initiatives is your team currently working on? Our team is working on some exciting initiatives and opportunities to expand our gateway. We are one of the largest gateways for trade in North America. That is profound because our population is so much smaller than that of other large gateways like California, New York, or New Jersey. We are in the major leagues as a port gateway, and it is an extremely competitive environment. That is why we are working on some critical initiatives to expand
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Orientation to Precepting Information that is specific for Pacific Lutheran University School of Nursing, such as Orientation and the Preceptor Handbook, is available from the clinical instructor or
physician assistants, and other health professionals are all partners in the clinical education of APRN students. As a practice discipline, experienced APRNs are an active and critical component of APRN clinical education in that they are able to afford APRN students with enculturation to their future role as APRNs.” https://www.aacnnursing.org/Education-Resources/APRN-Education/APRN-Clinical-Preceptor-Resources-Guide NONPF The Preceptor website of the National Organization for Nurse Practitioner
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Admission to the MSW program - determined by faculty evaluation within the MSW Graduate Admissions Committee - is based on a holistic review of your academic preparation, work and volunteer
picture page Address and associated phone number to which to send the I-20 via courier service APPLY NOW TO THE PLU MSW PROGRAM Transfer CreditsFor the regular standing (2-year) program, up to 18 credits may be transferred into PLU’s MSW program. For the advanced standing (1-year) program, up to 12 credits may be transferred into PLU’s program. As a general rule, several of the program’s “practice” courses – Social Work Theory and Practice I & II courses and all three Practicum Experience courses
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