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February 10, 2014 PLU Ranks 3rd Nationwide for Peace Corps Volunteers PLU Marketing & Communications Pacific Lutheran University has catapulted 15 spots up the Peace Corps’ list of the top volunteer-producing colleges and universities for 2014—from No. 18 all the way to No. 3. The annual list recognizes small, medium, large and graduate institutions; PLU tied for third this year in the category of small universities (fewer than 5,000 students), with 16 undergraduate alumni currently serving as
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University, an assistant professor of accounting at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University in China, and served as the assistant to CFO at Xizi-Otis Elevator Co., Ltd. Dr. Fan has taught a variety of accounting courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Her research interests include corporate governance, enterprise risk management, earnings management, demographic characteristics on decision making, and corporate financial disclosure. She is a member of the American Accounting Association (AAA) and has
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March 5, 2010 Olympic medalist encourages symposium crowd to make a difference By Barbara Clements Joey Cheek was sprawled out on a couch in 2005, wondering what he was going to do with a free afternoon after training all morning in an Austrian skating facility, when a BBC program caught his eye. Wang Center Symposium keynote speaker Joey Cheek addresses the crowd about making a difference in the world. Women and children were running and screaming out of a village being set afire by rebels in
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January 14, 2010 Uganda Blog: Second entry By Theodore Charles ’12 After two days of nerve wracking delays and cancellations, we have finally left PLU. Our original itinerary included going to London, having one day of respite, and then progressing to Uganda directly. What really happened was a last minute change for our group to fly to San Francisco, Amsterdam, Kenya, and then finally Uganda. “More last minute changes were made as we all sat on the ground with our fingers crossed, and
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of employer relations? And how will it affect students?According to Hughes, the newly created position will be something of a facilitator among many of the essential career planning services already available to students, such as the offices of Career Development and Academic Internships, or the opportunities made available through academic departments or the Alumni office. To be clear: Those offices and opportunities are not going away. “My role is more of a collaborator – to bring a lot of the
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my studies”, she tells me. As PLU’s Oslo Gateway Program focuses on Peace & Conflict, it was a no-brainer for Sarah to sign up with this program, with all of her credits easily transferring into the area of her majors. Aside from academics, Sarah was drawn to Norway geographically, as she did not have any knowledge of the country prior to going. Sarah tells me of her experiences in Oslo and how they shaped her in the course of only 4 months. “It allowed me to be in a new place where I didn’t know
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Congratulations to Stephanie Dent! Stephanie was one of six recipients across the nation to receive an American Association of Nurse Practitioners Scholarship for the 2018-2019 school year. She received her RN/MSN through the PLU School of Nursing in 2016 and is currently in the DNP-FNP program and will graduate… April 30, 2019 dnpscholarship
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time at PLU, he has been involved with the Wild Hope Center for Vocation as both a vocation intern and Wild Hope Fellow. He has found ways to use his interest and expertise in vocation and philosophy to inspire his peers through his vocation drop-in hours, which he hosts every Monday from 5:30-7:30 pm.Etzell became involved in Wild Hope during his junior year after being recommended for the Wild Hope Fellows Program. He applied out of curiosity, and learned quickly that the Fellowship is for people
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PLU’s warm, sunny greenhouse, watching for genetic traits that help millet grow taller or produce more seeds. “The Danforth Center is crowdsourcing genetic research,” Laurie-Berry says. “We’re helping Danforth go through thousands of seeds, identifying which are worth studying. No one knows how each one will behave.” PLU students are joining high school and undergraduate students in analyzing lab-generated mutant seed populations in partnership with Danforth. Students care for the plants, recording
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Major in ReligionClick here if you’re interested in declaring a major in Religion! The B.A. in Religion requires 32 credit hours. Of these: At least 16 credit hours will be 300-level courses or RELI 495: Internship. At least 8 credit hours will be housed in each of the two lines: Christian Traditions (RC) and Global Religious Traditions (RG) 4 credit hours will be fulfilled through RELI 499: Capstone Seminar. Transfer students must take at least 20 hours of Religion coursework at PLU The
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