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impact people’s lives in a positive way, but I also didn’t want to major in biology or chemistry, so I entered my freshman year as a computer science major,” he says. It was a choice that would radically change his chosen path. In his first computer science class at PLU, Gavidia learned how quickly software can scale and impact people around the world. “Just one person, or a small group of people, can accomplish so much,” Gavidia says. That moment was key for him: he realized he didn’t have to go to
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rate for a single room. Did you know? Residential students are less likely to miss class due to sleeping through the snooze button 11 times. (On a related note, 8:00 am classes are more likely to be filled with residential students who roll in at 7:59 wearing sweats and a baseball cap.) Residential students traditionally show a stronger connection to, and greater involvement in, their college or university. Residential students at PLU report higher levels of satisfaction with every aspect of their
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2022 schedule. Meet your advisor! Use the tabs at the bottom of this page to learn more about your Advisor before your meeting. If you have not taken your Math Placement Evaluation then you should watch the Math Placement Evaluation PLU video next. If you have already taken the evaluation then you can skip to the next video. After you meet with your Student Success Advisor, watch the Now what? video. We recommend watching the rest of the videos on this page with your support people so that everyone
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RecruitmentMediaLab accepts applications at the beginning of each semester for students who wish to join the program the following semester. We are currently accepting applications for Fall 2024. MediaLab is currently accepting applications by April 17th. Successful candidates for MediaLab tend to exhibit the following attributes and characteristics: Minimum overall GPA of 3.0 Self-motivated Willing to accept and rise to challenges Responsible and dependable Comfortable as both leaders and team
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Preparing you for your future career(s): how PLU helps Posted by: mhines / November 13, 2023 Image: PLU students visit Alaska Air to connect with alumni who work there for career advice. (Photo/John Froschauer) November 13, 2023 Do you keep getting the question, “What’s your major going to be in college?” which is essentially a different version of “What are you going to be when you grow up?” Or maybe it’s this question: “What do you do with that major?” Perhaps you know what you want to major
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Poetry is now under contract with Cambria Press. Gregory Youtz 游子国 An active composer, Youtz maintains a blog about his artistic work. Youtz produced a Sister Cities Student Leadership Conference in conjunction with the Tacoma Public Schools. Youtz is a member of the Board of the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation that is building a commemorative Chinese park on Tacoma’s waterfront to educate about the expulsion of Chinese from the city in 1885- an event that has become infamously known as
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Dr. Gina Gillie's Bio Dr. Gina Gillie is an Associate Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University where she teaches horn, composition, and aural skills, conducts a horn choir, and performs frequently with faculty groups and in solo and chamber recitals. As an orchestral player, she played Assistant Principal with Symphony Tacoma for 10 years and has also played with the Northwest Sinfonietta, the Seattle Soundtrack Orchestra, and the Auburn Symphony. She has soloed on natural horn with
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March 19, 2012 President Loren J. Anderson will be the Spring Commencement speaker. (Photo by John Froschauer) A final address In his 20th and final year as Pacific Lutheran University’s President, Loren J. Anderson will give the Spring Commencement keynote address Sunday, May 27 at the Tacoma Dome. For 20 years, Anderson’s leadership has guided the university through a series of community-based, long-range plans, major fundraising campaigns, outstanding student achievements, with emphasis in
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A long-standing Parkland institution, Paradise Lanes was recently bought out by the owners of Tower Lanes in Tacoma. Bowling alleys aren’t usually chain businesses, each have their own quirks and personalities. But this may be changing with the times. Parkland, being unincorporated into any city and with no government of its own, has little support or protection for small business owners. As such, large franchises have begun to take over some Parkland’s businesses and the streets are
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Accounting Certificate ProgramThe Accounting Certificate program is available for students who hold a baccalaureate degree, or are pursuing a baccalaureate degree (any field) and wish to complete the accounting course educational requirements to sit for the Certified Public Account (CPA) examination. Requirements for the certificate include: 24 semester hours from BUSA 202, 203, 320, 321, 322, 323, 422, 423, 424 and 427 a cumulative 3.00 GPA in accounting courses a minimum of C- in any course
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