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New engineering minor offers students invaluable internship opportunity Posted by: vcraker / March 23, 2022 March 23, 2022 Pacific Lutheran University leaders recently announced two new natural sciences programs. Officially launching in fall 2022, students will be able to pursue a major in applied mathematics and/or a minor in engineering and industry. The engineering and industry minor will take advantage of courses already offered by the university’s physics department to students in the Dual

PLU donates medical supplies to help Pierce County in fight against COVID-19 Posted by: Marcom Web Team / March 30, 2020 Image: PLU’s Division of Natural Sciences, School of Nursing, and School of Arts and Communications teamed up to donate more than $10,000 in essential medical supplies to the Pierce County Emergency Operations Center for use in the fight against COVID-19. March 30, 2020 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March. 30, 2020) — Pacific Lutheran

curriculum, the lecture is designed to encourage the study of business organizations, entrepreneurs, workers, products, and consumers, as well as the economic forces that have shaped contemporary culture and society. For more information, contact Benson Family Chair Michael Halvorson (halvormj@plu.edu). Read Previous What Game of Thrones Teaches Us About Innovation Read Next Life Under Drones Symposium LATEST POSTS Heven Ambachew ’24 combines her passions and experiences to design major in innovation

PLU ranked the number one college in Washington for financial aid Posted by: Silong Chhun / November 3, 2020 Image: Commencement 2019 November 3, 2020 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University has been recognized as the No. 1 school in Washington state for financial aid by LendEDU, an online marketplace for personal finance products. The report, released October 28, 2020, also ranks PLU ninth in the country.“This ranking reflects PLU’s institutional commitment

The Edison Awards: Innovations That Shape the World Posted by: halvormj / February 23, 2018 February 23, 2018 By Damian Alessandro ’19 It’s awards season! Not the Academy Awards–although we do host awards parties at Pacific Lutheran University. I’m writing about the annual awards for innovation that have everyone whispering excitedly in the discipline of Innovation Studies. That’s right–its the Edison Awards, which honor excellence in the development, marketing, and launch of new products and

needed to create oil refineries and corrosive products on a massive scale. Thousands of people have died in car crashes as we have worked out our driving standards, safety equipment, and appropriate regulations. In innovation studies we try to understand the benefits and consequences of innovation, so that future products and initiatives can be safer, more equitable, and beneficial to society. What are a few books you’d recommend to a reader who wants to do some in-depth thinking about innovation? To

PLU announces new mathematics major, engineering minor Posted by: Marcom Web Team / March 14, 2022 March 14, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing and CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University leaders recently announced two new natural sciences programs. Officially launching in fall 2022, students will be able to pursue a major in applied mathematics and/or a minor in engineering and industry.The applied mathematics major builds upon the existing mathematics courses, incorporates

. In the natural sciences alone, each summer, more than nine faculty members worked with more than 21 students to conduct fieldwork, as well as gather and analyze data. And the number of projects keep on growing. The trio was part of nine student-faculty summer research projects in the natural sciences, many of which conducted fieldwork in the nearby forests, mountains and coastal areas of the Pacific Northwest. It is why they are here, just a couple hours away from the PLU campus, ankle-deep in

-represented of Earth. The chairs represented the natural world, the poor, and future generations of humans and other species. The retired professor now lives in New Mexico. On a wall in his home there is a poem by Wendell Berry that reminds one of not only what is at stake, but the responsibility of all life to cherish life. “To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival,” he said, quoting Berry. The writing, Rasmussen noted, is literally “on the

PLU academic programs restructured into four distinct colleges Posted by: Zach Powers / August 31, 2022 August 31, 2022 By Zach Powers ’10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsA long-planned academic restructure is being implemented that organizes Pacific Lutheran University’s academic programs into four colleges: the College of Health Professions; the College of Liberal Studies; the College of Natural Sciences; and the College of Professional Studies.“We’re very grateful to the faculty and staff all