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  • University of Illinois at Chicago. “We must acknowledge our middle-class bourgeois character and embrace it and perfect it. Greed is not good. We should take our roles as innovators — the market judges of innovators — and court it the respect it’s due,” McCloskey said. McCloskey presented a lecture entitled, “Bourgeois Virtue? Why being Middle-Class is Good for us,” on Monday, October 15, at the 8th Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. The annual lecture series was established

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 29, 2016)- First-generation immigrant Shiva Thapa ’17 struggled to find a sense of belonging in his new country. After two years of searching, he finally found his identity in the Army. “Oftentimes when you are from somewhere else, you find that you…

    PLU ROTC student to be honored in Washington, D.C., as only recipient of Green to Gold award for excellence in leadership Posted by: Kari Plog / September 29, 2016 Image: Shiva Thapa ’17 (Photo by Angelo Mejia ’17/PLU) September 29, 2016 By Brooke Thames '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 29, 2016)- First-generation immigrant Shiva Thapa '17 struggled to find a sense of belonging in his new country. After two years of searching, he finally found his identity in the Army

  • At the Department of Psychology we are committed to providing our students with a meaningful and rigorous undergraduate education that balances science with application.

    connect with students and help them." Why study Psychology? The psychology department's mission is to foster a community of scholars committed to the science of psychology, as an epistemology, and as a set of practical tools and ethical obligations. Quick Facts Welcome to the Department of Psychology!We are committed to providing our students with a meaningful and rigorous undergraduate education that balances science with application. The department provides a core of courses covering research

    Psychology
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  • gathering. “He’s going to be asking, in intelligence gathering, are there circumstances where it’s okay to use torture?” Kaurin said. Kaurin will be looking at the rules soldiers follow when deciding whether to torture, or not. And yes, there are rules on this, she said. “I will be looking at it logistically, from a soldier’s perspective,” she said. “Is there a way to torture ethically, consistent with the rules of war?” The Geneva Convention expressly forbids the use of torture, she said. But the Bush

  • for students to be more independent when completing practice exercises.  The video is available 24/7 for review as many times as needed, and you will find that most students highly value this resource. Afraid you don’t have what it takes to make videos?  All you need is one of our easy-to-use webcams, a quiet space for recording, and a plan.  Don’t worry making videos look professionally produced.  One only needs to browse You Tube to see that popularity doesn’t equal production.  And don’t forget

  • University House Join Membership Form (pdf) view page Use this Google form to join the Uhouse.  You'll need to log in with your PLU email, which acts in lieu of a signature. Dues are $180/year for full-time employees and $90/year for part-time. If you are a PLU employee who does not get paid through PLU payroll, you can still become a University House member; please email uhouse@plu.edu.

  • On Wednesday, March 22, 2023, Mr. Steves will give a presentation on "Travel as a Wildly Hopeful Act" at 7 PM in Chris Knutzen Hall at the Anderson University Center on the PLU Campus.

    The PLU Wild Hope Center for Vocation is pleased to announce that Mr. Rick Steves, the nation’s leading authority on European travel, will receive the Wild Hope Award for his commitment to human and ecological flourishing.

  • PLU is the small, private university in Tacoma, Washington where everyone shares a bold commitment to expanding well-being, opportunity, and justice.

    modelTo accommodate working students, courses will be offered on a hybrid schedule. Portions of each class will be offered online (either synchronously or asynchronously), and some of the in-person classes will be offered in late afternoons and evenings. Clinically-orientedThe program is designed to help students prepare for social work careers in a variety of settings related to physical and behavioral health in clinical specialties such as healthcare, schools, community organizations, policy

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  • An undocumented PLU student shares her experience going back to Mexico — for the first time since her family relocated to the United States — as part of the Oaxaca Gateway program.

    forced her to reconsider. “I wasn’t 100 percent guaranteed re-entry to the country,” she said. OAXACA, MEXICO This program explores the intersection of development, culture and social change through the lens of the dynamic context of contemporary Mexico. View the Oaxaca programBut after hearing success stories, as the mystery shrouding DACA started to clear, she had a change of heart. “That inspired me, in a way, to push for it,” she said. The process was complex — lots of paperwork and lots of