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March 9, 2012 The Third Annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture – Catching up to Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization Professor Yong Zhao, from the University of Oregon, will examine if education reform in the United States is heading down the right path in a world that is more dramatically shaped by globalization and technology, during the Third Annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture. The lecture starts at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 15 in the Scandinavian
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January 21, 2014 PLU students Karyssa Allbritton and Kristin Neuneker get a lesson in blowgun use from Bolivar Endominga in Ecuador on a 2012 Study Away program. (Photo by Kyle Monahan.) PLU ranks in Top 10 for Study Away Pacific Lutheran University ranked ninth in the nation in the 2013 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, with 59.4 percent of its undergraduates, or 392 students, participating in a study-abroad program in 2011-12. In the report, released by the U.S
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September 25, 2014 Pacific Lutheran University Again Named a 2015 Military Friendly® School By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Pacific Lutheran University has been named one of the top Military Friendly® private universities in the country for the sixth year in a row. Victory Media’s 2015 Military Friendly® School designation is awarded to the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools nationwide that are doing the most to embrace military students, and to
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Books line the walls. Records fill the shelves. Games lean gently onfloor to ceiling shelves. A couple laugh while playing chess. The smell of coffee is paired with an upbeat jazz tune. A quintessential coffee house experience, located on the corner of Garfield and C street in Parkland. The name is Notes’ Coffee Company, although that wasn’t always this place was called. The building has been many things, a bookstore, a pharmacy, another coffee shop, and a guitar shop to name a few. But Notes
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First-Ever Krise Internship Awarded Posted by: Thomas Krise / May 27, 2014 May 27, 2014 Emily Ames '15 Receives $2,000 for Summertime Community WorkBy Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsEmily Ames ’15 is the first recipient of the new Patricia L. and Thomas W. Krise Endowed Internship Fund, awarded annually to one Pacific Lutheran University student who accepts an unpaid summer internship. Ames will receive $2,000 while she works at Sacramento’s The GreenHouse Center, which offers
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RegistrationThe Registrar’s Office is responsible for collection and publication of the semestrial class schedule. This process occurs twice a year; once for Summer and Fall and once for J-term and Spring. The class schedule for Summer and Fall is made available to the campus in late March. Registration for these terms begins in early to mid April. The class schedule for J-term and Spring is made available to the campus in late October. Registration for these terms begins in early to mid
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students find a place in the world that is both meaningful and makes excellent use of their talents and education. In this issue of ResoLute, we meet Lutes who have experienced success on their own terms. We highlight some of the ways our community designs extraordinary learning opportunities and we explore how Lutes find meaning after graduation, measured not only by traditional forms of success, but in lives well lived. You’ll see how Tarra Simmons ’00 was determined to shape her future and leave a
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dedicated to ensuring that our students find a place in the world that is both meaningful and makes excellent use of their talents and education. In this issue of ResoLute, we meet Lutes who have experienced success on their own terms. We highlight some of the ways our community designs extraordinary learning opportunities and we explore how Lutes find meaning after graduation, measured not only by traditional forms of success, but in lives well lived. You’ll see how Tarra Simmons ’00 was determined to
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learning and are most suited for individuals wanting to be applied sociologists. While enrolled, students will take a variety of practical courses dedicated to learning skills specific to their occupation or position. Certificate programs often involve an internship or clinical work. Acquiring a certificate will make students marketable for specific positions but will not be as generally applicable as a Master’s degree or a Ph.D. Graduate School TimelineApplying to graduate school takes time. Plan
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Darren Nguyen, Therapist in TrainingHello and thank you for reading! I’m a second-generation immigrant and Asian-American therapist in training who is passionate about creating connections with people. I have 2.5 years of experience working with teenagers and families in a community mental health setting. I am grounded in a humanistic, person-centered, strengths-based, and trauma-informed approach to therapy. I believe that warmth and curiosity are essential to the work of being a therapist and
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