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  • 2017 Special Focus: Crossing DisciplinesHumanities faculty are involved with all of the interdisciplinary programs at PLU. These programs include majors in Chinese Studies, Environmental Studies, Global Studies, Scandinavian Area Studies (soon to be Nordic Studies), and Women’s and Gender Studies, as well as minors in Holocaust Studies, Publishing and Printing Arts, and Children’s Literature and Culture. Additionally, the First-Year Experience Program and International Honors Program are taught

  • Dear Residents and Landowners of Clover Creek Watershed Everyone in the community has the power to make Clover Creek a healthier watershed. During our experience at Clover Creek, it has been impossible for anyone to ignore the overwhelming amount of trash in and around the stream. This pollutes the environment, resulting in an unhealthy habitat for all of the organisms within the ecosystem. As a community, we need to ensure that we are disposing of our trash properly, and genuinely caring for

  • wear them. Additionally, students are welcome to include adornments and items of religious or cultural significance as part of their ceremony regalia.Regalia OrderingRegalia ordering is now open and will close on April 5, 2024. Regalia may be ordered through Herff Jones. You may also order your regalia through our local sales rep by calling 360.254.7870.  Should you get voice mail, please leave a message and your call will be returned.  Regalia Pick-upGraduates will pick up their regalia at the PLU

  • following are an area of interest: Biology, Business, Chemistry, Computer Science/Computer Engineering, Engineering Dual Degree Program, Math, Music, Nursing, or Physics. General Education at PLU The PLU Core First-Year Experience Program FYEP 101: Thematic Writing Seminar FYEP 102: Discipline-Based DJS Seminar PLUS 100: Transitions to PLU January Term Residency The Academic Study of Religion Fitness and Wellness Global Engagement The Distributive Core: Ways of Being and Knowing Students take one course

  • Sakai Gradebook: Supporting Student Success Posted by: hassonja / November 29, 2017 November 29, 2017 by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer Image courtesy of Ron Gerhardstein, 2017 Efforts to increase student retention have highlighted the importance of supporting student success. While grades are not the be-all and end-all of college learning, it is still important for students to be able to easily monitor their learning progress. With access to tools like the Sakai Gradebook, students

  • February 5, 2013 iPhoneography By Jesse Major ’15 IPhoneography, photography on the iPhone, is an art form that is getting more popular. Beatrice “Bea” Geller, associate professor of art and design, taught a class on this emerging medium during J-Term. She taught iPhoneography based on her first reaction when she bought her iPhone two years ago. “When I bought my iPhone I had a liberating feeling – it was spontaneous,” Geller said. In iPhoneography students submitted photos to a Flickr account

  • From Oxford, England to Oaxaca, Mexico, Jackie Lindstrom ’23 uses math to understand migration Posted by: mhines / May 23, 2023 Image: Jackie Lindstrom ’23 is a chemistry and math major and minor in Hispanic Studies. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) May 23, 2023 By Emily Holt, MFA ’16PLU Marketing and Communications Guest Writer Recently, chemistry major Jackie Lindstrom found herself in Oxford, England, conducting a series of informational interviews with public health representatives from Oxfam and the

  • Publishing RACHEL DIEBEL (2016) Editor, Feiwel & Friends / Square Fish Books (Macmillan Publishers) Major: English, Literature Concentration Minors: Publishing and Printing Arts; Communications; and Women’s and Gender Studies Graduate Degree: Masters of Science in Publishing, Pace University (2018) How did your English major establish a foundation for your career path? My English major laid the groundwork for how I think about and talk about stories, which is an integral part of my job. Loving

  • hopefully give them some helpful feedback.” Now, for her math capstone, she’s running a statistical analysis, using principal component analysis to simplify the dataset and suggest ways the U.N. agency can fine-tune their surveys and reporting. If collaborating with a U.N. agency seems unexpected for a chemistry major, for Jackie, it’s been a natural outcome from the innovative interdisciplinary approach of PLU’s International Honors Program (IHON). Through IHON, Jackie originally traveled to Oxford in

  • Homecoming Highlights Awards Recognition Alumni Profiles Alumni Events Class Notes Calendar Home Featured Stories The Deacons In the mid-1960s, The Beatles invaded America, and The Deacons occupied Pacific Lutheran University. Now PLU’s original rock band reunites to headline Homecoming 2014 Fall Festival. By Sandy Deneau Dunham Billboards In today’s crazily competitive college market, you either go big or go home. This fall, Pacific Lutheran University is going bigger than ever—in every sense of the