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, welcome!Are you at the point where you think that a history major is the right path for you? Maybe your interest in the past started well before you joined the PLU community, but your studies here have confirmed it. Perhaps you did not have much enthusiasm for historical learning before you took a class here but suddenly realized that “just memorizing things” is NOT the way we engage history at PLU. Whatever your reasons are, we know they are good! You want to declare a major. Start on the smooth path
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further with what they’ve learned and discussed. He wants them to continue the conversations begun in the class, and to remain curious. Above all, he wants students to know that they have agency and can find their own meaning in texts and in the world. Talking to Professor Luke Parker was a refreshing and eye-opening opportunity, and I was happy to hear first-hand about his passion for his studies and his teaching. On my way out the door, he reminded me to remember my own passion and to follow it
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“global health” was perhaps not so critical. In the late 1990s, global health was largely defined, by default, as whatever was being done by the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the few other organizations working internationally on matters of public health. Global health was about getting kids in poor countries vaccinated, educating mothers-to-be about safe birth practices, serving a stint in a remote clinic, responding to foreign medical emergencies and the like. It also was about often
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Wang Center Photo & Video Contest Winners 2022 Posted by: Holly Senn / March 30, 2022 March 30, 2022 During the 2021-2022 academic year, 149 PLU students participated in global and local study away programs to acquire new perspectives on critical global issues, advance their language and intercultural skills, form valuable new contacts and lasting connections, and advance their academic and career trajectory. Due to the worldwide pandemic, 46 students returned home early in spring of 2020 and
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Pacific Lutheran University’s graduate programs? Connect with us today!Pacific Lutheran University seeks to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership, and care — for other people, for their communities, and for the world. PLU purposefully integrates the liberal arts, professional studies, and civic engagement in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. With distinctive international programs and close student-faculty research opportunities, PLU helps its 3,100 students from all
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. Then goes to classes all day, secondary workouts, social time, then still finds time to create and expand an incredible business. “I don’t know how she does it some days, but we are constantly impressed with her.” The seemingly tireless Sandhu is double majoring in computer science and global studies and double minoring in religion and anthropology, with hopes of heading to law school after she’s done in Tacoma. But she has no intention of giving up her newest passion of baking cakes. The Sandhu
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suspect sources. Yet students honestly believe they understand the ethics of using sources and feel they know exactly where to find credible information. Faculty wonder, “Didn’t they learn this in high school?” The PLU librarians have been exploring these divides through quantitative and qualitative research studies that examine student research confidence and experiences. We hope to better understand our students in order to serve them better. We also hope faculty can use our data to more effectively
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assess student learning outcomes. A balance between rigorous and realistic expectations must be established, especially when distance learning is planned on short notice. Academic Integrity Research studies on academic integrity usually indicate that cheating online is no more prevalent than cheating in traditional courses. Nevertheless, it is important for instructors to emphasize policies and expectations for academic integrity. Such information should be posted in your syllabus as well as in the
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School in Seattle, WA. This is my first varsity head coaching position and I couldn’t be more excited! What inspired you to join the MSK program at PLU? I have a passion for sport and physical activity that has greatly evolved in scope and practice over the past decade. Nothing has been more impactful on my athletic and professional journeys than my undergraduate studies in exercise and sport psychology, a minor I received at PLU (Class of 2013). My time at PLU launched me on a mission-driven path
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September 7, 2009 The generous spirit of Norm Forness With some books you don’t have anything like the complete story until you finish the final chapter. So it was with the life of Norm Forness, who passed away last April. After graduating from Pacific Lutheran College in 1958, Forness pursued graduate studies, culminating with the Ph.D. in history from Penn State. He joined the history department at Gettysburg College in 1964 and taught there for 36 years. He was remembered by a colleague as a
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