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  • The PLU Department of Geosciences prepares students for a lifetime of scientific learning, informed citizenship, and earth stewardship through critical thinking and engagement in the scientific

    Mission StatementThe Department of Earth Science prepares students for a lifetime of scientific learning, informed citizenship, and earth stewardship through critical thinking and engagement in the scientific process. Earth Science is distinct in that we investigate the dynamic and complex earth across a wide range of time and geographic scales.Department GoalsThe Department of Earth Science strives to: Prepare students for lives as geoscience professionals, educators, and active citizens

  • Welcome to the Experiential Learning and Opportunities page. On this page you will find information on our Experiential Learning requirement as well as updated information on internships, job

    Welcome!Welcome to the Experiential Learning and Opportunities page. On this page you will find information on our Experiential Learning requirement as well as updated information on internships, job opportunities, and other exciting opportunities for Environmental Studies majors and minors.What is Experiential Learning? Experiential Learning is learning through situations that mimic work experience in a profession you’re considering for your career! Environmental Studies students have

  • Philosophy is from the Greek word philosophia, which can be translated “love of wisdom,” or “friend of wisdom.

    purpose in students’ lives and provides an indispensable framework for developing a sense of vocation: Who am I? What values should we hold? What really is the common good to which I might contribute? What kind of life should I live? In short, the active study of philosophy is essential “to empower students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care–for other persons, for the community and for the earth.”Learning Outcomes Using philosophical methods, students will be able to:  1

  • Build historical knowledge. Develop historical methods. Recognize the provisional nature of knowledge, the disciplinary preference for complexity, and the comfort with ambiguity that history

    . Use historical perspective as central to active citizenship. Learning Outcomes for Lower-Division CoursesThe History Department has structured all 100-200-level courses to create the following learning outcomes for students who complete them successfully. Students will: 1. Learn and practice the evaluation of historical evidence by identifying and explaining specific claims or ideas in primary and secondary sources. 2. Practice skills of oral expression and dialogue through interpreting and

  • 1. Students will locate the Holocaust and other genocides in their historical and cultural contexts. 2.

    Holocaust and Genocide Studies Learning Outcomes 1. Students will locate the Holocaust and other genocides in their historical and cultural contexts. 2. Students will identify and critically reflect on moral, spiritual, and ethical issues that are central to learning about, and from, the Holocaust and other genocides,  including dehumanization, complicity, and resistance. 3. Through engaging with and analyzing written texts, images, monuments, and other cultural and artistic phenomena students

  • Lutheran education is indelibly marked by a love of liberal and collegial learning. It was, in fact, a group of Wittenberg scholars – working together – who launched the reform of education,

    4. Learning and research within communityLutheran education is indelibly marked by a love of liberal and collegial learning. It was, in fact, a group of Wittenberg scholars – working together – who launched the reform of education, ethics, language study, marriage, music, social welfare, and theology – to mention only a few. Such reform began with the serious questioning of the status quo, a questioning which led the authorities of church and state to brand Luther as a heretic and a criminal

  • 1. Students and graduates will understand and practice from a systemic framework. a. Receive an “Admittance” outcome for the “Entrance into Clinical Practica” interview process which includes

    Marriage and Family Therapy Program GoalsPLU MFT Students and graduates will be: Systemically-oriented MFT Professionals Contextually sensitive MFT Professionals committed to diversity and inclusion Ethical and effective MFT Professionals in the community mental health context Professionals who identify as Marriage and Family Therapists Student Learning Outcomes associated with Program Goals (with measurable outcomes and targets/benchmarks) 1. Students and graduates will understand and practice

  • This page highlights available technology to assist with virtual class meetings and blended and online teaching.

    Distance Learning and Technology ResourcesThis page highlights available technology to assist with virtual class meetings and blended and online teaching.Jump to...Virtual Meeting Platforms Distance Learning Pedagogy ResourcesPLU offers two main services for virtual meetings – Google Hangouts Meet and Zoom.Distance Learning Pedagogy Resources Teaching at PLU Blog Post: How to Conduct a Virtual Class Session iTech: Zoom vs. Google Hangouts Meet Teaching at PLU Blog Post: Engaging Remote Learners

  • Learning perspectives About a dozen students silently sit in a semicircle around a Makah woman, as she shows them how to make a cedar bracelet. Students mimic her as she holds several foot-long strands of cedar bark strung out from her mouth to her hands.…

    February 2, 2009 Learning perspectives About a dozen students silently sit in a semicircle around a Makah woman, as she shows them how to make a cedar bracelet. Students mimic her as she holds several foot-long strands of cedar bark strung out from her mouth to her hands. And they listen eagerly as she tells them how to simultaneously twist and braid the bark, while her teeth stay clenched on one end. She reminds them to keep the cedar damp and the material fills the room with a musky, sweet

  • Dear Campus Community, Pierce County Emergency Management will conduct a training session at Washington High School on July 18, 2024, using the Tri-County Scenes of Violence curriculum. Given the nature of the training, there will be periods when you may hear sounds of simulated gunfire and see an increased presence of law enforcement and emergency...

    Active Shooter Drill at Washington High School on July 18th Alert Type: Information Start Time: Jul 17, 2024 @ 3:30pm End Time: Jul 18, 2024 @ 4:00pm Dear Campus Community, Pierce County Emergency Management will conduct a training session at Washington High School on July 18, 2024, using the Tri-County Scenes of Violence curriculum. Given the nature of the training, there will be periods when you may hear sounds of simulated gunfire and see an increased presence of law enforcement and