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| Pacific Lutheran University - Challenge, Support, Success - Helping You Discover Your Future |
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| PLU garnered a prestigious ranking – the highest in the country – from the Sustainable Endowments Institute, which released its College Sustainability Report Card for 2010. PLU was one of only 26 colleges or universities to receive an overall A- mark, the highest grade awarded this year. This mark is the same as notable institutions like the University of Washington, Stanford, Yale and Harvard. PLU’s newest facility addition, the Martin J. Neeb Center, was also certified LEED Gold. The building houses the NPR affiliate station KPLU and is the only radio facility in the nation with a LEED Gold ranking. |
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| As a leader in Holocaust Studies, this March PLU hosted the Powell and Heller Holocaust Conference. World-renowned Holocaust scholars visited campus for three-days of discussion and lectures. Internationally recognized scholar Christopher Browning opened the conference. PLU also became one of the few private universities to reach $2 million to fund an endowed chair in Holocaust Studies. Robert Ericksen (pictured) was named the inaugural Kurt Mayer endowed chair of Holocaust Studies at PLU. |
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| On March 4-5, 2010, PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education hosted its fourth international symposium, “Understanding the World through Sports and Recreation.” The event featured Olympic Gold Medalist Joey Cheek, who spoke of his efforts to raise money and awareness for humanitarian efforts throughout the world, as well as PLU alums who are exploring the way sports and recreation can both contribute to and can be used to understand the complexities of today’s world. |
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| PLU received a powerful acknowledgement that it continues to be seen as a leader in globally focused education, as a recipient of the 2009 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization. The prestigious award honors outstanding efforts on and off campus to engage the world and the international community. PLU is the first and only private college in the West to have received the honor. |
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| This past January Term, PLU had students studying on all seven continents at the same time. This is the third time PLU students have studied on every continent at the same time. More than 40 percent of PLU students study away during their time at PLU. The national average is 3 percent. |
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| PLU is on its way to upgrading its Rieke Science Center. A nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer – one of the first of its kind located in a West Coast undergraduate institution - was recently installed in the building, giving PLU chemists the opportunity to analyze samples at a molecular level. Undergraduate students, who usually do not have access to such a powerful instrument, will find that having used the spectrometer will assist them in their academic career and help them land jobs. The NMR is one of $6 million in upgrades planned for the facility. |
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