17 A selection of modern, attractive halls, each with its own
referral. Services available include outpatient health care, alcohol!
traditions and unique advantages, offer students the opportunity
drug counseling and referral, laboratory tests, contraceptioni
to establish a comfortable living pattern. All halls include informal
pregnancy counseling, and health education. All students may
lounges, study rooms, recreation areas, and common kitchen and
use the Health Service.
laundry facilities. Most of the halls are co-educational. Although they are housed in separate wings, men and women in co-ed halls share lounge and recreation facilities and common residence government, and participate jOintly in all hall activities. One all-men's hall and one all-women's hall are available for t h ose who desire this type of living experience. Furthe.r information regarding residence halls can be obtained from the Residential Life Office. In addition to housing for single st udents, the university maintains a limited number of apartments on campus for fa mily student housing. Two and three-bedroom units are available. Application for these apartments can be made through the Office of Residential Life.
ACTIVITIES PLU annually registers over
50
academic and non-academic
organizat ions, c1u bs, societies, and interest grou ps, which testifies to the diversity of campus co-curricular life. Social action, religious, and political organizations; interest and sporting clubs; and service, professional, and academic societies are among the options from which to choose. A complete listing of recognized clubs and their officers is maintained in the University Center. Student government is an integral part of student activities a t P L U . By v [ r t u e of enrollment at P L U students a r e part of the associated students. Senators from each residence hall and from off campus are elected to govern ASPLU in conjunction with elected executive officers. They oversee an extensive committee program that involves hundreds of students in planning programs and representing student opinion on various university boards
Health and Accident Insurance is available to students on a Accident and Sickness Medical Expense
voluntary basis. The Group
Plan provides coverage 24 hours a day,
12
months a year,
anywhere in the world. This plan is available at fall, i n terim, or spring registration only. A brochure outlining the program is available from the Business Office of t h e General Services Office. In ternational st udents are required to have t h i s insurance coverage.
The Counseling and Testing Center assists students to cope with developmental issues. Trained and experienced psycholo
gists and cou nselors and a consulting psychiatrist offergroup and
individual counseling. A variety of interest inventories and psychological tests are available to assist students with career planning, educational adjustment, and personal problems. Food Service, owned and operated by Pacific Lutheran Univer sity, is available to all students, faculty, staff, and their guests. Students living on campus are required to take their meals in one of two cafeterias. No deductions are made for students eating fewer meals than previously contracted unless a conflict exists due to work. In case of a conflict, a student must contact the Food Service Office in the University Center to obtain approval for a deduction. Residential students are offered 3 meal options:
(1)
Breakfast,
Lunch, and Dinner 7 days a week; (2) Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner, Monday through Friday; (3) Lunch and Dinner 7 days a week. Students living off-campus are encouraged to select one of the meal plans offered. Students may sign u p for either plan at the Food Service Office. S t u d e n t s w i t h special d i e t a ry req u ire m e n t s, specifica l l y
and committees.
approved i n writing by a physician, c a n in most cases be
ADULT STUDENT SERVICES
accommodated by contacting the Food Service Registered Dieti cians. This service is provided at no extra cost. The Food Service operates two coffee shops. One is located On
The Adult Resource Center provides assistance to students over 25. Information for accessibility to student support services such as personal and career counseling, orientation, special facilities, and health care programs can be obtained from the office. The Adult Student Resource Center is located on the lowerlevel of t h e University Center.
MINORITY STUDENT PROGRAMS Minority Student Programs coordinates services that seek to provide for the academic and social needs of minority students. Su pportive services include academic and personal counseling, admissions assistance, scholarship and financial aid assistance,
lower campus in Columbia Center, and the other is located in the University Center. A discounted meal card is available at the Business Office and the University Center Coffee Shop, and is designed to be used in either coffee shop. Only the coffee shop in Columbia Center is open during vacation periods. Visitors may eat in any of the facilities. Scheduling Services for meeting rooms are maintained in the ' University Center. All university activities must be scheduled through this office. Scheduling student activities is a joint responsi bility of the requesting grou p, scheduling coordinat or, and director
book fund, convocation programs, and pre-college progra ms.
of the University Center.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROGRAMS
University for the benefit of students, faculty, and staff. The
PlU Book s t ore
is owned and operated by Pacific Lut heran
of foreign students. Support services include orientation to the
books tore sells textbooks and sup plies that are required Or suggested by faculty members for their courses. Additional
US. and PLU, the Host Family Program, a liaison with immigration
reading matter, supplies, gift items, gree ting cards, cloth ing, film
International Student Programs provides for the various needs
offices, counseling, and advising the International Student Organi
processing, toilet ries, and other convenience
zation.
available.
PROGRAM FOR COMMUTING STUDENTS Over one-half of all PLU students commute to the campus. Every effort is made to aSSUre they enjoy the same university �xp('rie.nces as those in residence. First-year students ma k e a special effort to partiCipate in the orientation program. The student government (ASPLU) sponsors a committee to assist
items are also
Career Services provides a program of career development and life planning. Students are assisted in making choices among their life and work options, during their education and after graduation, through conferences with professional staff, works hops, seminars, classroom and residence hall presentations, and mat erials avail able in the Career Services Office, located in Ramstad Hall.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
those who do not reside On campus and welcomes students desiring to participate. Special facilities include mailboxes located in the University Center for all full-time commuters and a day
(including College Work-Study and off-campus Work-Study
lounge operation in the Cave for study and a place to bring or buy
jobs), and lists part-time and full-time employment opportunities,
lunch. Off-campus students are encou raged to participate in the
both on and off campus. The office also lists summer jobs, local and nation-wide. The office staff assists students and alumni in
varied and frequent activit ies available to all students.
ENVIRONS The university's geographical setting affords students a wide variety of both recreational and cultural entertainment options. Recreationally, the grandeur of the Pacific Northwest enCOur ages participation in hiking, camping, clim bing, sk iing, boating, and swimming.
Career Services coordinates all student part-time employment
developing job search techniques (also faculty and staff by special arrangement). The office coordinates an off-campus interviewing schedule of recruit ers from industry, business, government, and graduate schools.
GRIEVANCE PROC EDURES Policies and procedures at the univerSity are intended to
The most conspicuous natural monument in the area is M t .
maintain an orderly educational environment conducive to stu
Rainier. In addition to Rainier, the distinctive realms o f t h e Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges and forests of Douglas F i r complete one of the most naturally tranquil environments i n the
dent learning and development. In order to fulfill institutional
United Sta tes. Students can also enjoy the aesthetic offerings of nearby Seattle
and Tacoma. These city centers host a variety of performing and
record ing arts and provide dozens of gaLleries and museums as well unique shopping and dining experiences.
STUDENT SERVICES
Health Services retains the fuU-time services of a physician's assistant, a registered nurse, a n urse practitioner, and a part-time health educator. A physician is available for consultation and
responsibility and at the same time follow procedures t h a t are fair, consistent, and protective of each person's rights, appropriate grievance procedures have been established. If a student has reason to believe that an academic or ildministrative action is unjust, capricious, or discriminatory, t h ese proced ures are avail able for the student to seek redress. In situations involving alleged grievances against faculty or academic administrators, the procedures of the "Academic Griev ance Procedure" shall be followed. The grievance officer to con tact is the director of the academic advising and assistance center or the associate dean for special academic programs.