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  • 11 PLU Students Attend Amazon’s First Annual PNW Career Day Posted by: Sandy Dunham / February 26, 2015 Image: PLU Communication majors, from left, Anne-Marie Falloria ’15, Taylor Lunka ’15 and Amanda Brasgalla ’15 were part of the PLU group that attended Amazon’s first annual Pacific Northwest Career Day Conference on Feb. 23. February 26, 2015 By Taylor Lunka '15PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Feb. 25, 2015)—When my advisor first emailed me over J-Term about an opportunity to go

  • From Opportunity to Opry Posted by: Zach Powers / June 5, 2015 June 5, 2015 By Matthew Salzano '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (June 5, 2015) — Deanna Fallin ’09 wrote an email on April 8 to her former faculty adviser, Pacific Lutheran University Chair of Art and Design JP Avila, to share some exciting news.“It’s crazy to think that I was just some young college kid, sitting in your office, trying not to cry over a recent breakup,” she wrote. “Look at me now! It’s so exciting

  • Events:Chong Wa Education Society Since Time Immemorial (STI) Workshop and World Language Teacher Networking Do you know about the new PESB regulation regarding Indigenous studies? What is STI? How do you incorporate Indigenous studies into the curriculum? Join us to find the answers! Who: Pre-service and In-service teachers What: A teacher networking event & workshop on the new PESB regulation by Dr. Tara Haskins & Dr. Donita Torres with PESB guest Leiani Sherwin Where: Online When: Saturday

  • Linguistics, University of Washington, 1994 B.A., Spanish, Western Washington University, 1991 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Romance Linguistics Technology for Language Learning Linguistic Minorities Teacher Preparation Biography I am a proud native of Tacoma and first generation college student that began my formal second language study in high school. My grandparents were native speakers of Gaelic who immigrated to Tacoma, so my love of languages and cultures started early. I stayed local for college

  • On the Court and in the Classroom: A Brother and Sister Find Success at PLU Posted by: shortea / March 23, 2023 March 23, 2023 By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer On the day of high school class choices, a middle school teacher noticed the normally outgoing Jackson Reisner sitting quietly, acting withdrawn. Jackson grew increasingly anxious as the morning progressed. A movie buff, the Burlington eighth grader had seen all the difficult depictions of high school. Teens

  • for math. He will graduate this winter with a degree in mathematics and a minor in philosophy. He will be enrolling in the PLU Master of Arts in Education program to complete his goal of becoming a secondary math teacher.We spoke with Canady-Pete about his time at PLU, the advantages of going to college locally and why he wants to become a teacher. How does being a local student benefit you as a college student? For one, it’s nice being able to help my friends out whenever they want to do

  • Third Rail Inquiry: Learning, In, Through, and For CommunityThe field of rhetoric and composition is sometimes misunderstood as one centered on teaching writers how to “fix” texts once ideas have been selected, produced, or discovered: first we think, then we write, then we revise. Once we have a moderately readable draft, our inquiry has come to an end.  We just need to “clean it up”—and at this point, the writing teacher steps up with resources, strategies, and rules. In contrast to this

  • in which those discussions happen. It’s then that I have to remind my students that even though our primary definition of craft may have to do with technique and making, another definition of craft is cunning. A poet is a maker, but he or she is also a kind of trickster. English students discuss writing with visiting writer Minal Hajratwala in 2018 Professor Barot’s most recent book of poetry Gaps and GiftsBeing a Scholar-Teacher and a Teacher-Scholar Read Previous Scholarship, Sleep, and Self in

  • (including a $5,000 PLU Alumni Scholarship). Check out the in-person and virtual events offered each day, RSVP for the ones that interest you most (except for the AUC and Admin tabling – just stop by for that), and we look forward to seeing you there! MONDAY, OCTOBER 7TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 In-Person: ELMSN Class VisitMonday, October 7 - 8:00am-10:00amTake advantage of this unique opportunity to sit in on a Entry-Level Master of Science in Nursing

  • dean for the School of Education. In these roles he has been instrumental in helping develop and lead a strong teacher education program. In these roles he has been instrumental in helping develop and lead a strong teacher education program. He received his PhD in special education from the University of Kansas, his Masters from Wichita State University, and a Bachelor of Science from Greenville College. Kline has taught at SPU since 1996, where he has been associate dean since 2003. He has also