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Founders https://www.plu.edu/wang-center/about/founders/

Founders of the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education, Peter and Grace WangThe Wang Center opened in 2002 thanks to the vision of donors Peter (’60) and Grace Wang. With their endowment gift, the Wangs have emphasized the role education can play in building a more peaceful world and recognized an opportunity to further PLU’s ability to prepare students for lives of leadership and service in an interconnected world. Both are first-generation Americans. Peter Wang graduated from

Documents and Forms https://www.plu.edu/my-academic-pathway/documents/

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The PLU Connection – ResoLute: Spring 2018 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2018/alumni-news/the-plu-connection/

Notes Obituaries Submit a Class Note Calendar Calendar Highlights The PLU Connection Bridging the generational gap By Justin Buchanan ’12 Brian Laubach ’84 ’95 and Isaiah Huey ’20 attended Pacific Lutheran University three decades apart. All it took was an hour of conversation to bridge the generational gap. That’s the power of the PLU connection. Laubach, assistant superintendent for secondary education for Clover Park School District, recently sat down with Huey, an Act Six scholar who is pursuing

Un Remedio: Confronting the Challenges of Distance Learning https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/un-remedio-confronting-the-challenges-of-distance-learning/

, and enthusiastic. She has been teaching for 28 years, at PLU since 2008, and regards herself as lucky to be part of a faculty, and a community, that was supported, because she had training in online teaching, and had participated in Inclusive Teaching seminars before and during the pandemic. Born and raised in Montevideo, Uruguay, Dr. Urdangarain obtained her BA in Comparative Literature and Secondary Education in 1991. She taught at a high school level for seven years until relocating to the

Conference Archives https://www.plu.edu/holocaustconference-jewish-life-in-poland/about/conference-archives/

Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education: The conference highlighted the newly-approved Holocaust/Genocide Minor at PLU, Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center teacher training and talks by Holocaust survivors. The theme for this conference was “Survivors and Rescuers.” Scholars Dr. Susannah Heschel, Dr. Hartmut Lehmann and Dr. Christopher Browning presented their latest work in this year’s theme, “Survivors & Rescuers.” Survivors included the story of the Brill family

Jennifer Rhyne wins national search for assistant professor of music and music theory position – Acc https://www.plu.edu/acclaim/2016-17/10/31/jennifer-rhyne-wins-national-search-for-assistant-professor-of-music-and-music-theory-position/

applied for the position and won the national search. Rhyne has been passionate about teaching others since she was a child. “I remember making a game of the ‘teacher and student’ roles, and I always enjoyed playing teacher with my younger friend in the neighborhood by assigning her little exercises and homework,” Rhyne says. “Strangely, she didn’t like the game as much as I did!” Once Rhyne started teaching flute students in high school, she was hooked. This passion led Rhyne through undergraduate

Brues put ‘exclamation point’ on their time at PLU https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2010/08/23/brues-put-a%C2%80%C2%98exclamation-pointa%C2%80%C2%99-on-their-time-at-plu/

teacher at Washington High School. During his time at PLU, he became a well-liked teacher and colleague and a very successful author. With professor emeritus Don Wentworth, he co-authored five editions of “Economic Scenes”; wrote “The Evolution of Economic Thought”, a history of economic ideas; and coauthored with his former professor Campbell McConnell “Contemporary Labor Economics.” His biggest success, “Economics,” will soon be in its 19th edition. Nearly one in four U.S. students cut their

Current Programs & Resources https://www.plu.edu/confucius-institute/current-programs-resources/

any age, any level. For Teachers There are a wide range of teaching tools for Chinese teachers. But teachers know that real language use is inspired by the real world around us. Find all types of resources — from Chinese language publications and teacher services, field trip ideas, to props and gadgets — to make Chinese come alive for your students.

Martin Luther comes to life https://www.plu.edu/comm-media-designarts/news/2016/10/12/martin-luther-comes-to-life/

and application in many disciplines from cooking to aerospace. Tell us a bit about your journey as an artist. How did you discover your vocation? Ebbinga: According to my parents I have been a creator since I was able to squish play dough. I find the most satisfaction, and learn more readily, when I am using my hands in concert with my brain and heart. My best classes all throughout my primary and secondary education were art and shop classes, or courses that had some creative hands-on component

English https://www.plu.edu/academic-programs/program/english/

careers in business, law, education, publishing, nonprofit advocacy, and grad school, too. (bell dings) (upbeat music) Meet the Professors More Stories Visit About Whether you choose a concentration in Writing or Literature, an English major will help you understand and practice the creative, critical, and persuasive uses of the written word. Writing and literature are powerful means of understanding the diversity of human experience, critically analyzing society, imagining better worlds, and