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Five exceptional staff members receive PLU’s Distinguished Staff Award at annual holiday banquet https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2024/01/05/2023-staff-awards/

affirmed, clarified and valued.” Outside her team, Keleigh contributes to our community’s well-being by helping to ensure that people feel a sense of belonging and that they are known and valued. As a data analyst, Keleigh approaches each piece of data as an opportunity to demonstrate care for people, and Keleigh cares deeply. PLU President Allan Belton (left) presents Keleigh Allen with a 2023 Distinguished Staff Award. PLU President Allan Belton (left) presents Greg Briggs (right) with a 2023

Eckstein takes the helm of PLU Speech and Debate – Acclaim 2016-17 https://www.plu.edu/acclaim/2016-17/10/12/eckstein-takes-the-helm-of-plu-speech-and-debate/

positions, including work in multi-modal argumentation and how our senses influence our reasoning. Recently, he has studied sound as it relates to argumentation, how it can make us feel, how it works in advertisements and how it impacts the way we reason. “As a discipline, argument tends to approach the ways people resolve disagreement as visual,” Eckstein said. “For instance, work on political advertisements might focus on the visuals or the text of the words uttered. But this sort of analysis misses

In their own words: Kinesiology students at PLU https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/in-their-own-words-kinesiology/

body positivity and I am so so grateful that I had a chance to take it. Absolutely find a way to fit it into your schedule at some point!!” – Megan How is your kinesiology major preparing you for your next steps/career goals? As a future physical therapist/occupational therapist, the PLU Kinesiology department has given me a great base foundation. It has let me dip into all different aspects from biomechanics analysis, psychology and physiology that specifically focused on exercise. It has given me

From First-Year Communication Student to Election Night Reporter With the Pros https://www.plu.edu/comm-media-designarts/news/2014/11/26/from-first-year-communication-student-to-election-night-reporter-with-the-pros/

) and where we were headed: the “Yes on I-591” rally in Bellevue, Wash., which was anti-gun-regulation. She also told us what we were looking for: color. (“Color” is a term used in journalism to describe what makes the story more human-interest-related. The same word is used to describe the sports anchor who accompanies play-by-play: Color commentators give expert analysis, player history and light anecdotes.) As The Mast’s A&E Editor, I knew finding color wouldn’t be a problem. Making stories PLU

Just a spark: Student-faculty research explores technology and argument https://www.plu.edu/comm-media-designarts/news/2016/09/28/just-a-spark-student-faculty-research-explores-technology-and-argument/

particularly positive. He wrote to Eckstein and said the analysis of the use of social media as a resource and response venue for public debates was both stimulating and novel yet deeply rooted in the relevant scholarship on debating, argumentation and blogging. He was eager to see the research continue. Our research changed from something confined to meetings and highlighter marks and tallies, but something discussed internationally. Session attendees provided positive feedback: we were onto something

Learning Outcomes https://www.plu.edu/history/learning-objectives/

analyzing sources in class discussions and in-class presentations using appropriate technologies. 3. Develop the ability to write papers with critical analysis and historical inquiry, utilizing proper citation. 4. Use conflicting evidence in papers or in other learning activities to achieve historical accuracy and nuance. 5. Determine, within reasonable limits, the magnitude and significance of historical changes that take place within a society or culture. 6. Develop the capacity to recognize diversity

Campus Safety keeps watch over “city” of 4,500 https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2010/05/26/campus-safety-keeps-watch-over-city-of-4500/

patrol duty, juvenile investigations, special assault and as the supervisor of crime analysis. Berger’s team was responsible for the creation of a Web site that lists were registered sex offenders live and another site that maps crime trends in various neighborhoods. During the summer, things generally slow down a bit, although Berger and his staff remain on duty, regardless. This fall, the efforts to keep the small city that is PLU, kicks into high gear again. For more tips on public safety, check

PLU alum seeks to engage community https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2012/11/01/plu-alum-seeks-to-engage-community/

hits and then things that aren’t hits,” Howell said. “It’s not always fun.” DeCrease said he appreciates all the work that Howell does. Although DeCrease is the man-on-the-ground and Howell provides more support from afar, DeCrease said that arrangement works out well. “He provides a tremendous amount of perspective and dispassionate analysis because I’m so deeply involved,” said DeCrease. “He balances me out.” With 47 rooms that can still be worked on in the vicinity around Raw Space, Howell said

From First-Year Communication Student to Election Night Reporter With the Pros https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2014/11/26/from-first-year-communication-student-to-election-night-reporter-with-the-pros/

more human-interest-related. The same word is used to describe the sports anchor who accompanies play-by-play: Color commentators give expert analysis, player history and light anecdotes.) As The Mast’s A&E Editor, I knew finding color wouldn’t be a problem. Making stories PLU-centric, Lute-focused and engaging to an impatient audience is literally my job from week-to-week. When we arrived, the first quote was from the Second Amendment Foundation’s Director of Development—“60 to 70 percent” of

Lutes Show Passion for Vocation with National Teaching Achievement https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2015/03/02/nbctlutes/

background checks before earning a residency teaching certificate. When that expires (after about four years), teachers have a choice: move on to gain a ProTeach Professional Certification, or go through the more-rigorous program to receive a certificate from the National Board of Professional Teacher Standards, awarding them the title of a National Board Certified Teacher. The NBCT process consists of four parts, involving analysis and reflection in writing as well as submitted videos and student work