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History students at Pacific Lutheran University develop the skills needed to ask important questions, collect and evaluate evidence, work collaboratively with others, and offer clear and
HistoryThe Benson program is excited to support the Innovation Studies minor and its curriculum encouraging creativity, entrepreneurship, and ethical reflection.MoreRaphael Lemkin Lecture & Award CeremonyAbout the Lecture and Essay ContestMoreKurt Mayer Chair and EndowmentContact Dr. Beth Griech-Polelle about research fellowships and Holocaust and Genocide studies at PLU.More
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great way to foster deep learning in students students is via collaborative work that employs the knowledge they are acquiring throughout the course and requires them to seek out new knowledge and engage in synthesis of that material. A colleague of mine in the department (Jacob Egge) had used team dissection projects of different vertebrates in comparative anatomy in the past and I thought that idea fit the bill perfectly. All I needed to do was find a way to check in on student progress
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Winter 2017 Resolute: Explore global education here and away
actor on stage and on screen. His next act includes building a production company that he hopes will infuse innovation into the entertainment industry. Read about his new venture and how he stays connected to PLU. FabLab Tacoma William Davis ’06 is co-founder of FabLab Tacoma, a makerspace just 7 miles from PLU’s campus, dedicated to project-based learning, entrepreneurship and tinkering. Read about the business and the opportunities it offers creators. Baby steps Cause Haun ’93 went from frustrated
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TACOMA, WASH. (March. 16, 2016)- Charles Reinmuth ’19 didn’t think twice when he was offered the chance to spend five weeks in the summer getting acclimated to life at Pacific Lutheran University and earning his first six college credits for free. “I couldn’t pass up…
are going to have a real leg up. They will already have a connection with this university that is going to anchor them and keep them here for all four years."- Galen Ciscell Reinmuth said he knew very little about sociology when he registered for Sociology of Education, which included a collaborative project with nearby Keithley Middle School, but he’s thankful he did. “Sociology actually became one of my favorite classes and I’m now really good friends with the professor,” he said. University as
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When Jordan Levy first visited Honduras in high school, he had no idea that someday he’d be serving as an expert witness on Honduras in the U.S. court system. He first visited the Central American nation to perform volunteer work, and then returned annually throughout…
collaborative faculty-student ethnographic research project focuses on Washington State’s Salvadoran and Honduran migrant communities. For the past 18 months, he’s attended Pierce and King County community events with a student, from protests to celebrations. They’ve conducted interviews with Honduran and El Salvadoran immigrants on why they came (and stayed) in Western Washington and their strategies for survival. Before returning to campus in January to teach, he’ll attend an American Anthropological
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A happy accident landed Sandra Estrada ’20 in her “Global Human Rights” course. It resulted in research on child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, which she presented at an academic symposium at
something international,” Estrada said. Hames, who encouraged Estrada to submit her paper for consideration in the springtime academic conference, says the close collaborative work between students and faculty members elevates the value of a PLU degree. “They aren’t doing it for a grade. It’s for themselves,” she said of students who work on research as undergraduates. “They can do more with their degree if they’ve had this focused, out-of-class research with a faculty member.” Hames added that research
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TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 22, 2015)- Members of the Pacific Lutheran University community have the unique opportunity to learn about the AIDS epidemic through theatre. The one-man show “My Brother Kissed Mark Zuckerberg” will be performed in the Karen Hille Phillips Studio Theater at 7 p.m.…
. “There’s no set formula for activism to develop,” Kraig said. She hopes that students will respond in a variety of ways to Serko’s performance. “Be inspired by these stories. Be infuriated by them, be deeply saddened by them. That package of emotions – I think if you put together sorrow, fury and agitation, you end up with the possibility for innovation. That, to me, would be one of the best possible outcomes: that people would start to create things that we may not yet have at PLU.” Tickets to “My
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Can the Innovation Studies minor help you to be more (well…) innovative? Posted by: halvormj / November 8, 2017 Image: Turn on the lights. (Photo by Diz Play on Unsplash.) November 8, 2017 By Damian Alessandro. Innovation. If you read the popular press, you’ll see that this word is constantly thrown around in professional settings. But what does it mean? For some, innovation is all about progression and disruption. One of the defining ideologies of our time, innovation makes room for both
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PLU adds Innovation Studies minor, helps students transition from college to career Posted by: halvormj / December 21, 2018 Image: Michael Halvorson, Pacific Lutheran University’s Director of Innovation Studies, talks with students in the Makerspace — a dedicated area in Hinderlie Hall for student creativity and collaboration. (Photo/John Froschauer) December 21, 2018 By Thomas Kyle-Milward, Marketing & Communication TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 19, 2018) — “Innovation” is a term that gets thrown around
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PLU adds Innovation Studies minor, helps students transition from college to career Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / December 19, 2018 Image: Michael Halvorson, Pacific Lutheran University’s Director of Innovation Studies, talks with students in the Makerspace — a dedicated area in Hinderlie Hall for student creativity and collaboration. December 19, 2018 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 19, 2018) — “Innovation” is a term that gets thrown around a lot. It’s had
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