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Associate Professor School of Business | Peace Scholars | muldermr@plu.edu | 253-535-7258 | Why do you serve on the Peace Scholars Committee? I hope to inspire students to consider avenues of peace through a variety of interdisciplinary lenses, including those that might tie to their area of academic study.
research into his coursework – blending his own research findings/expertise with insights from other marketing research areas. In addition, his research into pedagogy and transformative learning processes is integrated into his global projects and PLU courses. Dr. Mulder is a recognized educator, researcher and servant leader. A two-time recipient of the PLU School of Business Teaching Award, he has also been selected as Professor of the Year (Beta Gamma Sigma honor society), and has been awarded
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20 semester hours, including: EDUC 205: Multicultural Perspectives in the Classroom (4) NSCI 350: STEM Education Partnership (4) In addition, STEM Education minors must complete a minimum of 12
253.538.6393 www.plu.edu/stem-education munroam@plu.edu Andrea Munro, Ph.D., Director There is a need for excellent teachers with strong content knowledge in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) who are able to teach using culturally sustaining pedagogy. The STEM Education minor is supportive of, and connects to PLU’s focus on diversity, justice, and sustainability and provides a program for students to explore teaching as a vocation. This interdisciplinary program is
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PLU’s choral program has a long history of success, and is recognized regionally and nationally for its excellence in ensemble performance, academic structure and rigor, and placement of graduates
students experience a thorough curriculum, taught by a highly qualified and cohesive full-time and adjunct faculty. Highlights of the choral music education degree include courses in elementary music methods and materials, secondary choral methods, secondary choral literature, vocal pedagogy, and four semesters of conducting. This is one of the most extensive undergraduate choral music education degrees available. PLU graduates are consistently placed in outstanding elementary and secondary school
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Kallan Campa is excited to learn more about the complexities of the relationship between behavior and participation in physical activity. She shares about what inspired her to join the MSK program and what she is looking forward to learn. 1. What is one fun fact…
. What inspired you to join the MSK program at PLU? I have had a wonderful experience in my undergrad within the PLU Kinesiology department. During my junior and senior years, I took pedagogy and psychology classes in the kinesiology department and became interested in learning how people learn. I decided that I would start looking at graduate programs to find a good fit for me. I looked into several programs, but ultimately once I got word that PLU was starting the MSK program, my mind was set. Each
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The low-residency MFA in Creative Writing offered by The Rainier Writing Workshop is a three-year program in the study of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
“Pedagogy Sessions” will also be offered to the cohort; these classes explore issues in the teaching of creative writing. ENGL 513: Third Year Mentorship / ENGL 599: Thesis. The participant is expected to submit 6 mailings to the mentor during the year. The main tasks of the year include: completing the Critical Paper (due on December 15); completing the Creative Thesis (due on April 30); submitting a final program bibliography; and preparing to deliver a class presentation and a graduate reading in the
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The Office of the Provost works in close collaboration with the Wild Hope Center for Vocation to facilitate New Faculty Orientation, and to provide various New Faculty Development opportunities
(University Photographer) Hauge Admin lobby or Red Square 11:15-12:00 | Who are the students you will encounter on the first day of class? Who will help you respond to student needs? Kristin Plaehn (Executive Director of the Center for Student Success) Dr. Eva Frey (Dean of Students) 12:00 | Break before lunch 12:15 | Lunch is served in AUC Regency 1:00 | Inclusive Pedagogy and The Culture of Teaching and Learning at PLU Dr. Jennifer Smith (Dean of Inclusive Excellence; Gender, Sexuality and Race Studies
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PLU’s choral program has a long history of success, and is recognized regionally and nationally for its excellence in ensemble performance, academic structure and rigor, and placement of graduates
Music. Our students experience a thorough curriculum, taught by a highly qualified and cohesive full-time and adjunct faculty. Highlights of the choral music education degree include courses in elementary music methods and materials, secondary choral methods, secondary choral literature, vocal pedagogy, and four semesters of conducting. This is one of the most extensive undergraduate choral music education degrees available. PLU graduates are consistently placed in outstanding elementary and
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Originally Published in 2014 When I was a graduate student at the University of Iowa, the classicist and writer Anne Carson came to campus to give a reading and a colloquium. During the colloquium, she was asked how she navigated among the wild variety of…
Rick Barot making a presentation during the Rainier Writers Workshop at PLU, which he directs. In the teaching that I do, particularly in creative writing classes, the notion of the two desks is a central element of my pedagogy. For many, the idea of a poetry-writing class probably draws on a caricature of people having a therapy session in a vaguely bohemian atmosphere, complete with candles and patchouli. This is an image of creativity as self-indulgence, dependent on the idea that poetry —not to
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For more than a decade, Professor Craig Fryhle, chair of PLU’s Chemistry Department, has coauthored an organic chemistry textbook that has become standard, celebrated and familiar fare for sophomore students studying organic chemistry in many universities. Fryhle is just finishing up the 11th edition of…
borne. Fryhle’s name began appearing as a co-author on the book in its 7th edition, published in 2000. Each edition involves painstaking review by both Fryhle and Solomons,who make changes to address the evolution of both knowledge in organic chemistry and current modes of pedagogy. Professors around the country provide detailed critical reviews of the text that help shape the revisions made by Fryhle and Solomons. Updating the text, study guide, and online material, where the slightest inaccuracy
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Professor of Theatre | School of Music, Theatre & Dance | smithtt@plu.edu | 253-535-7323 | Tom Smith is a playwright, director and improviser. His plays are published by Samuel French, Playscripts, and YouthPLAYS, among others. Monologues from his plays appear in five collections of works, and his short plays have been produced internationally. His work has been enjoyed by audiences in cities across the U.S., including Seattle, Kansas City, San Francisco, and Chicago, as well as in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Tom is also the author of The Other Blocking: Teaching and Performing Improvisation(Kendall Hunt) and articles and reviews for Theatre Journal, Theatre Topics, The Players Journal, and several resource books. Tom graduated from Whitman College with a BA in Dramatic Arts and Secondary Education certification, and earned his MFA in Directing from University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is a proud member of the Dramatist’s Guild and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. .
) Pacific Lutheran University Pivotal Pedagogy summer program, Setting Instructional & Pedagogical Goals for Fall 2020, Tacoma, WA (June 2020) Washington Thespian Teacher In-Service Day, Rehearsal Scheduling, Blocking and Collaboration with Choreographers, Seattle, WA (October 2019) Washington Thespian Teacher In-Service Day, Improv, Seattle, WA (October 2019) Pacific Lutheran University PLUTO institute, Engaging Online Learners, Tacoma, WA (July 2018) Association of Theatre in Higher Education, The
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