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  • By Dana Shreaves, Instructional Designer When instructors want to communicate with students at a distance, one option is to create video or audio recordings. Many faculty dislike seeing or hearing themselves recorded. Others are intimidated by the process of creating recordings. However, recordings can be…

    recordings such as the Microsoft LifeCam Studio Webcam, Logitech C615 Webcam, TONOR PC Mic, or Blue Snowball Mic. Each of these options cost $50 or less. There are a variety of tools and techniques for creating audio and video recordings. This blog post provides some basic guidance on how you could use recorded instruction and communications to connect with students at a distance. Technical support for audio and video recording (and editing) is provided by the Instructional Technologies team at itech

  • Emily Struck ’23 made the most of her chemistry major at PLU, conducting individualized research with professors and tutoring other students on campus. As she takes her next step in the fall pursuing a Ph.D. in organic chemistry at Purdue University, Struck reflects on her…

    is just troubleshooting over and over again. He gave me the opportunity to take control while also providing helpful solutions at times. I did most of the lab work myself hands-on, so now I feel very prepared with chemistry techniques. I had a great time in Dr. Waldow’s lab, and it really pushed me to do all I was capable of in chemistry. Working in these labs also cemented for me that research is the right place for me and my career.Major in ChemistryLearn more about the chemistry programDo you

  • PLU Named Top Fulbright Producer By Chris Albert Pacific Lutheran University ranks among the top schools in the nation for the number of students selected for a Fulbright Student Fellowship in 2010.   Eric Buley and Nicolette Paso were selected as student Fulbright Fellowship recipients.…

    project.” Kelly Ryan – Research in Macedonia Ryan (pictured here on a trip to China) will be working with the Nansen Dialogue Network in Skopje, Macedonia, conducting research in grassroots reconciliation in Macedonia. It’s in connection with his political science capstone project. “I hope to research what makes their reconciliation practices successful and trying to understand how their techniques and findings can impact the rest of the world,” Ryan said. “I am most excited to work with world leaders

  • Editor’s Note: Dr. Michael Haglund gave the Distinguished Alumnus Lecture during the Homecoming 2013 festivities in October.  Neurosurgeon, alum follows his heart and passion to Africa By Heather Perry ’13 May 18, 1980 is the day Mt. St. Helens blew its top , but Dr.…

    operating rooms and intensive care units. And teams of 20 to 30 medical professionals now visit East Africa twice per year to perform complicated neurosurgical procedures and train local neurosurgeons in the latest techniques. “It became not just a missions trip, but a calling,” Haglund said. “I’m really passionate about it because we can do a lot of great things as Christians and as physicians, but there’s a difference between being on the edge of the river and being right in the middle of the stream

  • PLU Chemistry professor Dean Waldow hopes to one day become useless. After all, as an educator, his job is to empower students to work confidently and independently in a field that is constantly innovating. He does this by bringing students into his lab to help…

    was very stressful. I, like my coworkers, lacked lab experience due to the pandemic and everything was intimidating at first,” engineering major Sandy Montgomery ’23 says. “Once I had a couple of weeks to figure out where everything was and to practice basic techniques, I felt much more comfortable working independently.” Jackie Lindstrom ’22, a chemistry major and fellow student researcher, said that after the year of remote learning, the in-lab experience was invaluable. “I am more appreciative

  • Zach Willis ’19 earned a BA in kinesiology with a concentration in health and fitness promotion and minored in sport and exercise psychology while playing on the football team at Pacific Lutheran University Last year he returned to the university to serve as the football…

    and grow. More often than not, the individual that made the mistake already knows what they did wrong, so my goal is to encourage them to find the solution rather than tell them the answer right away. By giving players the opportunity to attempt and try new techniques, they begin to understand and develop skills necessary to perform at their best on a game day. Why is autonomy important for the student-athlete, especially in team sports? Autonomy is just giving them a chance to have control to

  • Emily Struck ’23 made the most of her chemistry major at PLU, conducting individualized research with professors and tutoring other students on campus. As she takes her next step in the fall pursuing a Ph.D. in organic chemistry at Purdue University, Struck reflects on her…

    just troubleshooting over and over again. He gave me the opportunity to take control while also providing helpful solutions at times. I did most of the lab work myself hands-on, so now I feel very prepared with chemistry techniques. I had a great time in Dr. Waldow’s lab, and it really pushed me to do all I was capable of in chemistry. Working in these labs also cemented for me that research is the right place for me and my career.Major in ChemistryLearn more about the chemistry programDo you plan

  • A master’s degree in Kinesiology will enhance the skill set of novice and experienced practitioners in exercise, sport, performance and health related careers. Let’s look into some kinesiology careers you can choose from. Kinesiology is the science of human movement . Kinesiology studies the principles…

    techniques and principles of psychology to help athletes optimize performance, meet fitness goals, or recover from injury. 7. Strength and Conditioning Coach—develop fitness plans for athletes designed to promote long-term muscle health, natural movement, endurance, and mobility and work alongside other coaches to monitor athlete health and performance. 8. Kinesiology Research Lab Assistant—conduct experiments, develop new biomechanical prototypes, and contribute to ongoing research and studies in the

  • McTee’s Symphony No. 1 – Ballet for Orchestra – performed April 11 by University Symphony Orchestra For Cindy McTee ‘75, music was ingrained in her life from the moment she was born. McTee spent her youth wandering around the PLU campus while her mom was…

    in Eatonville, Wash., to Poland for a year to study orchestration, twentieth-century techniques and counterpoint with Penderecki. “The experience was life changing in a myriad of positive ways and set me well on my path toward a career in music. Were it not for PLU’s excellent music department, this important opportunity would never have presented itself,” she explains. After her year in Poland, McTee graduated with a BA from PLU and received her Masters in Music from Yale School of Music and a

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 30, 2015)- It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas at Pacific Lutheran University. Throughout its 125-year history, PLU has developed numerous holiday pastimes that honor a variety of traditions, cultures and forms of joyful expression. UPCOMING EVENTS Crow Ho Ho  Dec.…

    orchestra also will premiere December: A Meditation on Advent, composed by PLU Professor of Music Greg Youtz. All on-campus tickets are already sold out. More information available at plu.edu/christmas. Swing Club Holiday Dance  Dec. 9 | 7 p.m. | Chris Knutzen Hall Join the PLU Swing Club for their annual, end-of-semester dance. The evening will begin with a basic lesson in swing techniques and social dancing to make sure you can dance the night away. Free admission. More information available on