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is one instructional technique or project that is particularly effective, innovative, or engaging? “I teach a unit on stress and health in Health Psychology in which students complete a series of self-report stress assessments, then develop a plan to incorporate one technique into their daily schedule. I now also provide students with unlimited use of an emWave device which measures somatic change and provides real-time feedback. This type of biofeedback increases self-awareness of stress
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: Interpretations Definitions Illustrations Elaborate questions Historical contextualization Commentaries Connections to climate change Connections to environmental justice issues Connections to existing discussions of Jane Austen’s work related to the project’s focus in media (podcasts, memes, social media, interviews, etc), scholarship, or other venues Sharing a translation of a passage in another language and considering its differences/similarities A response to an existing annotation published under JAR Or
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, when a new logo will be unveiled and featured on all of PLU’s athletic uniforms and gear. Now we will all still be known as the Lutes, mind you, but the logo will be of a knight. “It’s focusing on the big picture,” said Laurie Turner, PLU Director of Athletics. “It creates an identity with one mark associated with PLU athletics.” Before this fall, athletic teams also had varying lettering of PLU or Lutes. That too will change to one standard design using the word “Lutes.” The knight-Lutes logo, and
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February 13, 2012 In 2010, Thorleif Thorleifsson and BØrge Ousland spent 80 days sailing around the Arctic Ocean. (Photos courtesy/Norwegian Embassy) Exploring the Arctic In 2010, Norwegian explorer Thorleif Thorleifsson and BØrge Ousland, became the first to sail around the Arctic in one, short season. Thorleifsson and Marit Archer Saether, environmental counselor with the Norwegian Embassy, will come to PLU on a lecture tour to discuss arctic exploration, climate change and its effect on the
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Head, Commercial Lifecycle Services, Hewlett-Packard “Innovation is about doing things differently than they have been done before. This can mean using technology to do things cheaper, faster, better, or about using a new mindset to work collaboratively through an inclusive process. We can work toward solving problems from climate change to racial equity if we stop relying on old systems. Innovation allows a new framework to emerge and new voices to be heard.” -Shelly (Cano) Kurtz, ’98 Co-Founder
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Wang Center Executive Director: “Global issues are local issues.” Posted by: Zach Powers / June 5, 2022 June 5, 2022 By Lisa Patterson ’98ResoLute ContributorIn 2021, PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education added a few more important words to its title. It is now the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. The name change is the result of a merger between the Wang Center and the former Center for Community and Engaged Service. Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies Tamara
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. For the first time they are not only living on their own, but also making decisions, learning, and growing independently. This semester has likely been a time of immense change for your student, and these changes often manifest themselves in a variety of ways—new haircut, new piercings, tattoos, changes in religious or political beliefs, etc. Your student will appreciate your support, rather than criticism, through this time of change. Recognize that while your student may be going through many
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Press. (PLU Library link) Disability justice Ortiz, Naomi. (2023). Rituals for climate change: A crip struggle for ecojustice (1st ed.). punctum books. (PLU Library link) (Open access link) Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi. (2018). Care work: Dreaming disability justice. Arsenal Pulp Press. (PLU Library link) Schalk, Sami. (2022). Black disability politics. Duke University Press. (PLU Library Link) (Open access link) Sins Invalid. (2019). Skin, tooth, and bone: The basis of movement is our people
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Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and Kenzie Knapp ‘24 make a musical about climate change Together, senior Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and junior Kenzie Knapp ’24 created an innovative climate science musical performance on PLU’s campus in 2022. Both students are majoring in environmental studies and theatre, and the duo drew on their passions to create art, transforming audience perspectives on… July 7, 2023 AcademicsMusicSustainabilityThe ArtsTheatre
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flights ahead. The 1970s at PLU were a time of change, a theme I later realized would repeat itself regularly. The 4-1-4 calendar was in its first iteration, with the January term called the Interim. Students were required to take two interim courses in their four years; faculty was encouraged to teach innovative courses outside the regular curriculum and even outside their specific disciplines. President William O. Rieke came to PLU in 1975 and soon after capital construction projects resumed
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