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Walk across campus and you can see the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic everywhere. Masks on faces, signs reminding you to wash your hands, restrictions on classrooms and more. But the pandemic hasn’t just caused physical changes, but also unexpected mental challenges. And that is…
PLU’s Division of Student Life are working to increase services and provide more inclusive wellness and care. In fall 2021, PLU partnered with ThrivingCampus, a college-focused referral resource that links students with providers who may specialize in services that are outside of the university’s scope and, like Lute Telehealth, may assist students to engage providers who share identities and experiences with them. In a few cases, the turnaround for matching students to resources and the next
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Dr. René Carrasco is the new Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies, who began at PLU in Fall of 2019. Originally from Mexico City, René came to the United States when he was 15. After he graduated high school, he went on to community college and…
strengthen!) language programs across all the universities and colleges in this country. HS: Thank you for talking with me. Learning to Pay AttentionLearning and Teaching Read Previous Changing Lives One Book at a Time with Professor Ned Schaumberg Read Next Learning and Teaching with Professor Xi Zhu LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May 26, 2022 Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom May 26, 2022
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Originally Published 1996 Introduction Like other disciplines such as English and Sociology, Foreign Languages also have a history in the United States which is linked to the changing values of society as a whole. The discipline of foreign language teaching has evolved over the last…
feminist research yet to be undertaken. Locating Humanities in the 21st CenturyGaps and Gifts Read Previous Introduction Read Next Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May 26, 2022 Introduction May 26, 2022 The Pragmatism of the Liberal Arts May 26, 2022
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 26, 2018) — Panayotis (Panago) Horton ’12 tattooed a three-link chain on his forearm: one link each for himself, his mother and his brother. The family emigrated from Greece when he was just 2 years old. They were his rock. And although…
,” Georgia said. “It broke his heart that some of the students wouldn’t have the school supplies they needed throughout the whole year. He always bought school supplies with his own money.” Panayotis (Panago) Horton ’12 at his Pacific Lutheran University commencement ceremony. (Photo courtesy of Georgia Horton) The family drew from that passion for Panago’s memorial, requesting attendees donate school supplies and money for school lunches in lieu of flowers or gifts. But they knew the giving couldn’t
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TACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 10, 2016)- Typically, summer allows college students to take advantage of free time that’s hard to come by during the academic year. But for many Lutes, summer is a time to work hard and continue their vocational endeavors. Students travel, work internships…
first full-time job this summer. “It’s a little scary getting my first job out of college,” she said, “but it’s definitely preparing me for what I want to continue to do as I grow professionally.” Dela Cruz is working as the Mentor253 coordinator, matching mentors and mentees in the program that pairs youth with positive adult members of the community to form strong, lasting mentor relationships in the greater Tacoma area. It’s a part of the Northwest Leadership Foundation. Such a relationship takes
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Originally published in 2016 As scholars of the Humanities in the 21st century we find ourselves working in unusual settings. Places of faith and worship, educational contexts like high schools and public libraries, in newspapers, in comment forums, on radio shows, our “workplaces” often do…
The Contemplation of the Humanities Read Next The Pragmatism of the Liberal Arts LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May 26, 2022 Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom May 26, 2022 Introduction May 26, 2022
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Gaslighting is the through line and ultimate source of tension in season two of Sanditon . This psychological manipulation is present in Captain Lennox’s abuse of Mr. Parker’s trust and the financial entrapment that threatens to sap Sanditon dry, one more in a series of…
of him and of her voice being discredited as well as her vulnerability as a “fallen woman” was the reason Clara had not spoken out before the cusp of the wedding date. In a later heart-to-heart between the two women before Clara gifts her son, Esther reflects on how deluded she had been by Edward and how relieved she was that her fears that she was unloved and abandoned by her husband were “ghosts in [her] mind, nothing more.” Clara replies “placed there by me and Edward,” to Esther’s response
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The world of business is always changing. Markets trend up and down, technologies evolve, and ethical standards constantly progress. To many private-sector veterans, this rate of change can be daunting, but to students and faculty members at Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business, they are…
consultant is about applying their business knowledge from class, but also teaching them how to serve as a consultant, how to come alongside a business as a great teammate or helper,” explains Cosette Pfaff, an adjunct business professor who is managing the new program. The program was piloted in fall 2020. It has been offered each semester since, expanding to include collaboration with the chamber and matching even more student teams with local businesses. The small business owners involved have been
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High school choir and guitar teacher Alonso Brizuela ’14 was in Spokane at a national choral directors conference in mid-March of 2020. Just a day and half days into events, the conference shut down early—due to a mysterious new illness that had arrived in the…
facts! It’s learning how to answer questions, how to develop strategies to obtain answers and how to recognize the answers as they emerge. The department is dedicated to encouraging students to learn science in both an intuitive and logical way.Education at PLU Preparing Teachers Since 1894. All students bring to school their own personal gifts and talents, and it is our responsibility as educators to help uncover, nurture and develop them. Our goal as teachers is to convey our subjects with passion
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TACOMA, Wash. (May 22, 2015)— With Commencement on May 23, Pacific Lutheran University sends its largest class ever out into the world—more than 800 Lutes are eligible to graduate, with 755 expected to participate in the Commencement ceremony. Judging by the accomplishments of the Class…
with dedication, support and persistence, I was able to finish with a 3.9 GPA. Though I won’t be graduating with academic honors, I will be graduating with entire communities of loving friends and gifts. The mentors and friendships I have with my peers, faculty and staff all across campus are ones I will carry for many years to come. “I have worked as a Multicultural Recruitment Specialist in the Office of Admission, Habitat for Humanity Coordinator in the Center for Community Engagement and
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