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Beyond pedagogy: from Tacoma to Namibia, a partnership reframing teacher development practices Posted by: Zach Powers / September 28, 2023 Image: Eva Dumeni, a teacher from Namibia who visited PLU in September, works with a student in Brianna Wells’ class at Clover Creek Elementary School in Pierce County, Washington. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) September 28, 2023 By Emily Holt, MFA ’16PLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterIn Kwangali and Oshindonga, widely spoken languages in Namibia, “Uukumwe
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Mathematics major Lindsey Clark ’24 is a Noyce scholar and future teacher Posted by: Zach Powers / April 2, 2024 Image: Lindsey Clark ’24 will return to PLU in the fall to earn a Masters of Arts in Education and her teaching credential. (photos by Sy Bean/PLU) April 2, 2024 By Mark StorerPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Lindsey Clark ’24 came to PLU knowing it was where she wanted to be. But Clark—a double major in mathematics and gender, sexuality, and race studies (GSRS)—says PLU
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Three distinct stories of multiculturalism in Norway share one common desire: belonging despite difference.
from smiling kids. Everyone, teachers included, went by first names. Kvitne suspects that’s a result of the school’s continuity; students stick with the same teacher throughout their entire time at Haugerud. For students who don’t speak Norwegian — the primary language teachers speak in class — there is an intensive transition period, heavy on language learning. That’s especially true for newcomers, either immigrants or refugees, for which roughly 30 spots are kept open each school year. “They need
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The Choir of the West is the premier choral ensemble of the Department of Music at Pacific Lutheran University, located in Tacoma, Washington.
) Ešenvalds: Northern Lights (world premiere) 2012 American Choral Directors Association Northwestern Region Conference, Seattle, WA 2011 European Tour – Germany and France; Harmonie Festival, Limburg-Lindenholzhausen, Germany Gold Award, Mixed Chorus; Gold Award, Male Chorus (TB from Choir of the West); Silver Award, Women’s Chorus (SA from Choir of the West) 2009 MENC Northwestern Division Conference, Spokane, WA 2009 Tour to cities in Iowa and Minnesota Listen OnlineA sample of the Choir of the West's
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TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 1, 2016)- Lt. Brian Bradshaw was an understated leader who put everyone else first. Ask anyone who knew him. Instead of walking with his head down past the crying stranger in the lobby of a residence hall at Pacific Lutheran University, he…
in his convoy near the border of Pakistan in June 2009, just three months after deploying to Afghanistan. “Of course that’s how Brian died,” his friend, Dom Calata, recalled thinking as the details of Bradshaw’s death began to surface. “Being a hero.” Still, despite the consistency of character that inevitably put him in harm’s way, Bradshaw’s loved ones never doubted he would come home. His death was the only thing that surprised them. “Brian is immortal,” Calata said to himself through tears as
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PLU alumnus Scott Foss ’91 serves as a top paleontologist for the Department of the Interior.
1995, has authored more than 115 scientific publications, and is co-editor of two major textbooks in the field of pulmonary pathology. Dr. Farver received the first annual Distinguished Achievement Award in Graduate Medical Education from the National Association of Pathology Chairs, the Scholarship in Teaching Award from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, the Cleveland Clinic’s Leadership Development Award and has been included in the “Best Doctors in America” list since 2009.
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 19, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University students may soon see their professors, dressed in commencement regalia, coming to classes with a special invitation to join one of the most prestigious honor societies in the nation. This week, PLU joined the ranks of schools…
-discipline honor society in the United States and students from each of PLU’s major fields will be invited to join. The group centers around students’ academic achievements. “The biggest draw for students will be the scholarships,” said Hal DeLaRosby, director of Academic Advising and Phi Kappa Phi member. PLU was officially established as the 333rd chapter of Phi Kappa Phi on Friday, Feb. 19, with a ceremonial installation. At the installation, national board members for Phi Kappa Phi swore in PLU
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TACOMA, WASH. (July 18, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Nursing earned $350,000 to further its long history of placing Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) students in rural and underserved communities to administer primary care to those in need. The money comes in the form of…
South Puget Sound, from Centralia to south King County and west to Aberdeen. Funding awarded in 2012 from the St. Louis-based Cornelsen Family Charitable Foundation funded a mobile health van that provides outreach to the elderly and underserved. FNP students use the health van to conduct depression screenings at senior centers, skin cancer screenings, blood glucose screenings with diabetes education, and falls assessment and prevention education. The AENT grant will provide additional resources to
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Winter 2017 Resolute: Explore global education here and away
, to the men’s soccer team. View all features Homecoming 2017 Tim Sherry ’67, who attended the 50th class reunion as part of Homecoming Weekend, moved a banquet room to tears with his speech about five basketball players who have remained friends throughout the decades. His speech, titled “A PLU Story,” centers on the two photographs pictured below. Listen to the podcast and visit the main page to listen to Sherry’s poem, inspired by the reunion. Homecoming 2017 VOLUME 5, ISSUE 1 RESOLUTE is
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