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Hispanic and Latino Studies Faculty https://www.plu.edu/hispanic-latino-studies/department/hispanic-and-latino-studies-faculty/

Emily Davidson Director, Hispanic and Latino Studies Full Profile 253-535-7311 davidsef@plu.edu

News in Lectures and Events https://www.plu.edu/provost/news/topic/lectures-and-events/

New American Colleges and Universities Summer Institute to be held at PLU – Call for proposals The 2018 New American Colleges and Universities (NAC&U) Summer Institute will be held at Pacific Lutheran University June 19-21. The Summer Institute theme is Engaging Civility: Leading Dialogue In and Beyond the University. PLU is excited to welcome colleagues from across NAC&U institutions to campus… February 8, 2018 faculty developmentfaculty newsletterLectures and Events

Advice for first-year students: Create a study space and routine https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/advice-for-first-year-students-create-a-study-space-and-routine/

Advice for first-year students: Create a study space and routine Posted by: vcraker / July 12, 2022 July 12, 2022 Alina Boorse ’25 shares her experience as a first-year student and offers advice to future students. Read Previous Advice for first-year students: Communicate with your professors Read Next PLU places second in National Science Foundation’s COVID-19 Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Challenge. LATEST POSTS Summer Reading Recommendations July 11, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in

The Women’s Center at 25: Stories of Inspiration and Impact https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2015/03/05/womens-center-stories/

. And, maybe most of all, an impact that will last well beyond 25 years. Here are the stories: “The Women’s Center has made me a leader of my own life! It also has given me the courage to create my dreams and live them. It’s given me a voice and the passion to speak for those who cannot. It made me see the world differently, always asking myself, ‘How can I do more? How can I inspire more change?’ It’s made me that woman I am today … a business owner, empowering women to take ownership and control

Funding Students for ISEF https://www.plu.edu/scifair/funding-students-for-isef/

Funding Students for the International Science and Engineering FairDonateThe South Sound STEM Fair Alliance is a Washington nonprofit corporation with IRS tax exempt 501c3 status. We manage the Discovery Fair as our exclusive mission. We are an all-volunteer organization. Our assets are under $10,000. The cost for an annual fair, depending on the number of registrants and inventory carryover is around $3,500 and higher. Obtaining donations from corporations is increasingly difficult due to

APS/IBM Research Internship for Undergraduate Women and Underrepresented Minorities https://www.plu.edu/physics/news/aps-ibm-research-internship-for-undergraduate-women-and-underrepresented-minorities/

graduate studies in science and engineering. They are also enticing to students because: Both internship programs feature salaried positions at IBM Research locations that are typically 10 weeks long. These internships provide an opportunity for interns to work closely with an IBM mentor. You will have the opportunity to travel to either San Jose, CA, Austin, TX, or Yorktown Heights, NY for these positions. The undergraduate women internships are located at any of the locations, and the research

2021 DREAM – Diversity Recruitment through Education and Mentoring Program https://www.plu.edu/physics/news/2021-dream-diversity-recruitment-through-education-and-mentoring-program/

Program Flyer for more information and to apply. Application Deadline: February 3, 2021 Read Previous American Association of Physicists in Medicine Read Next Northwest Medical Physics Center LATEST POSTS Let’s Gaze At the Stars June 24, 2024 AWIS Scholarship February 26, 2024 Paid Engineering Internship with Tacoma Water February 2, 2024 USM School of Polymer Science and Engineering REU January 23, 2024

Alum combines passion for art and community with Tacoma Creates https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/alum-combines-passion-for-art-and-community-with-tacoma-creates/

of which helped prepare Gines for her new role beginning in 2019 as the Tacoma Creates program coordinator within the city’s Office of Arts and Culture Vitality.Tacoma Creates was the first voter-approved Cultural Access Program in Washington State. The initiative intends to increase access to Tacoma arts, culture, heritage, and science experiences by reducing barriers to access and expanding offerings, particularly for underserved youth. As the program coordinator, Gines helps update funding

Prof. Gregory Youtz talks transitioning classrooms and teaching styles to distance learning https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2020/03/19/greg-youtz/

” the classroom. My students have thus not noticed a huge change in content delivery, though they do clearly miss the face-to-face time with me and their peers. The PLUTO training experience resulted in one of the most significant and positive shifts in my own pedagogy in my 36-year career. I volunteered to do it because I felt this was probably the future of academia — I just had no idea how quickly “the future” might emerge! "I am used to delivering content remotely and 'flipping' the classroom

2015 Cover Story: Connecting Inquiry and Community In and Beyond the Classroom https://www.plu.edu/prism/2-15-cover-story-home-page/

Connecting Inquiry and Community In and Beyond the ClassroomOne of the things that makes PLU unique is its steadfast commitment to community. Whether abroad or at home, we challenge ourselves and our students to see connections between the work we do in the classroom and the lives we live outside the walls of the academy. This is particularly true of the Division of Humanities, where relationships between inquiry and community are written into our DNA. As a division committed to educating the