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, texts, and contact via social media, unwanted gifts, showing up/approaching an individual or their family/friends, monitoring, surveillance, property damage, and threats.” (SPARC, 2021). Because many stalking behaviors can be benign or even nice gestures OUTSIDE of a stalking relationship, and not a crime on their own, it’s common for people to not recognize these behaviors as stalking (e.g., an ex sending flowers or showing up where you are unannounced). Stalking did not even become illegal until
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support to these able and dedicated leaders. PLU is blessed in a special way each year by the work of our remarkable cadre of academic program leaders and deans. This year we will be searching for new deans for the School of Arts and Communication and the School of Education and Movement Studies. During these important transitions, Professor John Hallam from art, along with associate professors Mike Hillis from education and Karen McConnell from movement studies will be serving as acting deans. We
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October 28, 2011 A passion for learning is explored By Chris Albert The route to being an educator may vary, but a key ingredient is being passionate about being a life-long learner. It’s a sentiment the panel of current educators and PLU alumni shared with students during the Career Connections in Education discussion in October. A panel of PLU alumni share their experiences with current students about life as educators. “You have to have that whole idea that you’re going to be a life-long
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honoring faculty emeritus Ernie Ankrim. Craig and Carrie Cammock. “I think the world would be better off with more PLU graduates out there in the world,” Cammock said. “PLU turns out some good citizens.” The Cammocks enjoy PLU activities like the Christmas Concert, which has become a holiday tradition, but being able to give the opportunity of a valued education is why the Cammock’s keep PLU close to their hearts. In today’s world, a person’s education can’t stop at high school, he said. It’s just
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million grant from the National Science Foundation.The grant, which provides funding over the next three years, will help extend existing collaborations between the university’s Division of Natural Sciences, Education Department and partner districts Clover Park and Franklin Pierce to improve K-12 STEM teacher preparation and induction. “The grant is a big deal for us,” said Ksenija Simic-Muller, PLU’s Chair of Mathematics and a leading force behind the university’s proposal. “It will allow us to
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Director for the University of Namibia. The PLU campus visit for the Namibian delegation was arranged by the Wang Center for Global Education at PLU. The dignitaries joining Tjiramba included the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Namibia, Dr. Lazarus Hangula; Dr. Kenneth Mantengu, Director of External Relations for the University of Namibia; and Dr. Alfons Wabahe Mosimane, Head of the Life Sciences Division at the University of Namibia. The Namibian delegation met with several PLU representatives
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Seed Teachers Program gives Tacoma High School students debt-free path to becoming teachers Posted by: mhines / June 9, 2023 Image: Students from Mount Tahoma, Lincoln, SAMi, IDEA, and TOL are part of a new program by Degrees of Change, Tacoma Public Schools, and Pacific Lutheran University, offering Tacoma students a debt-free, supportive pathway to earning their college degree and becoming teachers. Seed Teachers Program creates equitable public education system with teachers who reflect the
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Center, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement. Among the first of its kind between Yad Vashem and an American university, the agreement pledges that the two organizations will work collaboratively towards a shared goal of strengthening efforts to promote education and remembrance of the Holocaust and encourage the study of the Holocaust in schools and universities, communities and other institutions.“We are very proud to enter into this partnership with Yad Vashem,” said PLU
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notice that the whole center of the lawn is muddy, and they look down with disgust at their dirty shoes. You’ll laugh, and you’ll only feel a little badly about it. We’re now walking alongside Xavier Hall, which houses the social sciences. For you, this building is not nearly as interesting as the trees and plants across from it. If you’re thinking “those trees look good for slacklining,” you’re right. You will have several friends who will be more than willing to string their lines up during the
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September 28, 2014 Going for a Grammy! Micah Haven ’09 is in his fifth year as band director at Meeker Middle School in Tacoma. (Photo: Tacoma School District) Micah Haven ’09 is 1 of 25 semifinalists for the 2015 Music Education Award By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications When you think Grammys, you might think Béyoncé and Macklemore—but you might not think Lute. It might be time to rethink the Grammys. Micah Haven, a 2009 Music Education graduate of Pacific Lutheran University
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