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Intersections: Fall Edition Features PLU Faculty Members Posted by: hassonja / October 26, 2018 October 26, 2018 Cover art by Sheila Agee Intersections, Number 48, Fall 2018 Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning, and teaching within Lutheran higher education. It is published by the NECU, and has its
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staff to attend and submit proposals. Registration information will be forthcoming this spring. Jose Antonio Bowen, 2018 Boyer Award recipient, will give the keynote address and it will be followed by a workshop with Bowen and Eddie Watson, Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Chief Information Officer and Associate Vice President for Quality, Advocacy, and Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) Initiatives. The NAC&U Summer Institute 2018 will focus on fostering skills
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requirements. The scholarship will be presented in a special virtual WSEHA Annual Education Conference this spring. The scholarships will be awarded directly to the student and may be used by the student as he or she sees fit. ELIGIBILITY Be enrolled in a program accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC), or have a curriculum comparable to the model curriculum recommended by the EHAC. Substantial coursework is required in the following areas
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.” The minor embraces creativity and big ideas while leaning into skill-building, providing a toolbox for students to delve into once they’ve completed their education and started looking for jobs. Those real-world skills include cross-discipline teamwork, problem-solving, hands-on learning, maximizing strengths and limiting weaknesses. A signature feature of the new minor is the Makerspace, a dedicated area in Hinderlie Hall that allows people to gather, collaborate and stretch their creativity
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risk last year – a leap of faith, if you will – by leaving his wife and young daughter behind in Seattle, and coming to New York to look for work. He slept on a friend’s floor and braced himself for years of small gigs and waiting tables. But he didn’t regret his choice. If there is one thing he learned at PLU, it was to follow his passion. That was made even more clear his sophomore year, when his father nearly died from an aneurysm. He decided to switch majors from education, where his enthusiasm
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resulted in the charity Free the Children which now has 3,500 chapters and provides daily education to 55,000 children. Tutu noted that not everyone is called to start an international organization, but urged the crowd to do something, anything, to make their community better. One small act can make a difference, he said. Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire urged the group to unplug from the computer and reach out to people in the community. She also noted to the crowd “that this will be an evening that
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, Baghirov was accepted into the Peace Corps and assigned to work in Azerbaijan. “You don’t get to pick where you’re going, but you get to put your regional preferences. The country requests you, not the other way around,” said Baghirov. “I was very open to going anywhere I was needed.” She was assigned to work at the Ganja Education Information Center on a pilot youth development and study abroad program for two years. “My first year was incredibly difficult,” said Baghirov. “It was a pilot program
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students on the first day who looked at me and kind of wondered, ‘What’s he doing here?’” Krise recalled. But one person who wasn’t surprised was Kim Stone ‘13, a music education major who signed up for the class partly because she knew in advance that Krise was co-teaching it. She and her fellow RHA members had picked the new president’s brain at a dinner in the fall and asked what, if anything, he planned on doing with his literature degree during his time at PLU. “He said he might be co-teaching a
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December. The entire PLU community is encouraged to submit lyrics for the alma mater tune, with the winning lyricist receiving a gift certificate for two to Teatro ZinZanni in Seattle, courtesy of KPLU. The contest—like Chapel itself—represents quite a collaboration of campus and community constituencies. “We partner with quite a few groups, such as the Women’s Center and Wang Center for Global Education,” she said. “When they’ve had special events, we feature a speaker from the conference (for example
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children’s theatre has in the world of theatre? I think children’s theatre has a very important place in the world of theatre. It gets children interested in theatre at an early age and allows them to be captivated and inspired and maybe one day influence them to be involved in theatre. Do you expect that children’s theatre and theatre education to be a central part of your life’s work? I hope so! I’d love to end up being an Artistic Director at a children’s theatre company. There are quite a few. There
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