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By Michael Halvorson, ’85 This week is Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 3-Dec. 9) in the United States. I helped celebrate on Monday at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. The event was sponsored by Code.org…
was popularized by Ivan Illich in his 1973 book, Tools for Conviviality. It is still surprisingly relevant.) For high school students who become interested in computing, there are a wide range of subjects that they can study in college to think about the implications of computational thinking in industry and society. We’re really at the beginning of a surge in computer science, artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, technical education, and the history and ethics of computing. Computer
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PLU’s sexual misconduct policy addresses the responsibilities of Pacific Lutheran University under Title IX and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013.
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Communications and psychology double major Alex Reed ’23 explored film and storytelling at PLU Posted by: nicolacs / May 19, 2023 May 19, 2023 By Lisa PattersonMarketing & Communications Guest WriterSometimes the most random moments leave lasting impressions.Alex Reed’s first experience at PLU happened when she was a high school sophomore, when her school band came to the university to attend a music clinic. “This trip definitely put PLU on my radar as I started looking at colleges,” she said
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Communications and psychology double major Alex Reed ’23 explored film and storytelling at PLU Posted by: mhines / May 19, 2023 Image: Alex Reed ’23 (PLU Photos by Emma Stafki) May 19, 2023 By Lisa PattersonMarketing & Communications Guest WriterSometimes the most random moments leave lasting impressions. Alex Reed’s first experience at PLU happened when she was a high school sophomore, when her school band came to the university to attend a music clinic. “This trip definitely put PLU on my
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Knutson Lecture
-Schramm ’81 2021 (Spring) – George “Tink” Tinker 2019 – Jennifer Graber 2018 – Kelly Brown Douglas 2017 – Ulrich Duchrow 2016 – Jennifer Harvey 2015 – Darren Dochuk2014 – Monica Coleman 2013 – John Collins 2012 – Robert N. Bellah 2011 – Marcus J. Borg 2010 – Mark Brocker 2009 – John Dominic Crossan 2008 – Susan Ross 2007 – John Pahl 2006 – Martin E. Marty
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Online Learning at Pacific Lutheran University. Online and blended programs for undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students extend the university’s mission beyond campus borders,
Responsibl (5060) EDUC 853 English Structure ENGL 398A Studies Lit / Body LT, C ENGL 241 American Traditions in Lit LT HISP 101 Elementary Spanish HISP 102 Elementary Spanish HISP 101 Elementary Spanish HIST 388 ST:Early West Civilizations SO MUSI 101 Introduction to Music AR MUSI 120 Music and Culture AR,C NURS 901E RN Re-entry into Practice PHIL 125 Ethics and the Good Life PH PHIL 125 Ethics and the Good Life PH PLUS 320 Effective Tutoring Methods PSYC 101 Intro to Psychology SO RELI 229 Christian
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Thomas Kim checks all the “American” boxes. Except for one: actually being a legal citizen.
psychology and a minor in statistics. Currently, he is in his third year at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law School at Arizona State University in Phoenix, AZ. Thomas Kim '15 “PLU really set things well for me,” Kim said. But the college path was not easy for Kim. His family emigrated from South Korea in 2005 and entered the United States on a year-long visitor visa. His parents bought a dry cleaning business south of Portland, Oregon, and hired a lawyer to help them get green cards. That lawyer
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When Hilde Bjørhovde returned to Norway, fresh out of PLU’s journalism program, her home nation had one television station.
surpassed 100,000 and are on the rise. “And, of course, they get the newspaper on their e-pads.” So, Bjørhovde’s career nearly bookends the contemporary evolution of newspapers, starting with her training at PLU. “We didn’t even have typewriters in the classroom,” she said, laughing. “We were writing by hand. It was very last-century stuff.” NowThe cover of one of Aftenposten's newspapers. ThenA newspaper clipping from the Nov. 4, 1977, edition of The Mooring Mast, which includes an article written by
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Established in 2022 through a gift from David and Lorilie Steen, the Steen Family Symposium brings informed speakers who challenge current thinking and propose healthy change to the PLU campus for
, Sky, and Scholarship.” 2015 – Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Kentucky, Carolyn Finney delivered her lecture “This Patch of Soil: Race, Nature, and Stories of Future Belonging.” 2014 – Former Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire spoke on her record of environmental stewardship. 2013 – Dr. Michael E. Smith, Professor of Anthropology at Arizona State University “When Small Was Beautiful: The Ancient History of Resilient Practices” 2012 – Dr. Michael Pavel, Professor of Native
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By Damian Alessandro ’19 The Innovation Studies program at Pacific Lutheran University is interested in the diverse environments innovation can be found in, including the entertainment industry. The popularity of HBO’s blockbuster show, Game of Thrones, highlights an important place to study innovation principles. Spoiler…
works have not. Thrones is more interested in how society affects a broad range of people, and the consequences that result from this exploration, rather than just the psychology of a few characters over time. This set the stage for the contest of the Iron Throne by creating a story that could progress even as its main characters died, often in brutal and disheartening ways. In order to create a compelling story, the show relies on iteration, or refining the process of innovation over time. In other
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