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  • PLU alum learns that being a teacher is a mixture of tough and funny https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2009/10/28/plu-alum-learns-that-being-a-teacher-is-a-mixture-of-tough-and-funny/

    the PLU identity and the PLU background are really needed to step up and just do it.” Read Previous Top marks for green Read Next Poetry to restore the complexity of the world COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24

  • PLU alum works to close state’s achievement gap https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2009/10/28/plu-alum-works-to-close-states-achievement-gap/

    teaching. “If I help parents and schools do a better job, then I’m helping her, too,” Jones said. As a result of her successes, Jones is now a sought after speaker on the education circuit. In May 2009, Jones delivered keynote addresses at conferences in Phoenix and Oregon. “They have given me the opportunity,” Jones said, “to reach a farther audience.” Read Previous Top marks for green Read Next Poetry to restore the complexity of the world COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments

  • Inclusive Excellence Teaching Tips https://www.plu.edu/faculty-resources/teaching/inclusive-teaching/inclusive-teaching-tips/

    - Faculty Newsletter SeriesDean of Inclusive Excellence Jen Smith features inclusive excellence tips and resources as part of a regular series in the Faculty Newsletter. Peruse the archive and look for new content every Tuesday. Embracing SilenceWhile silence in our classrooms sometimes feels awkward or unproductive, it can actually be essential to creating a climate where more students are comfortable participating in the discussion and the responses that students share have more depth and complexity

  • About https://www.plu.edu/hope/about/

    in other cultures and allow them to examine the complexity of global issues from other local, national and regional perspectives. However, not all PLU students are able to take advantage of these study away programs. Even with 50 percent of every PLU graduating class participating in a study away program for a month or more (the national average is under 3 percent) it means nearly 50 percent do not. For these students we need to bring the world to them and the campus, and the symposia are part of

  • Katrina Hay https://www.plu.edu/itech/faculty-spotlight/hay/

    class. Introductory physics is a fast-paced tour of many conceptual and technical topics. It is helpful for students to encounter the most challenging material several times, in different ways, and in increasing levels of complexity. After speaking with colleagues Bret Underwood (Physics) and Justin Lytle (Chemistry) about the ways that they use online videos to motivate engagement with course material, I became interested in making my own videos. When I decided to create flipped-learning style

  • Benefits of Choosing a Teaching Career https://www.plu.edu/mae-teaching/news/benefits-of-a-teaching-career/

    in homes and classrooms. As America’s classrooms become more and more diverse, there is a growing need for teachers who are willing to navigate the cultural and social complexity of the diverse classroom. There’s also a significant need for educators from diverse backgrounds; significant evidence indicates that student outcomes are improved when they have at least one same-race teacher.A variety of career paths, especially if you invest in a master’s degreeDon’t fall for the idea that pursuing a

  • A report from the Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2013/01/01/a-report-from-the-kurt-mayer-chair-of-holocaust-studies/

    scholarship. These talks, intended to be published as a collection of essays, allowed each speaker to review his or her own place in the field. Bob spoke on “Pastors and Professors: Assessing Complicity and Unfolding Complexity,” drawing upon his recent book, Complicity in the Holocaust: Churches and Universities in Nazi Germany (Cambridge, 2012). Ericksen’s connections with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC continued in 2012. He is Chair of the Committee on Ethics, Religion and the

  • Regan Zeebuyth ’01 helps shape culture and solve puzzles at Amazon https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2022/05/31/regan-zeebuyth-amazon-2/

    complexity of what we do. In addition to the near-term decisions we make right now around communication, also thinking about the potential long-term or ripple effects of that.” It all comes back to curiosity.  For Zeebuyth, staying curious is about the future just as much as the present.  “Looking at my career, I would like to be one of those leaders who have multiple disciplines within their remit,” he says. “I think the more that I can learn, move around, and understand how different parts of how a

  • Guiding Principles, Vision, Mission and Philosophy https://www.plu.edu/nursing/about/guiding-principles-vision-and-mission-statements/

    unfolding of human patterning in multiple domains. Health and illness occur simultaneously and in dynamic interaction with one another. Appreciating the complexity of the health-illness relationship is key to diagnosing and intervening with human experiences of and responses to health, illness, and disease. Collegiate Nursing Education The PLU Nursing faculty believes collegiate nursing education contributes to shaping and stewarding the profession and practice of nursing. Service, leadership and

  • Third Rail Inquiry: Learning, In, Through, and For Community https://www.plu.edu/prism/inquiry-and-community-sites-of-discovery/

    complexity and complications, and, at its best, delivers some sort of wisdom while establishing the conditions for re-engagement.  And it is timely, a resistance and an alternative to circumstances that foster suffering and to ideas that shut down new ways of thinking.Next: Part II of Callista Brown's "Third Rail Inquiry"