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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 29, 2016)- Garrett Wade bounced from desk to desk in a crowded classroom one recent Thursday morning, guiding his students through the online program they were learning at Sylvester Middle School in Burien. “Mr. Wade! Mr. Wade! I need your help,” a…
special education and earned a language arts endorsement through the program. He teaches five class periods a day at Sylvester Middle School, where he was paired with a mentor and completed his internship during his time in ARC. Wade said he secured the full-time job before he even finished the program, something many of the peers in his cohort were able to do, as well. “It allowed me to hit the ground running,” he said of ARC. “I was able to jump right in and make it happen.” Wade said teaching at
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TACOMA, WASH. (March 1, 2016)- Performing with Pacific Lutheran University’s gospel choir hooked Josiah McDonald. The ninth-grader at Franklin Pierce High School pledged to apply to PLU come senior year, after participating in the spiritual and celebratory Gospel Experience. McDonald was one of more than…
choir plans to spread the word that all voices – faculty, staff and students – are welcome. Following the performance Feb. 20, students had the opportunity to share how the Gospel Choir impacted them and their knowledge of black gospel culture. Sidney Spray ’19 appreciated the opportunity to culturally engage with people from different backgrounds. “I think the best part about being in PLU Gospel Choir for me is it’s something that I wouldn’t have been able to do anywhere else,” Spray said. McDonald
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TACOMA, WASH. (June 28, 2016)- There were lots of tears as band members from Tamana Girls High School in Japan said farewell to their new friends from Graham-Kapowsin High School, located about 13 miles southeast of Pacific Lutheran University. Miho Takekawa, percussion instructor at PLU…
Tamana Girls High School in Japan said farewell to their new friends from Graham-Kapowsin High School, located about 13 miles southeast of Pacific Lutheran University.Miho Takekawa, percussion instructor at PLU, said that despite language and cultural barriers, the students all formed deep bonds during a weeklong musical exchange program earlier this month. She said it was clear that they understand unconditional love without language. “It’s always hard to say goodbye,” said Takekawa, who has been
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, we share goals and responsibilities of: Holding the integrity and well-being of every person in our community. Ensuring the safety and well-being of the campus and our neighbors. Supporting student gatherings and preserving student access to the rights of assembly, speech, and expression. Listening attentively and responding empathetically to calls for action, focusing on fostering community care and opportunities for improvement. Providing avenues for constructive dialogue and problem-solving
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MY LANGUAGE. MY CHOICE. A campaign that addresses the use of hurtful and harmful language and the impact our words may have on others. My Language. My Choice. is a poster and a public service outdoor campaign throughout the Puget Sound region that advocates for individual responsibility and action in our language choice and usage. Downloadable Materials WORDS CAN HURT Understand your impact. Take responsibility. Pacific Lutheran University students, faculty, staff, and alumni are photographed
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The Pacific Lutheran University English department offers emphases in writing and literature, as well as minors in Children’s Literature and Culture and Publishing and Printing Arts.
and use the imaginative, persuasive, and ethical powers of the written word. to illuminate human experience to move audiences and inspire them to action to complicate our understanding of human nature to communicate across social differences to bear witness to what has happened to recover and honor what has been lost to speak truth to power and erasure to critique existing institutions and imagine different futures and, not least, to give pleasure: through the aesthetic possibilities of language
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Definition of TermsA Bias Incident is conduct, speech, or expression that is motivated by bias, but does not rise to the level of a crime. Bias incidents encompass a broad spectrum of activity, from silently avoiding contact with someone because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics, to hosting a private party where participants dress up in blackface. Bias incidents arise from the expression of both explicit biases and implicit biases that an
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involvement and leadership beyond the academic community. Scholarship of Teaching Demonstrates a commitment to understanding and improving the process of teaching and learning. It involves critical inquiry into the development of effective approaches and methodologies to communicate one’s discipline, and seeks to raise as well as answer questions. It may be evidenced by publication, artistic products, and by other forms of intellectual and professional exchange among colleagues. As with all other forms of
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September 3, 2014 The Intersection of Diversity, Justice and Sustainability Dr. Carolyn Finney addresses PLU’s University Conference 2014 on Sept. 3. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) At PLU’s University Conference 2014, UC-Berkeley Professor Shares Trailblazers’ Forgotten Stories—and Her Own Inspiring Path By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Dr. Carolyn Finney borrowed the title of her Sept. 3 talk—Hard Times Require Furious Dancing—from writer Alice Walker. But Finney’s speech
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