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,” she said. OTR trips are a part of new student orientation where students register for an off-campus visit somewhere in the Puget Sound region with a group of other new students and orientation guides. The trips are tailored to different areas of interest and are divided into four categories: service, art and culture, outdoor recreation and just-for-fun. Melanie Deane, student coordinator for OTR, said that choosing places to go is based on what has been popular with students in the past. “I think

manager at PLU. “It’s really crucial to have the perspective of the second-generation who experienced the aftermath of genocide, including migration and trauma,” Marcus says. For Marcus, a key to teaching about genocide lies in language, specifically propaganda. She studies how, in genocides and wartime, propaganda and hate speech contribute to dehumanization and violence and asks students to extrapolate how harmful, racist, and “othering” language used today could lead to the same dangerous end. “How

never understand these experiences on an embodied, visceral level, we humbly offer ourselves as resources, as mentors, and as witnesses to your pain and heartbreak. Finally, we believe it is imperative to support efforts already underway to make change, especially within our field of study. There have been movements within Communication to challenge the whiteness of the field: #CommunicationSoWhite and #RhetoricSoWhite. We commit to these movements in our teaching, scholarship, and service. We will

opportunity for an education is very important to Dakan. Her time at PLC led to a career as an educator. She started as a teacher in one room classroom in Manchester, Wash. and continued to Port Orchard, Wash., to Seattle to Europe and finally to California. “The training at PLU,” she said, “really gave me a great background for teaching.” Read Previous Oil Literacy panel Read Next Crime of My Very Existence COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad

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progress.” Now that his sabbatical is over, Dr. Torvend is balancing his roles as a researcher and an educator. “Many times, “he said, “it’s been student questions or a students’ insights that have actually prompted me to move in a new direction in my research.” Dr. Torvend’s teaching has long touched on these topics, with courses in theology of nature and Jewish and Christian views on the environment. He has also sponsored a variety of conferences at PLU that focused on environmental ethics.   In many

to update the homepage, gradebook, tools, and content for each site to reflect their goals and preferences. An online “Site Setup Tutorial” will provide step-by-step instructions for preparing one’s course site. Workshops and lab hours will be provided before the fall 2018 term begins to further support Sakai site setup. Instructors can also ask questions or schedule one-on-one support for site design and development by emailing teaching@plu.edu. *Note: All comments are moderated Read Previous

Can I Get a Master’s Degree Unrelated to My Undergraduate Major? Posted by: chaconac / April 8, 2022 April 8, 2022 Maybe you’re a recent college graduate — you’re discovering that your bachelor’s degree actually isn’t going to prepare you for the career you want.Or maybe you’ve been in the workforce for several years — and you’ve decided that you either want to move in a slightly different direction in your current career or you want to change careers altogether. Whatever your specific

you new to the concept of MOOCs, see the info-graphic to the right for an overview of the concept). After making the resolution to participate in a MOOC this January, I found myself unsure of how to get started finding one.  After a bit of searching, I decided to select a course from the options provided by either edX or Coursera.  Both providers have websites that host online courses created by faculty across the globe, though edX is a non-profit partnership and Coursera is a for-profit education

My First MOOC: A New Year’s Resolution Revisited Posted by: bodewedl / August 25, 2015 August 25, 2015 By Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer In January, I enrolled in my first MOOC to learn more about this controversial form of instruction.  It was definitely valuable, both for instructional design research and as a learning experience. The course was designed around five basic elements: video lectures, readings, weekly online quizzes, discussion boards, and video recorded “office hours