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PLU MBA alum Nancy Nelson discusses her work directing career and technical education at Chief Leschi Schools Posted by: Zach Powers / March 27, 2023 Image: PLU MBA alumna Nancy Nelson ’93 is the director of career and technical education at Chief Leschi Schools. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) March 27, 2023 By Debbie CafazzoPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterNancy Nelson’s path to a career in education was a nontraditional one. So it’s no surprise that her journey led her to a special kind of

Professor of Education Kent Gerlach Retiring After Award-Winning Career Posted by: Zach Powers / December 17, 2015 December 17, 2015 By Samantha Lund '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 16, 2015)- Classrooms are taking in more students, budgets are decreasing and curricular standards are becoming more rigorous in the modern school atmosphere. With all of the challenges facing today’s educators, one teacher can’t do it alone anymore. Pacific Lutheran University Professor Kent

Foundation. Summer 2021 marks the 6th year of Benson research activity and brings the total number of student fellowship recipients to 13. Recent program graduates have gone on to work in education, the high-tech sector, government, and business. Six students have also attended graduate school in the disciplines of history, education, medicine, and social sciences. A Podcast about History and Innovation Fulton Bryant-Anderson (History, Communication) has received funding to pursue the intersections of

maintain such a vision of education’s purpose. To start with the self-honesty. If my purpose as a teacher is to invite my students to walk into the gap between their particular Flatland and journey of intensification into particularity, the very act of teaching requires that I do the same. lt requires that each time l walk into the classroom I attend cognitively and affectively to the chasm between what l desire for my students and what is possible in a course as students pursue their own desires

Belton and Assistant Director of Admission for Equity & Access Julian Franco got to sit down with Nerd Farmer Podcast host and 2016 Washington State Teacher of the Year Nate Bowling.The conversation ranged from trends in higher education to access and the equity work happening here at Pacific Lutheran University. President Belton highlighted the university’s changing student demographic, spoke about how he’s approached his interim role on campus as president and discussed the need to continue

PLU to explore the many roles of women in the Holocaust during annual conference Posted by: Zach Powers / September 27, 2016 Image: www.plu.edu/holocaustconference/ September 27, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 27, 2016)- Hosted by the Pacific Lutheran University Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and featuring Holocaust researchers and historians from all over the country, the ninth annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will

our culture, our religious tradition, and our moment in history. It’s not just PLU faculty who are saying this: increasingly, medical schools and public health graduate programs are recognizing the importance of professionals who understand diversity and spirituality.  In fact, many medical and nursing schools now advise that practitioners take not only a medical history of incoming patients, but also a spiritual history as well. Professor Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen Such shifts in the medical

as a gurdwara, or temple. Amardip Kaur, Sikh community member and teacher, leads the Religion 230 class through a question and answer session.  The Sikh religion began in the Punjab region of South Asia in the 15th Century. Sikhism is the fifth largest religion in the world, yet many Americans are unfamiliar with its history or practices. Listen Now ( )   Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. jQuery(document

Instruction (OSPI).Brown engages students in her classroom by centering each student’s rich experiences to encourage them to recognize the values in themselves. Brown says that “Fostering a safe environment for students to develop critical thinking skills and to have critical conversations” is fundamental to her approach.  “I wanted to be the teacher that I needed growing up” Brown explains. An aspiring Power Ranger as a young child, Brown’s passion for saving the world led to dreams of a law career

prevention PLU Health Center American Psychiatric Association Mental Health America Find a psychologist Other recommended resources NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), PLU chapter“It’s the older and slightly wiser you, four years into the future,” Norman’s column continues. “I’m writing this to hopefully shed some light on how you’re feeling at this moment, and hopefully to help you in your future.” How 19-year-old Norman felt wasn’t great. After her first year of high school was marked by an