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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

. “It’s just been a total whirlwind and I can’t believe it’s been about a year of not playing already.” Deines said she has always loved soccer. She grew up playing in the Seattle area, joining the Seattle Sounders Women when she was still in high school. She played for the University of Washington while completing her undergraduate degree in communication and media. In 2012, she was named UW’s Female Athlete of the Year and awarded the Tom Hansen Pac-12 Conference Medal – for the student athlete who

skills in social work practice, research, and policy analysis.What can you do with an MSW?An MSW opens up a range of career possibilities in the field of social work. You can pursue roles as clinical social worker, mental health therapist, school social worker, healthcare administrator, community organizer, non-profit administrator, or social work researcher. An MSW equips you with the expertise to address complex social issues and promote positive change at an individual, community, and systemic

Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. In partnership with the PLU Diversity Center, the trip sent eight students to Georgia and South Carolina to study environmental justice in a civil rights context. The trip focused largely on the history of racism and slavery, the importance of primary resources in an economic context and modern devices in society that unjustly divide people into different socioeconomic and racial areas. “The whole experience was very meaningful,” Dobies said. “It put

be reclaimed by students when they return to campus in the fall. Demolition plans are currently being drafted with hopes that the building will be taken down by the end of summer 2016. Read Previous Nothing but Pros for PLU’s 1st Community Debate Camp Read Next Teacher/Coach/Award-Winning Alumnus Inducted into National High School Hall of Fame 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

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

PLU introduces new Doctor of Education in educational leadership Posted by: mhines / May 25, 2023 May 25, 2023 By MacKenzie HinesPLU Marketing and CommunicationsPLU officials announced the launch of a Doctor of Education (Ed.D) in Educational Leadership program. The program will focus on educational leadership in P-12 schools, preparing graduates to serve as district superintendents and in other education strategy and leadership roles.“We are thrilled to announce the new Ed.D in Educational

September 25, 2014 Pacific Lutheran University Again Named a 2015 Military Friendly® School By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Pacific Lutheran University has been named one of the top Military Friendly® private universities in the country for the sixth year in a row.   Victory Media’s 2015 Military Friendly® School designation is awarded to the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools nationwide that are doing the most to embrace military students, and to

Student’s Study Away Experiences Lead to State Department Internship Posted by: Sandy Dunham / September 24, 2015 Image: Courtney Lee ’15 just left for Washington, D.C., for her high-profile internship in the U.S. State Department’s Educational Affairs department, where she will work with a Senior Policy Officer to examine programs and their effectiveness. (Photo: Quinn Huelsbeck ’16) September 24, 2015 By Samantha Lund ’16PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 24, 2015)—Courtney

with a laugh. “It really is about the gift of sport, good sporting behavior and ‘put ups’ of other players and themselves.” Attendees come from as far away as Oregon, Montana and Hawaii, but the camp is priced and placed to be accessible for families in Parkland and Spanaway. “This is the least expensive (high-level soccer) camp that you will find for five days, and that’s done intentionally,” says Hacker. “What we’ve done is create a first class operation but with an orientation to serve and to