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only had to transition to virtual online teaching in early 2020, but they also added these two ongoing and significant research projects to their agendas. It was no easy feat for either. Grahe noted that he was working more than ever for months and kept feeling like he was falling further behind. “In February 2020, I started anticipating a pandemic and started telling the students (in Statistics 232) that we could use our required class project to study it. When the cases started being announced in

only had to transition to virtual online teaching in early 2020, but they also added these two ongoing and significant research projects to their agendas. It was no easy feat for either. Grahe noted that he was working more than ever for months and kept feeling like he was falling further behind. “In February 2020, I started anticipating a pandemic and started telling the students (in Statistics 232) that we could use our required class project to study it. When the cases started being announced in

specialness of online academia and how to make it work for us! (And I have to remember to have the “Chat” function on and visible so that I notice and can respond to student questions as I present!) PLU: How have you adapted your traditional teaching methods for video and other online-only instruction? Youtz: I am adjusting and expanding some assignments, placing the learning more on the students’ activity than on my own delivery. This means I need to be very clear in my description of the activity, its

on justice, I’m fortunate to be at PLU, an institution with a strong commitment to social justice,” Levy says. “Other institutions wouldn’t support expert witness work for faculty. But PLU does.” At PLU, Levy teaches anthropology courses that explore how Latin America studies inform anthropological theory, the impact of free trade policies; the state from an ethnographic perspective; and how international migrants build lives in more than one nation-state. Many of his students go on into migrant

addition to the $500,000 the Milgard Family Foundation gave to the program in 2010. The Cornelsen Family Foundation’s grant will support the purchase of a mini-bus, as well as equipping the buses with labs that would include non-invasive electrocardiograms and smart podium systems, for in-home care. In all 200 students have participated in the geriatric program at PLU since it began in 2008, when it received a prestigious grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This project, the only one of its

of the West Director Richard Nance discusses his recent leadership award and the origins of “St. Matthew Passion” Read Next Teachers tinker: Education department’s annual Benson Lecture, hands-on workshop bring spirit of maker movement to PLU 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

Works by PLU senior art students on display in the University Gallery through May 27 Posted by: Zach Powers / May 9, 2016 May 9, 2016 TACOMA, Wash. (May 9, 2016)— Works by Pacific Lutheran University senior art and design majors are on display now in the University Gallery in Ingram Hall. The exhibition includes paintings, letterpress prints, sculptures and ceramics, and will run through May 27. The University Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Students with pieces on

Amazon Locker locations debut on campus for Lutes, community members seeking convenient self-service delivery options Posted by: Kari Plog / September 27, 2016 Image: One of two Amazon Locker locations on PLU’s campus in the Anderson University Center. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) September 27, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 27, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University is a new location for Amazon Locker, a self-service delivery pitstop for students, faculty

April 11, 2008 Education students teach internationally In January 2008, nine education students began their student teaching experience in Windhoek, Namibia, and returned to campus in the spring to complete the experience at Tacoma schools. The student teachers worked for six weeks in three Windhoek primary schools, which were some of the poorest in the area. It was the first time PLU offered the study-away experience. Primary schools in Namibian include first through eighth grades, and the

approach topics of sex, menstruation and female genitalia in thought-provoking and empowering ways.LEARN MORE PLU Women's Center Washington Corrections Center for Women IF Project Freedom Education Project Puget SoundThe decision to reinvent the show at PLU was a collaborative effort between student directors and Jennifer Smith, director of the Women’s Center. By incorporating students’ stories into the show, the cast and crew hope to broaden perspectives presented in the play. “We wanted to get more