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.” Read Previous Teach 253: PLU partnership with Tacoma Public Schools supports aspiring teachers Read Next PLU decides to adopt test-optional admission policy 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 Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching and learning

My First MOOC: A New Year’s Resolution Posted by: bodewedl / August 25, 2015 August 25, 2015 Click above to view complete image By Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer I am not one to jump on the bandwagon for any type of fad that gets a lot of media attention.  My first iPhone was the 5, just out of stubbornness.  But in my role as an instructional designer, I felt it was due time for me to have an opinion of MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, based on first-hand experience.  (For those of

text, files, GIFs, emojis, and code. Instructors can organize the Chatroom into various rooms based on topics. Rooms can be made available to the entire class or instructors can set up private rooms for group discussions. Instructors also have the option to enable direct messaging for student-to-instructor as well as student-to-student private communication. Campuswire Chatrooms For faculty looking for an alternative to Sakai Forums, the PLU Instructional Technologies team recommends Campuswire

March 14, 2008 Art software has applications across campus It looked like a photograph of a cell phone sitting on a table, only it wasn’t. The image wasn’t real at all. It was created using a 3-D digital modeling tool called Rhinoceros Software, Rhino for short. Created by Seattle-based Robert McNeel and Associates, the software is the newest addition to the art department. In February, McNeel employee and 1985 PLU graduate Dale Fugier donated 30 software licenses and several rendering packages

during the second half of the University Wind Ensemble’s performance in Lagerquist Concert Hall on March 20. Written by composer Daron Hagen, the piece was commissioned by PLU, the University of Michigan, Illinois State University and Western Illinois University. The composer of operas, chamber and orchestral works, and over two hundred art songs and cycles, Hagen is currently writing an opera based on the life of Amelia Earhart for the Seattle Opera. Hagen was the subject of band director Ed

. “To think that I became a high school principal before I’m 30 is a fairly decent accomplishment,” Rupprecht said. Along with his wife Marianne and daughter Candace, Rupprecht characterizes his life as normal. Although, when Candace was born, some Forks residents strongly suggested that she be named after a character in “Twilight.” The Rupprechts graciously declined, and instead chose part of their daughter’s name based on the climate of their new hometown. “One day when we were driving around Lake

experiences at their schools and rate their MBA programs in several areas. The Princeton Review tallied the “Student Opinion Honors” lists based on students’ assessments of how well (on a five-point scale) they felt their business school courses had prepared them to succeed in each of the six areas. “We commend the schools on these lists for the outstanding job they are doing in preparing their students to apply their MBA training beyond the classroom to successful job searches and productive careers

before it went live in mid-August. “They can buy a used book, purchase a new book here, or participate through the buyback program.” Under the buyback program, if a book is a current edition, adopted for an upcoming term at PLU, and the bookstore needs those copies, students can receive up to 50 percent of the new sell price for the book. In other cases, the price is based on the national wholesale demand for the book. Most of the students begin purchasing their books two weeks before classes start

, if we are creating more, healthy, family wage jobs, then we’re winning,” Wolfe said. According to port statistics, activities directly and indirectly connect the Port of Tacoma to about one in six jobs, or more than 43,000 jobs in Pierce County and 113,000 jobs statewide. Wolfe arrived at the Port of Tacoma in 2005 after five years at the Port of Olympia (Wash.), and 12 years with Sea Land, a North Carolina–based container shipping firm. Wolfe served as deputy executive director at the Port of

in Canada and across the North Atlantic back to Norway. It was a race against time and in waters with drifting ice, increasing darkness and autumn gales. They have credited their successful voyage on innovation, using state-of-the-art communication technology, good teamwork and a combination of thorough preparation and improvisation. Thorleifsson is an experienced mariner and an organizational developer. His ideas and perspectives are based on his own experiences from business, organizational