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Wang Center Executive Director: “Global issues are local issues.” Posted by: Zach Powers / June 5, 2022 June 5, 2022 By Lisa Patterson ’98ResoLute ContributorIn 2021, PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education added a few more important words to its title. It is now the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. The name change is the result of a merger between the Wang Center and the former Center for Community and Engaged Service. Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies Tamara
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mean much. But when something clicks, the feeling is great, he said. “I just love going after that challenge.” The characteristic chit, chit sound was gone. Grossberg and Smith listen one more time before heading back down the trail. Today’s field work was a wrap. Time to get back to camp, set the alarm for 4 a.m., and begin waiting for the songs once again tomorrow. Read Previous Flurry of work continues on the PLU campus Read Next Life of the Mind COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the
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experience he can describe only as “mind-blowing.” Pam Barker, left, and David Mooney are the only two seniors on PLU’s debate team with previous experience. (Photo: John Struzenberg / PLU student) Barker also is happy she didn’t skip the Speech and Debate experience. “I wasn’t sure if I was going to do debate in college, but I’m really, really glad I did,” said Barker. “I’ve met some of my best friends doing debate.” What has become particularly special to Barker, aside from her own personal experience
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Concordia, she made up her mind to transfer to PLU too. “Really, family plays a big part of everything with us,” she said. “There is support and contacts (at PLU).” Rondi’s living at home in Olympia now to save some money, but while on campus, she often drops by a house rented by Michael, which happens to be right across the street from a house Aaron is renting. So it provides an informal hub for the clan. Michael is finishing up a business degree and is a self avowed hockey fanatic. He first decided to
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he went home and wrote a piece for the bassoon and flute. He woke up the flutist, his sister, and insisted they give it a run through that very night. Sis, reluctantly, complied. Composers are obsessive that way. At a musical composition workshop in Lagerquist recently, Youtz used the whiteboard and a purple pen to demonstrate what goes on in a composer’s mind. He started the drawing with a purple squiggle and tossed the pen to one of 10 students in the room. As each student took a stab at
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4 Reasons to Choose PLU’s Master of Science in Kinesiology Posted by: chaconac / September 26, 2022 September 26, 2022 Ranked by Niche as the top Kinesiology department in Washington state and the Pacific Northwest, the Master of Science in Kinesiology at PLU brings a tradition of excellence into the graduate degree.The program combines a rigorous academic experience with real-world, relevant and impactful applications designed to intentionally address critical gaps in kinesiology training and
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September 23, 2011 Bob Zellner spoke to students about his experiences as a civil rights activist in the 1960s as part of the kick-off event for the Diversity Center’s 10 year anniversary. ‘We have a lot of work to do’ By Chris Albert While an angry crowd piled on top of Bob Zellner like a bunch of football players fighting over a loose ball, the last thing the twenty-something college student remembered was someone kicking him in the head and the thought “this is the way I die” crossing his
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. “Planting the seed is really where my heart in music education lies,” Delos Reyes says. “If my students don’t go on to play an instrument or continue into college, I don’t mind. To me, success is defined by whether you feel good about yourself and whether you felt like you accomplished something in my class.” Next fall, Delos Reyes will continue her student teaching before looking for a new opportunity to inspire students’ love of music. Still, it’s hard to imagine another experience like her time in
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Campuswire: An Online Discussion Tool for Engaging Course Communication Posted by: berlinma / July 16, 2020 July 16, 2020 The past few months have been a challenging time for education. PLU faculty had to quickly adapt their classrooms into an online environment and rethink how to deliver their pedagogy in entirely new ways. One of the biggest obstacles to online teaching and learning is student-to-student engagement and interaction. Instructors may wonder how they can replicate, or at least
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Houston-based Center for Healing Racism will lead upcoming The People’s Gathering Posted by: Silong Chhun / March 16, 2022 Image: Peoples Gathering at PLU, Tuesday, April 2, 2019 (Photo/John Froschauer) March 16, 2022 By Debbie CaffazoPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterThe 10th edition of The People’s Gathering will ask a stark question: Do you really want to talk about racism? “Most people really don’t — and they run from the discomfort,” says Melannie Denise Cunningham, PLU’s director
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