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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

to bits of advice as workshops he held in January at Pacific Lutheran University. His main points: Follow your passion and take risks. On the first point of following his passion, Hobson told the class that during his sophomore year at PLU, his father nearly died of an aneurysm, and Hobson, who was an music education major, decided that he was done with playing it safe. His real passion was the theater. So he switched and hasn’t looked back since. “Life is too short to do something you don’t love

combines entertaining stage work with opportunities for academic rigor,” Anderson explained. “Often I find these two parts of my work warring against each other. However, in this piece, scholarship is play.” This production provides opportunities for actors learning Shakespearean acting, and assistant directors and dramaturgs (theatrical researchers) who want to dive into the history and theory. All this makes for a full evening of entertainment, ritual, spectacle and education. “We’re leaning into the

together on this commission and will also perform the work. University Wind Ensemble conductor, Dr. Edwin Powell, is well known in Tennessee, having taught conducting courses and music education methods at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where he was Assistant Director of Bands. “It’s exciting to return to Tennessee where I spent five years before I came to PLU,” Powell said. “I look forward to reconnecting with colleagues and many former students while I’m there, and of course, sharing the

speakers addressed topics related to art and communication. They included: Opening remarks by Monique Fouquet, vice president of academic administration at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, B.C. Sut Jhally, founder of the Media Education Foundation, whose talk, “Tough Guys: Masculinity and Violence” was presented in conjunction with the Men Against Violence conference Gary Geddes, noted author, poet and Vancouver, B.C., resident, whose closing address was titled “Operation Trojan

about 3 million school children around the world. It’s another connecting point for Arnesen and Bancroft – education. “It wasn’t just about skiing. It was about getting 3 million school children to realize their dreams and the possibilities of those dreams,” Bancroft said. For their 2011 trek, the goal is to connect with even more children – 50 million of them. “We’re trying to be very lofty and bold,” Bancrof said. “Like our other expeditions they’re really just spark plugs.” Spark plugs for

February 28, 2010 Raising awareness through song   By Chris Albert PLU students Emily Branch and Marina Pitassi found a way to creatively bring to light the realities of body image in the world today – write a song and make a music video. Then posted it on YouTube.com of course. PLU students bring awareness to body image issues through a song on YouTube. It may have started as just another assignment in Professor Colleen Hacker’s Physical Education 315 class, but soon it became an effort to

August 18, 2010 Contributions to Excellence By Steve Hansen Alumnae are a proud group of people. Instilled with a passion to give of themselves. Jean (Hesla ’50) Kopta is no exception. Kopta graduated from PLU in 1950 with the bachelor’s degree in education. Jean (Hesla ’50) Kopta. Later in her life, she returned to school to obtain her Master’s degree in vocal performance. Her passion was to share her love of singing and music by teaching voice lessons. She landed at PLU at the Department of

documentary films, including the Emmy award-winning film “Illicit Exchanges: Canada, the U.S. and Crime” and “Oil Literacy,” which premiered last October and has since been awarded an honorable mention in the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts Documentary Competition. For more information about MediaLab and the projects the organization has produced, visit https://www.plu.edu/medialab/. Read Previous Actors explore the world of Japanese puppetry Read Next Coming Full Circle

degree in environmental studies. “PLU extended a hand to veterans,” he told the crowd. “Let our actions strengthen our bond.” In continuing that dedication a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by PLU President Loren J. Anderson. It had been signed earlier in the week by other officials. Farnum told the crowd how a pathway to an education for veterans means people like him can continue to be contributing members of society after their military careers are over. “It’s amazing what extending a hand