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Students are encouraged to do research with a faculty member during their undergraduate experience at PLU.
to mediate these responses is unclear. Experiments in my lab are aimed at identifying genes involved in the JA-responsive signaling pathway through mutational analysis. By understanding how plants respond to infection, I hope to contribute to research that will lead to overall healthier crops and more productive, sustainable agriculture. Shannon Seidel My research focuses on how science is taught and learned by undergraduate students. I have developed tools used to assess key factors in the
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For Ariella Brown, dance has always been her passion, but not always her full-time job. While working behind a desk during the day, and carving out time in the evening to dance, she realized those few hours would never satisfy her. She made the decision…
when I interviewed,” Ariella remembered. “Everyone seemed eager to engage in meaningful conversation, and seemed generally interested in growing the dance program. There was also so much kindness and passion, which are two qualities I strive for in my pedagogy.” In addition to the community, the location was a strong draw. Brown’s friends and family are in the area and the PNW is in her blood. She even labels herself as a bit of Pacific Northwest “snob.” “I am in love with the Pacific Northwest. I
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Much more than event planners Student Involvement and Leadership isn’t just a department that plans events, but rather a partner and active participant in learning, in supporting the complete college student. That couldn’t be truer than at Pacific Lutheran University and a lot of that…
event organizer for students, but as a former educator Johnson saw it could be much more. She saw her office embrace concepts like pedagogy and assessment in the educational context, as well as expanding access and support through places like the opening of the university’s Diversity Center. “It seemed like a no-brainer to me,” she said. “We are partners in the educational experience.” With that in mind supporting programs such as Wild Hope, the First Year Common Reading Program just made sense
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Dr. Scott L. Rogers joins the PLU community having served for three years as Assistant Professor of English at Ohio Northern University (ONU), a small liberal arts university in northwest Ohio.
experience. For example, he is currently turning his dissertation, entitled “Writing Out the Storm: Post-Traumatic Pedagogy and the Work of Composition,” into a series of articles that examine the role and value of schooled and non-schooled writing in the wake of large-scale disasters like Hurricane Katrina. This research, conducted in New Orleans between 2008 and 2010, gathers together first-hand accounts by writing teachers and classroom materials archived after the storm as a means for considering why
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For Ariella Brown, dance has always been her passion, but not always her full-time job. While working behind a desk during the day, and carving out time in the evening to dance, she realized those few hours would never satisfy her. She made the decision…
when I interviewed,” Ariella remembered. “Everyone seemed eager to engage in meaningful conversation, and seemed generally interested in growing the dance program. There was also so much kindness and passion, which are two qualities I strive for in my pedagogy.” In addition to the community, the location was a strong draw. Brown’s friends and family are in the area and the PNW is in her blood. She even labels herself as a bit of Pacific Northwest “snob.” “I am in love with the Pacific Northwest. I
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“Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy
so closely together benefits both their professional and personal lives. 100% pass rate on the national MFT exam for our graduates – Further details about our program performance, including the number of students in the program, our graduation rate, and licensure rate can be found at: COAMFTE Graduate Achievement Data. The relationships we build with each other as a cohort of graduate students make us more culturally aware human beings and more effective therapists-in-training. Our recent student
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News for Pacific Lutheran University.
Indigenizing the Academy Originally published in 2014 One of the things that studying Indigenous stories and situations has shown me is that knowledge isn’t neutral. Our systems of knowledge grow out of our ways of being in the world and are all culturally-specific—that is, they are all created… May 25, 2022
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News for Pacific Lutheran University.
Indigenizing the Academy Originally published in 2014 One of the things that studying Indigenous stories and situations has shown me is that knowledge isn’t neutral. Our systems of knowledge grow out of our ways of being in the world and are all culturally-specific—that is, they are all created… May 25, 2022
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Lecturer - Guitar, Jazz Guitar | Guitar & Lute Program | howlansn@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Stephen Howland is a Lecturer at Pacific Lutheran University where he teaches jazz and classical guitar, co-directs the annual PLU Guitar Festival, and directs the PLU Guitar Festival Jazz Guitar Ensemble.
Stephen Howland Lecturer - Guitar, Jazz Guitar Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: howlansn@plu.edu Website: http://www.stephenhowland.com/ Professional Biography Personal Video Additional Titles/Roles Ear-training I/II Education D.M.A., Arizona State University M.M., Arizona State University B.M., University of Idaho Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Jazz, Classical, and Contemporary Guitar Performance, Pedagogy, and History Music Composition, Arranging, Theory, and Analysis Responsibilities Applied
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DMC grants appear in classrooms Interactive software, a Wii to use in graphic design and a video which will record future teachers at work – all these ideas received funding this year through the Digital Media Center Small Grants fund. Each year in May, Layne…
innovative nature of the technology or pedagogy, overall impact on the applicant’s curriculum, feasibility of the project, and benefit to other faculty and students. Recipients of 2008-09 DMC Small Grants Jan Weiss, Assistant Professor of Instructional Development and Leadership: Weiss will use her $500 award to buy four Flip video camcorders. This will help build reflective practices around video recordings of teacher candidates, enhancing teaching skills and promoting learning in elementary and
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