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PLU wins Pan-American Debating Championships Posted by: Todd / March 16, 2017 March 16, 2017 PLU returned victorious from the Pan-American Debating Championships March 10-12 at the University of La Verne in Pomona, Calif., where debaters from universities nationwide and more than nine different countries gathered for divisions in English and Spanish Worlds Style debate. In a difficult final round against Cornell University and University of Denver, Pacific Lutheran University seniors Kate Hall

run their laptops. “They looked at me and said, “Out of the wall socket, of course,” he laughed. One can talk about the chemical interaction that causes the depletion of the ozone layer, or, to make it stick, professors should focus on the socioeconomic forces at work, Naasz noted. For example in his class, he has his students look at the economic context of why some countries continue to produce products that harm the ozone layer. Jim Albrecht, associate professor of English and Susan Harmon

308/489) or the literature and history of the Caribbean with Krise in an English Literature course (ENGL 216). Their paths will cross each time they visit a new location—a total of 18 stops, Krise said. Students from the Business class will brief traveling Lutes about the markets they are about to enter, and English-minded students will explain history and culture. While Krise has visited Lutes abroad throughout his tenure at PLU, this will be the first course he teaches abroad. Krise went to high

November 12, 2012 “The Other Side of Immigration” examines the impact migration has on the families that stay behind. “The Other Side of Immigration” By Katie Baumann ’14 PLU welcomed Roy Germano to campus this fall as part of the 2012 Department of Language and Literature Film Festival Series, to show his documentary, ‘The Other Side of Immigration.” This film explores why so many Mexicans leave their homes to migrate to the United States and explores another side of the issues surrounding

. It is an identity molded from without. If transposed to the educational front, one might construe professional education in a parallel fashion, as the imbuing of factual knowledge and skills requisite for a career within a particular professional group. In this sense, an English course that might be based upon learning and using the bibliographic guidelines of the Modern Language Association would have a professional orientation. And a language course designed primarily to prepare students for

paperwork associated with their newly registered classes. They also left with the novel “Into the Beautiful North,” by Luis Alberto Urrea, and a series of study questions associated with the book. Homework already?!! Not really. But every incoming student is being asked to read the novel as part of an innovative new program at PLU. In the eyes of Starre Helm ’12, an English major who helped select the book, the arrival of this novel is an easy, and interesting, way for students to become acclimated to

Looking Outward: Mark Carrato ‘94 leads the U.S. Government’s Power Africa initiative Posted by: Silong Chhun / January 12, 2021 January 12, 2021 By Anneli HaralsonMarketing and Communications Guest WriterA year after graduating from Pacific Lutheran University, Mark Carrato ‘94 had been island hopping around rural southwestern Japan teaching English to junior high school students. But now he had a decision to make—return to the United States and begin the law school he had been deferring or

securing a nursing career? Download PLU’s digital resource: Take control of the future healthcare— A Guide to a career in Nursing Download free ebook EducationThere is a national shortage of qualified teachers across disciplines, and the shortage is especially acute in STEM fields. In Washington state specifically, teacher shortages are greatest in STEM, special education, and English language learning classrooms. The field of teaching offers you a variety of career paths, especially if you invest in a

comparing Ontario’s adoption disclosure laws with those of other English-speaking jurisdictions, including Canada, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. That experience forced me out of my insular focus on the United States and channeled my research interests to international adoption, and in particular, a comparative history of adoption records in global perspective. Quickly, as an unintended result of my new research interest, I became a world traveler. In July 2006, I was

, what better way to follow the road-trip of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath than a Google Map? This map includes both quotes from the book and a short description of notable events that take place along each stop, helping to visualize the dramatic length and difficulty of the journey. The Joads’ long journey along Route 66. Click image to view larger. Language faculty may find it useful to help students visualize the diversity of locations where a language is spoken, as seen