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hosts the 14th Annual Lutheran Studies Conference: Celebrating Cecelia Svinth Carpenter, Indigenous education and tribal sovereignty September 23, 2024 PLU Welcomes the Class of 2028: Trailblazers September 11, 2024 Ethos in Action September 11, 2024

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September 27, 2024 PLU hosts the 14th Annual Lutheran Studies Conference: Celebrating Cecelia Svinth Carpenter, Indigenous education and tribal sovereignty September 23, 2024 PLU Welcomes the Class of 2028: Trailblazers September 11, 2024 Ethos in Action September 11, 2024

fundraising wasn’t enough, that education was a big part of seeing a change. That has been our motivation for our educational events which included a professor panel on the healthcare proposals by the presidential primary candidates (McCain, Clinton, and Obama), our screening of “Sicko” by Michael Moore, and our recent debate on healthcare reform with the PLU Democrats and Republicans. We, as well as our members, are very proud of our involvement with the club and the groups success. Progress is

grad school with that goal in mind. I was a non-traditional student, going back several years after completing my bachelor’s degree. I received grants through my graduate school department and the US Department of Education. I participated in a postdoctoral fellowship that’s specific for teaching scientists to be better educators. When I finished my PhD, I went into that fellowship program. And now I’m excited to be here at PLU, focused on these three core elements of teaching, increasing

pandemic. The Annual Wang Center Photo Contest is an opportunity for #LutesAway students to reflect upon their study away experience and provides a way for students to share the world’s images, from their perspective, with the PLU community. If you’re ready to begin planning for your own study away experience and want to join the 40-50% of PLU students who study away at least once during their undergraduate education, please contact the Wang Center for Global Education. Wang Center | www.plu.edu/wang

together to explore the theme of Re-forming, as we celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation and honor the core tenets of Lutheran higher education – critical questioning, freedom for expression, foundation in the liberal arts, learning and research within community, intrinsic value of educating the whole person, discerning one’s vocation in the world, and service to the advancement of life, health, and wholeness. Read Previous PLU places in English and Spanish Worlds at Mark O. Hatfield

young adults in higher education settings, consult the excellent, large-scale projects available from Project Information Literacy. All of this got us thinking about our first year students. Anecdotally, we see them struggle with the expectations of college level research. We also believe that many of their high school experiences have not prepared them for academics at PLU. In an effort to gather baseline information on the new FY cohort, we collected data at New Student Registration from 154 new

class activities, including good for discussions and quizzes) Web Article: Promoting Academic Integrity in the Online Classroom (Faculty Focus article providing simple suggestions for promoting academic integrity) Document: WCET Best Practices for Academic Integrity (Handout from WCET sharing best practices for promoting academic integrity, organized by different institutional categories) Article: Promoting Academic Integrity in Online Education (Collection of nine short essays on the topic of

McIntyre ’74, also graduated with a degree in education from PLU. After teaching in various places around the country, McIntyre now teaches theater arts in the Seattle Public School District to middle school and elementary age children. “I like to say I walked across the stage twice,” she laughed. “My mother was pregnant with me when she graduated.” McIntyre auditioned on a whim. “I figured, why not?,” she laughed. And she was glad she did. “It was such an awesome experience, working with so many