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  • Exhibit Overview This exhibit highlights resources for exploring the south Puget Sound indigenous Salish family of languages, including Twulshootseed. As the PLU land acknowledgement notes, “PLU is on the traditional lands of the Nisqually, Puyallup, Squaxin Island and Steilacoom peoples; we acknowledge and respect the…

    now coming into public consciousness, after being taught in school through a settler lens, if at all.” ——– Land acknowledgments meant to honor Indigenous people too often do the opposite – erasing American Indians and sanitizing history instead. (2021, October 22). The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/land-acknowledgments-meant-to-honor-indigenous-people-too-often-do-the-opposite-erasing-american-indians-and-sanitizing-history-instead-163787 “Land acknowledgments have been used to start

  • Originally Published in 2014 Sometimes being sick isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. In fact, what it means to be sick —or to be healthy for that matter— might surprise us. As the growing field of Religion and Healing shows, our understanding of what…

    static, universal categories that describe a physical body in proper working order. Instead, students begin to see that effective healthcare within a diverse society needs to address the whole person, and must be adapted to be culturally appropriate and spiritually relevant for the individual patient, their family, and their community.PLU has a remarkable record of producing highly respected nurses, and of seeing our pre-med students accepted into medical school. But it is not just our academic rigor

  • Plenty of experiences come to mind when thinking about first-year students settling into college life: making new friends, living on campus, exploring newfound independence. However, Pacific Lutheran University also wants to introduce students to a more outside-the-box opportunity in their first year on campus: studying…

    experience, students develop a tight bond,” said Megan Grover, the assistant director and short-term study away program manager for PLU’s Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. “So it’s a great way for first-year students to meet other students and to have kind of a bonded experience.” The first U.S. college to have concurrent classes on all seven continents, PLU has a proud history of students studying away. Almost 50 percent of the university’s graduating seniors have taken advantage

  • Are you a student looking for a professional opportunity to learn about homeland security related research to enhance your research interests and career goals? Do you want to learn from top scientists and subject matter experts in homeland security disciplines and areas of research? Do…

    , technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines as well as DHS mission-relevant research areas. As a participant in the HS-POWER Program, you will participate in quality research experiences with federal research facilities and other Homeland Security STEM focused entities nationwide either onsite or in a virtual environment. This experience will provide you with a competitive edge as you apply your education, talent and skills in a variety of settings within the DHS enterprise. Additionally

  • Lutes were out in full force at the Northwest Emmy® Awards Ceremony on June 4, at the Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center. Ray Heacox ’76 took home two honors, an induction to the Silver Circle and an Emmy for Overall Excellence for his work with…

    . The Silver Circle honors media professionals who have a record of making contributions to the industry and their community for more than 25 years. Heacox is a senior executive with experience in television, technology and higher education and serves on the SOAC advisory board. Heacox’s resume includes time as a network executive in New York and Los Angeles with NBC, and the first director of the Paul F. Harron Graduate Program in Television Management at Drexel University. He currently serves as

  • by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer    The Northwest has experienced some beautiful weather lately and the effects of spring fever are soon to appear in the classroom. It can be difficult to focus on work when sunshine and warmer temperatures are beckoning us outside! Perhaps…

    strategies to increase student interest and engagement in any course. Games and Competition: Game-based learning isn’t just for children. Games tap into the human desire for competition and utilize scheduled, intermittent rewards to keep learners motivated. Games for higher education are growing in popularity. (Check out the Educational Gaming Commons hosted by Penn State.) But, even simple, low-tech games or competitions can make learning really engaging for students. Applied Learning: Students

  • by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer  Like it or not, technology is influencing the  process of teaching and learning in new and evolving ways. Two key trends that draw upon innovations in technology and pedagogy are the flipped learning format and the blended learning format. As…

    continue to meet at regularly scheduled times. In the blended model, the traditional class schedule is altered. The definition of what constitutes a blended course varies by institution. Generally, blended higher education courses contain a significant amount of online instruction and activities, so face-to-face time is reduced to balance the total workload. Blended courses are sometimes favored for their schedule flexibility, which can address certain conflicts of time and space.  If you are

  • Click above to view complete image By Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer I am not one to jump on the bandwagon for any type of fad that gets a lot of media attention.  My first iPhone was the 5, just out of stubbornness.  But in my…

    you new to the concept of MOOCs, see the info-graphic to the right for an overview of the concept). After making the resolution to participate in a MOOC this January, I found myself unsure of how to get started finding one.  After a bit of searching, I decided to select a course from the options provided by either edX or Coursera.  Both providers have websites that host online courses created by faculty across the globe, though edX is a non-profit partnership and Coursera is a for-profit education

  • So now what? After going to the Big Apple and making it big – as in a key part on a Broadway, Tony-winning, Pulitzer Prize winning play big – what’s next? Louis Hobson ’00 gets asked that question a lot these days. And his answer…

    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

  • Conference addresses men’s role in violence At PLU’s first Men Against Violence Program Conference, men’s role in ending violence against women will be examined. Titled “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: Men’s Role in Ending Violence Against Women,” the conference is unique because of…

    conferences in the nation that examine the topic. Sut Jhally, founder and executive director of the Media Education Foundation, will kick off the event during his keynote address, titled “Tough Guys: Masculinity and Violence.” Jhally is a professor of communication at the University of Massachusetts and a leading scholar looking at the role advertising and popular culture play in the processes of social control and identity construction. At the conference, he will address how media literacy and