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schedule this when you have a conflict (a conference?) and don’t want to waste class time. Begin small peer group activities early in the semester to help students get to know one another and to begin to feel comfortable working with and responding to each other. Place on your syllabus words that help students expect and value peer review.  Example: Week 4 (10/15):  Bring to class 3 copies of your preliminary draft for Peer Review.  Example: Grade Distribution (10%) Quality of participation and peer

community and a valuable exploration of their own sense of vocation. In most cases, alumni described their lives and perspectives as transformed because of PLU. 0 of alumni respondents said PLU had a big or medium impact on their career, describing their experience at PLU as transformative 0 said PLU made them more compassionate and caring 0 said PLU sharpened their sense of vocation 0 agreed or strongly agreed that PLU values excellence 0 rated their education as “good” or “excellent” However, we also

Consent from Adolescents (under 18) For adolescents involved in research where a signed consent form would have been used if the subjects were adults, it would generally be appropriate to use a similar form to document an adolescent’s assent. + Working with “special” or “vulnerable” populationsThe situation of some research participants may be inherently coercive; their freedom of choice may be restricted by the nature of their employment, age, associations with others, place of residence (e.g

the supposed ‘margins,’ by focusing on novels written by migrants (Salman Rushdie, V. S. Naipaul), or their descendents (Hanif Kureishi, Zadie Smith, Berdardine Evaristo).IHON 257: The City as TextA city is not just a physical collection of buildings, but a space which is experienced by its residents or visitors through their particular histories, imaginations, thoughts and dreams. In Andrade’s novel Macunaíma, an indigenous person enters São Paulo in the early twentieth century and sees not a

.” Colleen had four athletes on her first intercollegiate team who were older than she was. She found it difficult to secure the professional respect she felt she deserved, and to juggle the workload (she had to teach five classes, compared to the football coach’s one), let alone try to “rock the boat” and challenge the institution.  This came to a head early on: in her second year of coaching (in the early 1980’s), Colleen’s (women’s) field hockey team qualified for nationals, for the first time in PLU

Alumni StoriesStudying the Holocaust and related themes is often a hallmark of the PLU learning experience. These alumni updates describe the long-term impact of attending the Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference, taking classes with HGST themes, and traveling to Europe to learn Holocaust history first hand.Ian McMichael, ’13 German Languages & Literature Major, Religion and Hispanic Studies MinorsIan is serving a 2nd year with Teach For America at Little Wound High School on the Pine