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  • TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 21, 2015)—Mike Burton ’69 has been inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame for his 39 years of service as a national-award-winning speech and debate coach. Burton, who retired in 2008, is the first speech and debate coach from Washington…

    Forensics Education; coaching baseball for 15 years; serving on the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Forensics Committee for 14 years; and more than 30 years of high school and college football officiating. Earlier, Burton was inducted into the University of Kentucky Tournament of Champions Hall of Fame and the Washington Officials Association Hall of Fame, and he was the first person from the Northwest elected to the National Speech and Debate Hall of Fame, the highest honor for any

  • Jan Weiss Associate Dean, School of Education & Associate Professor of Education Full Profile 253-535-7282 weissjm@plu.edu

  • The Seventh Annual Lutheran Studies Conference will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Thursday, Sept.

    SING! 500 years of Faith, Reform and Liberationwith an evening concert by The National Lutheran ChoirThursday, Sept. 28, 2017 “A Brief History of the Lutheran College Choral Tradition in America” - Dr. Richard Nance, Director of PLU’s The Choir of the West Watch The Seventh Annual Lutheran Studies ConferenceCome Join in the Song and Celebration! The Seventh Annual Lutheran Studies Conference will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Thursday, Sept. 28 beginning in the Regency Room of the

    Dr. Marit Trelstad, University Chair in Lutheran Studies
  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 4, 2016)- Kamari Sharpley-Ragin reluctantly admits that he used to joke about racism. The ninth-grader from Lincoln High School in Tacoma says it didn’t seem like a big deal, since he never really experienced overt discrimination himself. Now, he says he knows…

    Students from PLU and Tacoma’s Lincoln High School work together to fight racism Posted by: Kari Plog / February 4, 2016 Image: A group of PLU and Lincoln High School students present their hand-made puzzle project titled “Keep an Open Mind” in The Cave. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) February 4, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 4, 2016)- Kamari Sharpley-Ragin reluctantly admits that he used to joke about racism. The ninth-grader from Lincoln High School in

  • home to and from her events at Issaquah High School, there isn’t much time for hobbies – like flying or cycling, another activity he enjoys. But he’s never lost that wonder of that young boy looking up at the planes. He’d like to get back to flying again. “I know it sounds corny, but there’s really nothing like it,” he said. Read Previous The finish line Read Next MediaLab wins Emmy COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or

  • PLU Master of Arts in Education – Teacher Preparation We offer three pathways to becoming a teacher, MAE – Teacher Certification, MAE – Alternative Routes, and MAE – Non-Certification

    employed as a paraeducator and seeking to teach subject matter shortage area. The paraeducator position will serve for part of the internship experience. Route 3 – Career changers in subject matter shortage areas. Candidates complete an internship in a mentor teacher’s classroom. Route 4 – For individuals currently employed in school districts on conditional or emergency substitute certificates. This Alternative Routes program is available for elementary or secondary education. Certification portion

    Graduate Admission
    Pacific Lutheran University 12180 Park Avenue South Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • By Michael Halvorson, ’85 This week is Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 3-Dec. 9) in the United States. I helped celebrate on Monday at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. The event was sponsored by Code.org…

    was popularized by Ivan Illich in his 1973 book, Tools for Conviviality. It is still surprisingly relevant.) For high school students who become interested in computing, there are a wide range of subjects that they can study in college to think about the implications of computational thinking in industry and society. We’re really at the beginning of a surge in computer science, artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, technical education, and the history and ethics of computing. Computer

  • March 2, 2014 PLU’s High School Programming Contest Clicks Into Overdrive Students compete at PLU’s fourth annual High School Programming Contest on Feb. 1. (Photo: John Struzenberg ’15) By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications PLU’s inaugural High School Programming Contest, in 2011, drew 32 student competitors from five schools—not bad at all. But … to get to 32, event organizer Kenneth Blaha, Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering, sent emails to everyone in the