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Department of Psychology Chair Jon Grahe and his Statistics 232 students conducted a U.S. study regarding general attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors as they related to COVID. They recently completed a paper with a first student author that is under review and are working on two more with students as first authors. They currently are conducting a one-year follow-up on last year’s survey and anticipate additional paper submissions. Additionally, Assistant Professor of Psychology Corey Cook and some of his

Department of Psychology Chair Jon Grahe and his Statistics 232 students conducted a U.S. study regarding general attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors as they related to COVID. They recently completed a paper with a first student author that is under review and are working on two more with students as first authors. They currently are conducting a one-year follow-up on last year’s survey and anticipate additional paper submissions. Additionally, Assistant Professor of Psychology Corey Cook and some of his

in Tacoma. This experience is a major step toward completing a chaplain certification program through the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education. We visited Professor Hammerstrom before a shift at St. Joe’s to discuss his experience.What originally piqued your interest in chaplaincy service? The values of the Buddhist tradition originally attracted me to it. I became aware of the intersection of Buddhist practice and chaplaincy about 25 years ago when I volunteered at a hospice. As a

overworked — they spend a lot of their time in service, serving students who are more likely to turn to a female professor, and serving on various committees, which their institutions strive to diversify. Put plain and simple, the system is dysfunctional and in need of an overhaul. And age-old beliefs continue to define what it means to be a scientist. “You’re not a real scientist if you leave at 5 to pick the kids up from daycare,” is one example, said Rolison. “We have to examine these myths and

, social, physical, emotional and spiritual development of students—allowing religious beliefs and secular education to not only co-exist here, but to individually (and seemingly paradoxically) contribute to our students’ growth. And because PLU unquestionably accepts—and promotes—freedom of expression, all students, of all beliefs, are encouraged to explore their own spiritual development, with the support of the entire PLU community. In a world where most social and political conflicts contain a

completed full-time student teaching at Lakeview Hope Academy. We spoke with Barro about her experiences at PLU and as a student teacher, and about the values she hopes to inspire in her future students.How did you know you wanted to be a teacher? Teaching has always been a big part of my life. I am one of five kids. My desire to teach my little cousins and siblings while growing up signaled to me that teaching might be a good path. Also, my dad passed away when I was in third grade, and my teachers

Sept. 24. Dahl, Deputy Commanding General, I Corps of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, said keeping those tenets in mind hasn’t always been easy for him: Two or three times in his military career, he said, something he was tasked to do, didn’t sit well with him, and he was fired. In each case, cooler heads prevailed and he was rehired, but he would not sway from his core beliefs. “In each of those cases, if I had remained fired, I would have been comfortable with it,” Dahl said. MBA Executive Leadership

Innovation and Resilience Posted by: halvormj / May 7, 2018 May 7, 2018 By Damian Alessandro, ’19 At Pacific Lutheran University, we’re pretty excited about innovation. Over the past few months, my colleague Sarah Cornell-Maier and I have been writing about several types of innovation that we see in the workplace and in our curriculum. This week, I took a deep dive on disruptive innovation with some faculty in the PLU School of Business, who are also mentors in our Innovation Studies program

October 13, 2011 Five Lutes took the stage in the summer  of 2011 for Seattle Opera’s production of ‘Porgy and Bess.’ (Photo courtesy of Seattle Opera) Seattle Opera’s ‘Porgy and Bess’ – five Lutes, one stage, hitting the high notes in fun The recent Seattle Opera production of “Porgy and Bess” turned into something of a Lute reunion this summer, as five Lutes showed up for rehearsals and, after looking around, realized they were all fellow alums. Five Lutes, including Marlette Buchannan Hall

April 3, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL9LZl3j4SQ&feature=youtu.be Choreography and Costumes Avelon Ragoonanan ’15 creates all aspects of a diverse dance for Dance 2014 Story and Photo By Shunying Wang ’15 “There is a witch doctor who raises spirits to dance.” Avelon Ragoonanan ’15, one of this year’s dance choreographers for Dance 2014, described the story concept behind the costumes for his choreography. “The witch does a ritual, gets them to come alive and then transforms them into