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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…
Teacher/Coach/Award-Winning Alumnus Inducted into National High School Hall of Fame Posted by: Sandy Dunham / August 21, 2015 Image: PLU President Thomas W. Krise, right, presents Mike Burton ’69 with the 2014 Distinguished Alumnus Award. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) August 21, 2015 By Matthew Salzano ’18PLU student writer 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
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Funding for CS-STEM ProgramThe Culturally Sustaining – STEM Teaching Program is funded by the National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. Faculty at PLU obtained funding to provide forgivable loans for teacher candidates and for mentoring support and for the development of an induction program. This work was initiated when Drs. Simic Muller, Gardiner, and Seidel were awarded a Capacity Building Noyce Grant (Award Number 1758506), titled, “Building Capacity to Prepare
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February 23, 2012 Maude Barlow – National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians and chair of the board of D.C.-based Food and Water Watch – delivers the keynote address opening the Wang Symposium, “Our Thirsty Planet”on Feb. 23 at PLU. (Photo by John Froschauer) ‘Water is the great teacher’ By Chris Albert For too long the water supply of this world has been treated like an open tap and the leaders of the world have been blindfolded around a bathtub sucking through a straw, said water
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TACOMA, WASH. (March 17, 2016)- Joshua Cushman ’08 stood in front of a crowd at the Wang Center Symposium last month and recalled his childhood in which nobody asked him about his future. The Tacoma native was the product of a broken home, plagued by…
PLU alumnus, Tacoma teacher draws from his own tough life lessons to inspire students in similar situations Posted by: Kari Plog / March 17, 2016 Image: Joshua Cushman speaking as part of the Wang Center Symposium “The Countenance of Hope” at PLU, on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 17, 2016 By Brooke Thames '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March 17, 2016)- Joshua Cushman ’08 stood in front of a crowd at the Wang Center Symposium last month and recalled
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Teacher, Veteran, Mentor: Willie Stewart ’69 Posted by: Zach Powers / November 11, 2015 November 11, 2015 Willie Stewart, who earned a Masters in Education from PLU in 1969, became the first black principal in Tacoma School District history when he was appointed principal of East Tacoma’s Lincoln High School in 1970. After decades of leading Lincoln, in 1999 Stewart was elected to the Tacoma School Board where he would serve through 2005. Earlier this year, Stewart was honored by the Tacoma
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and got a wonderful opportunity my senior year when I sang at a solo/ensemble contest in Tucson. My adjudicator was Eugene Conley, revered baritone and accomplished voice teacher at the University of Arizona. That chance meeting that day led to enrolling in the U of A to study with Mr. Conley on a full scholarship- an opportunity I never imagined possible. I had never seen an opera until I was in one my freshman year. I took my music classes, but also many dance and acting classes too as I was a
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Preparation, organization, punctuality and respect is how Barry Johnson leads his singing, teaching and directing in the PLU music department Posted by: Kate Williams / December 6, 2017 December 6, 2017 By Kate Williams '16Outreach ManagerBarry Johnson has performed in over 25 roles in the Seattle and Tacoma Operas, while also teaching voice and opera lessons at PLU for over 20 years. Today, you can find him teaching full-time to music students at PLU. What is your background? I was born and
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PLU’s culturally sustaining STEM program helped prepare Becca Anderson to be a dynamic teacher Read More Culturally Sustaining STEM Teacher ProgramThe PLU Culturally Sustaining STEM (CS-STEM) Program is designed to prepare STEM teachers committed to teaching for equity and justice. There is a need for highly effective K-12 STEM teachers equipped to teach diverse populations of students. In order to improve educational outcomes for K-12 students who have been historically marginalized and
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