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PLU alumna Jenifer Leavens ’18 leads elementary education at Chief Leschi Schools Posted by: Zach Powers / March 20, 2023 Image: Jenifer Leavens is the elementary assistant principal at Chief Leschi. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) March 20, 2023 By Debbie CafazzoPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterJenifer Leavens was an experienced educator when she decided it was time to pursue a master’s degree in education. A transplant from California, she wasn’t sure which Puget Sound area university had

Education Career Fair Brings Major Employers to Campus—and Results in Immediate Jobs Posted by: Sandy Dunham / April 6, 2015 Image: Students and employers connect at the Education Career Fair at PLU on March 18. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) April 6, 2015 By Taylor Lunka ’15PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (April 6, 2015)—Last year, Pacific Lutheran University’s undergraduate Education program achieved a 100-percent hiring rate, while the graduate program saw 90 percent of its

Special education teacher Erin Azama ’01, MAE ’06 discusses her distance learning transition Posted by: Marcom Web Team / July 8, 2020 Image: Special Ed Teacher Erin Azama poses by an art themed sculpture (Photo/John Froschauer) July 8, 2020 By Lora ShinnMarketing & Communications Guest WriterErin Azama ’01, MAE '06 is a special education teacher at Grant Center for the Expressive Arts, an arts-focused elementary school in Tacoma’s North End. She works with children from kindergarten to fifth

Newberry Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly to speak at Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture Posted by: Silong Chhun / March 10, 2022 March 10, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing and CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University’s 12th Annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture will take place April 20 at 7 p.m. Erin Entrada Kelly, a Newberry Medalist and New York Times best-selling author, will deliver this year’s Benson lecture titled, Three Compliments: Ways to Feel Seen as an Invisible

Franklin Pierce School District joins innovative Seed Teacher program to promote equitable education The Seed Teachers program establishes teacher pathways by recruiting high school seniors from the local community Posted by: mhines / November 21, 2023 Image: The first Seed Teacher program cadre started at PLU in the fall of 2023. (Photo by Sharon Ho Chang) November 21, 2023 Franklin Pierce School District (FPS) announces it is joining the innovative Seed Teachers program, a transformative

PLU’s Continuing Education launches TESOL Certification with $200 discount for PLU community members Posted by: mhines / January 9, 2024 Image: The TESOL certification is a five-part class, with the first class starting in February. Each of the five sections will be between 3-6 weeks long. It is mainly self-paced, with one instructor meeting a week. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) January 9, 2024 Beginning this spring term, Continuing Education at PLU is introducing Teaching English to Speakers of Other

Shaping the Future Through Science: A Personal Story of Innovation, Education, and Community Building Puget Sound Section American Chemical Society (ACS) Posted by: alemanem / April 12, 2023 April 12, 2023 Zoom Webinar Series on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Respect (DEIR) and co-sponsored  by Women’s Chemist Committee Thursday, April 27, 2023 4-5pm Pacific Time Shaping the Future Through Science: A Personal Story of Innovation, Education, and Community Building Speaker: Prof. Princess

Study Away Fair Presents Global-Education Opportunities—Including a Caribbean Class With President Krise Posted by: Sandy Dunham / March 11, 2015 March 11, 2015 By Matthew Salzano ’18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 11, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University students and faculty alike were excited by the opportunities showcased at the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education’s Study Away Fair on March 11.At the event in the Anderson University Center Regency Room, PLU

Annual Meant to Live event focuses on interdisciplinary education, features Chicago Library CEO Brian Bannon ’97 Posted by: Kari Plog / October 6, 2016 Image: Janice Brunstrom-Hernandez, MD, ’83 speaks at the Meant to Live lecture during Homecoming 2015. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) October 6, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 6, 2016)- Every year during Homecoming, the Wild Hope Center for Vocation and the alumni office sponsor the Meant to Live

South Sound higher education leaders shake up what’s comfortable to examine diversity, racism and privilege Posted by: Zach Powers / February 10, 2016 Image: Robin DiAngelo Ph.D., speaking at the South Puget Sound Higher Education Diversity Partnership Institute. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) February 10, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 10, 2016)- Robin DiAngelo’s presentation at the 15th annual Diversity Institute began with a bold pledge. “If you