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that strives for improved care, learning and service to students through increased synergies and efficiencies.Dream Gonzales, Community Director for Ordal & Stuen Halls: “Within the role of the Community Director for Ordal Hall and the DJS Learning Communities (FIF, SOC, ESJ, and LAV), I find myself often serving as a wayfinder, supporting students through their identity development and institutional navigation. The small campus and the department encourage intentional collaborations making it

. Whether you give to scholarships, academics or campus life, you help students find their passions so they can make a lasting difference in our shared world. Endowment Endowment gifts are one of the most powerful ways you can support Pacific Lutheran University. With an endowment gift, you make a difference at PLU both now and in the future. FAQ Frequently Asked Questions back to top Ways to Give Show more information about these links Gift Planning Making a planned gift is a wonderful way to show your

follow-up with your medical provider. She/he should provide a written report giving medical reasons why you are unable to continue working. PLU reserves the right to ask for a second and/or third medical opinion at its expense where it is concerned about the medical ability of an employee to return to work or to perform light duties. No one knows your job better than you do. Please help us by making suggestions about what duties you feel you can safely perform. Also, please let us know how your job

, hospitality has come to be confined only to our known circles, our close friends, associates and near relatives. In these rancorous, sometimes suspicious times – and in a political climate in which people from opposite sides are not encouraged to work together or even agree on anything at all – the spirit of selfless service to strangers has almost become a lost art. Thomas W. Krise, Ph.D.President and Professor of English, Pacific Lutheran University Quite simply, hospitality is making people feel as if

program began, Chengdu was an area of the country where few Westerners traveled, he said. The region currently offers preservation of older Chinese mentalities, he added: “It’s a little bit slower and it’s a little bit more authentic.” #LutesAwayView social media posts by Lutes who are making a difference all over the world. While students are immersed in the culture, they learn about the history and politics of the region. Manfredi said a wide range of electives are offered, too, including martial

about this Lute poet who acquired more than a master’s during her MFA studies. Read More MBA to CFO Anna Loomis ’14 spent the past 15 years with MultiCare, the largest community-based, locally governed health system in Washington state. She wore many hats, culminating in her role as CFO the last four years of her tenure. Read about her decision to enter PLU’s MBA program and the skills she gained en route to senior leadership. Read More 'Building Humans' Teaching can be the toughest job you’ll ever

important in establishing and maintaining these relationships, Waite’s subjects told her. A wide-ranging conversation during a professor’s office hours beats email, precisely because of the opportunity to go off-topic. Classes, of course, played a crucial role in making these connections. Waite’s own experience followed a similar pattern. “I never set out to look for a mentor,” she said, but her professors “simply took an interest in my academic success, and I took an interest in them.” She took three

Provides a hands-on, minds-on course designed to help pre-service elementary teachers learn to teach science to students in grades K-8 in ways that are consistent with what is known about science education and the physical, emotional, and cognitive development of children. The course will focus on inquiry learning and sense-making driven by the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) that serve to guide curriculum and instructional development in the state of Washington. (4) EDUC 370 : Professional

they engage with students in this type of learning. Plans are already underway for next year’s retreat. The culmination of the EXPLORE! retreat is a closing ceremony at the end of Day Two. Students are asked to reflect on their work of the past 24 hours and write a goal, an intention or a BEQ on a gold star. The impact of their experience becomes evident as you read their stars. Some write about their goals of increasing their GPAs, making friends, trying new things or taking better care of

seek to raise an additional $40,000 to increase the Bjug Harstad Memorial Fund to just over $80,000. Endowed funds remain invested while the interest income provides revenue for the program annually. Increasing the fund’s annual distribution will expand the pool of distinguished scholars, allow for advanced scheduling to integrate their topic into the wider University curriculum and attract larger audiences. Please join us and other relatives and donors in making a financial commitment to ensure