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2016 NWACC Award for Innovation in Instructional Technologies Posted by: nordgrle / December 15, 2016 December 15, 2016 Each year the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium (NWACC), a group of 33 northwest colleges and universities, sponsors an Award for Innovation in Instructional Technologies. The award recognizes faculty members and instructional technologists at member institutions for work demonstrating effective design, development, integration, and/or support of instructional technology

TurningPoint Clicker Software Transition Posted by: Jenna S / March 29, 2016 March 29, 2016 by Layne Nordgren What’s Changing? June 3 UPDATE: PLU has now transitioned the Sakai integration to TurningPoint Cloud. Faculty or presenters using clickers should now be using TurningPoint Cloud v. 7.x. See Making the Transition to TurningPoint Cloud for details. May 9 UPDATE: PLU’s transition date has been changed to June 3, 2016 due to delays in the release of TurningPoint Cloud 7.3. Dates have been

IMOD Summer Research Opportunity for Undergrads Posted by: nicolacs / October 17, 2024 October 17, 2024 The Center for the Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand (IMOD) focuses on optoelectronic and quantum research primarily in the areas of chemistry, physics, and engineering. Our goal is to transform quantum optoelectronics by developing atomically-precise semiconductor materials and additive manufacturing processes. Students who attend receive a competitive stipend ($7000

Services that will help me gain knowledge in international development and management. Within the next few years I plan to continue education by attending graduate school aboard to study International Relations or Development Economics. I would ultimately like to have a career working on Africa’s economic development policies. Brian Higginbotham, Bachelor of Arts in history with a minor in political science Brain Higginbotham ’13 is from Woodinville, Wash. Why PLU? I chose to come to PLU because it

memories. I was also able to study away twice during J-terms, in England and than in Germany and Poland. I really value these experiences, and I loved the opportunity to see new parts of the world. What’s next? After graduation, I will be contenting my education at PLU in the Masters in Education program. I will be taking classes for a year, and will be doing student teaching in a local high school. After that I hope to teach high school history. Callie Rae Moothart, Bachelor of Arts in religion with

in St. Louis, one of only two offered by the affiliate institution of PLU’s program. “I was shocked when I got the email notifying me,” Anderson said. “I’m most excited to discover what engineering extracurriculars I’ll be able to be a part of.” PLU partners with Washington University, as well as Columbia University in New York City, for its dual-degree engineering program, also known as 3-2 engineering. The program provides students with the opportunity to combine a liberal arts education with

degrees in education from PLU before teaching in Tacoma Public Schools. Throughout her life, she was an advocate for her Nisqually people and other Salish tribes, focusing on Indigenous education, preserving Indigenous history, and revitalizing Nisqually culture, spirituality, and arts. Svinth Carpenter’s work was deeply rooted in this region, located in the watershed of Mount Tacobet/Tahoma/Rainier — the Mother of All Mountains — which also served as the inspiration for one of her books, Where the

and programs, like Wild Hope – something that was so important to him when he was a student. And, too, it was not lost on him that, as an admission counselor, he saw firsthand how many students receive financial assistance through Q Club. Vialpando also found another way to give back to PLU, though a donation to the remodel of Eastvold Auditorium. As a high school language arts teacher, he sees the everyday value of a strong arts program. And there is another tie – as part of his donation, he will

” category from The Accolade Competition of Southern California; awarded second place in the long-form video category in the Broadcast Education Association’s (BEA) Festival of Media Arts Competition; won the Rising Star award at the Canada International Film Festival; and received honorable mentions “Video Documentary Program” and “Video Movie Trailer” categories from the National Broadcast Society – AERho Student Competition. Cox was also awarded the Silver Award from the Mercury Excellence Awards for

that fall under the theme “… and justice for all?” Programs developed and supported all across campus feature a wide range of justice-related events open to the community, including film screenings, discussions, interactive workshops, rallies and the prestigious Powell-Heller Conference on Holocaust Education. “Justice values are embedded in who we are as an institution, academic programs, faculty, staff and students,” said Joel Zylstra, director of PLU’s Center for Community Engagement and Service