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hours each weekend reading and watching videos. Online discussions were student-generated and optional. However, during the first week of the course, a forum was created where students could submit questions for the instructor. At the end of the week, the instructor selected a few questions and posted a video response, calling it “office hours.” I will admit that I did not participate in the optional discussion boards. There were over a hundred pages of discussion thread topics and I found
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review. Joanna will collaborate with, support, and advise the acting president and President’s Council, and she will represent Allan—and PLU—when he is otherwise engaged or in areas and events where her skills are deemed most appropriate. This team-based approach will relieve Allan of some of the duties typically associated with the president, allowing him to continue his leadership in the areas of finance and administration. Allan and Joanna will serve in these acting roles until the search for a
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. Photo by Irene Takizawa Because Hawaiʻi is seen as a tropical vacation spot, many people come and go, ignoring the complexity of the cultures and peoples who struggle daily to foster and practice their religions. For Katherine Sinclair, a senior nursing student, this course offered the opportunity to dig into the history and diversity within Buddhism. Specifically, she learned how hard Japanese sugar plantation workers fought “to keep their religion prevalent” and “how many variations there are in
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Authors West is comprised of two components: 1) students reading novels from 15 featured authors and 2) a writer’s conference led by these featured authors. Author Leslye Walton ’04. [Photo courtesy of www.LeslyeWalton.com]Walton is the author of the Morris-nominated novel The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender. Walton received a B.A. in Education from PLU and earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Portland State University. She lives in Seattle, where she’s teaching reading and writing to
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in the forum, create a new “topic” dedicated to student questions. The default setting is to allow students permission to contribute a new “conversation” and/or “reply”, which is appropriate for this scenario. Each unique student question should be posted as a new conversation. In the description for the forum topic, explain exactly how (and why) the forum will be used in the course. I recommend students post all non-private questions in the course discussion forum in place of emailing the
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, they should build skills and attitudes that allow them to care for the most vulnerable and promote innovation and change in organizations.” Read Previous Wang Symposium reaches across disciplines to find the power of healing Read Next PLU School of Business renews a mark of distinction with AACSB accreditation COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students
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them.While the idea of approaching a faculty member for some one-on-one time can be intimidating, the benefits of forming those relationships make it worth getting outside your comfort zone. Pacific Lutheran University’s professors know students may feel uncomfortable about dropping by their offices, so many of them go out of their way to make those spaces as welcoming as possible to help put those students at ease. Jan Lewis, an education professor and the associate provost for undergrad programs, has a
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questions or provide feedback directly to the president. Below is the follow up email that was sent out to all staff after the meetings:Colleagues, A big “Thank You” to President Belton and all of you who were able to attend the PLUSC-hosted conversations with the president. In case you missed it, here were some highlights: Communication: Getting word out across campus in a consistent and timely fashion is a struggle. Discussion on how to better do this, both for employees and students, is ongoing (and
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, it offers an introduction to Houston, the fourth-largest and most diverse city in the nation. Find out more via the Flyer-GCURS-20 or online at: gcurs.rice.edu Read Previous Molten Salt Reactor Conference Read Next RISE: Research in Interdisciplinary STEM Education at WSU LATEST POSTS ACS Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Respect (DEIR) Scholarship May 7, 2024 Environmental Lab Scientist in Training May 2, 2024 The Priscilla Carney Jones Scholarship April 18, 2024 $2000 DEIR scholarship
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Sakai Gradebook: Supporting Student Success Posted by: hassonja / November 29, 2017 November 29, 2017 by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer Image courtesy of Ron Gerhardstein, 2017 Efforts to increase student retention have highlighted the importance of supporting student success. While grades are not the be-all and end-all of college learning, it is still important for students to be able to easily monitor their learning progress. With access to tools like the Sakai Gradebook, students
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