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politics; the second paper called “Cooking, Celebrity Chefs, and Public Intellectuals,” examines the roles of Celebrity Chefs (think Wolf Gang Puck and Rachel Ray), who are products of consumer capitalism, verses the Public Chef Intellectuals, whose focus is on teaching cooking techniques. Young and Eckstein have been working on these articles since March 2014, the idea devised over warm tomato soup and a grilled cheese, and maybe a rant about Guy Fieri. The articles are just the start, next, they

part of that effort.” Read Previous PLU biology professor Amy Siegesmund receives national teaching award Read Next Information, Technology and Leadership: an interview with Port of Tacoma’s Mark Miller ’88 LATEST POSTS Tech on the Slopes: PLU computer science students create a scheduling app for White Pass ski patrollers February 27, 2025 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Yaden share teaching and learning experiences in China November 4, 2024 Modernizing Mental Health September 6, 2024 Three

This is PLU. Posted by: mhines / September 21, 2023 September 21, 2023 Pacific Lutheran University is many things: a research center, a laboratory, a forum, a leadership institute and—most importantly—a community. Read Previous PLU has been teaching music for 130 years Read Next YouTube Short: Campus Engagement Fair 2023 LATEST POSTS Get Involved: Austyn B. shares about being part of Clay Crows Improv Group February 27, 2025 Internship Q&A: Student Gavin Ripka’s experience at Tacoma Arts Live

. Neighbors took the eggs and left gifts and notes behind, creating meaningful exchange and a sense of comfort during social isolation. Such connection between basic human needs for food and community is essential to who we are in the Division of Humanities.The most important continuity for us was in supporting and celebrating the excellent work of our students. We are especially proud of our graduates. For example, Hispanic studies major Aminda Cheney-Irgens was selected for a Fulbright English Teaching

scholar Deborah Miranda to campus. “Scott was teaching a class in Native and Indigenous literature…I was teaching the Creative Nonfiction Capstone. We decided that it would be great to have someone come who was a contemporary Native writer.” She adds, “In addition to doing her public events, Miranda also talked to the Native and Indigenous literature class.” Call made it clear how inspirational it was for students to hear Miranda’s stories in her own voice, an experience that increased many of her

through the online program they were learning at Sylvester Middle School in Burien. “Mr. Wade! Mr. Wade! I need your help,” a few chimed in from different corners of the room.Wade, alongside longtime teacher Darrell Chase, calmly commanded the classroom as though he had done it for years. Yet, the 38-year-old is in his second year of teaching, and he credits his immediate success to the intense preparation at Pacific Lutheran University through the Alternative Routes to Certification (ARC) program

for renovation, and in 2021, an anonymous lead gift moved renovations to the lab and other spaces in the Rieke Science Center to the front of the line for capital project improvements at PLU.“Teaching and learning practices have changed since the A&P lab was originally designed,” says Auman. “The upgrades we’re making within Rieke will not only provide better technology and collaborative distance-learning opportunities, they will also support more inclusive teaching practices and enhance learning

. “Those things are important, because you should be in that conversation, but they should not be the only conversations you have.” Young describes part of the problem lies in the tenure and promotion system at most universities, but PLU is an exception to the rule. PLU’s focus on service encourages faculty to engage in the public sphere as experts in their field. “What they’re trying to do is…elevate service as a legitimate third pillar of tenure and promotion,” Young says. “So that teaching is

department – instrumental and choral – a legacy celebrated at his retirement when he conducted Choir of the West, University Chorale, University Symphony Orchestra and his first love, University Wind Ensemble at the Commencement Concert that year.” “Gordon mentored so many at PLU during his time as faculty. My first office was next door to Gordon and, as a sprat straight out of graduate school, Gordon helped me navigate my first experiences with college teaching. Gordon taught generations of music

Intersections: Called and Empowered (and Assessed) Posted by: abryant / April 29, 2022 April 29, 2022 Cover art If we were all eyes, could we see each other? by Vickie R. Phipps Intersections, Number 54, Fall 2021Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning, and teaching within Lutheran higher education. It