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February 28, 2008 English professor receives prestigious award Assistant Professor of English Rona Kaufman was named a recipient of a 2008 Graves Award in the Humanities. The award is given every two years to eight to 10 faculty members from private, liberal-arts colleges in California, Washington and Oregon. Recipients must exhibit exemplary skill and enthusiasm as teachers, and use the award stipend for a research project that will enhance their skill in the classroom. “It’s an award for good

secondary classrooms J.P. Avila, Assistant Professor of Art: Avila will use $1,000 for a Nintendo Wii to construct a cost-effective digital whiteboard and interactive screen to promote visual communication through graphic design. Matthew Levy, Assistant Professor of English, Division of Humanities and Genevieve Williams, Assistant Professor of Library: They will use a “Turning Point” audience response technology to educate students about plagiarism. Their $1,000 will be used for software, a USB receiver

Course in the Humanities Read Next Entrepreneur Justin Foster ’02 on making meaningful relationships with faculty 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 share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in

he felt sitting in his first few classes.“Professors were encouraging students to expand our worldviews, take all sorts of different prospectives into account, and challenge what we previously held to be true,” he says. “I was into it from the start.” Wright has successfully embarked on a career at the nexus of the two driving interests with which he arrived at PLU. After graduating magnum cum laude six years ago, he’s worked for an education foundation and an environmental advocacy organization

around the Christmas season that permeate Scandinavian culture! Enjoy a meal with Nordic food from all 5 countries, entertainment, and wonderful fellowship. God Jul alle samen! $50 per person. Horns A Plenty Christmas Dec. 20 | 12 – 4pm | Lagerquist Concert Hall Horns A Plenty Christmas is a charitable organization that offers horn players young and old the opportunity to come together and perform Christmas music for the general public. Guest artists are featured as a way to encourage the education

the size of the Pantheon in Italy, with intense curiosity at the variety of the world in Tanzania. As a Humanities major, you will spend your life in this building. Eventually, you will have stories from each classroom. For example, when you came to love philosophy in 220, when your professor told a joke that caused you to blush crimson in 219, when you bared small parts of your soul in 211A. You will notice when a flyer is taken down or put up on a bulletin board, and you will know exactly where

Reading Recommendation | ‘Stop Blaming Colleges for Society’s Problems: The value of an elite education remains unparalleled’ Posted by: Thomas Krise / August 6, 2014 August 6, 2014 Reading Recommendation | David A. Bell’s article on NewRepublic.com, “Stop Blaming Colleges for Society’s Problems: The value of an elite education remains unparalleled” This is a thoughtful piece on why universities will survive, and in fact thrive, in an era of free, online courses and concern over the value of a

March 6, 2008 Ham radio station improves preparedness While preparing for a home renovation project in 2001, Doug Oakman, dean of the humanities division, came across the shortwave radio he built in high school. The radio and its wooden case were damaged, and it had been 30 years since Oakman operated the device. Regardless, he opted to repair the radio and get his amateur radio operator license. “One of the great  joys I find in amateur radio is you have the privilege of talking to anyone in

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

trying out a new online resource for making a digital map of different Spanish dialects, thanks to support from PLU’s Digital Humanities Lab (led by professors Adela Ramos and Scott Rogers), which we are continuing during our asynchronous time. PLU: Has teaching Hispanic studies through a distance-learning model been challenging? What are some new tools you’ve developed or embraced? Yaden: I’ve taught HISP 101 and 102 fully online now for several years in the summer, so I guess I was as prepared as I