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New engineering minor offers students invaluable internship opportunity Posted by: vcraker / March 23, 2022 March 23, 2022 Pacific Lutheran University leaders recently announced two new natural sciences programs. Officially launching in fall 2022, students will be able to pursue a major in applied mathematics and/or a minor in engineering and industry. The engineering and industry minor will take advantage of courses already offered by the university’s physics department to students in the Dual

A new space for neurodiverse students on campus Posted by: shortea / April 28, 2023 April 28, 2023 By Alex Reed '23PLU Marketing & Communications Student Writer Last October, a new club emerged on campus: the Student Neurodiversity Club. Although small, this club is having a growing impact on the PLU community. When attending a recent SNC meeting in the first floor Stuen lounge, I was greeted by a cheerful collective of students, as well as fidgets. There was a unique sense of empathy among

My First MOOC: A New Year’s Resolution Revisited Posted by: bodewedl / August 25, 2015 August 25, 2015 By Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer In January, I enrolled in my first MOOC to learn more about this controversial form of instruction.  It was definitely valuable, both for instructional design research and as a learning experience. The course was designed around five basic elements: video lectures, readings, weekly online quizzes, discussion boards, and video recorded “office hours

Support for Using the New Sakai Site Templates Posted by: bodewedl / July 10, 2018 July 10, 2018 By Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer During summer 2018, three templates options — Standard, Minimal, and Legacy templates — were added to the Sakai Request Course form. Sakai templates contain general tools and pages that must be updated by the instructor before publishing the site to students. We recommend instructors request their new Sakai sites and prepare them for publishing as early as