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  • cultures. It is one of the big reasons why she enjoys taking students to India as part of her J-Term course “Comparative Education in India.” Some of the students who took part in the J-Term course in the past years have become, or will someday, be teaching in the classroom. And every opportunity to be exposed to different cultural practices can help make students better teachers. “It changes their perception of the world,” she said. And that’s a good thing. As a teacher, she’s also the first to admit

  • Bergen, there is, by the way, no need for conserving water. In general, there is too much of it. Read Previous Visiting Writer’s Series – “No Word for Welcome: The Mexican Village Face the Global Economy” Read Next ‘Water is the great teacher’ 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 A family with a “Bjug” legacy of giving and service September 27, 2024 PLU hosts the

  • giant universities lacks the critical-thinking skills and interpersonal savvy offered at PLU—a more-integrative experience exhibited, in part, by the speed-dating exercise. It seems to have paid off. “Both the Chinese and the PLU students told me afterward they thought it was really fun,” Meyer said, and the visitors’ director of teacher recruitment and program coordinator said they enjoyed the PLU activity more than the lecture they heard at a much larger university. Read Previous Lute Plays Piano

  • Mathematics major Lindsey Clark ’24 is a Noyce scholar and future teacher Lindsey Clark ’24 came to PLU knowing it was where she wanted to be. But Clark—a double major in mathematics and gender, sexuality, and race studies (GSRS)—says PLU challenged and changed her and expanded her worldview in ways she never before considered on her way… April 2, 2024 Research & Academics

  • Beyond pedagogy: from Tacoma to Namibia, a partnership reframing teacher development practices In Kwangali and Oshindonga, widely spoken languages in Namibia, “Uukumwe” means “togetherness.” For six teachers in Washington and seven teachers from Namibia, the word personifies the relationship-building that lies at the heart of education. “It was a vision that was bubbling in my mind because… September 28, 2023 Alumni, Internships, Career

  • by the University Collections Board. Open Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Ingram Hall What to Watch for in the 2024 Election Cycle: Reflections from Political Science Faculty and Students – 6-7 p.m. Pacific Time (Virtual) The country is facing a period of remarkable uncertainty heading into the 2024 election. In the Political Science Department, students and faculty are trying to make sense of the important policy questions, the key races, and the state of American democracy. In this session

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  • , remainingDuration: true, volume: 1 }); }); Antonin Dvorak – Symphony No. 8, Mvt. I (excerpt) Live performance on May 9, 2017 Dvorak - Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Mvt. I: Allegro con brio ( )PLUSO, Jeffrey Bell-Hanson   Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery("#audio-3014").jPlayer({ ready: function () { jQuery(this).jPlayer("setMedia", { mp3: "//www.plu.edu/symphony/wp-content/uploads

  • Vanessa Bannon Administrative Coordinator/Student Success Advisor She/Her/Hers Phone: 253-535-7205 Email: bannonvs@plu.edu Office Location:Mortvedt Library - Room 125 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Professional Education Bachelor of Arts in Education, Elementary Education, Central Washington University, 1998 Responsibilities Textbook Coordinator Testing Center Coordinator Student Success Advisor Center for Student Success Administration

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  • PLU’s Center for Gender Equity welcomes new Interim Director In December, PLU’s Center for Gender Equity (CGE) welcomed Talcott Broadhead as its new Interim Director. Talcott holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Washington School of Social Work and owns a private, transgender liberation and social justice-centered, social work practice in… February 8, 2018 Center for Gender Equityfaculty newsletter

  • Enhancing Your Major with Innovation Studies By Sarah Cornell-Maier. PLU has a new Innovation Studies program. In fact, I’m a new Innovation minor–one of the first in a growing cohort, scheduled to graduate in May 2019. This series of blog posts is designed to give you the details on the minor,… November 8, 2017 cognitioncreativityhigh technologyinnovation studiesmajorminorSarah Cornell-Maier