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internships, outside financial support needed to be secured. Fortunately, assistance came from longtime donors Dave and Kendra Uhler ’99 and Jim Fredricksen ’78, who each helped fund the program and care deeply about equity, access and innovation. “Many internships still come with extra expenses like travel or housing to take full advantage of the programs. It is our hope that the internship scholarship funds can help make these types of experiences more approachable and affordable to students,” Dave
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year really motivated both students and faculty, and we were able to bring that motivation into the classroom through applied projects. Faculty were able to bring these issues into discussions of literature, history, philosophy, ethics, and environmental equity. How have faculty, staff and students responded to that challenge? I’m continually amazed at how my colleagues pivoted so quickly to online classrooms, how they spent the entire summer learning very different kinds of pedagogies and
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draw upon? Possible Collaboration PartnersTake a look at the different centers across campus and the work they do to see who you may be able to collaborate with: Center for Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability: The Center for DJS works with students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members to imagine and create equitable and thriving communities, and offer a network of advocacy resources. Contact: dcenter@plu.edu or 253-535-8750. Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education
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the ratings. Given the un-nuanced proposals coming out of the US Dept of Ed so far, it looks like the proposals will do great harm to colleges that try to provide access to low income students, or have programs in areas like social work, education, social entrepreneurship, and counseling that tend not to lead to high-paying jobs. College is not just a job skills factory. The fact that this proposed ranking system is opposed by presidents and faculty members from the full range of colleges–from
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Tacoma Immersion Experience Semester discontinued Posted by: hassonja / December 13, 2017 Image: Downtown Tacoma for TIES study away program on Monday, June 6, 2016. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) December 13, 2017 TIES Program Update from Joel Zylstra (Director, Center for Community Engagement and Service) The Tacoma Immersion Experience Semester (TIES) program has been discontinued indefinitely. TIES served as one expression of PLU’s long-term commitments to linking global education with our
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Thad Williams CIWA Director, K-12, International Education Administrator managing dual language and world language in Seattle Public Schools. Phone: 206.252.0191 Email: tbwilliams@seattleschools.org Biography Biography Dr. Thad Williams is the Director of the K-12 Confucius Institute of Washington. He is in his second year as director after taking over from the now retired Dr. Michele Aoki. Thad works closely with co-director Dongmei Huang to support K-12 CIWA projects and Confucius Classrooms
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Dean Butterworth U.S. Park Ranger, Outreach and Education Specialist, Olympic National Park Biography Biography Dean Butterworth is the Outreach and Education Specialist at Olympic National Park. Dean began his career in the National Park Service as a volunteer at Golden Gate National Recreation Area in 1998. Working for the National Park Service is a dream fulfilled and has allowed him to work, live, and play in the Sierra Nevada, Pacific Northwest, Greater Yellowstone, and the Colorado
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may have already been awarded. Below the following lists of this year’s Transfer Scholars, you’ll find links to additional resources. We look forward to you joining the PLU community this fall!Fall 2021 Provost Scholars[table “18” not found /] MajorsThere are over forty different majors and fifty minors to choose from at PLU, in the Divisions of Humanities, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences, and Schools of Arts and Communication, Business, Education and Kinesiology, and Nursing, as well as
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eventually became a member of the Board of Regents. Later my son Richard Nieman and daughter Joanne Nieman Hinkle both attended PLU as well as a good number of nephews and nieces. So as you can tell, our family has always been involved in the University. After my father Gus Nieman and my mother Clara Nieman passed away, I felt that they would be pleased in our establishing a small endowment to assist others, especially those interested in attending further Christian education at a seminary. As a result
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and adjunct professor with universities across the United States and in Europe. Mr. Pass has worked as a volunteer coach with children in various Department of Defense Youth organizations. Additionally, he works with Veterans in the Pacific Northwest as they transition to civilian careers. Mr. Pass continued his education with a Master of Arts in Social Science & Middle Eastern Studies from PLU as well as an MBA also from Pacific Lutheran University. He has additional graduate work in Education
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