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school, a cohort model refers to a group of students who are attending school during the same period of time and are taking the same set of classes based on their academic program of study. Students learning in a cohort model start and finish their graduate program with the same students — making it possible for members to support one another and to make real connections and relationships with future and emerging industry leaders. What are the benefits of a grad school cohort model?When pursuing a
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Day 1: Focus on Success & Community Posted by: bodewedl / August 17, 2016 August 17, 2016 by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer The first day of class should be more than just a review of the syllabus. The beginning of a new term provides an opportunity to prepare students for success and establish community in your course before diving deep into instructional activities. Here are a few suggestions for making the first day of class meaningful and successful. Prepare Students for Success Set
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March 6, 2014 PLU Hosts Annual JROTC Fitness Contest PLU Marketing & Communications Dozens of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) cadets from 12 high schools left blood, sweat—and possibly even a few tears—at PLU on March 7 after the annual JROTC Physical Fitness Competition. High-school cadets competed in physical challenges all morning, rotating between events such as the Army Physical Fitness Test (two minutes of pushups and sit-ups, plus a 2-mile run), “Move Heavy Stuff” and a
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MultiCare’s Leah Butters ’15 believes that great care starts with recruiting great employees Posted by: Zach Powers / May 5, 2022 May 5, 2022 By Zach Powers ’10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsWhen Leah Butters ‘15 decided to major in environmental studies she didn’t have healthcare marketing in mind. Actually, she didn’t have any specific professional sector in mind. The PLU Softball stand-out just knew she wanted to be in the business of service and care.“What I liked about the major was it was
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How to Create a Basic Online Lesson Posted by: Marcom Web Team / March 6, 2020 March 6, 2020 By Dana Shreaves, Instructional Designer When on-campus class sessions cannot be held as scheduled, online lessons provide an alternative method for teaching. Online lessons created in Sakai can provide faculty and students with access to all the major components of a course, including instructional content, activities, and assessments. While a fully online class is best designed through the PLUTO
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April 21, 2014 Best-selling Author, and Alum, Comes to PLU Marissa Meyer ’04 came to the PLU campus in February for her book release and signing of “Cress.” The crowd filled the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. (Photo by John Froschauer / PLU) Barbara Clements PLU Marketing & Communications Pacific Lutheran University alumnus Marissa Meyer will be on campus April 24 to talk about her career and her very popular series, The Lunar Chronicles. Her talk will take place at the
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September 28, 2014 PLU’s Resident Artist Wins Major Award From Tacoma Arts Commission PLU Resident Artist Jessica Spring works in studio. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Spring) Jessica Spring Will Accept AMOCAT Award—and Exhibit Her Work—in Tacoma Oct. 2 By Taylor Lunka ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker Pacific Lutheran University resident artist Jessica Spring has been selected to receive an impressive AMOCAT award from the Tacoma Arts Commission. Every year, the commission honors
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October 1, 2013 ‘Making Seafood Sustainable’ Mansel G. Blackford will be this year’s speaker for the Ninth Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic history at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 in the Anderson University Center. Blackford, Emeritus Professor of History at the Ohio State University, will speak on “Making Seafood Sustainable: American Experiences in Global Perspectives.” Blackford has taught at OSU for the past 28 years and has received numerous honors and awards, including two
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Yoga Instructor turned Mystery Novelist visiting PLU’s Garfield Book Co. Posted by: Zach Powers / January 15, 2015 January 15, 2015 By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 15, 2015)— The Garfield Book Company at Pacific Lutheran University will host Seattle-based novelist Tracy Weber on Friday, Feb 6, at 6 p.m. Weber will read from her new novel, A Killer Retreat, the second installment of her award-winning Downward Dog Mystery series about a murder-solving, vegetarian
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for Lizzy J’s, a boutique jewelry company. She wasn’t quite sure how to feel. “I come from literally as far away from South Georgia as I can get,” she said. “When they said they wanted a ‘southern charm’ t-shirt, I said ‘Is there any way we can brainstorm this? I don’t know what y’all do around here.’” Their brainstormed list yielded designs that now appear in thousands of stores around the U.S., including The Opry Store. Fallin attributes a lot of her success to PLU — especially Avila. “[Avila
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