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Assess Your Course Design for Quality Practices Posted by: bodewedl / August 25, 2015 August 25, 2015 by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer Whether you are teaching a course for the first time or the fiftieth, it is good practice to take a step back and critically reflect on the design of one’s course. Faculty are undoubtedly the masters of their course content, but it can be beneficial to consider the best practices that contribute to the quality design of a course as well. Wouldn’t it be
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September 22, 2014 First-Ever Demo Theater Shows the Fun of Physics Katrina Hay, Associate Professor of Physics, center, works with Brian Ruggles, left, and PLU Physics Club Michelle Zhai on a demonstration for the Sept. 26 Physics Demo Theater. (Photo: Shunying Wang ’14) By Shunying Wang ’14 PLU Marketing & Communications Student WorkerOn Friday, Sept. 26, Pacific Lutheran University’s Physics Department will host the first-ever Physics Demo Theater to highlight the fun of physics. Physics
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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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Act Six scholar finds “automatic community” at PLU Posted by: vcraker / January 5, 2021 January 5, 2021 As a first-generation college student, Georjina Soliai ’23 of Lakewood, Washington wasn’t certain how she would be able to afford college. While going through the college admissions process she learned about the Act Six Scholarship. Act Six is a leadership program that connects local community affiliates with faith- and social justice-based colleges to equip emerging urban and community
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November 1, 2010 Why does Angela Pierce care about social justice? “Social justice to me is speaking up for those who are left unheard,” said Angela Pierce, “and helping others find their place.” By Kari Plog ’11 Angela Pierce is the daughter of a Filipino mother and a Caucasian father. She never saw herself as white. At some point, however, Pierce realized other people did see her as white. She noticed when she saw people treating her different than they did her mother. It was then she knew
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March 9, 2012 The Third Annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture – Catching up to Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization Professor Yong Zhao, from the University of Oregon, will examine if education reform in the United States is heading down the right path in a world that is more dramatically shaped by globalization and technology, during the Third Annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture. The lecture starts at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 15 in the Scandinavian
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August 22, 2013 Zach Grah ’13, left, and his fellow students ran a simulated company for 20 consecutive quarters, culminating in a competition against 29 other universities in Long Beach, Calif. (Photo by John Strutzenberg) Capstone teaches student the strength to take risks By Barbara Clements Zach Grah ’13 gained the mental toughness and confidence to take risks through his business capstone – a business strategy competition. And that toughness and confidence paid dividends, later, when an
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September 25, 2014 Pacific Lutheran University Again Named a 2015 Military Friendly® School By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Pacific Lutheran University has been named one of the top Military Friendly® private universities in the country for the sixth year in a row. Victory Media’s 2015 Military Friendly® School designation is awarded to the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools nationwide that are doing the most to embrace military students, and to
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First-Ever Krise Internship Awarded Posted by: Thomas Krise / May 27, 2014 May 27, 2014 Emily Ames '15 Receives $2,000 for Summertime Community WorkBy Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsEmily Ames ’15 is the first recipient of the new Patricia L. and Thomas W. Krise Endowed Internship Fund, awarded annually to one Pacific Lutheran University student who accepts an unpaid summer internship. Ames will receive $2,000 while she works at Sacramento’s The GreenHouse Center, which offers
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Master the Art of Change Leadership: A Top Reason to Get an MBA Posted by: chaconac / August 26, 2022 August 26, 2022 The reasons to get an MBA are as myriad as the careers you can achieve with the degree. See how an MBA helps impact leadership and organizational change.If you have experienced less-than-stellar (or downright poor) leadership in your professional career, then you’re not alone. Here are some fast facts related to today’s organizational climate: 84 percent of U.S. employees blame
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