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By Michael Halvorson, ’85 This week is Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 3-Dec. 9) in the United States. I helped celebrate on Monday at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. The event was sponsored by Code.org…
Education Week honors the birthday of computing pioneer Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, who was born on December 9, 1906. Hopper was a pioneer of modern computer programming who invented some of the first computer compiler tools. Although December is a busy time of the year for teachers and students, this week honors one of our founders and focuses attention on how people learn to program computers and why that skill might be useful. Jeff Raskin, Melinda Gates, and Hadi Partovi address the crowd. (Photo
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TACOMA, WASH. (April 26, 2016)- Joel Zylstra said Pacific Lutheran University’s partnership with the nonprofit Habitat for Humanity began with a cup of coffee at 208 Garfield four years ago. Zylstra, director of Center for Community Engagement & Service (CCES), said his perception of Habitat…
April 30. Through the Commonhouse, PLU hopes to engage with the children of the Woods by offering after-school programming, such as sports camps and arts tutoring. Both Zylstra and Stockstad hope that the Commonhouse becomes a vessel through which PLU students engage with the youth of the community, specifically within the Woods. “We (want to) get more students and faculty involved with the children, because there will be about 100 kids in the development when we’re done,” Stockstad said. “They’re
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The Wang Center is dedicated to supporting faculty, students and staff with the resources necessary to advance PLU’s distinction and vision for global education of “educating to achieve a just,
, healthy, sustainable and peaceful world” through faculty development and grant opportunities, delivery of study away programs, on-campus programming on pressing world issues, and a commitment to best practices when engaging with education partners, both locally and globally.PLU is a globally focused university that remains committed to providing high quality study away programs as a high-impact experiential practice that enhances students’ capacity for critical thought, written and verbal expression
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8th WANG CENTER SYMPOSIUM Migration: Towards an Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Understanding of Human Mobility
development and grant opportunities, delivery of study away programs, on-campus programming on pressing world issues and a commitment to best practices when engaging with educational partners worldwide. Wang Center Website Thank You to our Sponsors Benson Family Foundation The Forty-fourth Annual Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture
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TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 1, 2015)—Dr. Janice E. Brunstrom-Hernandez ’83 will be returning to campus on Thursday, Oct. 8, to deliver the 2015 Meant to Live Lecture. The inaugural event of Homecoming weekend, Brunstrom-Hernandez’s lecture will shed light on the personal and professional rewards she has reaped…
Center). Meant To Live is organized by PLU students and is an integral part of the Wild Hope Center for Vocation’s annual programming. Read Previous Open to Interpretation: Violence (Episode 2) Read Next PLU Ranked a Top 10 “Value Added” College 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 Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the
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Friends of 88.5 FM and Pacific Lutheran University reach agreement for the sale of KPLU Contributions of $7 million from 18,000 donors preserve KPLU as an independent, community-licensed public radio station Tacoma, WA — Pacific Lutheran University and Friends of 88.5 FM, a nonprofit community…
retain all KPLU employees, including the 14-member independent local news team. “We are impressed by the fundraising effort undertaken by the Friends of 88.5 FM,” said PLU President Thomas W. Krise. “We thank the University of Washington for gracefully agreeing to step aside and let KPLU continue to serve its listeners with the news and jazz programming they have come to rely upon. We wish the community group well as they continue to serve and celebrate the greater Puget Sound area.” “We are humbled
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TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 15, 2015)—As Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off across the country on Sept. 15, this year’s observation at Pacific Lutheran University takes on extra emphasis with two new campus-wide components: • the revival of a student organization representing Latino/a and Hispanic students, and…
Emily Davidson) In a letter of support for the grant partnership, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Emily Davidson proposed to inaugurate (and institutionalize) an annual Latino Studies Lecture at PLU. The Tacoma partnership was awarded a $10,000 grant, whose mission is to: highlight Latino arts and culture and support Western Washington’s Latino-American population; promote public participation in programming around the documentary film Latino Americans; raise awareness and celebrate the
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William Davis ’06 is co-founder of FabLab Tacoma, a makerspace dedicated to project-based learning, entrepreneurship and tinkering.
developed our product with their tools,” Smith said. That product is one of the best-selling cases for the Raspberry Pi, a popular series of single-board computers that promote computer-programming use and education. “I was in there quite a few hours.” As far as Davis is concerned, “a few hours” is an understatement. “They practically camped out here,” he said of Smith and his business partner. Smith says FabLab and other makerspaces are vital to the fabric of an innovative community. “We have an
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By Damian Alessandro ’19 The Innovation Studies program at Pacific Lutheran University is interested in the diverse environments innovation can be found in, including the entertainment industry. The popularity of HBO’s blockbuster show, Game of Thrones, highlights an important place to study innovation principles. Spoiler…
unsettling and things didn’t make much sense. It was easier to confront these realities in a show which centered on Machiavellian power struggles while catering to the viewers’ sense of wonder with dragons, zombies, and more. Though Weiss and Benioff were fantasy fanboys without any show-running experience, HBO’s heads of programming, Michael Lombardo and Richard Pleper (now CEO of HBO), were won over by the themes at the core of the story: love, hate, power, and validation. Themes which characterize the
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PLU HS Programming Contest DetailsTeam CompositionEach team will be comprised of 1-3 middle or high school students and you may make substitutions for contestants who are unable or unwilling to compete, provided that the team Coach/Instructor notifies the Contest Director in a timely manner. Such substitutions must not violate other rules of team composition.Contest Rules Each team member must be a Washington State student (public, private, or home school). Students have the option of
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