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as Associate Professor in the Benerd School of Education; Interim Vice President for Student Life; Assistant and Associate Vice President for Student Life; and as Associate Director of the Career Resource Center. Dr. Royce-Davis earned a Certificate in Student Affairs Law & Policy from NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education in 2013; a Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Counseling from Syracuse University in 2001; an M.A. in Counselor Education from San Jose State University in 1994; and

the basic capacity to question remain part of the genetic encoding of Lutheran higher education. Thus, Lutheran reformers recognized centers of education as crucial places in which important questions could be entertained without censure. This tenet informs PLU’s foundational mission: to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care—for others, for their communities and for the Earth. One essential dimension of PLU’s mission is to provide for the intellectual

. “It was the saddest thing, that same damaging and devaluing feeling,” Chan said. Film Reflections Chan’s passion for social justice has primarily focused on education and the experiences of people of color. As a high school student, she created a documentary, “For the Culture,” focused on the importance and need of ethnic studies. Using a Canon camera to shoot the documentary and a laptop to edit the film, Chan taught herself necessary skills. “I really enjoyed using film as a cool way to tell my

PLU signs partnership MoU with Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center Posted by: Silong Chhun / June 7, 2021 Image: Sheryl Ochayon, an attorney and educator who directs Yad Vashem’s “Echoes and Reflections: Teaching the Holocaust, Inspiring the Classroom” program, speaking at PLU’s Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education in 2019. June 7, 2021 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & CommunicationsLeaders from Pacific Lutheran University and Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance

apart from other universities. In the words of Samuel Torvend ’73, “it puts into clearer relief the distinctiveness of Lutheran education in the competitive market.” After a short pause, Torvend added, “After all, the distinctive part of PLU is its middle name.”  With this chair, PLU reached yet another level of distinction by which it sets itself apart from other universities. In the words of Samuel Torvend ’73, “it puts into clearer relief the distinctiveness of Lutheran education in the

Director for the University of Namibia. The PLU campus visit for the Namibian delegation was arranged by the Wang Center for Global Education at PLU. The dignitaries joining Tjiramba included the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Namibia, Dr. Lazarus Hangula; Dr. Kenneth Mantengu, Director of External Relations for the University of Namibia; and Dr. Alfons Wabahe Mosimane, Head of the Life Sciences Division at the University of Namibia. The Namibian delegation met with several PLU representatives

Puget Sound Section of the ACS Julia Ann Rutherford Memorial Scholarship Application Posted by: nicolacs / December 7, 2022 December 7, 2022 Award: $1,500 Deadline: March 1 of each year Please submit all required parts of the application (except letters of recommendation, which will be sent directly by the recommender) to the current Education Committee Chair (see contact info below). PDFs preferred. Eligibility: Applicants must be currently enrolled in a local four-year college or university

, they’re just being honest. An assistant attorney general for Washington state, there’s no predicting the cases and conundrums that will land on Kjolseth’s desk. That’s part of the reason they love their job. What does your practice at the Washington State Attorney General’s Office include? I work in the education division at the Attorney General’s office, so my practice includes both K-12 and higher education law. I am general counsel to a couple of technical colleges and the Workforce Training and

November 1, 2010 From PLU to a one-room school house, instructor sees value in great instruction By Chris Albert As a teacher for 35 years, Margaret Dakan ’38 saw the difference an education could make in a person’s life. Her belief in the kind of education Pacific Lutheran University provides is why she has supported the university through scholarship programs like Q Club, Project Access and an endowed scholarship that benefits education students: the Margaret Melver Dakan Endowed Scholarship

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