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Pacific Lutheran University alumna Jessica Anderson ’07 is passionate about education, geosciences and technology, and has combined all three to become an award-winning educator.
me, past Montana Teachers of the Year represented a category of excellence that every teacher should try to work toward. These awards are a demonstration of the hard work and effort I’ve put into my teaching practice, efforts to transform learning for my students. Jessica Anderson '07Jessica (middle) with students at Powell County High School in Deer Lodge, Montana. How will you remember the experience of being honored, along with the 49 other Teachers of the Year, at the White House and meeting
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William Davis ’06 is co-founder of FabLab Tacoma, a makerspace dedicated to project-based learning, entrepreneurship and tinkering.
people to get the space they need,” Davis said, especially for creating. He said even folks with the most basic skill set can benefit from the tools available at FabLab. “I knew nothing,” he said. “When people start to realize how these tools work together, it’s really amazing.” For example, someone with a passion for remote-controlled cars could come to FabLab and build one. The 4,000-square-foot space has the AutoCAD software to create the model, a 3-D printer to build a prototype based on that
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Diversity and inclusion are what we’re tasked with doing because it’s who we are. We must continue to re-evaluate our institutions, curriculum, campaigns and more to guarantee an authentically
are what we’re tasked with doing because it’s who we are. We must continue to re-evaluate our institutions, curriculum, campaigns and more to guarantee an authentically inclusive environment in which all members of the PLU community can learn, live, work and thrive. PLU is committed to serving its increasingly diverse population of students through perpetual introspection that places diversity and inclusion work at the heart of all we do. As we continue to strive for a comprehensive sense of
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Knutson Lecture
Jews and social justice, it’s my job to turn it on its head…and convince you to think about things in new, different, and exciting ways. When I was hired at SF State, its president Robert Corrigan urged me to devote my career to the “town-gown relationship.” He asked, and I gladly agreed, to become a public intellectual. I want to translate the scholarship and learning of the university into the larger community. With President Corrigan’s blessing, I jumped in, offering talks everywhere that would
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with him. “I told him he was the reason I wanted to go into politics,” Moran remembers. Obama laughed, thanked her for her work as an intern at the Democratic National Committee and chatted with her about her work. A few candids, as well as formal pictures, were snapped, and she moved down the line. Second Surprise: The first lady is just as gracious. Moran, an Economics and French double major, had expected to be a wallflower at an earlier D.C. fundraising event. Or, at best, a glorified go-fer
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requested tools, and feature enhancement requests on existing tools. Assisting with issue resolution and maintenance of Resource Operations and Trading critical platforms, including vendor provided software packages. Automation of tools that are used to manage daily operation and trading decisions, automation of data collection and import to the database, and automation of reports that track the status of resource operations. This engineering internship will work full-time for a 3-6 month period and
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TACOMA, WASH. (June 30, 2016)- One frame. That’s all it took for Kevin Ebi ’95 to get his work on a postage stamp – sort of. Ebi, a self-taught nature photographer who has made a living traveling around the world and documenting its beauty, weathered…
, that meant I was off at 1:30 in the afternoon.” Those early days landed him on mountains or in the water, hiking or kayaking with a camera in tote. “Every day was like a little bit of summer vacation,” he said. “I wanted to share some of those experiences.” So, he read how-to photography books and learned how to tell compelling stories with his images. After word got out about his photos and he started getting emails from editors about using his images, Ebi realized his work stood out and turned it
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TACOMA, WASH. (April 6, 2016)-The seventh episode of “Open to Interpretation” features a discussion of the word “failure” among host and Associate Professor of Communication Amy Young, Associate Professor of Art and Design Jp Avila , and Assistant Professor of Business Kory Brown . “Open…
was a really good movie. I’ve read that book last year. It was last year and was enthralled that. Amy Young: The bulk of our time then today is going to be spent on this word, which today is failure. That is a word that we maybe try not to talk about, but the idea is to take a word that’s common and public discourse or on social media or on campus and to pull it apart. I’m going to start by asking each of you how you would define failure. Kory, let’s start with you. Kory Brown: Well, one can
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PLU Hispanic and Latino Studies students learn to think critically in a complex world through the study of the Spanish language, linguistics, literature, film, and a vast array of cultural
. Our faculty are teacher-scholars, who are well-known on campus for their genuine passion for teaching, active role as mentors, and advocacy for social change here in the US and abroad. Hispanic and Latino Studies graduates leave PLU equipped with the cultural competency and sensitivity to be effective participants in the global community of the twenty-first century. Many of our students participate in our study away programs in Mexico, Spain, and Uruguay, and community-engaged learning in Latino/a
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Our curriculum provides students with the skills to contribute to a complex society that encourages justice, diversity, and sustainability at the local, state, national and international levels.
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