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  • First, thank you for your patience as the Information & Technology Services team has been working to complete our Zoom license expansion. We’re still finalizing some details but wanted to update staff about the progress and notify them of possible changes to their accounts. If…

    /zoom) to access your new account. If you already have a Zoom account setup by I&TS, your account is still valid. Login to Zoom (plu.edu/zoom) to access your account. If you already have a Basic (free) Zoom account that was not established by I&TS, you will be prompted to “Consolidate into Account” the next time you sign into Zoom at zoom.us. Please wait one hour for consolidation to complete. Then, you can login to PLU’s Zoom with your ePass at plu.edu/zoom to access your account from now on. If

  • by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer Student note taking is usually encouraged to help students process, summarize, and synthesize new information. Some students and instructors are also exploring the idea of collaborative note taking using online tools like Google Docs and wikis. The idea seems great:…

    working together should surpass the effectiveness of an individual note-taker. Shared documents and wikis seem to be the most common way to organize group notes. Google Docs work well because they allow multiple contributors to take notes simultaneously on the same document. Wikis are beneficial because they allow for the collective building of web pages, with the potential to better organize and search by topic or date. I recently returned from a regional conference where collective note taking is

  • You may have seen him tearing up the stage in Lagerquist Hall or starting an impromptu concert in the UC. Maybe you recognized him from America’s Got Talent “YouTube Acts Compete.” Or, if you were in Seattle last weekend, you may have seen the young…

    about La Boehme is that the chorus isn’t on until act two,” Marzano said. “I get to sit backstage and watch act one. I’m just trying to take in everything I possibly can from this experience.” Marzano, who plays a French soldier in the production that opened Feb. 23, comes on stage in the second act with another soldier to grab lunch in the town café, where he encounters the main character, the town flirt, Musetta. (He said that’s why he was caught with such a dumbfound look in the photo we got of

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlyO7OxYBp4 Rowing ropes in students from other sports By Katie Scaff ’13 While most of campus is still asleep, 29 students are up eating their oatmeal or their bananas and piling into their cars to drive to American Lake. They typically arrive around 4:50 a.m.,…

    PLU. Like most other members of the team, Rystrom had never rowed before, but now he can’t imagine his life without crew. Rowing is a unique sport in many ways. Most rowers have to travel to practice because their school doesn’t have a boathouse on-campus. Rowers also work with a lot of equipment. But perhaps what makes rowers particularly different, is the fact that many of them didn’t start until they came to college. “Usually in collegiate athletics, you don’t have the option to jump into a

  • As we begin an unprecedented school year, our students and faculty have adapted to continue their study of music while practicing safety measures such as wearing masks, practicing social distancing, and rehearsing outside in the fresh air. Scroll through these photos to see how PLU…

    Music Lessons in the Time of Corona Posted by: Reesa Nelson / October 8, 2020 October 8, 2020 As we begin an unprecedented school year, our students and faculty have adapted to continue their study of music while practicing safety measures such as wearing masks, practicing social distancing, and rehearsing outside in the fresh air. Scroll through these photos to see how PLU has adapted. Dr. Jennifer Rhyne conducts a socially distant outdoor flute lesson with student Paige Balut in the parking

  • Kristen (Vold) Jaudon ’94 likes to keep her options open. “I say ‘yes’ to different possibilities,” she says. “I like trying new things.” That kind of thinking helped her segue from jobs in art education and publishing to public education communications. As senior director for…

    initiatives developed by state education officials and help bring them to local districts. An example: Small school districts might not have enough funding to support a full-time school nurse. But the ESD can bring together two school districts, with each sharing half the cost of a nursing position. During the pandemic, the ESD took on the role of helping school districts in its regional network to solve problems. Virtual weekly meetings between district administrators proved so successful that they

  • Features world premier of work by PLU composer Gregory Youtz PLU’s University Ensemble is stretching its legs this January as 47 talented Lutes will be performing at venues in Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tennessee. The ensemble will feature the world premier of For Those Who…

    Scottish Dances by Malcolm Arnold, Two Lane Blacktop by James David and the Persichetti Symphony. For Those Who Wait was written in response to the numerous armed forces returning home physically or psychologically wounded after tours of duty in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. While much attention has been devoted to the heroism of those veterans, Youtz wanted to shine a light on those who wait at home. “I tried, in this piece, to capture the experiences of friends and students of mine in this position

  • Emily Ames ’15 Receives $2,000 for Summertime Community Work Emily 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…

    Center, Ames will perform a wide range of duties, including planning program activities for elementary-school and teenage camps, developing workshops, driving on field trips, mentoring teen camp participants and working as an “Adventure Guide” to build relationships with the elementary-school campers. “My hope is through firsthand experience working in a low-income community, I will learn the steps necessary to address the needs and challenges of its youth,” Ames wrote in her application for the

  • PLU represented at the 2023 Daffodil Parade in sun, rain (& even some snow?)!

    YouTube Short: Lutes at the Daffodil Parade! Posted by: shortea / April 28, 2023 April 28, 2023 PLU represented at the 2023 Daffodil Parade in sun, rain (& even some snow?)! Read Previous You Ask, We Answer: How do you accommodate dietary restrictions? Read Next A new space for neurodiverse students on campus LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024

  • Caring course work Anna McCracken ’14 is preparing to hand out prepackaged salad in the bottom level of Food Connections – one of the services housed in the Catholic Community Services building by St. Leo’s Catholic Church in Hilltop Tacoma. Beside her other volunteers are…

    haven of drug dealers, drug users, and prostitution and gang violence. “It had become the top place for drug sales in Pierce County,” said Jim Anderson, director of the Hospitality Kitchen. “This had become a scary place.” The Hospitality Kitchen, along with the streets and alleys are much different now, he said. On the students’ first day, Rev. David Alger, who leads the J-Term course, took the students on a van tour of Hilltop and the Eastside of Tacoma. Before their journey was finished, he