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for them to enter graduate programs that build on their quality undergraduate foundations.” The agreement will streamline the process for PLU alumni applying for admission to Puget Sound’s Master in Public Health and Master of Education in counseling programs. Likewise, the agreement will streamline the process for Puget Sound alumni applying to PLU’s Master in Business Administration, Master of Science in Marketing Analytics, and Master of Science in Kinesiology programs. “For more than 100 years

metacognition and learning; the use of self-assessment to increase metacognition; and student theories of intelligence, learning, and failure. Siegesmund is an alumnus of the National Science Foundation Biology Scholars Research Residency and has received PLU faculty excellence awards in service (2019-20) and teaching (204-15). “During her time at PLU, Dr. Siegesmund has proven herself to be an incredibly dedicated, passionate and effective teacher,” said Chair of Biology Matt Smith. “She challenges her

establishes an effective and representative advocate body for residence hall related issues.What’s the first event RHA will be hosting this year? We have our big block party this Friday. It’s one of our hit events where people come to Red Square to dance, mingle, meet new students, and just have a good time. We’re super stoked for that, especially for folks who didn’t really have in-person interactions with other students last year. How does the ongoing pandemic affect the work of RHA? Last year we had to

April 18, 2008 A banner year for Q Club callers A plucky team of student callers has set another record in dollars raised for PLU through telephone solicitation. The 10 students and three student supervisors, known as TelALutes, spend evenings throughout the year calling thousands of alumni, parents and friends of the university asking for support of Q Club scholarships. The program helps keep constituents connected to campus through personal contact and is remarkably effective in securing

secondary classrooms J.P. Avila, Assistant Professor of Art: Avila will use $1,000 for a Nintendo Wii to construct a cost-effective digital whiteboard and interactive screen to promote visual communication through graphic design. Matthew Levy, Assistant Professor of English, Division of Humanities and Genevieve Williams, Assistant Professor of Library: They will use a “Turning Point” audience response technology to educate students about plagiarism. Their $1,000 will be used for software, a USB receiver

Colleges.“PLU has long been recognized as a leader in defining the work of sustainability in higher education,” said PLU Sustainability Lead Nick Lorax. “It is our privilege and our challenge to discern how we translate our leadership into action on campus and beyond.” Tree Campus USA is a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals. PLU achieved this

PLU Interim Leadership Announced Posted by: Lace M. Smith / May 8, 2017 May 8, 2017 Dear Campus Community: I am happy to share with you the news that the Board of Regents of PLU voted on Saturday to elect Mr. Allan Belton—who currently serves as senior vice president and chief administrative officer—to the post of acting president, effective June 1. Allan will continue to lead the division of Administrative Services and he will be tasked with the duties and authorities set forth in the faculty

are thinking (as they are moved to do so). As Therese A. Huston and Michele DiPietro discovered in their research about addressing tragedies within higher education, inaction in the face of tragedy is the least effective response. For tips on how to address this and other tragedies in learning and living spaces at PLU, the Teaching in Times of Crisis guide developed by the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University is excellent and succinct. To all of our community members, we also urge you to

Georgia and Alabama. This trip was an opportunity to immerse myself in both the history and continued Civil Rights work. How did your PLU experience prepare you in ways you did and didn’t expect? My coursework and opportunities at PLU helped me to better understand my own identities and different structural injustices that impact our world. Because of the comprehensive and engaging curriculum I received, I knew that to be an effective educator I must work toward culturally responsive and equitable

basis remains a significant barrier. Programming a chatbot within one of the most-used messaging apps in the U.S. (Facebook Messenger) addresses those barriers, providing a natural, intuitive and easy-to-use mobile respondent experience from within a mobile-first platform. Hypothesis 2: Collecting responses via Facebook Messenger can be more cost-effective than traditional web-based survey collection methods. Key Finding: It can be, with an initial investment. For this proof-of-concept experiment