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  • by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer Image courtesy of Ron Gerhardstein, 2017 Efforts to increase student retention have highlighted the importance of supporting student success. While grades are not the be-all and end-all of college learning, it is still important for students to be able to…

    Sakai Gradebook: Supporting Student Success Posted by: hassonja / November 29, 2017 November 29, 2017 by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer Image courtesy of Ron Gerhardstein, 2017 Efforts to increase student retention have highlighted the importance of supporting student success. While grades are not the be-all and end-all of college learning, it is still important for students to be able to easily monitor their learning progress. With access to tools like the Sakai Gradebook, students

  • Cover art by Ta-coumba T. Aiken Intersections, Number 50, Fall 2019 Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning,…

    these intersect with contemporary challenges, opportunities, and initiatives. This issue explores: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Preview essays in this issue with the individual links below: Making Diversity Matter: Inclusion is the Key Dr. Monica Smith The Perils and Promise of Privilege Guy Nave The Vocation of White People in a Racist Society Caryn D. Riswold Learning the Language of Inclusive Pedagogy David Thompson The “V” Word: Different Dimensions of Vocation in a Religiously Diverse

  • Cover art by  Diego B. Lasansky Intersections, Number 46, Fall 2017 Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning,…

    Presidential Center for Faith and Learning at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, the institutional sponsor of the publication. Intersections extends and enhances discussions fostered by the annual Vocation of the Lutheran College Conference, together lifting up the vocation of Lutheran colleges and universities. It aims to raise the level of awareness among faculty, staff, and administration about the Lutheran heritage and church-relatedness of their institutions, especially as these intersect with

  • Frank Roberts ’13 and Jill Heinecke ’13 explore all Tacoma and the surrounding area has to offer. Including the wildlife at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. (Photos by John Froschauer) Great Northwest: Frank & Jill’s T-Town to-do list By Katie Scaff ’13 Frank Roberts…

    that they decided to create a list to keep track of it all. “We just have a list of to-do things that we’ve started crossing off,” said Heinecke. “I’m not normally a list person but I’m okay with it, since none of it’s stuff we have to do – it’s stuff we want to do.” Check out the official Tacoma to-do list from Frank and Jill. The walkway of Ruston Way on the Tacoma Water front offers a scenic view of Commencement Bay. Ruston Way (13.9 miles from campus) Ruston Way, Tacoma, WA 98407 The two-mile

  • Todd Sheridan Perry ’92 worked on many of the Gollum scenes in the second Lord of the Rings movie. How Todd Sheridan rose from PLU to become one of Hollywood’s most successful special effects wizards By Barbara Clements Remember the scene in the “The Lord…

    to trap the wizard, put out the fires and drown a few Orcs in the process. Todd Sheridan Perry ’92 remembers it well. After all, he designed it. Director Peter Jackson had just popped into Perry’s New Zealand office and asked, at the last minute, could Perry and his crew put together a flood scene with the Ents? ASAP.”When Peter Jackson asks you to do a flood scene, you do a flood scene,” Perry said. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG-1Gtus7KQ Reading through Perry’s resume is like a browsing

  • Occasionally, we are fortunate enough to find things that are more exciting than what we are searching for. This is certainly true for Dr. Jen Jenkins, Associate Professor of German in the Languages and Literature Department at Pacific Lutheran University. Dr. Jenkins spent the 2016-2017…

    2016-2017 academic year on sabbatical, a year which she dedicated to investigating the texts of Hermann Broch, an Austrian 20th century Modernist writer, with the explicit mission of exploring evidence of visual tropes and metaphors of seeing in Broch’s novels. Broch was born in Vienna on November 1, 1886, into a Jewish family. As a writer aligned with the Modernist movement, which prioritized individuality and subjectivity, he wrote fiction and poetry and was known for his unique and often

  • For the 2012-2013 fiscal year, twelve classrooms have been funded for technology upgrades. Funding came from the Central Equipment Fund, Office of the Provost, and Instructional Technologies. Those classrooms funded for upgrades include:  Hauge Administration 208, 210, 212, 214, and 216 Ingram 109 and 115B…

    will be furnished with a smart podium and equipped with a computer, computer projector, speakers, VCR/DVD player, and a smart switcher. The “plug and play” switcher will make it very easy to use and switch media in classes by pressing one button for on-off and another to select the media to be projected on the screen.   Read Next Xavier 150 and Ramstad 206 Classrooms Receive Technology Upgrades LATEST POSTS Major Sakai Upgrade in August March 1, 2022 Fall 2023 Technology Workshops February 3, 2022

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 11, 2017)- Katie Dean ’21 acknowledges that she takes after her Norwegian mother, at first glance. Still, Dean says her father’s Native American heritage is an important part of who she is, something she is most proud of. “That’s part of my…

    demonstrate the most potential for affecting positive change and leadership in academic and co-curricular life on campus. It began with Director of Military Outreach Michael Farnum, an Army veteran who set up the endowment to honor the wishes of his late father-in-law, Sgt. 1st Class Eugene C. Price. Dean is a member of the Snohomish tribe, which is a small tribe associated with the Tulalip Tribes of Washington, a Native American community in the mid-Puget Sound area. She is the first recipient of the

  • By Layne Nordgren PLU’s Sakai learning management system now includes an Accessibility Checker tool you can use to inspect the accessibility level of content you create in the rich-text editor ( CKEditor ). This editor is embedded within many Sakai tools such as Lessons, Mailtool,…

    inaccessible to students who have physical, cognitive, or learning disabilities, and some aspects of your content might introduce unnecessary barriers that impede students from successfully performing the learning activities you intend. As you create content in your Sakai courses, it is important that you design your materials with accessibility in mind. The Accessibility Checker helps you to implement best practices for improving the accessibility of your course content, such as: header formatting for

  • Relay for Life returns to PLU track Students, faculty, staff and alumni will paint the campus purple on April 25 and 26 during PLU’s third annual Relay for Life The relay begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 25. At least one member from each…

    April 18, 2008 Relay for Life returns to PLU track Students, faculty, staff and alumni will paint the campus purple on April 25 and 26 during PLU’s third annual Relay for Life The relay begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 25. At least one member from each team will circle the university track for 18 hours, with the relay ending at noon on Saturday, April 26. Relay for Life is an annual fund raising event for the American Cancer Society. Held in communities and at universities across the nation in