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, PLU economics professor Priscilla St. Clair will host a panel discussion featuring PLU alumni who have served in the Peace Corps. The event will spotlight PLU’s Peace Corps Prep Certificate Program, an undergraduate certificate program that prepares students for Peace Corps service and other international and domestic service-oriented programs. Panelists will include Shella Biallas ’04, who worked on ecotourism in Belize; Haley Ehlers ’16, who worked on personal finance programs in Timor-Leste
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appropriation by thinkers in Brazil and Argentina. DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Peace Journalism: A Foreign Perspective As an alternative approach in the reporting of war and other conflicts, peace journalism is the theory of expanding coverage of war beyond the principal combatants, including nonviolent options for resolving such conflicts. PLU students studied the concepts of peace journalism in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with journalists who have covered conflicts in places such as Lebanon
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Dean of Health Professions David Ward. “Our MSW program is designed to nurture compassionate leaders equipped with the necessary skills and grounded in a strong ethical framework. We’re excited to provide a platform for our students to make tangible, positive changes in the lives of those they serve.” Diverse Learning Pathways and Global Focus The curriculum will immerse students in social work theory, practice, and ethics with practical applications. To accommodate working students, courses will
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by Sarah Robinson, accessible from the Mortvedt Library book shelves. Giovanna Urdangarain Articles by Giovanna Urdangarain, accessible from the Mortvedt Library website. Print books in the collection on similar topics: BF637.F67F65 2009 Forgiveness and reconciliation : psychological pathways to conflict transformation and peace building BF637.F67F67 2000 Forgiveness : theory, research, and practice BJ1476.F67 2001 Forgiveness and reconciliation : religion, public policy & conflict transformation
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African American environmental heritage (1st ed). Lawrence Hill Books. (PLU Library link) Jenkins, Willis, Tucker, Mary Evelyn, & Grim, John (Eds.). (2018). Routledge handbook of religion and ecology. Routledge, Taylor & Francis group. (PLU Library link) Ray, Sarah J., Sibara, Jay, & Alaimo, Stacy. (Eds.). (2017). Disability studies and the environmental humanities: Toward an eco-crip theory. University of Nebraska Press. Watts Belser, Julia. (2020). Disability, climate change, and environmental
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Lathisms Scholarship Posted by: nicolacs / March 15, 2023 March 15, 2023 The 2023 Lathisms Scholarship intends to support Hispanic/Latinx students interested in pursuing a career focused in the mathematical sciences; such career paths include, but are not limited to, scientific research, mathematics education, engineering, and finance. They will award 2-3 scholarships of up to $500 (each) in the first year, aimed at prospective and current undergraduate/graduate students. The deadline is March
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Lathisms Scholarship Posted by: nicolacs / March 15, 2023 March 15, 2023 The 2023 Lathisms Scholarship intends to support Hispanic/Latinx students interested in pursuing a career focused in the mathematical sciences; such career paths include, but are not limited to, scientific research, mathematics education, engineering, and finance. They will award 2-3 scholarships of up to $500 (each) in the first year, aimed at prospective and current undergraduate/graduate students. The deadline is March
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October 27, 2011 Four years ago, Assistant Chemistry Professor Justin Lytle started the “Chemistry of Food” series with Erica Fickeisen, lead baker with PLU’s Dining and Culinary Services.(Photo by John Froschauer) The right recipe for fun and learning The recipe for how Assistant Professor of Chemistry Justin Lytle teaches looks a little like this: Add two-parts enthusiasm and a love of teaching, one-part knowledge of the sciences, and a heaping scoop of passion for the chemistry of food. Then
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strategies to increase student interest and engagement in any course. Games and Competition: Game-based learning isn’t just for children. Games tap into the human desire for competition and utilize scheduled, intermittent rewards to keep learners motivated. Games for higher education are growing in popularity. (Check out the Educational Gaming Commons hosted by Penn State.) But, even simple, low-tech games or competitions can make learning really engaging for students. Applied Learning: Students
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Antonio, Texas.JMM, put on by the Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society, is the largest mathematics meeting in the world. The research Olafson and Van Alstine presented, on changing the base of numbers, was conducted over the summer with PLU Assistant Professor of Mathematics Tom Edgar. Edgar says that numbers we know are “usually easy” to understand because the base is 10: We count in 1000s, 100s, 10s and 1s. For their research, though, the trio started to replace
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