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college education, and at a time in which some critics compare higher education’s fate to that of the recording  industry. True, universities need to adapt and innovate and respond to the ways in which students learn today. PLU is in the process of creating our own unique blended learning courses with the PLUTO project, PLU Teaching Online. However, there will always be a need for close faculty- student connections, for as David Bell notes in this article – “If mastering complex and difficult subjects

coral reefs at War in the Pacific National Historical Park, community-based education and outreach at Everglades National Park, and surveying pollinator abundance at Yosemite National Park. Visit the website to get the full list of 2022 opportunities! Informational Webinar: Friday, December 10th at 4:00 PM Eastern Are you interested in becoming a SIP Fellow? Do you want to know more about what it is like to work in a National Park? Join us for a webinar featuring two 2021 SIP Fellows, as they

Paid Internship: Tacoma Environmental Services Laboratory at the Center for Urban Waters Posted by: Craig Fryhle / March 26, 2015 March 26, 2015 Paid student internship opportunity with the City of Tacoma Environmental Services Laboratory at the Center for Urban Waters in Tacoma.  Candidates with a strong interest in gaining some laboratory knowledge, skills and experience.  This position starts as summer internship, where the candidate can work part to full time, and then scales back to a part

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

Hewins ’86, superintendent of Franklin Pierce Schools located in PLU’s backyard, is WASA’s Superintendent of the Year for 2018. As a result, Hewins is a candidate for the national award through the American Association of School Administrators. The award will be announced in February at the AASA national conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Hewins has deep ties to PLU. He earned a master’s degree from the university and currently serves on the presidential selection committee, which is tasked with

nominations from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences — Northwest Chapter.MediaLab — which was nominated twice for its four-part documentary series “A World of Difference” — is no stranger to Emmy nominations, but this year marks the first time other student-led groups within the School of Arts and Communication joined the ranks. “This year demonstrates that the standards, the expectations, and the levels of achievement across the board at PLU are on the rise, and that’s exciting,” said

March 27, 2008 Culinary Week features talents of master chef Italian flavors reigned supreme at PLU’s first-ever Culinary Week that featured certified master chef Ken Arnone. Hosted by Dining and Culinary Services, the week included interactive cooking sessions taught by Arnone, PLU staff and local experts, as well as a free lunch featuring authentic Italian cuisine. “We have this new facility and many new staff members, all who bring to the table different culinary talents,” said Erin McGinnis

University-Chicago. In addition to teaching classes in the graduate and undergraduate theology programs, she also teaches in the Women’s Studies Program, the Institute of Pastoral Studies and the Catholic Studies Program. “I’ll be talking about the ways that beauty has been understood as a way to find God, how traditional ways of seeing beauty have objectified women and made beauty something ‘above’ the world, and how women’s practices of beauty – in the past and present – suggest ways of linking beauty

March 5, 2014 PLU Peace Scholars leave for Nobel Peace Prize Forum Juniors Andrew Larsen and Amy Delo will be attending the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize forum this year in Minneapolis. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Dr. William Foege ’57 is a keynote speaker at the event By Barbara Clements Content Director, Marketing and Communications Two Pacific Lutheran University students fly off to Minneapolis the week of March 3 to begin fulfilling their dreams of someday working in the Peace Corps or working on

total of 19 choirs from 12 countries took part in the competition, with the Choir of the West achieving the overall highest score. According to Interkultur, the presenting organization, the five internationally renowned judges were ‘completely convinced,’ and awarded PLU the Grand Prize. “Compliments from the judging panel and the other participants were very positive, and as I told the choir, we made a difference for everyone that heard us sing,” Nance said. “We represented our university, our