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policy innovation and evaluation (PIE) and communications intern. “It’s great work!” she said. “I maintain and manage the Tacoma Housing Authority’s social media, and I help with website updates. I’ve even been able to do some in-person work taking photos of local small business owners.” Kang aims to help make THA’s online presence feel accessible and approachable. “I’m really enjoying sharing the things I’ve learned at PLU with my coworkers, and online,” she said. “I think it’s important that we
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I&TS DepartmentsInformation & Technology Services is organized (organizational chart) into three service groups with information about each in the tabs below:Information SystemsSystems & CommunicationsUser ServicesInformation SystemsInformation Systems Information Systems is a service area within I&TS dedicated to supporting the PLU community in the effective and efficient use of university wide applications in order to provide superior experience to both the students and university faculty and
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Mathematics Education Math and Social Justice Books Reflecting the World: A Guide to Incorporating Equity in Mathematics Teacher Education co-authored with Mathew D. Felton-Koestler and José María Menéndez (Information Age Publishing, Inc. 2017) : View Book Selected Presentations Math Enthusiast series at the University of Washington Tacoma, Real world problems and real real world problems, Tacoma, WA (April 2019) Critical Issues in Mathematics Education Conference, Equity and social justice theoretical
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, Pacific Lutheran University seniors Hailey Olafson and James Van Alstine presented their mathematics research at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San 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
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Saving For the FutureThe PLU endowment provides the university with income to fund student scholarships, and technological and classroom innovation through gifts from PLU friends. Policies are in place to guide the endowment investing and spending. Please click on the following link to view these policies in more detail: PLU Endowment Investment and Spending PolicyQuick Links Office of AdvancementCurrent EndowmentValue of Endowment as of May 31, 2022: $123.1 million As of 9/30/2022, an
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Merged Information Services Organization (MISO) SurveysPacific Lutheran University Information & Technology Services has participated in six Merged Information Services Organization (MISO) Surveys. The MISO Survey is a web-based quantitative survey designed to measure how faculty, students, and staff view library and computing services in higher education. I&TS uses MISO Survey results to assess the quality of services we provide and drive continuous improvement.What kinds of data does MISO
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from Pierce College, with a wedding and a baby in between. After five years working in the medical field and welcoming her second child, she thought she would go back to school for nursing. “I had an epiphany,” she said. “I can do this, but I don’t know that I should do this.” So, she didn’t. After eight years as a stay-at-home mom, Winer went back to work in K-12 education. She worked a laundry list of jobs at Cascade Christian Schools in Puyallup, from administrative assistant positions to
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requirements, Tamara Williams and Joel Zylstra — directors of the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education and the Center for Community Engagement and Service, respectively — found that some students were already completing the program just based off their majors. “It was global studies, environmental studies and Hispanic studies,” Zylstra said. “When there is overlap like that it’s kind of like ‘why not?’” Zylstra and Williams were approached by the Peace Corps in 2015, in an effort to reach
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and growth strategies based on one-on-one discussion and feedback as well as collaborative group learning. Over 60 new or updated courses are available in self-paced or interactive online formats as well as scheduled site-based offerings, including: 21st-Century Teaching Content-Area Teaching Equity & Diversity Instructional Strategies Positive Classroom Management Social & Emotional Learning Technology Tools for the Classroom Participants completing courses for credit will receive a PLU
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take these in any order they wish, but all must be taken to meet graduation requirements. Some courses within the nursing major and pre-nursing sequence fulfill general education requirements; For more information on general education requirements, see http://www.plu.edu/general-education/.
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