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  • by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer The beginning of a new academic year provides an opportunity to reflect on effective teaching practices and perhaps try something new. Consider the practice of using “essential questions” during the instructional process. Essential questions explore salient, fundamental ideas that are…

    concept is quite simple and the strategy has been in use since the time of Socrates. Best of all, discussing essential questions fits perfectly with PLU’s mission to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry. The Socratic seminar is one effective way to structure inquiry in a course. However, I believe using essential questions offers a simpler strategy that can be implemented across all academic levels and disciplines, including ones that rely heavily upon factual knowledge and performance

  • By Sean Horner YouTube video players and audio players can now be embedded in any instance of Sakai’s rich-text editor ( CKEditor ) while avoiding the use of the Adobe Flash Player. The CKEditor is embedded within many Sakai tools including Forums, Mailtool, Assignments, Lessons,…

    do I embed a YouTube video in a text box? How do I embed an audio player in a text box?   Why avoid Adobe Flash? Content relying on Adobe Flash cannot be displayed to users of iPads and iPhones. Furthermore, Flash is a decaying web technology with many security vulnerabilities, severe enough for Chrome and Firefox to begin blocking Flash content by default. We recommend that instructors using content that depends on Adobe Flash begin to find alternatives. If you’re not sure if you have Flash

  • Actors practiced the art of Bunraku puppetry to express Paula Vogle’s play, “The Long Christmas Ride Home.” Pictured here are David Ellis ’11 and Abigal Pishaw ’12, who play the parents in the play. (Photo by John Froschauer) Actors and puppets take audience through a…

    back seat with the annoying brother or the arrogant sister, and if things are really bad, having a middle sibling wedged in between. The latter usually threatening to barf or fart their way cross country. This is the setting of Paula Vogel’s one-act play “The Long Christmas Ride Home,” which will be performed along with two other plays by Thornton Wilder – “The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden” and “The Wreck on the Five-Twenty-Five.” All three plays are adapted and directed by assistant

  • During a ceremony of remembrance in Red Square, the Norwegian Flag is raised for the victims of the terror attacks this summer. (Photo by John Froschauer) PLU professor remembers Norway’s peaceful response to attacks of terror By Katie Scaff ’13 The dignity and resolve of…

    extremists affects us all.” The attacks made Norwegians ask who they are and what they wanted to become, according to Berguson. In the days after the attacks they chose to focus on their identity rather than fear and revenge. It was a time for self-reflection. “I had to suspend my working cultural codes,” Berguson said. She was taken aback when complete strangers would strike up small talk with her. “These short conversations were not part of any experiences I had ever had before,” said Berguson. “In the

  • Students get a view of job and internship opportunities from the ground floor – at Alaska Airlines. (Photos by Jesse Major ’14) Learning about the next step By Jesse Major ’14 Career Connections hosted its first On-The-Road Experience for students Feb. 22 . Students had…

    find a good fitting internship at Alaska Airlines. The benefits that go along with these internships were one of Dussell’s selling points. He told of a trip to Europe and back that cost just over $200. The other selling point was the people that work there. Tilden asked several employees why they like working there, and most of them said, “The people.” Alaska Airlines is offering 38 internships this summer and is accepting applications online for the first few weeks of March, depending on each

  • PLU President and Mrs. Krise Announce Endowed Internship Fund PLU President Thomas W. Krise, left, and Patricia L. Krise announce an endowed internship. By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications   The benefits of a summer internship—even an unpaid one—are unlimited and undeniable: Students can…

    April 15, 2014 PLU President and Mrs. Krise Announce Endowed Internship Fund PLU President Thomas W. Krise, left, and Patricia L. Krise announce an endowed internship. By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications   The benefits of a summer internship—even an unpaid one—are unlimited and undeniable: Students can apply what they’ve learned in the classroom to real-world situations, network with people in the industry and gain valuable work experience and insight (and sometimes even a job

  • As a first-generation college student, Brandi Hilliard was nervous when she began her studies at Pacific Lutheran University. But those uncomfortable feelings soon diminished. “I found PLU to be a warm, supportive and an intimate community, which made it an easy place to fit in,”…

    sizes where professors knew my name and offered office hours to chat about academics, career options and life in general. How did your experience and background prepare and inspire you for your new role as Director of Career, Learning & Engagement?  Working with teenagers (as a high school English teacher) taught me that one of my biggest passions is helping students find their vocational calling, and then helping them turn their dreams into reality. Are you working on any projects that you would

  • PLU professor presents keynote at premier sports and exercise psychology conference PLU Professor, Colleen Hacker presented the keynote at the annual meeting of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) in Atlanta, Ga. Her speech, “Gold Medal Partnership: Collaboration and Integration for Sustained Excellence,” was…

    October 22, 2012 PLU professor presents keynote at premier sports and exercise psychology conference PLU Professor, Colleen Hacker presented the keynote at the annual meeting of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) in Atlanta, Ga. Her speech, “Gold Medal Partnership: Collaboration and Integration for Sustained Excellence,” was delivered to a standing room only crowd of more than 800 sports and exercise psychology professionals. Her keynote was received with a rare and

  • Farewell Reception 2013 Please take the opportunity to join your friends and colleagues who will be leaving the university at the Farewell Reception. The reception will be held in the Scandinavian Center on Wednesday, May 15 from 9 to 10:15 a.m. There will be comments…

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