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job than your average English teacher—in fact, my students are all products of good English teachers and parents who encourage reading, which I’m so thankful for! I don’t know that I teach them how to write or be creative. I’m not sure that I can do that, in the way that a science teacher does a lab or an English teacher explains verb agreement. I think my role is more to whip up excitement about this work, about books and stories in general, and let them kind of roll around in all of it in a
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building,” Anderson remembers. “In my experience, he did not know the word ‘no!’ — he was always willing to tackle the very next project, and to do it well!” As a PLU student, Chris was a member of the Wind Ensemble and majored in business administration with an emphasis in computer science. Away from campus, Chris was passionate about photography, woodworking, backpacking, skiing and cooking. He is remembered lovingly by his daughter and PLU staff member Sarah Daggett ‘07 ‘12 and his sons David
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that’s virtually nonexistent. After graduation, Hunt moved on to graduate school at Durham University in England, where she earned a master’s of science after blending her PLU degrees—and her life experience—into the emerging field of paleopathology: the study of disease, health, trauma and diet in human biology in ancient societies. “I want to look at evidence of cancer in archaeological remains and add to a dataset that’s virtually nonexistent,” Hunt said. “At that point I wouldn’t have even called
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building peace. Prerequisite: COMA 101 or consent of instructor. (4) COMA 342 : Communication Inquiry An investigation of research methods critical to professional and academic communication. Key methods and constructs include informational interviewing, database search, survey and focus group design and administration, and basic data analysis. Prerequisite: COMA 215 or consent of instructor. (4) COMA 343 : Media Writing Introduces students to various professional methods of writing across multimedia
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policy represents a full commitment to gender equity that aligns with our mission and our community of care, while meeting the federal government’s call to action. Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT) – The purpose of the Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT) is to anonymously collect data regarding instances of experienced bias within the PLU community and monitor the type and frequency of such occurrences. Doing so will help us better understand our campus climate, create community-based educational
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1996, earning a bachelor’s degree in history with a minor in political science. Rebecca graduated with an education degree two years later. She teaches fourth grade in Chelan. After working a technical job at Boeing right out of college, Scott Benson changed course and the pieces started falling into place for his future in the wine business. “We made a very abrupt plan to move down to Willamette Valley,” a region in Oregon known for its wine, Benson said of him and his wife. There he studied
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of the great literatures of the world, from Anglo-Saxon origins to post-modern rebellions: for example, identity, society, and God; love and desire; industry, science, and culture. (4) ENGL 275 : Literary Passages: An Introduction to Literatures in English An introduction to literatures in English from around the globe, focusing on the imaginative, critical, and social power of reading and literary study. This theme-based course is centered around an in-depth study of one of Shakespeare's plays
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, manipulated to resemble a model bobsled run. Students get ready to drop their marble at the top of the run and see if it can go around a loop Pyles has made. They’re using math and science to predict what the outcome will be and what they have to do to get the marble to make the loop. “Will it make it?” Pyles asks the first student. “I think so,” a 7-year-old says with confidence. They’ve made their diagrams and it should work. “OK, let it rip,” Pyles says. The marble runs down the pipe and whirls around
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the next level. He wants to promote change in measurable, actionable ways concentrating on identity and messaging, environment and well being, and resources and stewardship. President Allan BeltonJoins members of the Independent Colleges of Washington in a meeting with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. President Allan BeltonShaking hands with a recent graduate from Pacific Lutheran University. President Allan BeltonLooking on as a student conducts a test in the Rieke Science Center at Pacific Lutheran
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spent learning and applying the science of psychology gave me an informed eye toward effective methods of treating patients. Additionally, I am inspired by PLU’s mission for community leadership and have brought that mission with me to the communities that I am currently a part of and the communities that I plan to serve in the future. Kendra Saathoff ’17: Feminist Student Union was a medium through which I connected with others who identify as feminists. It created a space for the dialogue I
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