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John Evanishyn ‘21 grew up in Tacoma, exploring Point Defiance Park, Ruston Way waterfront and other urban green spaces. By high school, he had learned enough from his dad to become a skilled forager, someone who knew his capstones from his shaggy ink caps. (Those…
,” he said.“Learning about those kinds of things, where science intersects with social factors, was really key there. That’s probably been the main thing across the board for all my environmental classes at PLU: There are intersections between environmental issues and the people living in the surrounding area.” Evanishyn chose English as his other major. He hoped to sharpen his storytelling skills, having long dreamed of writing and producing for television. In 2019, he found an outlet for his
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Students in the Native American and Indigenous Studies program don’t just learn about Indigenous peoples, they learn with and from them, entering a collaborative learning space in which Indigenous
Support NAIS for PLU's Bjug Day of Giving on October 15-16th! See what our Alumni have been up to! More Indigenous Scholars, We are Lutes Too A poster exhibition designed and installed by Native American & Indigenous Studies students Fall 2019 More Hands-on learning Students in ANTH 190/192/491 learn to make drums while in Neah Bay as guests of the Makah nation. More Quality guest speakers and events Dr. Charlotte Coté (Tseshaht/Nuu-chah-nulth), author of Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 3, 2017)- You know it’s a good class when even the professor goes home shouting: “You’re not going to believe what we learned today!” Joanna Gregson, professor of sociology, says she told her husband just that throughout her January Term course “Policing…
Lutes learn about law enforcement, policing issues in the U.S. Posted by: Kari Plog / February 3, 2017 Image: The “Policing in America” class toured the south precinct of the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department during January Term last month. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) February 3, 2017 By Matthew Salzano '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 3, 2017)- You know it's a good class when even the professor goes home shouting: “You’re not going to believe what we learned today
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Performance and Creative Interest Clubs and Organizations offer a wide array of communities to express creativity, passion, and individuality while being uplifted by those around you.
, skills, and backgrounds. We hope to work with you soon! Click the link to learn more about all of our services and follow us on our Instagram to see what we’re up to! Type of Club or Organization: Performance & Creative Interest Organization Meeting Times & Places (Subject to Change): When: Every Tuesday and Thursday from 12pm-1pm Where: AUC 142 Club Email: impact@plu.eduLate KnightDescription: Late Knight is a late-night style, live comedy show put on by Mast TV under Student Media at Pacific
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By Sarah Cornell-Maier. Understanding the function of the human brain is a truly enlightening experience, especially when you tie brain research into the newest developments in computer technology, creativity, and innovation studies. Recently, I got the opportunity to sit down at Pacific Lutheran University with…
much to say about the tangible ways that technological innovation directly shapes her work and experiences. “Not long ago, when my graduate school advisor was a graduate student, you would have to run statistics by going to a big computer room on campus and have the tech enter in numbers for your calculations,” said McLaughlin. “If you got your results back and there was a number wrong, you’d either have to go through the entire process again or do it by hand, both of which were tedious.” Today
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A good place to begin is in reviewing comments made by the Director of CIWA, Professor Paul Manfredi, Chair of Languages and Literature at Pacific Lutheran University in his letter updating members
Questions and Answers about CIWAThis section is offered to help answer many of the questions which can arise when trying to understand how CIWA, now in its second decade, carries out its mission and goals. If your desire is to help educate Americans about the world we live in and make them more competitive in the global workplace, then following your review of this section you will likely become one of our biggest supporters. In Defense of the Confucius Institute of the State of WashingtonA
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Explorer Thorleif Thorleifsson highlights his 80 day journey around the Arctic Ocean. (Photo by John Froschauer) Arctic exploration and climate change By Katie Scaff ’13 Changes in the Arctic have become increasingly visible, according to Norwegian explorer Thorleif Thorleifsson, who, with BØrge Ousland, became the…
swells is not an easy task.” Pease could relate to Thorleifsson’s journey, to some degree, because her work for the U.S. and Norwegian governments took her to 80 degrees north in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. “The changes since I was there last are just remarkable,” Pease said. “There’s probably about 50 percent loss since I started my career.” Read Previous KCCR is now LASR Read Next PLU named a 2011 Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the
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20 Semester Hours, Including: GSRS 201 (4 semester hours, offered every semester) GSRS 301 (4 semester hours, offered every fall) 12 additional semester hours must be selected from GSRS courses or
-level. Courses that are not on the approved list, from any discipline, for which at least 60% of the assignments center on women, feminism, gender, and/or sexuality may also count for the Gender & Sexuality Studies minor. This allows the integration of Gender & Sexuality Studies perspectives into courses that are not explicitly or entirely structured around those perspectives. Students should consult the GSRS chair about this option before the course begins (when possible) and provide syllabi and
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The following is a wonderful sermon from Interim Campus Pastor John Rosenberg given at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Browns Point on Sunday, May 29th. Is PLU Lutheran Enough? Now That’s a Good Question ( ) Pastor John Rosenberg’s sermon at Grace Lutheran Church in Corvallis,…
calls to you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and so that they may know that your name has been invoked on this house that I have built.” That’s an interesting prayer for a number of reasons. In my role as University Pastor, I’m often called upon to pray at official functions, so I find myself paying close attention to prayers and borrowing from the good ones. I’ve discovered that you can tell a great deal about people’s beliefs by
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By Dana Shreaves, Instructional Designer When instructors want to communicate with students at a distance, one option is to create video or audio recordings. Many faculty dislike seeing or hearing themselves recorded. Others are intimidated by the process of creating recordings. However, recordings can be…
Recording Instruction and Communications for Distance Learners Posted by: Marcom Web Team / March 31, 2020 March 31, 2020 By Dana Shreaves, Instructional Designer When instructors want to communicate with students at a distance, one option is to create video or audio recordings. Many faculty dislike seeing or hearing themselves recorded. Others are intimidated by the process of creating recordings. However, recordings can be as simple or complex as you want them to be. Screencasting software
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