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Intersections: The Tradition’s Wisdom in a Time of Pandemics Posted by: abryant / December 1, 2020 December 1, 2020 Cover art Cross of Life by Tom Stancliffe Intersections, Number 52, Fall 2020Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning, and teaching within Lutheran higher education. It is published by the

. Are you curious about what PLU English alums have done with their English degree? Their paths span diverse fields, from managing content at Amazon to roles in government, education, and editing. Read Previous ​​Mathematics major Lindsey Clark ’24 is a Noyce scholar and future teacher Read Next You Ask. We Answer. How is your Education program? LATEST POSTS Summer Reading Recommendations July 11, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce

APS/IBM Research Internship for Undergraduate Women and Underrepresented Minorities Posted by: nicolacs / January 6, 2022 January 6, 2022 Looking for a virtual and paid summer internship to enhance your STEM education? Interested in working virtually for a world-class research facility? The APS/IBM Research Internship for Undergraduate Women and Underrepresented Minorities program is offering two virtual undergraduate internship opportunities for women and underrepresented minorities. The goal

different elements relate.” Jan Lewis, associate provost for undergraduate programs, said PLUTO successfully mirrors the university’s mission. “We think good PLU teaching can be translated online,” Lewis said, noting that the online learning opportunities have already demonstrated the hallmark characteristics of a PLU education. Lewis stressed that faculty are given a lot of freedom to deliver the online curriculum as they see fit, same as the freedom they’re given in traditional brick-and-mortar

to list what l do because such a list is too quickly embraced or dismissed as part of a basic skills orientation. Certainly the pragmatically minded can make a case that the abilities I ask my students to enact constitute useful skills for getting on in the world. Conceiving teaching humanities that way, however, yields too easily to the reductionistic instrumental reason that permeates all too much of our society today, including higher education. At the same time, purists who conceive the task

Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 Posted by: Zach Powers / April 16, 2024 Image: Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 is a music education major from Tacoma. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) April 16, 2024 By Emily Holt, MFA '16PLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer When the principal of N/a’an ku sê, a rural school in Namibia that serves the San people, asked PLU music education major Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 to expand their existing

which to work and live. I attribute much of this great spirit to our tradition and continuing commitment to the ideals of Lutheran higher education. As I like to say, Martin Luther—Professor Martin Luther—not only made Lutheran universities better, he made all universities better, even Catholic and public universities. In many ways, the superb American system of higher education—with its firm commitment to academic freedom, its rigorous questioning of all received opinions, and its belief in the

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doing this year before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Anderson: Before the pandemic, I was working on building out professional development for our 85 instructional coaches, getting ready to start a hiring round, and planning for the design and launch of new certification courses for our coaches. I was also working on finishing up my dissertation for a Ph.D. in Education and TA-ing masters courses for MSU-Bozeman. PLU: As schools began closing to keep communities safe, how did your job transition

Emmy-Nominated Documentary Screened for Powell-Heller Holocaust Conference Posted by: Zach Powers / March 5, 2015 Image: Filmmaker Steven Pressman at the Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education at Pacific Lutheran University (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 5, 2015 By Evan Heringer '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 5, 2015)- Writer and director Steven Pressman screened his Emmy-nominated documentary film, 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. & Mrs. Kraus, on