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Relay for Life at PLU Raises Money—and Awareness Students walk during a previous Relay for Life at PLU. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) By Valery Jorgensen ’15 The international fundraiser Relay For Life, for the American Cancer Society, will be held at PLU beginning Friday, April 25.…
for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching and learning experiences in China November 4, 2024 Lutes celebrate another impactful Bjug Day of Giving: a PLU tradition in support of students October 29, 2024 Angela Meade ’01 Vocal Competition Returns to PLU for Fourth Year October 28, 2024
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UPDATE (1.8.17): Due to weather concerns, the Learning from Standing Rock event has been moved to Chris Knutzen Hall (CK) in PLU’s Anderson University Center. TACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 31, 2017)- Pacific Lutheran University will host an event titled “Learning from Standing Rock” on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at…
titled “Learning from Standing Rock” on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 5 p.m. PLU and South Puget Sound community members will gather in Red Square to listen to indigenous leaders share what they’ve learned from the recent events at Standing Rock, as well as local environmental conflicts.“The ‘NODAPL’ protection efforts at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota have captured the attention of the entire world,” said Darren Moore, a computer purchasing and services coordinator at PLU and a co
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On Monday, February 19, 2018 (President’s Day), students at Pacific Lutheran University are invited for a special tour of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters (HQ). The event is being sponsored by Amazon and PLU’s office of Career Connections and Alumni and Constituent Relations . Interested PLU students…
Washington to the list), I’m hopeful that research projects will also be funded in associated disciplines, including mathematics, electrical engineering, acoustics, statistics, psychology, philosophy, business—even historical studies examining the impact of voice technologies on culture and society. For a look at what PLU students are doing currently in machine learning and biology research, check out this video of Dr. Renzhi Cao’s computer science class this past year. There are so many good
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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…
instructional content that already exists or can be effectively delivered through text. If you have textbook readings, articles, YouTube videos, or other content that meets your needs, use those items first. Then fill in the gaps with videos you create yourself. Consider how you as the instructor can serve as a curator and facilitator of students’ independent learning. Instruction that requires visual demonstration should be your first priority. Screencasts can capture video from a webcam, camcorder, or
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Department of Languages and Literatures Film Festival 2012-13 presents: “The Invisible War” The Department of Languages and Literatures Film Festival 2012-13 presents a screening of The Invisible War at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8 in Ingram 100. Kristina Setchfield, Marine Corps Veteran and survivor, will…
staggering 22,800 violent sex crimes in the military in 2011. Twenty-percent of all active-duty female soldiers are sexually assaulted. Female soldiers aged 18 to 21 accounted for more than half of the victims. Focusing on the powerfully emotional stories of rape victims, The Invisible War is a moving indictment of the systemic cover-up of military sex crimes, chronicling the women’s struggles to rebuild their lives and fight for justice. It also features hard-hitting interviews with high-ranking
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A weekly meeting with program students and faculty to discuss progress, challenges, and the intersection of Indigenous approaches and the university experience.
& Indigenous StudiesIntroduces students to the scope, methodologies, and intellectual traditions of Native American and Indigenous Studies, focusing on such topics as Indigeneity, settler colonialism, sovereignty, resilience, and the intersectionality of Indigeneity with gender and sexuality. May include community-based service learning components. (4)NAIS 363Race and IndigeneityThis course examines ways that settler colonial ideologies of race have been developed and applied to Indigenous. Relying on
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Bret Underwood is an Assistant Professor in Physics, currently teaching a two-course Mathematical Physics sequence.
Bret Underwood, PhDPhysics DepartmentFlipped Learning for Student-Centered Class Time Bret Underwood, Assistant Professor of Physics, in class at PLU on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Bret Underwood is an Assistant Professor in Physics, currently teaching a two-course Mathematical Physics sequence. The courses can be a bit technical, and he’s been spending a lot of time lately thinking about how to integrate active learning into a technical upper-level physics course. At
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By Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer In January, I enrolled in my first MOOC to learn more about this controversial form of instruction. It was definitely valuable, both for instructional design research and as a learning experience. The course was designed around five basic elements: video…
interaction with the instructor. This concern is valid. I had no direct communication with my instructor for this course. If I was enrolled in a face-to-face or online course, I would have most certainly asked questions of my professor and discussed topics with my peers. There are fears that MOOCs might replace college courses with an impersonal broadcast of learning. Elements integral to active learning were not present in my MOOC course and I don’t consider MOOCs to yet provide an experience wholly
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Understanding the World Through Sports and Recreation By Barbara Clements The 2010 Wang Center Symposium: Understanding the World Through Sports and Recreation, will feature many speakers and topics on the global impact of sports and recreation. Wang Center Symposium: Understanding the World Through Sports and…
’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching and learning experiences in China November 4, 2024 Lutes celebrate another impactful Bjug Day of Giving: a PLU tradition in support of students October 29, 2024 Angela Meade ’01 Vocal Competition Returns to PLU for Fourth Year October 28, 2024
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