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Studies Program, Department of Anthropology, Center for Community Engagement and Service, ASPLU and Lute Vote. Ninth Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education “Women and the Holocaust” Oct. 17-19 | All Day | Anderson University Center Featuring leading Holocaust researchers and historians from all over the country, the Ninth Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will explore the many roles of women in Holocaust. Sponsored by the Holocaust and Genocide Studies program

students hover around their teachers like they are the sun of the classroom solar system – giving all they can to nurture the curiosity of their students. “As long as they love coming to school and they know how education can open doors, that’s my main objective,” Serr said. “If I can at least help them love to learn and come back everyday, it will set a path.” “It absolutely is a calling,” she said. The elementary school is part of the Franklin Pierce School District and is just blocks from Pacific

and timely scholarship. “One of my goals at PLU is to promote early engagement of undergraduate students – especially for women and underrepresented students – in machine learning, bioinformatics, and the data science field,” he says. “I want to inspire students to pursue advanced STEM education and research careers.” Cao explains: “Not only is research interesting for the students, I think it’s truly an important part of their education in computer science. I liken it to the Chinese proverb, from

here – he as a chemistry major, she in the nursing program – particularly when it comes to the education they received. “We really believe in education in a Christian context,” Carla said. “We want to pay it forward. Our gifts are an investment in the future young people at PLU. It is a chance for them to experience the good things.” One of the ways the LeMays have benefited the students at PLU is their gift that helped install on campus a sophisticated piece of equipment, a nuclear magnetic

for someone, and make a difference in a middle school kid’s life.” Jackson is in his third year at Pacific Lutheran University. He’s majoring in education and hoping to become a middle school math teacher after obtaining his master’s degree. He’s following a family vocation of sorts. Jackson’s mom was a third grade teacher and currently works as an administrator in Burlington, Wash. In total, six family members are employed as teachers or are in education administration as principals.The PLU

.“I want our future engineers to be educated through a liberal arts system and not just technically educated in their field,” said Hay, the program’s director. “I want them also to understand people and what our society needs from engineers.” Dual Degree Engineering offers students a chance to combine those strengths of a liberal arts education with the rigorous coursework of engineering. Students who complete the program earn two degrees — one from PLU and the other from an ABET-accredited

PLU with a geosciences degree. She won’t go far, at least right away, because this fall she will begin PLU’s Master of Arts in Education (MAE) program and continue her work as a scholar in PLU’s Culturally Sustaining STEM (CS-STEM) Teacher Program. How has your participation in the CS-STEM program at PLU shaped your experience? I am part of the Noyce CS-STEM Scholarship Program, and Professor Andrea Munro, who taught the STEM education class in the fall, pointed out to me that PLU had created a CS

each of the featured writers. Skipper said turnout is consistently large, with nearly 60 to 100 students in attendance for any given event. Both Barot and Skipper said the series doesn’t just cater to English majors, and anyone can benefit from attending. “It’s not just something for the English department,” Skipper said. “I think people forget how stories are engrained in our lives.” Every student at PLU seeking a well-rounded education can utilize these events, Skipper said, and can learn to

becoming a doctor is to help the Hispanic community and give back."- Ash Bechtel ’24 Pre-Med UIn the last 10 years, approximately 40 PLU graduates have gone on to attend the University of Washington School of Medicine—the top-ranked medical school in the nation for primary care education and family medicine training. In that same decade, around 80 Lutes have attended other medical schools across the country, including Washington State University, Oregon Health & Science University, Northwestern

the summer and early fall, PLU Music faculty connected with peers and respected artists to arrange these unique connections. Our students had a whopping 63 opportunities this semester to listen to and collaborate with world class musicians and teachers. In this post we summarize just a few of the experiences for students involved in Wind and Brass, Trumpet Studio, Voice/Opera, Jazz Ensemble, and Music Education. As it looks like online learning will continue into Spring 2021, faculty are