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  • Teaching during a Global Pandemic Posted by: dupontak / May 13, 2021 May 13, 2021 By Jacqueline Jackson '22English MajorProfessor Rings sits in the basement of his house in Downtown Tacoma explaining the difference between being online versus in the classroom during a global pandemic.The room is more dimly lit and quiet than a classroom, and the discussion feels homey. There was no hum of a projector or the fan of the computer or students rustling around in their backpacks or eating whatever it

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 13, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University will host a lecture by Seattle University School of Law Professor Dean Spade, a leading scholar and activist in trans rights. His talk, “Romantic Notions: Soldiers, Spouses and the Limits of LGBT Equality,” will be held at 6…

    diversity, justice and sustainability in action—both within an academic context and within activism,” says Jennifer Smith, director of the Women’s Center. “He demonstrates how to put thought and theory into action. Additionally, his work is explicitly intersectional, focusing on race, class, sexuality and gender simultaneously.” Before joining the faculty of Seattle University, Spade was a Williams Institute Law Teaching Fellow at UCLA Law School and Harvard Law School, teaching classes related to

  • Computer science drives innovation throughout the US economy, but the subject remains neglected or marginalized in K-12 education. Can more be done to improve student access to this important way of thinking? Please join Alice Steinglass of Code.org  on October 9, 2018 at Pacific Lutheran…

    Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History, where participants in a workshop and lecture will discuss strategies to address this important issue. From 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Ms. Steinglass will participate in a workshop with Heavenly Cole (Lincoln High School) and Laurie Murphy (PLU) to discuss the importance of teaching computer science at the high school and college level (Xavier Hall, Nordquist 201). Benson Family Chair Michael Halvorson will act as organizer and MC. Elementary school

  • Computer science drives innovation throughout the US economy, but the subject remains neglected or marginalized in K-12 education. Can more be done to improve student access to this important way of thinking? Please join Alice Steinglass of Code.org  on October 9, 2018 at Pacific Lutheran…

    Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History, where participants in a workshop and lecture will discuss strategies to address this important issue. From 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Ms. Steinglass will participate in a workshop with Heavenly Cole (Lincoln High School) and Laurie Murphy (PLU) to discuss the importance of teaching computer science at the high school and college level (Xavier Hall, Nordquist 201). Benson Family Chair Michael Halvorson will act as organizer and MC. Elementary school

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 20, 2016)- This summer, Taylor Bozich ’17 affirmed what she long assumed to be true about humanitarian work — it isn’t easy. She also reaffirmed that’s exactly the kind of work she wants to do after graduating from Pacific Lutheran University. Bozich…

    people’s intentions are generally really good.” Her counterpart, Nathaniel Hansen ’16, is working in an orphanage in Ghana until the end of November, helping with the nonprofit’s economics and outreach. The Global Peacebuilding Award was founded six years ago. Originally, the program was meant to accompany a master’s program in peacebuilding. When that program didn’t come to fruition at PLU, the money was still there and the award was born. Nathaniel Hansen '16 (Photo by Kari Plog/PLU) It’s funded by

  • By Michael Halvorson, Benson Chair in Business and Economic History. On Friday, December 8, 2017, three PLU students will present the results of their summer research projects in a public presentation connected to PLU’s Business and Economic History program. The presenters are Michael Diambri, Teresa…

    research and write a significant research project on Northwest business and economic history. Each original project was supported by a generous donation from the Benson Family Foundation, and also the expert guidance of faculty members Beth Kraig (History), Karen Travis (Economics), and Rebekah Mergenthal (History), who worked with the students throughout the summer. Michael Diambri’s research project is entitled “A Queer Place: Exploring Historical Case Studies of Seattle’s Queer Bars and Clubs

  • was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. The New York Times named Empire of Cotton one of the ten most important books of 2015. Professor Beckert’s other publications have focused on the nineteenth-century bourgeoisie, on labor, on democracy, on global history and on the connections between slavery and capitalism. He is currently at work on a global history of capitalism. To prepare for this year’s Benson Lecture, PLU students read selections from Empire of Cotton and studied the history of

  • his PLU classroom experiences have helped him in his internship, too. “Many of the basic concepts that we learn in our undergraduate economics classes are used in the work that we do at Analysis Group. In many ways, my experience at AG has bridged the gap between theory and practice; we consistently apply economic concepts to real-world problems,” Dolan said. He encourages his fellow PLU students to seek out mentors of their own. “It may seem slightly intimidating at first, but it’s well worth it

  • By Michael Halvorson ’85 On Thursday October 19, 2023, the PLU community welcomed Glory M. Liu of Johns Hopkins University to present the 17th Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History . The lecture took place in the Regency Room of the Anderson University…

    Political Theory Project at Brown University (2018-2020), and a lecturer in the Social Studies department at Harvard University (2020-2023). In May 2023, she was appointed Assistant Director for the Center for Economy and Society and Assistant Research Professor at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins. Read Previous Benson Summer Research Fellows to Present Read Next Meet Professor Fred Hardyway LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Fred Hardyway August 12, 2024 Benson Summer Research Fellows to Present

  • New federal grant boosts PLU doctoral nursing students serving in underserved WA areas Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / September 3, 2019 Image: Graduate Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Nursing Kathy Richardson instructs a PLU nursing class on suturing. September 3, 2019 By StaffMarketing and CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 3, 2019) — A new $2.8 million federal grant will help increase the number of PLU Doctor of Nursing Practice students who can serve rural and underserved