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  • Compensation For Supervision Compensating faculty for graduate thesis, research project, or paper supervision is essential for the purpose of ensuring equitable forms of remuneration, endorsing a

    the course and Professor B the last half, A and B shall determine whether it would be more appropriate to administer the teaching and course feedback forms for Professor A at the end of the course or at the conclusion of their active participation in the course). Faculty legislation requires that students be informed that the teaching and course feedback forms and a summary of the teaching and course feedback form data will be provided to the instructor only after grades have been processed. In

  • High school choir and guitar teacher Alonso Brizuela ’14 was in Spokane at a national choral directors conference in mid-March of 2020. Just a day and half days into events, the conference shut down early—due to a mysterious new illness that had arrived in the…

    after schools closed. And thousands of miles away in San Antonio, Texas, kindergarten teacher Caitlyn Zwang ’09 was halfway through spring break when she realized that “something was going to happen,” she says. It did. For these three PLU graduates and public school teachers, the COVID-19 pandemic changed classrooms, instruction, and learning. But it also brought new opportunities for teachers and students alike.Spring 2020: The Virus Arrives Most U.S. teachers had to get acquainted with Zoom

  • The Press is named in honor of T. Leslie Elliott, a retired editor and bookseller who in 1974 began teaching a course in the English Department entitled “The World of the Book.

    fine press books and broadsides created by regional printers, many of whom lectured and led workshops at the Press. By the turn of the century, the Elliott Press had become a center for book arts instruction in the Pacific Northwest. In 2001, Solveig Robinson became PPA Director, and in 2007 Jessica Spring assumed responsibility for the management of the Elliott Press. Under Spring’s direction, students at the Press have created broadsides and books to commemorate visiting artists at PLU, including

  • Greg Williams is a Professor in the Department of Education whose research has focused on the development and implementation of effective classroom and behavioral management procedures for children

    experiences. This enables students to receive direct instruction in relevant concepts and skills, applying that knowledge and skill when working with students in real school environments. This increases the likelihood they’ll exit our program with a good set of beginning skills for effective teaching. For example, I’ve had students conduct Functional Behavioral Analyses on children in their field experience, and then share and discuss the results during our class time.”What supportive technology do you

  • The Pacific Lutheran University Department of Music and the Dick and Helen Weathermon Joyful Noise Endowment for Jazz Studies will host the PLU Weathermon Jazz Festival on Tuesday, March 21. The public is invited to the festival’s evening concert showcase featuring Aubrey Logan, the PLU…

    , Richard Weathermon ’50.  Throughout the festival day, high school jazz bands from throughout the region will perform and receive instruction from renown jazz performers and educators. Over the noon hour, the PLU Jazz Ensemble will perform a short concert featuring Logan, who will give an artist talk sharing stories of her career, followed by a Q&A. The festival concludes with the evening public performance.  PLU encourages the public to attend this intimate event in person, as it will not be

  • PLU ROTC awarded prestigious MacArthur Award By Chris Albert The PLU ROTC program was recently named a recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Award. The nation has recognized the program at PLU as one of the top nationally,” said Lt. Col. Jason K. Shrader, professor of…

    Development and Assessment Course, where programs throughout the nation converge in testing cadets’ range of abilities, Shrader said. This class has six distinguished military graduates, he added. The excellence of the cadets isn’t the only thing that marks the unit as tops in the nation, Shrader said. The quality of instruction is very well represented, with the outstanding resource of Joint-Base Lewis McCord just down the street from the university. “We’re seeking excellence whether we’re in academics

  • Paige Balut ‘21 is finding ways to help her community through the pandemic by offering her skills as a tutor in both mathematics and music to local elementary and middle school students who may be struggling with the adjustment to online schooling. “Pierce County Health…

    supplemental material to help pinpoint any issues students may have.”PLU Academic AssistanceAcademic Assistance services will available fully online, so we can meet your academic needs this fall! We will have peer tutoring for all undergraduate students and Supplemental Instruction for designated courses in Math and the Natural Sciences. Tutoring and SI will begin on Sept. 13!Balut is passionate about helping those in her community as she also works at a summer camp called Camp Agape,  a cost-free camp for

  • The Pacific Lutheran University Payroll Office is a dedicated team of professionals committed to paying university employees in a timely and accurate manner.

    looking to submit a secure document to Payroll? Please click this link to upload a document through Etrieve. Please note that you must electronically sign and date your document or you can print out your document and hand sign it. This is not intended to be used for time sheets/leave reports. For instruction on how to use the drop-box, please click here. You must have access to Banner Self Service in order to use this feature. To update your W-4 Tax Form via Banner Self Service, please click here for

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  • Each year, the Bjug Harstad Memorial Lecture is arranged by the Scandinavian Area Studies program.  This endowed lecture series, made possible by generous donations by descendants of PLU’s first

    understanding, and create new awareness of the human experience through the insights of a national or international expert.  Regardless of the topic, the Bjug Harstad Memorial Lecture in its name and purpose links the foundations of PLU with continued commitment to learning in the community. — Claudia Berguson   Harstad Lecture by Cathrine Sandnes (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) Back: Re-envisioning the Language Resource CenterNext: PLUTO and Language Instruction

  • Professor Emeritus | Department of Social Work | kellerjg@plu.edu | JoDee Keller is Professor of Social Work at Pacific Lutheran University.

    Society Journal Vol. 29(4), 2012: 437-439. doi:10.1080/14036096.2012.672227. Keller, J. "Experiences of public housing residents following relocation: Explorations of ambiguous loss, resiliency, and cross-generational perspectives." Journal of Poverty Vol. 15:2, 2011: 141-163. DOI: 10.1080/10875549.2011.563170. Russell, K. & Keller, J. "The ethics marathon: a model for social work ethics instruction." Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work Vol. 16:1, 2011: 47-61. Accolades 2012 - IES Abroad Faculty