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still remember it like it was yesterday. In my second year as a PLU student, I got to be a New Student Orientation Guide. By that time, I had so much passion for PLU, and it was amazing to share that with new students and be part of their PLU journey. It is one of my fondest memories from my time here. Why did you choose a reading endorsement for your degree? Everyone who studies education at PLU chooses an endorsement, either special education or reading. Growing up, I was a bookworm. I would
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normalize a “nontraditional timeline” and education at any age. “As we continue to explore, we figure out our goals, but even those change. If students don’t graduate from a traditional school setting, what alternatives and approaches can we offer?” Read Previous International Complexities: Mycal Ford ’12 discusses how he thinks about global policy Read Next Asking Historic Questions: Beth Griech-Polelle, PLU Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments
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) Ruby Watness’ PLU graduation photo. (Photo provided by Eric Watness) Read Previous PLU hosts the 14th Annual Lutheran Studies Conference: Celebrating Cecelia Svinth Carpenter, Indigenous education and tribal sovereignty COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS PLU hosts the 14th Annual Lutheran Studies Conference: Celebrating Cecelia Svinth Carpenter, Indigenous
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:20 PM - Rowan Henry6:20 - 6:30 PM - Conclusion4:00 - 4:05 PM - Welcome & Introduction4:05 - 4:20 PM - Gracie Anderson & Jeremy Knapp``Is it In to be 'Out'? How WA's Queer-Identified Candidates are Perceived through Identity and Binaries.``Abstract: From school board seats to statewide campaigns, Queer-identified candidates face unique challenges and assumptions while running for office. Previous studies have attempted to point out these challenges through surveys and focus groups, but with
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new setting while pursuing her scholarly goals. Photo courtesy of Dr. Seth Dowland Dr. Dowland, Associate Professor of Religion and Chair of Women’s and Gender Studies, was able to focus on his second book project, which has the working title of “Purity and Power: The History of White Christian Masculinity in America.” He completed much of his research at Oxford University, which houses the largest collection of scholarly material on American religion outside of North America. Dr. Dowland
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language during her seven years as the service coordinator for the Puyallup tribal language program. In 2012, Professor Bob began working with Dr. Troy Storfjell, Professor of Nordic Studies, and other members of the Native American and Indigenous Studies [NAIS] working group to design PLU’s NAIS Interdisciplinary Minor. Professor Storfjell, a dual citizen of Norway and the US and raised largely in Norway, is Sami. The Sami are an Indigenous people whose homeland is now part of the northern portion of
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contributors (10 from PLU) working on replications of eight highly cited psychological studies, it’s a major undertaking with international implications—and a multifaceted mission. CREP (rhymes with “grape”) not only helps validate psychological research findings; it also allows undergraduate students to engage in potentially publishable research. “Most student projects, the data go nowhere,” Grahe said. “In my classes I’ve always tried to get undergrads to do projects that might be publishable, but the
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; the Norwegian American Weekly; and the University of Washington Center for Scandinavian Studies. In 1998, he was appointed by the Norwegian king to represent Norway as Honorary Consul of Washington State and Idaho. In 2012, the king appointed him a Knight, First Class, for his tireless work in support of Norwegian interests. A funeral service took place at the Nordic Museum in Ballard. Richard “Dick” Moe, Professor Emeritus Richard “Dick” Moe, PLU Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the School
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life takes them. We teach Aristotle in the language he spoke, we explore issues of race and ethnicity in part by relating them to such issues in the Greco-Roman world, and we are tracing the roots of the contemporary medical profession thousands of years into history.Second, Classics is one of the most innovative academic programs at PLU. Our Classics faculty work with the departments of Women’s and Gender Studies, Religion, Honors, History, English, and Art, to create cross-listed and
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performance” occurs within a learning environment we individually and collectively design, and which we could design more effectively for neurodiversity. There is no default, “neutral” learning environment. Impact of stereotype threat on test-taking and retentionStereotype threat refers to “the feeling of being at risk of confirming a negative stereotype about one’s group” and disproportionately affects Black, Asian, International students and women (Clark, 2021). Numerous studies (such as “Problems in
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