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including; Professor and Endowed Chair for Lutheran Studies, Professor of Religion, Director of Vocational Reflection, Director of the Wild Hope Center for Vocation, and Partner Chaplain for Campus Ministry. His dedication to service for others is demonstrated through his work directing the Center for Religion and Culture in the Pacific Northwest, his role as a theological consultant to various regional and national church agencies and societies as well as active engagement with an international
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. I’m super proud. The broader sports world would have to agree, and Colleen has consistently been lauded for her expertise in the field of sports psychology. She has been on the coaching staff for the Olympic games five times over, and worked with the US National Women’s Soccer team, in addition to other national teams. At PLU, she was also instrumental in the founding of the women’s studies department, and continued to advocate for gender parity in academics and athletics. But PLU in the 1980s
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, in order to provide feedback that speaks to a student’s term-long trajectory. If instructors wish to provide truly unbiased summative assessment, they can also consider blind grading.ReferencesNicol, D.J. and Macfarlane-Dick, D. (2006) Formative assessment and self-regulated learning: a model and seven principles of good feedback practice. Studies in Higher Education 31(2): 2-19. Trumbull, E., & Lash, A. (2013). Understanding formative assessment: Insights from learning theory and measurement
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also think there’s an intangible benefit to writing on essays by hand. There are a few studies out there that show how our brains work differently when we’re writing rather than typing, and I like the type of thinking and engagement with student work produced by writing on their papers. For students, I think there’s a benefit to seeing my marks–in my handwriting–on their papers. I’ve checked in with them to make sure my writing is legible (they assure me it is). If they’re typing the next essay on
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Q&A with Biology Major Brandon Nguyen ’21 Posted by: nicolacs / May 18, 2021 May 18, 2021 Brandon Nguyen '21 was born in Hawaii and moved to Washington with his family when he was a child and has lived in the Pacific Northwest ever since. Nguyen shares how he became interested in biology and why he chose PLU for his studies.1. Can you give us an introduction about yourself? My name’s Brandon Nguyen. I was born in Hawaii, and I lived there for four years. Then the Military PCS’d my family over
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globally focused university.” Sobania noted the focus on global scholarship began more than 30 years ago, when PLU became one of the first universities to establish a Global Studies Program in 1977. Now, more than 40 percent of the students participate in at least one study-abroad program before they graduate. This compares to the national average of 3 percent, and puts PLU among the top comprehensive masters-level universities in the country with the percentage of students studying abroad. When
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’04 used to be PLU study buddies with seventh-grade Social Studies teacher Brent Anderson ’97; • Brooke Gustafson ’05 and Tawana Bens ’05 not only graduated from PLU the same year; they now teach together in a combined English/Special Education classroom; and • one current Lute—who is a Ferrucci graduate!—to this day credits Leifsen and teacher Ron Baltazar ’00 with, basically, changing the course of her life. Ferrucci’s extraordinary concentration of Lutes could be coincidental (or
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that talks about how being a friend ultimately makes one’s life more meaningful, and I think that is an important message to pass on to children. How did your Children’s Literature minor play into your decision? My Children’s Literature minor has encouraged me to look deeper into the meaning of stories, and I feel that Charlotte’s Web has a very deep message. Most children’s books do not deal with death, and Charlotte’s Web handles it so delicately. During my studies, I came to the realization
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-founder Marcie Lazzari, Ph.D., said the annual event is meant to facilitate difficult conversations and examine diversity. “It’s about providing opportunities for people to self reflect, gain new knowledge, dialogue with others and, hopefully, change in a positive way,” said Lazzari, a social work and criminal justice professor and graduate studies coordinator at University of Washington Tacoma. The South Puget Sound Higher Education Diversity Partnership formed when faculty at UWT realized that many
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carpenter of all things, and he didn’t preach, he said ‘this is what the Christian faith is.’” Blagg’s Christianity classes inspired her to take a fresh look at religion as a whole. She eventually returned to Catholicism years after her family stopped attending church. “Those two classes got me thinking more than anything else that I took,” Blagg said. After she graduated with her bachelor’s degree, Blagg’s graduate studies at PLU focused on how companies approach conflict resolution with their
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