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Click above to view complete image By Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer I am not one to jump on the bandwagon for any type of fad that gets a lot of media attention. My first iPhone was the 5, just out of stubbornness. But in my…
PLU’s Instructional Technologies blog *Note: All comments are moderated Read Previous The Virtues of Video Read Next My First MOOC: A New Year’s Resolution Revisited LATEST POSTS Recording Instruction and Communications for Distance Learners March 31, 2020 Rethinking Assessment at a Distance March 18, 2020 Engaging Students During Remote Learning March 16, 2020 How to Create a Basic Online Lesson March 6, 2020
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Bob Dylan, odd instruments inspire Reid A swish of the paintbrush or the swirl of oils on canvas, it was the early colors in Clement Reid’s life that shaped his love of music. His mother, Dorothy, was a commercial artist in the 1930s through the…
piece and might include it, he added with a smile, in a guitar instruction book he is currently working on. After junior high and guitar came piano and pestering his teachers to help him learn more about composition. He attended Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., and then studied composition for his graduate degree at the University of Southern California. About 20 years ago, he moved to Washington and continued composing and teaching lessons. He arrived at PLU in 2002 at the invitation of
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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
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Established in 2011, the PLU Peace Scholars Program is designed to deepen understanding of central issues and theories of dialogue, peace-building, conflict, and war.
level course in peace studies at the Oslo International Summer School. The course includes both classroom instruction and visits to prominent institutions dealing with peace and conflict. Upon return to the PLU campus, students work with the Peace Scholars coordinator and committee to promote the program through presentations and recruitment meetings. Travel, lodging and meals related to the Peace Scholars summer study are paid for by PLU and generous donors. Students with financial need may be
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The PLU Writing Center isn't just for students. We're also here to help out faculty members. Need help with designing a syllabus or just one specific assignment? Drop us a line, and we will be more
to require students to bring their work to the Writing Center. This is a good way to make sure that students get extra instruction and get used to doing peer review as a normal part of the writing process. It can also, though, have the unintended consequence of students entering the Writing Center just wanting a signature for proof and not truly engaging in the process. For this reason, we have these suggestions. If you do require students to make a Writing Center appointment, please have them do
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News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.
Recording Instruction and Communications for Distance Learners By Dana Shreaves, Instructional Designer When instructors want to communicate with students at a distance, one option is to create video or audio recordings. Many faculty dislike seeing or hearing themselves recorded. Others are intimidated by the process of creating recordings. However, recordings can be… March 31, 2020
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Carol Sheffels Quigg Award for Excellence and Innovation Purpose: The Quigg Award provides support those who demonstrate unusually inventive, original, and creative approaches to advance the mission
Provost makes available a number of small grants for the purpose of stimulating teaching and learning. Criteria: These grants are intended to aid the faculty member whose spur-of-the-moment idea or out-of-the-ordinary method promises improved instruction for a specific class or series of classes. Proposals are considered when funds are not otherwise available from departmental, school, or college sources. Furthermore, funds from this source are not for the purpose of providing normal operating
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After graduating from Emerald Ridge High School in Puyallup, Raphi Crenshaw ’24 enrolled at PLU with plans to major in biology . “I was going to become a dermatologist, but when I started taking the classes, well, I wasn’t a fan of it,” Crenshaw remembers.…
study criminal justice at PLU?PLU’s degree in criminal justice will prepare students to enter fields eager to welcome a new generation of practitioners, including law, policing, corrections, and victim services and advocacy. As a student of criminal justice at PLU, you will investigate theories of criminal offending, the functioning of the criminal justice system, and the experiences of crime victims. Our sociologically-informed criminal justice program emphasizes an understanding of the social and
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A recent Niche.com survey revealed an interesting stat: “76% of juniors consider the total cost when deciding where to apply. Colleges with a sticker price over $40,000 per year are eliminated early by about half of students.” At PLU, the sticker price is over $40,000,…
to make an informed decision. You got this! A version of this post was originally published by Melody Ferguson, Dean of Admission at PLU. Read Previous Unlocking Full-Ride and Full-Tuition Scholarships at PLU Read Next From an Expert: 10 Tips on How to Stand Out on Your Common App LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global
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President John F. Kennedy delivered a speech addressing the joint convocation of Pacific Lutheran University and the University of Puget Sound on September 27, 1963.
conservation and wise use of our resources now with a long look forward, not for this decade, but for the next generation.” Eerily, Kennedy’s words were likely informed by his visit to the Hanford nuclear site the previous day, which at the time seemed to promise an exciting future in renewable, US-made energy, and would prove to be environmentally disastrous. So the assignment, it seems to me, in the 1960s, is to produce all of the educated talent we have, not merely to produce outstanding businessmen
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