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  • By Michael Halvorson, ’85 This week is Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 3-Dec. 9) in the United States. I helped celebrate on Monday at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. The event was sponsored by Code.org…

    important social impact. Social innovation At PLU, we’ve been studying social innovation all year in our new Innovation Studies program. As part of our work, we invited Alice Steinglass to share her organization’s strategy during this year’s Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. Steinglass participated in a workshop on teaching computer science in local schools (with Heavenly Cole and Laurie Murphy), and she delivered an exciting evening talk for about 180-students, faculty, and alumni

  • Students who take Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies courses at PLU will learn how to: Understand the social construction of gender, sexuality, and race. Analyze systems of privilege and oppression.

    Learning Outcomes for the Gender, Sexuality and Race Studies MajorStudents who take Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies courses at PLU will learn how to: Understand the social construction of gender, sexuality, and race. Analyze systems of privilege and oppression. Assess the intersectional relationship between knowledge production, identities, and power. Communicate and collaborate across differences. Practice community-engaged scholarship and coalition building. Engage in critical imagining

  • Thursday, September 25, 2014 Justice in Society: Lutheran Sources of Social Change PLU 2020 underscored the ancient mandate to act with justice and resist evil, but what “justice” might actually

    Lutheran Studies Conference Thursday, September 25, 2014 Justice in Society: Lutheran Sources of Social Change PLU 2020 underscored the ancient mandate to act with justice and resist evil, but what “justice” might actually mean remains an open and disputed question. While children growing up in this country repeat the words, “with liberty and justice for all” in the pledge of allegiance, the nation’s history offers another story in which women, immigrants, persons of color, refugees, sexual

  • 20 semester hours, including: SOCI 101: Introduction to Sociology 16 semester hours of sociology. Choose from SOCI 210 (Gender and Society), 232 (Research Methods), 240 (Social Problems), 287 (ST in

    Sociology Minor20 semester hours, including: SOCI 101: Introduction to Sociology 16 semester hours of sociology. Choose from SOCI 210 (Gender and Society), 232 (Research Methods), 240 (Social Problems), 287 (ST in Sociology), 330 (Family), 332 (Race and Ethnicity), 336 (Deviance), 378 (Consumption), 387 (ST in Sociology), 391 (Sociology of Religion), 410 (Social Stratification), 494 (Gender and Violence), 495 (Internship), and 496 (Sociological Theory). STAT 233 may be included in the minor

  • By Michael Halvorson, ’85. The Benson Program in Business and Economic History is pleased to announce the selection of three student-faculty research teams for Summer 2021. The fellowships are selected by the Innovation Studies steering committee and funded through the generous support of Dale E.…

    Foundation. Summer 2021 marks the 6th year of Benson research activity and brings the total number of student fellowship recipients to 13. Recent program graduates have gone on to work in education, the high-tech sector, government, and business. Six students have also attended graduate school in the disciplines of history, education, medicine, and social sciences. A Podcast about History and Innovation Fulton Bryant-Anderson (History, Communication) has received funding to pursue the intersections of

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 17, 2015)— “We’re all a bunch of nobodies, trying to tell everybody, about somebody who can save anybody,” Rev. Dr. Arthur Banks told the congregation at Eastside Baptist Church on Sunday, Nov. 15. It was “PLU Sunday” at the predominantly black faith community…

    ‘PLU Sunday’ Celebrates Life, Faith and the Friendship Shared by PLU and Eastside Baptist Church Posted by: Zach Powers / November 17, 2015 Image: Business major Thomas Copeland ’17 (far left), PLU Director of Multicultural Recruitment Melannie Denise Cunningham (third from left), physics major Sydney Spray ’19 (fifth from left) and social work major Emily Odegard ’18 (fourth from right) sing with members of the Eastside Baptist Church choir on Sunday, Nov. 15. (All photos by John Froschauer

  • Mylie Miller ‘19 had only visited Federal Way’s Wild Waves Theme & Water Park once before last spring, and that episode ended with her looking like a pint-sized extra from “Fight Club.” “It’s kind of funny, but it’s kind of embarrassing,” she said, laughing about…

    with creating a new summer event. Miller, who majored in communication, says that her experiences working for MediaLab, a student-run media organization within PLU’s School of Arts and Communication, helped her land her dream gig at Wild Waves and hit the ground running. “I was the public relations executive,” Miller said. “That role really prepared me for social media management, planning out projects and research, and coordinating timely messaging in a variety of mediums.”Through MediaLab, Miller

  • Make things easier, faster, and better. The Innovation Studies program prepares students for life after graduation by emphasizing the skills that employers most want from college graduates.

    creating a new business venture to designing and writing social media marketing materials—from planning a corporate event to selling new ideas to key constituents—Innovation Studies students develop the career skills that employers most want. To read how an Innovation Studies graduate created a successful small business, read An Interview with Fashion Designer Mariken Lund. Making connections through a PLU Career Connection's event Skills Employers Want Most in Recent Graduates#1. Work well on diverse

  • 2D art news for Pacific Lutheran University.

    #BetweenArtAndQuarantine Challenge Earlier this spring, the Getty Museum issued a fun and interesting challenge on social media: recreate a famous artwork using only readily available household items. This idea was inspired by the Dutch Instagram account Between Art and Quarantine . Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook were flooded… May 16, 2020 2D artstudent art

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    . Nguyen, Shannon B. Seidel, et al. "Investigating Instructor Talk in Novel Contexts: Widespread Use, Unexpected Categories, and an Emergent Sampling Strategy." Life Sciences Education 2019: Corwin, L.A., Prunuske, A., Seidel, S. "Scientific Presenting: Using Evidence-Based Classroom Practices to Deliver Effective Conference Presentations." Life Sciences Education 2018: Owens, M., Seidel, S., Wong, M., Bejines, T., Lietz, S., et al. . " Classroom sound can be used to classify teaching practices in

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