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  • Lutes shine at Northwest Emmys Posted by: Todd / June 23, 2016 Image: PLU Alumni Chris Egan, Ray Heacox, Carla Miller and Alison Grande. Photo by Joanne Lisosky. June 23, 2016 Lutes were out in full force at the Northwest Emmy® Awards Ceremony on June 4, at the Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center. Ray Heacox ’76 took home two honors, an induction to the Silver Circle and an Emmy for Overall Excellence for his work with King 5. Carla Miller ’06 and Alison Grande ’95 also took home awards

  • strategies to increase student interest and engagement in any course. Games and Competition: Game-based learning isn’t just for children. Games tap into the human desire for competition and utilize scheduled, intermittent rewards to keep learners motivated. Games for higher education are growing in popularity. (Check out the Educational Gaming Commons hosted by Penn State.) But, even simple, low-tech games or competitions can make learning really engaging for students. Applied Learning: Students

  • BUILD YOUR CAREER SCHOLARSHIP GET $9,000 SCHOLARSHIP FOR DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE Apply for admission by January 15 to be eligible LEARN MORE APPLY NOW GET $9,000 SCHOLARSHIP FOR MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MARKETING ANALYTICS Apply for Fall 2023 admission by May 31 to be eligible LEARN MORE APPLY NOW Take the Next Step in Your CareerThe future of the economy remains uncertain, especially for recent graduates and working professionals. Graduate school isn’t just a place to wait out an unstable job

  • Working at PLU - It's More Than a JobHere you will find opportunities to become part of a remarkable community working together to fulfill the university’s mission of “educating students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care – for other persons, for the community and for the earth.” More than 800 employees at PLU hold positions as faculty members, academic and administrative staff, including trades and support services.Watch ``Why PLU?`` to Learn More×Pacific Lutheran

  • Instructional TechnologiesA number of instructional technologies such as online systems and equipment are available to support your instructional goals. And Instructional Technologies staff are eager to assist you with selecting and integrating technologies into your course pedagogy. Sakai – PLU’s learning management system with course and project workspaces. Turnitin – Web service for reviewing originality of work; integrated into Sakai Assignments tool. Clickers – Clickers are available for

  • regatta, the LCAA hosted a gathering at the HUB Restaurant in Tacoma to formally induct Patsy and Dave Johnson into the Golden Oar Society.  PLU rowing alums spanning five decades gathered to honor the Johnson’s. Their generosity has touched the lives of the entire PLU crew for decades. Anna (D. Deschamps) Harness read a heartfelt letter of what it meant to gather at the Johnson’s home for the Pacific Coast Championships so many years ago. Tears were followed by more tears as we all became equally

  • Governance Committee Membership: Three members elected from the faculty at large for three-year overlapping terms. General Purpose: To interpret the Faculty Constitution and Bylaws and faculty legislation as the occasion arises.  To facilitate the successful operation of the entire committee system, and to study matters pertaining to the system of faculty governance. Specific Duties: To study problems and recommend policy regarding faculty governance and changes in the Faculty Constitution and

  • . Carey, guest editor of Washington Monthly’s college guide, directs the education policy program at New America, a think tank and civic enterprise in Washington, D.C. As a result, “colleges tried to claw their way up the U.S. News ladder by raising prices and excluding all but the most privileged students, exactly the opposite of what a nation struggling to keep higher education affordable for an increasingly diverse student population actually needed,” Carey wrote. Washington Monthly’s college

  • Chinese Guest Teacher ProgramThe Confucius Institute of the State of Washington partners with the Chongqing Municipal Education Commission and Hanban to sponsor visiting teachers to teach in K-12 schools in Washington. Whenever possible, these teachers come from partner schools to CIWA-sponsored Confucius Classrooms in Washington. Washington schools request visiting teachers in the fall, then the teachers are selected in Chongqing and sent to Beijing for further training and interviews. In the

  • Past Powell-Heller Holocaust Conferences 2016 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust EducationThe Ninth Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education “Women and the Holocaust” took place Oct. 17-19. Why study women and their experiences in the Holocaust. It was not until the 1980s that historians such as Joan Ringelheim and other academics began to ask the question “Where are the women?” in the story of the Holocaust. This conference is not an attempt to create a competition of