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  • Professor of Psychology | Department of Psychology | moritsjn@plu.edu | I am a community psychologist and a clinical psychologist by training.

    John N. Moritsugu Professor of Psychology Email: moritsjn@plu.edu Status:Emeritus Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Rochester, N.Y., 1976 M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of Rochester, N.Y., 1975 B.A., Psychology, University of Hawai'i, 1971 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Minority Status Stress American Asian Populations Books Lead author of Sixth Edition Community Psychology, with Elizabeth Vera, Frank Y. Wong and Karen Grover Duffy (Routlege 2019

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  • The Global Education Committee serves as an advisory committee for the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education.

    Global Education CommitteeThe Global Education Committee serves as an advisory committee for the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. This includes, but is not limited, to: reviewing study away policies and procedures, assessing the academic quality of approved programs offered to PLU students, promoting and advocating for Wang Center initiatives, and connecting the Wang Center to the rest of the campus community. View the Global Education Plan.2024-25 Global Education

  • When stormy weather creates hazardous travel conditions, university students and employees are urged to use caution when traveling.

    SafetyWhen stormy weather creates hazardous travel conditions, university students and employees are urged to use caution when traveling. During inclement weather, please exercise caution while walking from parking lots, transit locations and on pathways to and around campus. Wearing non-slip, rubber-sole footwear until you arrive at your destination is recommended, as is walking on grass instead of sidewalks or roadways if they are icy. Facilities Management concentrates clearing efforts on

  • Tap In: How Nonprofits and Social Businesses Impact the World Course: Spring Semester 2017 with international experience June 3-10

    PLU Well Installation Course in Nicaragua Tap In: How Nonprofits and Social Businesses Impact the World Course: Spring Semester 2017 with international experience June 3-10Explore the FAQInformation FlyerGet the Course ApplicationFaculty Recommendation FormThis course will offer an intense, hands-on experiential learning opportunity in one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Together, we will partner with a nonprofit and a special community as we seek to collaborate to fund and install a

  • Jessica Spring Will Accept AMOCAT Award—and Exhibit Her Work—in Tacoma Oct. 2 By Taylor Lunka ’15  PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker Pacific Lutheran University resident artist Jessica Spring has been selected to receive an impressive AMOCAT award from the Tacoma Arts Commission. Every year, the…

    arts community in Tacoma. The AMOCAT art award categories include art patron; community outreach by an organization; and community outreach by an individual, which Spring received. “It’s a surprise and an honor to receive the AMOCAT award,” Spring said. “Tacoma is such a strong, supportive place to be an artist and a teacher, and I’m constantly energized by the opportunities here.” Spring has brought the art of letterpress to Tacoma. As an undergraduate English major, she began setting cold type on

  • All members of the university authorized to drive university vehicles or otherwise operate a vehicle to conduct university business must operate vehicles in strict accordance with all Washington

    1.0 IntroductionAll members of the university authorized to drive university vehicles or otherwise operate a vehicle to conduct university business must operate vehicles in strict accordance with all Washington State and Pierce County laws. No work or errand is of sufficient importance to violate safe driving practices. Safe vehicle operation is the responsibility of all members of the PLU community while participating in all PLU business or activities. RCW Title 46 Motor Vehicles governs safe

  • Pacific Lutheran University and The Connecting Link are two years into a productive partnership designed to offer graduate-level curriculum for the professional learning needs of educators

    and growth strategies based on one-on-one discussion and feedback as well as collaborative group learning. Over 60 new or updated courses are available in self-paced or interactive online formats as well as scheduled site-based offerings, including: 21st-Century Teaching Content-Area Teaching Equity & Diversity Instructional Strategies Positive Classroom Management Social & Emotional Learning Technology Tools for the Classroom Participants completing courses for credit will receive a PLU

  • Outreach “I left the country feeling as if we had actually created good out of an inherently oppressive situation.”Sports can be comforting, even therapeutic. Matt Kennedy ’07 worked with some of the 50,000 people who reside in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Most would rather…

    psychology and motor learning. Kennedy was able to implement two sports tournaments, free of charge to the community, as well as regularly teach classes on the virtues of goal setting, effective communication and time management. Meet other PLU graduates who are leading a life of service Read Previous A ‘Twilight’ experience Read Next LEED Gold for Neeb 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

  • While Mortvedt Library’s building is closed during the COVID-19 pandemic our exhibits continue–we are highlighting PLU students’ work online. Follow this link to the virtual exhibit of the Wang Center’s photo and video contest winners. The Annual Wang Center Photo & Video Contest is an…

    community. Mortvedt Library displays these photos in the lobby every Spring to promote study away and to give students an opportunity to have their work viewed by a large audience. Featured image: “The gold metal in geology goes to . . .” by Isabel LaRue (class of 2020) received first place in the Lutes Away category. LaRue writes, “Exploring Deadhorse State Park gave us a chance to observe geological layers all around us, and realize just how grand the world that we are studying really is.” Location

  • ASPLU Benson Family Foundation Bjug Harstad Memorial Fund Blue Zones Project Parkland-Spanaway

    the crisis and the surgeon general’s call to action, the two-day conference will bring together academics, activists, and practitioners whose life’s work—within and across disciplines, traditions, communities, peoples, etc.—engages the concept of social connection in ways that increase understanding about social connection and dis-connection or that model behaviors and/or actions that facilitate human reconnection and reweave community in ways that are oriented to the collective well-being. Topics

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