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FAQs1. What is the CS-STEM Program?Answer: The CS-STEM Teacher Program at Pacific Lutheran University is an opportunity for students to develop as highly effective K-12 STEM teachers prepared to teach using culturally sustaining pedagogy. Funded by a Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program grant from the National Science Foundation (Award Number 1950106), the CS-STEM Teacher Program will provide selected students with forgivable loans as well as programmatic support during training and in the
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PLU Archaeologist Visits Some VERY Old Friends Posted by: Zach Powers / May 1, 2015 Image: Left, the shaft of a tomb is opened for investigation by the PLU archaeological expedition. Center, Ryan near Tomb 60. Right, the expedition works outside a tomb under a canopy. (Photos Courtesy Denis Whitfill, PLU Valley of the Kings Project) May 1, 2015 By Evan Heringer '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 1, 2015)- Howard Carter may have discovered King Tut’s tomb in 1922, but the Valley
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Does Anyone Oppose Charity?I first met Claire in 2003 when she was a student in my course on the history of early Christianity (50-600 C.E.). She was married, a mother, and worked twenty hours a week, in addition to carrying a full load of courses at PLU. One claim I make in the course is that early Christian communities promoted social initiatives that benefitted the hungry, the impoverished, women, children, and the chronically sick and that, from a sociological perspective, these initiatives
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The Measure of SuccessYou can be sure that the main goal of any college experience is to prepare you for the moment you step off campus and into the working world – to prepare you to be successful. But not all colleges are the same. PLU is distinguished by the way we measure success. Our goal is to prepare you both for success in a career and for success in service to others. We think college is both about finding yourself and about finding a career. At PLU we want to make sure you have the
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August 23, 2010 Brues put ‘exclamation point’ on their time at PLU In his words, former Professor of Economics Professor Stan Brue, along with his wife Terri, wanted to “put an exclamation point” on their long association with PLU. This past May, the university accepted their gift of $500,000 that will endow annual scholarships and offset study-away expenses for several students in the Social Sciences. Stan and Terri arrived in Tacoma in 1971, he as a new assistant professor and she as a
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Frequently Asked QuestionsGeneralDo I have to know Norwegian or be taking a course in Norwegian to be eligible?No. All lectures, discussions and course materials are in English. Are there certain majors that are given first priority for selection as a Peace Scholar?No. Students from all areas of study may apply. It is important that you have an understanding of and an intellectual curiosity about peace in a global context. But this might be peace related to disciplines as diverse as biology and
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A Lifelong Friend for 60 Years Call her sharp. Call her entertaining. Call her witty. Call her irrepressible. But whatever you do, hang on. It’s a wild ride in the world of Volly Grande ’36 ’65. She’s a 92-year-old firecracker whose memories of PLU span generations. “I was one of nine children and the first to leave home for college. On my first day at PLC in 1933 I took the streetcar from where I worked for room and board in South Tacoma. It was 10 cents out to Parkland from the city limits
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Professor of Communication returns from sabbatical Posted by: Todd / October 19, 2011 October 19, 2011 Joanne Lisosky, PLU Professor of Communication, returned from sabbatical this fall after completing a manuscript for her book and traveling and teaching in Azerbaijan. In the summer and fall of 2010 Lisosky completed the manuscript for a book titled, “War on Words: Who Should Protect Journalists.” The book activity was developed and completed along with 2007 PLU graduate and Fulbright alum
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2017-18 Bjug Harstad Memorial Lecture “ Bjug Harstad – A Man For All Seasons“ Bjug Harstad was a remarkable man- sturdy, plain-spoken, determined, and administratively able. Without his leadership, the Lutheran church among Norwegian Americans in the Pacific Northwest would have been much slower to develop and Pacific Lutheran University might not exist. He was a man of many parts, a man for all seasons.Dr. Phil Nordquist, Professor Emertius of HistoryPhilip Akerson Nordquist is the grandson of
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PLU’s Center for Community Engagement and Service welcomes new Director Posted by: hassonja / September 6, 2018 September 6, 2018 CCES welcomes Kristin Menson as new DirectorIn late August, PLU’s Center for Community Engagement and Service (CCES) welcomed Kristen Menson as its new Director. Kristin comes to PLU from Louisiana State University (LSU) where she was the Program Manager in the Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership. Her work at LSU centered around supporting
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